October, 2008:

Got considerably lost today driving around in East Oakland looking for this laundromat.

Realized that I still need a bunch of time to get my bearings out here, especially driving.

The whole trip made me think about how nice it would be to have a Nokia N810.

So I’m saving my nickels and dimes to get one, before I end up in Nevada accidently.

FROM the Zach Galifianakis newsletter

Dear Austin, San Francisco and Los Angeles,

I have received a number of emails regarding the film “Visioneers”- a film where Zach is the lead. It is still playing the film festivals. I wanted to let folks know that there is a screening of the film in the above mentioned cities. I apologize for the late notice. Here are the links:

October 17th
San Francisco
Anti Corporate Film Festival
http://www.countercorp.org

October 18th
Austin, Texas
Austin Film Festival
http://aff.bside.com/2008/films/visioneers_aff2008;jsessionid=18A2D6CF69CE25D86271FD8FCEDF637E

November 1st and 3rd
Los Angeles
AFI Fest
http://filmguide.afifest.com/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/eventnote.php?notepg=1&EventNumber=2884

So I have the distance part of my move done, but now comes another hard part: finding a place to live.

Trying to find a 3+ bedroom ideally with 2+ bathrooms in Oakland nearish to downtown.

My lack of geographic knowledge is posing a limitation as least for knowing inititally where a place is.

All the flatmates are bicyle-folk, so that poses another stipulation.

But all together everything is pretty darn grand other than the fact I am fighting a cold 😉