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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] I'm back online and settling into the new place. Did anyone miss me? I thought not. Anyway, it's been a long couple weeks with no television, no phone, and Internet. Everything is good now, but it looks like I have a lot of reading to do. Plus, I've missed the last three [i]Enterprise[/i] episodes. Bummer. On the plus side, I do have some pictures to bore you guys with. Here are some pictures of the apartment: [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/livingroom.jpg]Living Room[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/diningroom.jpg]Dining Room[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/hallway.jpg]Hallway[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/bedroom1.jpg]My bedroom, view 1[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/bedroom2.jpg]My bedroom, view 2[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/bedroom3.jpg]My bedroom, view 3[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/bedroom4.jpg]My bedroom, view 4[/URL] This is supposedly a safe neighborhood, but I can't understand why there are [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/locks.jpg]four locks[/URL] on the front door. Here is my cat, [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/yellow.jpg]Yellow[/URL]. She's still ticked at me for abducting her from home and dragging her down here. This is the [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/courtyard.jpg]courtyard[/URL] my unit looks out on to. It's nice to go out there in the evenings right now (for some reason, it's been staying in the 80s the past couple weeks). I went for a walk earlier this week and snapped some pictures of the area. Here's the outside of my [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/apartments.jpg]apartment complex[/URL]. Here's our next-door neighbor, [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/tcoaad.jpg]The Council on Alcohol and Drugs[/URL]. Across the street is [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/cleveland.jpg]Cleveland Park[/URL] -- one of several parks within walking distance of my apartment. I'm walking across the [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/pedestrian.jpg]pedestrian bridge[/URL] spanning [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/memorial.jpg]Memorial Drive[/URL]. Looking the opposite way, you can see [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/williams.jpg]Williams Tower[/URL] (which is one block north of where I work). Houston has no zoning laws whatsoever, so it's not uncommon to see very tall skyscrapers rising out of the middle of residential neighborhoods. For example, here's the [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/amergeneral.jpg]American General Corporation[/URL] complex. For another example, here's a [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/condos.jpg]33 story condo building[/URL] underconstruction. They're both just a street over from me on Allen Parkway. Here's a couple pictures of [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/eleanor1.jpg]Eleanor[/URL] [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/eleanor2.jpg]Tinsley[/URL] Park. It runs along Buffalo Bayou from the edge of downtown until a little past my apartment. Here's a shot of [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/downtown.jpg]downtown Houston[/URL] from the Waugh Street overpass. And here's the [URL=http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/29/wortham.jpg]Gus Wortham fountain[/URL] that's at the other end of the overpass. That concludes this little tour. It's really cool living here. My roommate is great, and the commute to work is a heck of a lot shorter. It's also a nicer drive since I'm cutting through Memorial Park instead of the ghettos. I wish I had done this sooner instead of spending last year in the dorms. The only thing I worry about is the upcoming hurricane season. I have a front-row seat should the bayous flood again. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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