Commute

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Hour and a half today spent commuting to work. People seriously think I must live in Rhode Island, there's such a long interval between my "on my way in" email and my arrival. No, I'm actually just coming from across the river, but (to paraphrase Neal Stephenson in Zodiac) cities warp space, making a little bit of land take a frustratingly long time to maneuver through. Especially when it's snowing really hard, and you're an absent-minded goof who frequently boards the wrong train. (Even when it's not and I don't, it still takes an hour to get here.) Rrr. I shall invoke the shade of Mr. Estes the high school geometry teacher to say This shit's gotta stop.

My travel time today will not be spent in vain, for I will talk to my boss about making a regular habit out of working from home; I wouldn't feel half as frustrated if I actually needed to be here most days. Most of my work is on my laptop, and everything else is on Internet-accessible machines. Facetime with orkers is good, but I don't need to do that every day, and usually I feel nuisanced by all the office noise. Meh meh meh.

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The Peril of Distance

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If I ever get back to writing my furry Sci-Fi stories that's actually going to be the title of one.

Yes, it's nice not to have to go to work, but at least it forces yourself to keep yourself looking human instead of letting yourself turn into BrundelFly.

I had an hour+ long commute to and from campus my first few years in college. If I drove I would have had to drive through downtown Chicago during rush hour so it probably wouldn't have taken much less time.