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ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR SILICON VALLEY DIARY
Rating: PG
Quality: (Quality: Unrated)
Fed up with California? Have sympathy for the Salt of the Valley!
January 2000
Love my new job here in Silicon Valley.
My salary is 30% higher!
I have stock options!
The temperature outside is 65F in winter!
California is the best place on earth!!!
Sure glad I moved out here.
February
Still looking for an apartment.
Freeways everywhere to take you places.
Love California!
March
Found a 1-bedroom apartment for $1900/mo.
California is a bit more expensive than I thought.
April
Gas hit $2.29/gal.
Somebody stole the gas from my car.
That sucks....
May
A small earthquake!
And this is what everyone was so worried about?
Almost didn't feel it.
June
A forest fire and a mud slide near LA.
Who cares, that is far away from me!
July
A big earthquake... Spent 4 hours in my bathtub.
Boy, that was scary. Glad we didn't have no
stinking earthquakes where I grew up.
August
Drought! They turn on the water once a day.
This sucks big time!
Somebody stole the water from my car's radiator.
Why did I come to California?
September
Decided to buy a house. Found a 2-bedroom fixer-upper for $800K.
Borrowed against my stock options for down payment.
Freeway traffic is worse. Today it took nearly two hours to get
to and from work...each way.
October
My startup fired 90% of the work force, including me.
The stock lost 98% of its value.
My options are underwater.
November
Had to sell my house. Couldn't make the payments.
Found a studio apartment for $2300/mo.
The traffic is unbearable
December
Problems with electricity.
They turn the electricity off several times a day.
It's called "rolling blackouts."
Somebody stole my car battery...what do I do now?
January 2001
I'm typing this, stuck in an elevator, in complete darkness.
The battery of my laptop is dying.
Silicon Valley is no more.
Angry hordes of former dot-commers are looting in the dark.
It was fun while it lasted.
I'm coming back home tomorrow.
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