What time is it?

Shit... I was all worried about being late for work this morning... and yesterday... oh yeah, I'm frikkin' unemployed. But, I have noticed it's dark as hell in the morning and it got me wondering when the hell that damn daylight savings time thing kicked in. I'm pretty sure I should get a handle on that BEFORE I get hired by someone and have to go back to work. It sure would look bad to be late on my first day, right?

So, I was talking about other cities that I'd like to live in with a friend of mine yesterday. She is originally from Berlin, Germany. We both pretty much came to the same conclusion; Tampa seems to be a temporary layover for many people that expect more from a city. There is a lot of new development going on in the downtown part of Tampa, high rise condos and stuff. The big question will be whether or not the commercial development follows along with it. There are loads of new places where I could buy a condo in downtown Tampa, but not a single Starbucks, bookstore, or little cafe within walking distance.

Kinda depressing really. I think if I do decide to get out of here some day (other than being flat out destitute from cashing those unemployment checks) that would be the reason. it's just NOT a real city. It's a big suburb.

So I put together a short list of 5 cities I'd like to live in (not including Chicago since I spent most of my life there). Kinda fun thinking about this as I have only been to a couple of these places.

1. New York City (for all the same reasons I would move back to Chicago)
2. LA (Hollywood to be exact. Love the hills, and maybe then I could get discovered or something)
3. Munich, Germany (One word... OKTOBERFEST!!!)
4. Tokyo (Shit yeah, Asian school girl outfits are considered Busines casual for the Japanes 20-somethings)
5. Tossup between Lisbon, Barcelona, Florence (love the weather and culture of those places)

Just missing the list I guess would be Boston, London, Vienna, Prague, and Hong Kong.

Shit, I may as well just go win the Lotto this week and then I can spend 5 years living in each place, right? How frikkin cool would that be??? "Shit, sorry, my 5 years is up, time to go live somewhere else. Later..."

Anyways, it was a depressing news morning... more articles about child porn being protected by the 1st Amendment, dead sorority girls in a big fire, Tropical Storm Noel on the way to the Bahamas. I'd rather sit here and daydream about what I would do if I was rich.

BOOYAH!!!

Heitz