Finally have internet in Seattle

I finally got internet access set up in my apartment in Seattle (it only took four days, but felt like forever). Obviously, I've had internet at my internship at Amazon. I figured since I'm away from essentially everyone and everything I know during this summer, it might be a good idea to hybrid this blog between Openomy things and personal things. That way, if nothing else, I can keep a memory of this summer.

I haven't had much of a chance to keep up with tech news and/or blogs since I've been out here without internet, but hopefully that will change now. Luckily, my girlfriend, Jen, is interning at MSNBC way over on the east coast and keeps me up-to-date with the latest news while I'm at my internship.

So, a quick rundown of my life:

• I've been working on Openomy off-and-on. I've already spotted so many places for improvement, but I'm going to finish how I originally started and then incrementally improve.
• My apartment is nice (maid service is a wonderful thing), my roommate is a really good guy, and the location is amazing.
• Seattle is quite an interesting city - big city with small town feel. Example 1: Cars will stop and line up traffic while they wait for you to cross the street. Example 2: It's quite possible to receive a ticket for jay-walking.
• My internship is really awesome so far. I love my projects and they should prove to be pretty interesting. The company is amazing and the offices are even more so.
  
• My team is great, as well - I have a really great mentor and an extremely smart manager.
• Seattle is missing one key thing-- my girlfriend. Luckily, geeky things like video chat make the experience a little easier (but not nearly enough so).