This may come as a shock to many of my DC friends, and I’ve already gotten my fair share of “virginia dude wtf?” instant messages, but I’ve finally moved out of the District of Columbia and across the Potomac River to the suburbs of Arlington, Virginia. Yeah, still in the DC metro area, unfortunately, but in a much nicer area. I haven’t seen a rat yet, and while we are still surrounded by people carrying firearms, they are U.S. Marines who actually know how to properly use them.
This all came about because my roommates and I gave our landlord notice on our house on Harvard Street in Columbia Heights. Since there is no way in hell I am committing to this area and signing a one year lease on another place, I am staying at my friend’s house while I try to figure out what to do with my life. I am considering the following:
1. Move to Houston. Find job in energy industry. Take GMAT. Go to business school eventually.
2. Apply for a Fulbright in Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan and write a research paper on oil or whatever.
3. Become a bounty hunter. I once read a Rolling Stone article about bounty hunters and it sounded like an exciting job. You get to kick in people’s doors and stuff.
Of all three options, I will grant you that the first is the most feasible. So while I formulate some sort of plan to accomplish this, I will, in the meantime, relish nights without gunfire, fighting, sirens, and the constant buzz of helicopters.
From Ann:
I vote for #1; but I’m biased!
Yeah for a more-crime free area!
From Cindy:
Ha i seriously almost just sent a postcard to your DC address… for once it’s a good thing I’m such a procrastinator
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From Elisabeth:
Bounty hunting. Sounds like a solution to the cab strike.
From Jackie V.:
Although I am partial to option three, I like #1 for this reason- QUESO. Tejas can make a great queso and there is this place in H-town called Taco Cabana and they make a mean queso. I’d probably weigh 300 pounds if I lived there. Maybe that’s why people are so obese in Houston.
From Lauren:
mMmmm Taco Cabana. We have one of those here in Tulsa.
From Milo Freeman:
RE: Last Paragraph.
Funny, so will I. Good to read you again as well, and as always, thanks for dropping by
Milo