My Morning
seth: i had an insane day
seth: completely insane
seth: like nothing i ever imagined
seth: so
seth: new interns were supposed to get to mountain view by 8:00
seth: returning interns by 8:45
seth: i'm in san francisco; mountain view is a non-trivial distance away
seth: i figured i might as well get there early
seth: so there was a bus that left from the civic center at 6:45
seth: and another at 6:55
seth: my reasoning was that if i somehow missed the 6:45 one, i'd at least see it leave, and know where the stop was, and be able to get the 6:55 shuttle
seth: so i woke up at 5:30 since i really didn't want to miss these shuttles
seth: i got to the civic center at 6:20 or so
seth: plenty of time to spare
seth: when it occurred to me that i didn't know exactly where the stop was
seth: i realized that the "civic center" area was far bigger than i thought it was
seth: like a few blocks in both directions
seth: so i was looking for the stop, but i didn't see it
seth: and i didn't see anyone who looked like they worked at google either
seth: anyways
seth: long story short, 7:05 rolls around, and it's pretty clear that i missed both shuttles
seth: now, apparently i had passed by a certain coffee shop a few times while i was rushing up and down the street
seth: and this guy came out and asked if i was lost
seth: or looking for something
seth: so i told him i was looking for the google shuttle, and that i had to get to mountain view
seth: he was very friendly and offered to help
seth: said he had some time to spare
seth: i was thinking about getting a taxi since i didn't want to be late on my first day
seth: but he suggested that i take a caltrain (public transportation) to mountain view and then go from there since it would be a lot cheaper
seth: the caltrain station wasn't very close by
seth: so
seth: the plan was to take a taxi to the station, take the caltrain to mountain view, and then get to google after that
seth: now
seth: he said he was going in the same direction that i was
seth: so he went with me to try to flag down a taxi
seth: we tried to get one, but they kept passing us on the wrong side of the road
seth: anyways
seth: it soon became abundantly clear
seth: that he was gay
seth: and hitting on me
seth: pretty hard
seth: like, he eventually lost all subtlety
seth: he asked if i was "a healthy young man"
seth: well, i'm not sure if he asked that or stated that
seth: and if i liked to party
seth: what i liked to do
seth: pot, alcohol
seth: where i was staying, how i liked san francisco so far, what i'd be doing for google, where i was from
seth: etc.
seth: i answered his questions with the minimum amount of information required to be polite
seth: do i like to party? sure
seth: where am i staying? around union square
seth: how do i like san francisco so far? it's pretty good
seth: etc.
seth: i mentioned "i'm spending the summer here with my girlfriend"
seth: didn't faze him
seth: he was very persistent
seth: at one point he mentioned possibly getting my number
seth: i deftly changed the subject and he didn't bring it up again
seth: anyways we finally found a taxi
seth: so since he was going the same direction, we both got in the cab
seth: during the cab ride
seth: he asked if i had a pen
seth: unfortunately, i did not
seth: fortunately, he had both a pen and a piece of paper
seth: he gave me a piece of paper with his name
seth: and his phone number
seth: and his email
seth: the one piece of information that he didn't give me was his actual address
seth: we finally reached the caltrain station
seth: and i got off the taxi
seth: he offered to pay
seth: but i didn't let him
seth: so
seth: i got out of the taxi
seth: paid
seth: and then he tells the taxi driver "no, i'm not getting out here... can you take me back to where you picked me up?
seth: so he just came along purely for the ride
seth: anyways i finally caught the caltrain
seth: i was like 30 minutes late
seth: on my first day of work
seth: luckily, it didn't end up being a problem
Jun 2nd