July 08, 2004
Onward
So, life progresses. I'm back in Hershey, PA, where I'll be for the duration of the summer. It turns out that getting a car retitled and getting a new drivers license is really a pain, just in case you were wondering.
I've spent a lot of this week with friends. I had a few people over for dinner last night, and someone else is coming over tonight. See, here's the thing: there's no place to go in this town. There used to be a decent bar/restaurant called "Froggie's", but the owner, for reasons only known to him, decided that it would be a great money-making strategy to convert what was Hershey's only place for non-redneck 20-something's to hang out into a dance club. Brilliant move, Spanky. So whenever my friends and I want to do something, it generally involves hanging out at my parents' place. I don't mind this much: those who have been here will verify that it's a nice house in a nice location. But sometimes you just want to go out for a few drinks, you know?
I'm still messing around with Gentoo, as I can't get X to work. Ifigured out that the system hasn't configured my USB devices correctly. It does recognize they're there, as dmesg will very nicely report the identity and location of devices when I hot-swap them, but as far as I can tell the input is getting chucked. It certainly isn't linked to /dev/mouse where it should be going. So if anyone knows how to track down the input data from USB devices without already knowing where it is (cat /dev/mouse gives nothing, as does cat /dev/usbmouse, please feel free to share.
The apartment I had a lead on was rented to someone else. Damn. Still, I've got a lead on two others, one in Washington Heights, the other on the Upper East Side. Either would be cool, and the rent is decent.
I guess that's it for now. Oh, right, contact info. Email works as always, as does commenting here. Phone contact is a bit sketchy, as my SprintPCS phone doesn't work around here. I got a new Verizon phone, but I won't be using it much till I move to NY. I'll email my home number to anyone who needs it.
Later.
Drive 4 hours north on 81
take old route 6 east/north into carbondale
when you enter carbondale, past the ACME supermarket & Burger King on your left, take a left on main street.
go 3 blocks, get out at McMahon's tavern. Then pub crawl the town...although, its more like "dive" crawl the town...I recommend the Knights of Columbus bar also
Posted by: JosiahQ at July 8, 2004 01:24 PM