week one - finally!

the past week has felt at least twice as long. there is TONS to do here and i haven't had anytime to get household stuff. here is a summary of what has happened and my noticings:

monday: all i can say is, thank god for car service AND that it was a holiday. when i got to the apartment (early morning), hilary was still moving stuff out of her room! i felt horrible. i guess she won't get the keys to her new place for another week or so. she left a bed and drawers for me which is super duper nice. i was expecting to sleep on the floor, covered in all the clothes i brought! after a good, long 4 hr nap I went to the meatpacking district and checked out the sweet office digs. and then went to IGNITE where i met a bunch of really smart techies and hear some even awesomer talks. so much brain power! since then, i've realized how much i need to watch myself around people and be open (ie not have a bad face when i'm zoning out). i never know who i'll run into again or what someone does! like, i met the guy who writes the fantastic blog posts at okcupid. he is super fun.

note: my first ride on the subway involved getting chatted up by an older man with dirty hands (said he was an engineer or something) who ended up following me all the way to my stop and attempting to hug me! he told me not to be scared of hugs. yeah, right.

tuesday: work! oh wait, but before that i went to glamour magazine! hilary was in a panel discussion and she invited me along. it was super swank, in the conde nast building at times square and so many bright women. plus i got some swag :) work was great! i have so so so so SO much to learn. but i'm very excited. its like the time i went to china and stayed at work all day BECAUSE I WANTED TO. i even stayed up all night i was so pumped. that and i learned that the new york comic-con was in 2 days!

wednesday: got into work late because i overslept. everyone thought they had scared me away! lol. but i did miss the bagels that day :( my new roommates, alicia and adam, took me out to dinner. we also went to farmacy. it is a FABULOUS dessert/soda shoppe that alicia calls narwal. i'm going to eat there every night. omg.

thursday: found a ticket to comic con! and had bagels! went shopping for food finally :) yay for trader joes.

friday: went to a database/information retrieval conference at google. THEY HAVE A FIREMENS LADDER BETWEEN FLOORS! don't worry. i used it. and i took a bunch of their free food and snacks. after, i ran to comic-con and blissed out for a full 30 minutes. sweet mother of pearl that was fun. i was asked why i didn't have a costume on, because apparently i would be a perfect wonder women. but i had to leave to attend the start of a data analyzing party :) yeah, ny is THAT perfect.

saturday: data stuff! free food and all the messy, dirty data anyone could ever want. they had some really neat projects but i stuck with one concerning global wellness with the UN. i ditched after 10 hrs to help my roommates and upstairs neighbors throw a pony kegger. the upstairs neighbors are super nice. two of them were speed skaters (both in the olympics but only one has medals - which i touched). the party was great! i met a space lawyer and lots of techy geeks AND other randos. new yorkers are all very nice! and interesting.

note: i tried inviting a colleague from work to the party on friday but i had way too much coffee and put my foot in my mouth. hard. 'hey you should come to my party, but i'm only inviting you because i'm super caffeinated'. i am such a jerk.

sunday: willed myself to the data thing after very, very little sleep. good thing i dressed prepared to go to comic-con afterwards, ie http://bit.ly/p820Z2. basically i looked like a trench coat wearing tramp. it worked though! after the presentations of what people did over the weekend, i got invited to look at someone's code with them at a coffee shop (i know, i'm a nerd) and we ended up getting lunch and going to MOMA together. in my costume. i think i hid it pretty well. he was probably suspicious about why i never took off my jacket even though it was warm out. and after all this, i didn't know how to tell him i was going home so i said i had to get on a different train when we were in the subway (which was true btws), mumbled something about how we should check out another museum or go running together, hugged him, and quickly walked away. i wouldn't say it was running. maybe a midget would run that fast but whatever. we'll see what happens :)

overall, i've had very little sleep but am not cranky! i've become a coffee drinker instead. i'm hoping (also not hoping) that i will get more sleep this next week (i like all the fun things to do and lessons to learn). further updates will most likely be less detailed!