Time to start exercising again. I had insomnia again last night, so I did pushups and crunches for a while, and tired myself out. I've also sworn off caffeine (again) and eating after 9pm.

I'm quitting my job. It's time to move on, and this place is boring, anyway. What's worse, they gave my office to the new secretary-cum-IT-Specialist (who is one of my biggest "clients") and moved me back into my storage room.

While chatting with a friend in DC last night, I had an inspiration. I'm going to go on a quest, a veritable Job Tour ('01). I'll move from city to city, staying with friends, until I'm either employed or I run out of cash.

I like the idea of being technomadic for a while. I'll bring my Rio Volt, my Palmax PD1000 (which should arrive by the end of the week) and my tape recorder. And my towel.

I'm pretty sure I have crash space in the following cities:

  • Washington, DC (I'll be apartment-sitting there for two weeks.)
  • Boston, MA (I conceivably have about 5 places I could crash in Boston.)
  • Amherst, MA (One or two places to crash there.)
  • Portland, MA (One place to crash that's a sure thing.)
  • Burlington, VT (Conceivably one or two places.)
  • NY, NY (A friend of mine from high school lives there, and I have another FOAF there.)
  • Chicago, IL (A little less certain, but I know a certain loft that I could probably crash at for a couple days.)
  • Seattle, WA (A remote possibility.)
  • San Francisco, CA (A garage to crash in.)
  • Los Angeles, CA (Well, I'd hafta get a motel room for a week or so. I have a friend there, but no crash space.)

Part of me wants to just skip the job hunt and stay nomadic for a while. I mean, if I spent a week in each of these places, that's more than three months. Chances are, I'll probably find a job in DC, and never get to go on this tour. On the other hand, maybe nobody will want to hire me.

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