It is crazy to think I’ve been here 6 weeks already! Time is flying. It doesn’t seem long ago that it was summer and I was diving in the Caribbean.
Last Friday night was the Google Holiday Party. It was pretty nuts. Hosted in a huge warehouse on a pier in downtown SF, the theme was Google Air. When we arrived we passed through a pseudo-check-in system, guided by "stewardesses", then once inside we had access to a number of huge rooms. Each room represented a different location; there was Bombay’s Bazaar, Google McDougal’s Irish Pub, Tokyo’s Bento Box, Plaza do Brazil, and (my favourite of course) London’s Underground. Each room had its own food, music, activities and decorations pertaining to the theme. So Ireland had ham sandwiches and real chips (not fries), pool and darts. Japan had sushi and karaoke. London Underground was a dance club in "Baker Station", etc. etc. It was pretty damn cool. It finished at 12 then we went to an after party. I got back around 3 in morning, but then was woken at 7 by pneumatic drills outside my window — headache!
This is my first proper weekend in my apartment, it’s a hell of a relief to have found somewhere to live and to be settling in properly. The next month proves to be very busy in and out of work. I’m not going to mention the work reasons, but outside there are a whole host of parties (my roommate Amy and I are having "Cocktails at Sunset" on our roof) and my family are coming over for Christmas. We have a condo booked on the banks of Lake Tahoe, which should be amazing.
Right, I’m off to climb Twin Peaks and watch the sun set.