A life revolving around work

So I went to Mountain View to visit Kenton at Google today.

o.O

Working at Google is like going to college, only the money is exchanging hands in opposite directions. Though they still have cubiclesish setups... not so boxed in, but cubicles nonetheless. Dry erase whiteboards everywhere... I suppose that's conducive to spontenaeity. The carpets are all polkadotted. Actually, the place is overall quite colorful and cheerful. >_>

And there's food. A lot... of food. Everywhere. In addition to, like, three cafeterias... they have a bunch of food stands in random places. All free. No one watching. It just SITS there and says "TAKE ME!" Drinks too. A little disturbing, actually, considering the sheer volume of people that were there. Google's a rather monstrous machine at this point, as far as raw manpower is concerned.

I had to sign an NDA before going in. :P Not that I saw anything worth mentioning anyway. Just Google's "master plan". It was quite ... er... comprehensive. ;P

Went to check out Kenton's apartment after having lunch... (btw, eggplant has officially moved off the "do not consume" list... but it has to be cooked good. XP ) ... because I'm a curious creature like that. Angelina said my apartment in LJ looked spartan... but I think Kenton wins the overall prize there. ^_^;

I was totally going to commandeer his computer while he was in the bathroom and update my log... but I realized quickly that it wasn't going to happen, since Kenton uses a Qwerty keyboard but with a Dvorak setup. So I couldn't even NAVIGATE to my weblog, let alone update it. Jerk. ;_;

Annnnnd... technically, this trip to Google was the farthest I have ever driven by myself. The nav system in the Prius was a godsend. Though I do find it a little disturbing that at one point, I realized that I had absolutely no idea where I was... but at the same time, I wasn't lost. :x

And my parents came home yesterday, so I don't have to look after the dog anymore. Woot.

~Kass