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Shameless yet desperate plea
Dec. 24th, 2004 02:50 amI feel so stupid doing this, and yet, well, here I am.
I'm going to be at a conference in Oakland from January 6-9, 2005. (Note to potential burglars: don't bother. My wife will still be in the apartment. And our vicious underfed attack dog.) The thing is that, being a poor graduate student, I'd prefer to avoid having to pay $100/night for a room at this thing. Which leads me to wonder: is there anyone within earshot who (a) lives within a reasonable distance of downtown Oakland (e.g. via BART) and (b) wouldn't mind a non-troublesome house guest for a few nights?
I know, I know, it seems terribly unlikely, especially given the percentage of my friends list who lives on the East Coast. (And outside the East Coast, there's another chunk who are in Michigan or Colorado or other similarly random places, no offense, they're great places, but to be honest, from here, they're a little random as places go.) But it's worth a shot, no?
I'm going to be at a conference in Oakland from January 6-9, 2005. (Note to potential burglars: don't bother. My wife will still be in the apartment. And our vicious underfed attack dog.) The thing is that, being a poor graduate student, I'd prefer to avoid having to pay $100/night for a room at this thing. Which leads me to wonder: is there anyone within earshot who (a) lives within a reasonable distance of downtown Oakland (e.g. via BART) and (b) wouldn't mind a non-troublesome house guest for a few nights?
I know, I know, it seems terribly unlikely, especially given the percentage of my friends list who lives on the East Coast. (And outside the East Coast, there's another chunk who are in Michigan or Colorado or other similarly random places, no offense, they're great places, but to be honest, from here, they're a little random as places go.) But it's worth a shot, no?