First week of my newfound life as a freelancer went well. It's surprising to me how quickly I've been able to fall back into the groove of a City commute. It's also surprising to me how much driving to and from work these last three years had affected my walking endurance. Tuesday night-- the first night back into the City-- I had to pop some painkillers just to get to sleep. By Friday, all seemed to have been forgotten. Maybe it was the fact that I was wearing sneakers (after all, it was casual Friday). I'd like to think that my legs are starting to get used to the walking.
Work tself was relatively uneventful. Granted, I knew this going in, since the job is mainly production work. Nothing overwhelming (yet!). Just a steady stream of tasks to be completed. They tell me that it's a temporary lull. I guess we'll find out soon enough exactly what that means...

Of eggplants and podcasts

I'm bumming around the house today, since I'm starting a new gig tomorrow (okay, not so much bumming, but doing random tasks-- cleaning the stove, pressing some shirts, that sort of thing). Just grilled some DEEEEElicious eggplant (courtesy of our landlords-- straight from the backyard) with some pasta, enjoying Adam Curry's "Daily Source Code" (thanks to the podcasting capabilities built into the latest version of Itunes-- v4.9+). I'm all about podcasts these days, to the point I'm looking into buying an mp3 player of some sort in the near future.

On the news-- Bush sidestepped Congress today and appointed John Bolton as US Ambassador to the UN. Can't say that will endear him to the party that he increasingly and, sometimes deliberately, seems to be alienating by going about things in a cavalier, "my way or the highway" sort of way.
Hmmm. I guess absolute (or near-absolute) power does corrupt absolutely after all. I just hope the GOP will come to its senses and notice the kind of guy Bush really is and decides to do something about it before it's too late. GO know's everyone left of center has been raising a stink about this guy from day one.