from Rochester, NY

[nibot]

Uuurgh. Flights to the east coast are so hard. The waking up early, the inability to sleep on the airplanes, the rarified atmosphere.. I get sick everytime. And so here I am in some hotel cool enough to offer free DSL with a fever and chills... When I came to Boston the same thing happened.. I powered through it with regular dosages of my Israeli non-Aspirin fever reducers. I suppose I'll inquire with the front desk about their pharmaceutical supplies..

Other than that the trip has been good so far. Left home 06:02 on the BayPorter, got to Oakland 06:45, vegetated in the terminal for two hours. I ended up chatting with this guy who was on my flight for most of the time. He introduced himself as being from Wind River Systems, and he was shocked that I'd heard of the company. By the end of our conversation I felt like I could successfully ask him for a job. After the technical subjects our conversation turned to politics (he's another recovering Deaniac). Turns out he lives with his 'partner' Ted in manchester and he was adamant about wanting to get married, "none of this civil unions nonsense."

It was nice of University of Rochester to have the Syracuse Varsity Cheerleading Squad meet me at the gate in Rochester. (I also like how U of R noted specially that this hotel they're putting us up in has a heated indoor pool) Outside of security I found my uncle Pat and my grandfather waiting for me, and we went out for a big meal at an italian restaurant (fetuccini alfredo, red wine, tirimisu, cappuccino, mmm). By the end I was very eager to collapse in a nice comfy bed at the hotel.

It would be fun to go meet the other prospective grad students (hence 'pros') but I'm not really feeling up to it at the moment. We had good times when NEU put us up in the Collonnade Hotel in Boston.. five-oclock cocktails, bicycling around MIT with Kenny, playing in the Christian Scientists' fountain. Instead I will commence my search for ibuprofin.

Comments

[squarkz.livejournal.com]

they put you up in a hotel instead of a grad student's couch? on one hand, niiiiice. on the other hand, that greatly reduces the chance of drunken adventures and mischief!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think there's plenty of opportunity for hotel-based mischief.. maybe moreso than grad-student-couch-based mischief. But I was much too sick to even think about such.. I went to bed at 10pm, which sounds respectable until you realize that's 7pm in California!

Yeah, they've been treating us quite well. The professors are virtually begging us to come to this university. I've started to wonder how I was possibly accepted...

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nice trip so far. As long as you don't die. There was a direct flight from Oakland to Rochester? And why was this guy flying to Rochester if his partner's in Manchester? (New Hampshire, I believe?)

Anyway, have fun with the 'pros'! (I got put up in a really nice hotel in Pittsburgh and a decent one in Madison - in Irvine I was on someone's couch.)

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Oh, there was a stop in Chicago.. that probably clears things up.

[forvrkate.livejournal.com]

You should talk to lj-user "four". He goes to UoR and was at UCSD with me last year. His name is Ryan. But he's shy, so you might have to prod him a little.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

thanks for the tip... i've friended him. (-:

[nibot.livejournal.com]

I hope you realize this has been an extremely influential lj-comment!

[forvrkate.livejournal.com]

:) Rock on.