Plane Trip
There is always this point in time on a plane trip when one thinks to oneself this whole flying thing isn't all that bad. This will usually occur just after one has finished watching the first movie. Then you realise you are only an hour and half into a 15 hour flight and have another 13 odd hours left.
I didn't sleep much on my trip. In the range of 1-2 hours for the flight to LA and around half and hour for the flight to Seattle. And forget about sleeping while you waiting at the airport less your stuff magically disappears.
What I watched on the long haul flight: 'Rio', 'Pocahontas' and new episodes of 'Big Bang Theory' and 'How I met your mother'. I actually quite liked 'Rio'. When I originally watched the ads for that film I thought the film was just going to be a really awful animated chick flick with a really awesome evil bad guy song (the producers posted the full version of the song on youtube as an ad). While the macro storyline was quite predictable there was enjoyment to be found in the (some of the) details. I watched 'Pocahontas' primarily because it was one of the few Disney classics that I didn't remember much of.
Apartment
Unlike for Interns, Microsoft likes putting full time employees into nice temporary accommodation. I assume they originally assigned me a 1 bedroom apartment. However the managers of the apartment complex wanted to paint that room. So instead I am now in a 2 bedroom apartment. Its certainly weird having so much space to oneself. Though I am pretty much going to leave the main bathroom and second bedroom alone so the cleaners have less work to do (I am assuming Microsoft is only paying for the 1 bedroom price).
The apartment has a balcony that looks out over a very small reserve (I can see the apartments on the other side). But its definitely nicer to see trees instead of roads or buildings. Though I have no outside chair (yet) so I can only enjoy the view by sitting inside or standing outside.
The one bad thing about the apartment is that it is a lot further from the shops than I was previously. There is actually a bus I can take this time that will shave off a significant portion of that distance, so its not all bad. However I don't have the company public transport card yet and I don't have enough $1 notes. So my first couple of trips to the shops, which are the heaviest, I have to do by foot. That is, PAIN!
Both TVs in the apartment have cable with a proper range of channels so I will be able to watch "The Legend of Korra" as it airs. Yay! I should in theory also have access to reruns of popular TV shows though the trick will be finding which channel(s) they air on.
