• I'm working in a 'two pizza team' (couldn't find a link - maybe it's just an Amazon thing?) that does all of the gift-type stuff at Amazon.com. We're in charge of WishList, Baby and Wedding Registries, ecards, gift certificates etc.
  
  
• It seems like everyone at Amazon is having their first baby. And everyone has funky glasses. One of the things that I haven't experienced before is the level of respect everyone has for everyone else. It's like when someone is speaking everyone acts like it's God speaking. Or Jeff (Bezos) ha ha. I think it's because everyone is really smart so they assume that everyone else is really smart. Maybe it's a laid-back-West-Coast thing. I'm describing it badly. There just seems to be a lot of respect.
  
  
• American's are not as scary as I thought. Really.
  
  
• I can't say enough good things about Seattle. There are a lot of little neighbourhoods with personality. It has a good public transportation system. The architecture just *seems* organic because of all the hills. My place for example - the main entrance is on P2. You then go up two stories to our apartment which is on the first floor. Ooooh, the apartment… we have 2 tvs and vcr, dishwasher, washer/dryer, big dining room table (which just gets in the way of our bikes). We also have things that are really weird. Like a garburator. I figured out how to turn it on, but what do you use that for?? There's also an automatic-ice maker in the freezer. We have ice so it must be working. When the bathroom fan is on, so is a weird tanning light, like in a hotel. Is that a real tanning light? Do I have to choose between cancer and a clear mirror?
  
  
• I've been going to the YMCA which is this great building. Here's my current schedule. I think I'll keep it up. Sunday: swim and then sauna. Tuesday and Thursday: yoga with Lola (the yoga class has about 3-5 people in it. Lola is like Gumby and she doesn't know the difference between 45 degrees and 90 degrees but she is too fantastic). Monday and Wednesday I run on the treadmill between 6:30-7:30 and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I really look forward to the Buffy days.
  
  
• There's an espresso bar downstairs. The last couple of days I've been getting drip on my way upstairs. But today the woman in front of me got a "tall skinny vanilla latte" which sounded really good so I got it too. People are really serious about their coffee! It's intimidating.