Antisocial weekend

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Should that be the new band name? Probably. It's catchy, eh?

No, "antisocial weekend" is actually this weekend's theme. Here's why:

  • I'm trying to close the house(!).
  • I have two separate 15-page research papers due in two weeks and I'm going to try and hack out all 30 pages this weekend so that I have a more social Valentine's weekend.
  • I really want to go skiing but don't have time and should basically write-off all that money I gave Crystal Mountain for that season's pass.
  • To the last two bullets, this quarter of school is torture and grad school is socially the exact opposite of undergrad.
  • I've had some long work days this week in preparation for GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in two weeks (No, I'm not traveling for that one. Boo.)

So, I have some exciting things (the house!) and some unexciting things (research papers) happening, but they're all equating to an antisocial weekend.

Go big to go home

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After seeing a couple more houses in Tacoma, I decided to make an offer on what I'll dub "The Oakes Tree." Here's more of The Oakes Tree in pictures:

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And in video:

Stay tuned for updates, and cross your fingers!

Sleep: 1, Earthquake: 0

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Maybe it was just me, or maybe it was the bottle and a half of 3-buck Chuck that Amanda and I downed last night, but I didn't feel any earthquake this morning. I slept peacefully through it.

The Seattle Times reports the 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 5:45 a.m. this morning.

And who else besides me first heard about the earthquake from someone outside of Seattle or even out-of-state? News travels faster than natural disasters these days, I suppose.