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Got up pretty late, and spent most of the packing. Just had some sushi for dinner, watched King Arthur, it is OK.

I think I may stay in tonight, I still have quite a while to go packing. It is surprising how long it takes to box up all the small items. I should know by now.

It's the weekend. It's supposed to be really hot, we'll see. It's packing time, will spend most of the weekend getting everything ready for the move.

Issues with multiple servers kept me at work until ~ 2 am today. It took a while, but I think we got it all resolved now. It had to be addressed eventually anyway. Al and Amit, two colleagues, stayed as well and we worked together.

I ate dinner at Pop Burger late, taking a quick break. Lots of people out. Very pleasant night.

Got stuck at work for a while this evening. Everything was fine until 7 or so, we even had a party going on at the bar, but then some of the dev servers ran into problems and had to get involved. Didn't get done until a few minutes ago.

On an unrelated note, I had the co-op board interview yesterday. Very nice people, 2 ladies and 2 gentlemen asked me a few questions. It was quite pleasant. My broker called this afternoon to let me know I was approved. Next step: set up the closing, which will be no small task. Then, schedule movers, pack, etc.

At the same time, my current building has started a condo conversion process, which seems to be common in the city these days. The property owner, Swig Equities, just published "The Red Herring", which is a compilation of information they have to provide to all tenants explaining the process, and including the values of all apartments. The booklet is like 400 pages long. I found out the studio I'm currently leasing is almost 700 sq ft and has been upraised at $989,000 (!) This area - Columbus Circle - is now hot because of the new AOL Time Warner buildings, the mall, Whole Foods, the new Columbus Circle itself, the new cool glass building on 57th and 8th, etc.

A few quick pics I took today. The first one shows my building (to the left) and the new cool building being built right next to it. The second one shows this new building better, all glass and metal. The thrid one is a shot of 8th ave on 56th street. The forth night is the view from my window at night, with the Hudson River as a backdrop.