Thursday, May 29, 2008

My new Digs in Sherman Oaks, LA

Here are some pics of my new Guest House rental... It's like a tropical dollhouse!! And only 5 min from work!!

Living Room open to the kitchen. Love the wall of windows!!
















Bedroom Nook









Doggie Door and small backyard. Patio where I plan on putting a small shed for storage.

Ummm....Yeah...Ouch

Tourist gets bitten on the penis by deadly snake in Australia....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1221513.ece

My Question: Squatting by the road...In my limited experience...don't most men pee standing up???

The girls on our apartment hunting trip in LA


Being all Squirrelly on the Hotel Bed

Friday, May 16, 2008

BIG NEWS

I have a job!

I've accepted a job as an embedded software engineer in Los Angeles, CA at ITT Corporation in the Radar Systems Division. I will be working on a Coastal Radar for Sweden. Sounds pretty cool.

I was also interviewing for Microsoft(Xbox) in Mountain View CA and Covedien in Boulder, CO. The Covedien position, software engineer for medical devices, sounded pretty good but I just didn't want to move that far this soon. I will consider them in the future though. Microsoft was more of an embedded/operating system/chip test position and I just think that the other two positions were better suited for my career path.

The new job is in Van Nuyes, which is close to Burbank, and I'm thinking of living around Calabasas, Woodland Hills, or Topenga. These areas are actually pretty which cannot be said for most of LA. I do hope there is a dog park beach somewhere close though. That is one thing the dogs and I will really miss. SF is just sooooo dog friendly... you can take your dogs anywhere off leash here. Don't think LA will be the same : (

There is really good horse country around Agoura, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and Simi Valley. I've heard there are lots of open spaces and state/national parks located close to the stables to trail ride.

Tentative start date is June 2nd YIKES! That's 2 weeks away!!! I'm now packing like mad and will hopefully find a place by then.

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ??!???!??

There is a CDC website called Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report..........How... MORBID!!!

Oh, and you can get Podcasts! Yeah, who wants to be depressed! Why not have a screen saver of all the 9-11, Katrina, Tsunami, Cyclone, Earthquake victims while you are at it!! I feel violated and I'm not even sure why.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html