Work In Progress.

So I never did post after that dinner...my free connection never came back until now, so I have been pretty much absent from the cyberworld. Now that it works I wanna post and stuff, even though I should go to bed. Ok, so the house is coming along quite well I have to say, I got my office, computer and phone at the school, I start orientation tomorrow morning...then it's off to Austin to see Engine Down and Bella Lea...and hopefully see something of the city...

Dallas so far seems big, much more cosmopolitan than I thought (and much more than Florida so far), car-oriented, sprawled out, a pain in the ass during rush-hour, etc etc They have a turnpike named after one of the presidents of that family that comes out of this state...but other than that it doesn't seem as bad as everybody says, or as I thought...not worse than Florida so far...as far as cowboy hats, I have seen some...not many...as far as huge pickup trucks, very very few: there are way more in Florida! The Sunshine State seems also more religious than Texas...but this is all so far: I've been here less than a week now! There's not much police at all on the road, but some gas stations and stores have policemen hanging out outside...Latinos (mainly Mexicans probably) are everywhere, with large amounts of kids and young parents usually...most things are in both English and Spanish...but there are a lot of people from literally all over the world...I am impressed...maybe all big cities are like this, I don't know! Gainesville was definitely not this multiethnic.

All colleagues seem ultra-nice, school starts in a little over a week so I have to get on the ball pretty soon and pretty fast...I will also start thinking about what to do (read: where to go) during the days off, and find some tickets for the winter break...

oh, and I rented the cheapest car I could and I got...a PT Cruiser!!!