Present Perfect

House

What a day, what a day. This morning I woke up with stress hoping the apartment I chose was still available. I had one more appointment, which was in Calle Taller, which is in my opinion the most pleasant street in all of the centre. It has six CD stores that I could count, so go figure... I walked out of one with a strange Radiohead bootleg double CD, an Arab Strap single and the Pixies Purple Tape.

So, on to the loft. I entered into my dream apartment. A huge loft with the kitchen just the way I like it, open and connected to the rest of the place. And the terrace is huge, 40 square meters. You can play football on it !

It was a bit more expensive though, and the terrace is walled, and it would take work (like pour concrete on the floor on top of the bathroom), and so on. And my girlfriend rightly argued that whatever way we look at it, it would make us count our money more all the time, and it's 2500 euros more per year.

So sense prevailed. The moral of the story is - it's ok to dream, but sometimes it's nicer to just settle down and choose something.

At noon, I opened a bank account. It took me two minutes before I realized that the song currently playing there was "Into The White" by The Pixies. I mean, The Pixies. In a bank. And not just any regular song. One of the better, but unknown B-sides. One of the few sung by Kim Deal. In a bank. I still can't get over it.

I mean, it was a bank. People wear suits. Money is exchanged. Only in Barcelona.

In a stupid bank.

So, I have a spanish bank account. Send me money !

In the evening, I went to the rental agency with two people. They seemed to be very nice; I only have to pay starting december, I can get my keys tomorrow, I can enter the weekend before I start paying, and so on. Great.

Only, they want cash. That means, about 2300 euros of it. Well, I had raised my banking limit on my card to 1500 before I left. But the ATM machine for some reason only allowed me to withdraw 300 euros. Luckily, I have a great boss.

Tomorrow, I go and sign the contract, then I fly back. I get the keys tomorrow. Keys. Tomorrow. Moi. Yes.

Barcelona, I think you and I are going to make the best of friends.

GStreamer

dolphy and I discussed the objectives a bit for my job. Basically, I'll be working on getting GStreamer stable, and then we start building server products on top of it. Too early to say, but it sounds like a dream job for me...

Hearing him talk, how we will tackle stuff, what will happen, it makes me feel like I'm part of the start of something big. I'm not sure yet, but I feel we will bring large doses of rocking things out there. And free to boot...

House What a day, what a day. This morning I woke up with stress hoping the apartment I chose was still available. I had one more appointment, which was in...