Tag Archives: North Carolina
Down The Coast In Seventeen Hours
This weekend, Harold and I loaded a uHaul with his boxes of comics, boxes of books, more boxes of comics, and maybe some clothes and a couple pieces of furniture, and started driving south from Brooklyn to Chapel Hill. Harold’s … Continue reading
Future
Mentioned to a work contact the other day that I’ll be splitting my time between NYC and N.C. for a while because I’m getting married and my future husband has been offered a job in Durham. It feels weird to … Continue reading
A Million Comic Books
Harold might talk a lot about hating comics, but I’m helping him pack, and that man owns several million comic books. (Helping him pack actually means dividing his books into boxes for him to take to Chapel Hill, and into … Continue reading
Magic Library
I’ve been reading a lot on my Kindle, and just as I was about to run out of money buying books, Roy told me I could check NYPL e-books out on my Kindle. This is pretty much the greatest thing … Continue reading
Irish Cream Latte
Harold: …then we’ll go once you’ve finished your coffee, James Joyce. Meg: What did you just call me? Harold: James Joyce. Because of your Irish cream latte. Meg: Oh, thank goodness! I thought you meant because I write long and … Continue reading
Walking Back
Harold’s been offered a job out of NYC and we were at a coffeeshop midway between our apartments, talking about it — Oh, sorry! I might not have expressly stated that where Harold lives and works has a direct impact … Continue reading
Twenty Minutes
“North Carolina’s not so bad!” I think, changing planes in Charlotte on my way to see Harold. “It’s sunny here, and southern politeness is charming. Maybe I should just have a better attitude! It’s probably going to be fine!” I … Continue reading
Hyperbole and Exaggeration
So apparently it’s lame to write a post about how much I love the Boston commuter rail. They have wifi now, and even though it’s pretty spotty, playing Facebook games is far superior to driving. Instead I’ll tell you about … Continue reading
TGConf After-Action Review
Right before I went to Denver, I went to the Triangle Games Conference. It was a great two days, I met a ton of creative people and heard about a lot of interesting projects. This meeting-strangers thing is getting a … Continue reading
Cool Breeze
Sometimes when people whine about how their town sucks or there’s nothing to do here, I secretly think they’re just not trying hard enough. Only boring people are bored, and so forth. Also, that feeling of I-hate-it-here is inextricably tied … Continue reading
