California Dreams |
January 2000
Moved to Silicon Valley
for a job.
My salary is 30% higher!
I have stock options!
The temperature outside
is 65F in winter!
California is the
best place on earth!!!
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| February
Still looking for an apartment.
Freeways everywhere to take
you places.
Still love California! |
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March
Found a 1 bedroom apartment
for $1900/mo.
California is more expensive
than I thought. |
| April
Gas hit $2.29/gal.
Somebody stole the gas from
my car.
This sucks.... |
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May
A small earthquake!
And this is what my mother
was so worried about?
Almost didn't feel it.
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| June
A forest fire and a
mud slide near LA.
Who cares, that is
far away from me! |
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July
A big earthquake... Spent
4 hours in my bathtub.
Boy, that was scary.
We had no stinking
earthquakes where I came from. |
| 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? |
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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. One way. |
October
My startup fired 90%
of the work force, including me.
The stock lost 98% of its
value.
My options are underwater. |
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November
Had to sell my house. Couldn't
make the payments.
Found a studio apartment
for $2300/mo.
Traffic unbearable
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| December
Problems with electricity.
They turn the electricity
off several times a day.
It's called " rolling
blackouts."
Who stole my car battery,
and what do I do now? |
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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. |
| Mom, I'm coming back home. |
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