alex chiang: web 6.0

Hotel Babylon parking monkey, Liberec, Czech Republic

I’ve been feeling a little unstuck as of late so it’s good to be home.

An incomplete pastiche of random thoughts…

Small is beautiful. I’m Portland over Seattle; Grenoble over Zurich.

Watching Linus get beat at Wii tennis was insanely amusing.

The Benson Hotel has the best amenity ever: companion fish. They will give you a complimentary goldfish for your room during your stay to keep you company. What a nice touch.

Compare and contrast DEN vs PDX. PDX to downtown: hop on the light rail in the actual terminal, and $2.30 and 30 minutes later, you’re in the heart of Portland. DEN to downtown, maybe Coors Field: minimum of 2 transfers on a confusing bus system, and takes at least an hour (when the city is actually only 20 minutes away by car). Or, if you want to go to Fort Collins, you pay $35 for a one-way bus that leaves every two hours and extends the normal 1 hour trip to 1.5 hours. That is pathetic.

I need a smaller laptop. I was able to do a 2-week international trip with carry-on only, but lugging around the laptop was brutal. My camera took up 1/3 of my luggage volume, but that was worth it. On the whole, I still feel like I brought too many clothes. Damn you, boy scouts.