Second Chances: the Network

My radio station officially switched to holiday music 24/7 until Dec. 26 so I'm officially in the holiday spirit.

[FILTER: Will]

Do you have any holiday traditions you'd like us to do here?

[FILTER: Loki]

I'm stopping by my cousin's for Thanksgiving, but what are we doing with the kids? Joint holiday? I can...cater.

[STARFLEET]

I know Una's safely out of the city, but what about the rest of you? Regardless, it's probably a good idea to keep your phaser on you if you have it. Set on stun, obviously, but these folks aren't afraid to shoot first.

Added later: Mariner & Ransom - dinner at mine tonight if you're free.

[ADAINE & UNA]

Not sure if Una told you, Adaine, but I got in a little scuffle yesterday. I'm okay - no harm no foul, but just be careful out there, yeah?

Okay. Let me get this straight:

1. It's 2027.
   
2. Not only am I stuck on Earth, but I'm also stuck in the stupid past
   
3. So no holodeck.
   
4. No food replicators.
   
5. And again, stuck on Earth.

Does anyone know where I can get a really good stiff drink? Or five?

Mrs. Kovacs from floor 7 (Emilia, if you're friendly) wanted me to tell/remind everyone that her whist group is starting up next Thursday night at 7 PM in the common area.

Snacks and drinks are potluck style. Danae and Roderick from 12 are bringing finger sandwiches, and Rorie from 9 said they'd try their hand at a Victoria sponge cake. Edwardian dress is encouraged, but not required.

Don't worry if you don't know the rules. Apparently it's as much about the card game as it is catching up on building gossip. Who's in?

I GOT A JOB.

I wasn't worried about it because the government lady assured me they would help me find something, but I thought it might be in a shop or a barista instead of what I was doing at home. But no, they sent me on a few interviews with some different PR firms and I'm going to start on Monday with one that works with entertainment and sports brands.

Also, I just wanted to thank everyone for being so nice. I was really freaked out when I got here and you were all brilliant at answering my questions and helping me understand what the hell was going on.

Folks really ought to learn to hold their liquor better. Or choose better targets for a fight than someone at least three feet taller than them.

...Was might funny though throwin him out. An attempt was made to fight me over a lost game of pool.

[Ginny]
My bad. He was gettin out of hand.

Whatever's happened to the city almost makes me wish I was a biologist. As it is, I've spent much of my free time exploring the various regions - so much biodiversity, it's incredible. It does make me wonder whether you could construct something like this to counter the effects of global warming. Or, back home, to make regions further from the equator more hospitable for dinosaurs.

Unfortunately, though not for lack of trying, I haven't found many fossils, I wonder if that's because these biome regions are not exactly natural - or rather, they were almost instantaneous and not over the thousand or years or more that it normally takes an environment to change.


On a different note, does anyone have a favorite spot for rock climbing around here?

Has anyone gone on a gondola ride yet? Or commendeered a gondola for their own use? Would anyone want to? Looks like there's a lot of them over on the canals by the bridge these days.

A lemur stole my banana. I've decided to call him Balder, for no particular reason other than my own amusement.

Has anyone else experienced a bit of petty theft or minor vandalism from our new and varied animal neighbors?

Now that the 'ber months are here, I have a question for everyone.

Are you a pumpkin spice person or apple cider? Or other?

In case you're interested, the 'Dino Days' exhibit at the Natural History museum at the California Academy of Sciences closes tomorrow. It's definitely work checking out and I'm happy to play tour guide if anyone wants a personal tour.

I will be working part-time there and part-time at Berkley's Museum of Paleontology which is really more of a research museum, but I'm hoping to convince them to do more public events as they do have some lovely specimens there.

I'm starting a parkour club.

Starts in ten minutes. On the roof.

Think I could use a drink or ten. Decent bars? Ain't talkin nothin fancy.

It's been some time since I've been to San Francisco and this skyline is pretty different than I remember (unless you're counting archival photos, which I'm not). The Golden Gate bridge looks as expected, at least.

Hello, I'm Jim Kirk, newly arrived from a few hundred years in the future, but glad enough to be back in Earth for a while.