Last night I watched a major animated feature (the reason many of my coworkers have IMDB entries) that was in cinemas earlier this year and is currently doing well on DVD. Said feature was rendered almost exclusively on the $BIGNUM node cluster, capable of $IMPRESSIVENUM teraflops, that I am currently working on. When does “working on” become “managing”?
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Work is going well. It’s very exciting and interesting. Several of the people sitting around me, and probably a large number of people in the building, have IMDB entries. How’s about that?
I done got me a place to live. A beautiful, bright new 1 bedroom (not a bachelor or a studio) basement apartment in a very nice just renovated house occupied by a pleasant couple and their lovely little daughter. It’s at the centre of this map, on Crawford St.. I can move in any time but I need to buy at least a bed (most rentals here are unfurnished) before I can and probably wont have the opportunity to do that until next weekend. I’ll be spending a lot of time on ikea.ca and other furniture stores in the coming days.
Following some interviews last week, I was made a job offer yesterday and accepted. Today is my 2 week anniversary here and I signed the contract. The position is Sys. Admin in a digital animation studio. I start on Monday. It’s quite exciting.
Now I am apartment hunting.
Distance between Dublin, Ireland and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as the crow flies: 5249 km
All going well I arrive tomorrow evening around 6pm EST.
[ Update ]
I r having arrived safe.
Have just put outside the last four bags of garbage from my flat and now all that remains is my suitcase and a few things I need in the morning. This is my last night, for now, as a resident of Dublin (I’ll be back momentarily next week for a couple of nights on a kindly donated futacouch before finally flying out on the 14th)
I’ve lived in Dublin since 2001 and I really do love this place but it’s a big world out there.
I’m about to embark upon what is without doubt the biggest and scariest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve left my job and my home and I am about to leave my friends and dearly loved ones behind.
When I decided to do this I didn’t think I’d be sad to leave Dublin, but boy, am I ever. Right now my sadness blinds me to what will hopefully be a very happy and exciting time. That’s difficult to see through the tears right now.
Wish me well. I’ll be in touch, you can count on it.
I’m coming for you.
