Autobiographical meme

via firecat.

How it works: You comment, and I give you an age to ask about. Please let me know how old you currently are!

I was given 32. This was 5 years ago (2008). Not much has changed since then!

I lived in:
A 4-bedroom house in suburbia.

I still live there.

I drove:
A silver '05 Mini Cooper S.

Same.

I was in a relationship with:
kirin

Same.

I feared:
Sharing personal information with anyone, presenting vulnerability.

Same, with added fear that someone I love will die without me being able to say goodbye (including the cats). Being stuck in a rut.

I worked at:
A local health department, as a pharmacist.

I am currently not gainfully employed. I'm writing, though.

I wanted to be:
A writer.

I still want to be a writer, and I want to live in Berlin.

Boston! July 11-15

I'm going to ReaderCon, which is outside Boston, and I'm flying Thursday & Monday. I believe I have a room for Thursday night at the con hotel, but I'm looking for space Sunday night.

I don't need much space; a couch will work. My flight out is at 12:45, so even allowing 2 hours pre-flight, I won't need to be out at the crack of dawn or anything. I have no major allergy problems, but I will need to be able to sleep undisturbed lest I get a migraine. If you have allergy problems, be warned that everything I own is covered in cat hair.

I do not yet know how I'm getting from the con hotel (in Burlington) to Boston. I may be able to get a ride to Alewife, or even someplace more central, depending on the charity of others with cars. (There is reportedly a bus to Alewife, but it comes every 2 hours.)

I also do not yet know how I'm getting from the airport to the con hotel, but since my flight arrives before noon and con things don't begin until 8 pm, I'll have some time to kill in the afternoon. Possibly even toward 6 pm dinner, if people can be gotten together by then. (Boston friends, I haven't seen you in ages.)

I may enjoy playing tourist in your fair city, but I'll still have my luggage with me, which doesn't sound like a fun game in July. I haven't actually visited much of Boston, so that could be fun, as long as I can leave my bags somewhere. (They will be minimal, as I'm flying carry-on-only. But lugging a backpack around for 6 hours isn't my idea of fun.)

ANYWAY! If you have a bit of crash space I can borrow Sunday night and/or want to show me cool things in your city, let me know!