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I am starting my new job at UC Berkeley today, so you may notice that I have moved the book "Knock 'em Dead" from my "Currently Reading" list to my "Read" list. Yay!

Yes, that's right, I did get the Berkeley job. I am very excited about it. True, I could have made a LOT more money working at many other places, but I just felt that the University setting is what was right for me. The mission is noble - it isn't entirely about the bottom line, which I like. Not to mention the much more reasonable hours. All in all, I am looking forward to this very much.

I am actually sitting at Starbucks just a block and a half from my new office building right now. I decided to be adventurous on my first day and take public transit over here. It took just about 1 hour from the bus stop by the new apartment to get here. Not terrible - it would take about 45 minutes to drive here, so the time difference isn't HUGE. Not to mention that I would have to pay for gas, parking and bridge toll if I drove to work every day. I have to run a few numbers just to determine which is really the most efficient way (considering both time and money). BART is pretty expensive ($6.50 round trip) and my total cost for public transit would be roughly $9 a day. Howevever, driving would mean almost as much - if not more - I predict. As I said, I have to run some figures.