Yea, no internet at home has gotten old, and I'm planning to get internet installed soon.
The latest developments in the last month, aside from moving to the new apartment is that I have a job now, and the band I'm in has its first gig this weekend. It took two years in Taipei for things to start coming around. Story of my life. Or not.
I'll have to see where this job goes. The position is Copy Editor at a local English language paper, The China Post. It's a great job, very interesting, even fun, and something I'm good at. Er, at which I'm good. At. The only drawback is the evening work hours, since it can conflict with band commitments.
I'm going to try to make it work. Time-wise, I should theoretically be able to do both. But if I had to quit one or the other, I would quit the one that was more inflexible to the other. Whoever makes demands of me is the one I would quit. Personality insight.
Another drawback of the job hours is that it gets off after public transportation shuts down – after midnight. So when it rains, if I'm unwilling to get used to riding in the rain, I'll have to walk home, which I found out last night takes more than an hour. Might be a time to practice shakuhachi.
I was also wondering how the hours might affect riding, since when I got a road bike last year, most of my riding was in the early morning. But since I moved back to Taipei from Xindian, the southern Taipei county rides aren't as accessible anyway.
I realized last night while walking home, Taipei city streets are fine to ride on in the wee hours because they're well-lit and traffic is spare. Not much for scenery, but it might be a different kind of thrill. I'll have to see. If it stops raining any time soon.
Which I doubt.
