The Serpentine Fire

I'm gonna tell a story, morning glory... so sit tight.

Today, there are two bits of good news. First, I have (mostly) successfully upgraded to Movable Type 3.2, and it looks like just about everytihng is working. There are a few behind-the-scenes issues that aren't quite at 100% yet, but I don't think they'll present a huge problem. Even better, everything on your end looks perfect. Everything is going according to plan, mwuhahahaaaa....

The second bit of news isn't quite as good, but it's still neat. I successfully navigated my way through the dark, twisting corridors of 66, 395, and southeast D.C. today and drove to work. It's one of the first days I've actually been able to do this, since I only recently got a parking pass. However, I tried it out today knowing that I had a meeting in Crystal City that would allow me to leave for the day from there and be that much closer to home, thereby cutting down on the massive amounts of road rage I would be exposed to.

I'm not sure if driving is the ideal way to go at this point, either. What it boils down to is this: in order to avoid HOV restrictions on 66, I need to leave home no later than 6:15 (but we'll say 6:00 to be on the safe side). That means waking up roughly a half-hour earlier than I have been. Today, the commute took me about 45 minutes, or about 30 minutes shorter than taking the Metro and hoofing it to my office. The two cancel each other out, you see. When you take into account that 66 turns HOV westbound at 4:00, about the time I'd be leaving the office, you add a whole other level of convolutedness. I'll try driving again and leaving from work at my normal time to see just how long it would take me going an alternate route away from 66, but until then, I'm reserving driving for days when I know I'll be leaving work early.

And the search for the perfect commute continues...