Where I have lived by year, map and picture.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Note: all the Google maps are interactive, feel free to click on them, zoom in/out etc.
1972- Sept 1990, Jan 1992-Sept 1992, Jan 2002-Sept 2002
Home sweet home, Millbury, Massachusetts. Sadly, the house up for sale this month.
(2002 note: yeah yeah I lived in the down stairs apartment of my folks house for a year when I was 29 after moving out of Boston, read on to get the full story.)
Sept 1990-Dec 1991
Coolidge Tower – University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Millbury High School had less than 500 students (8 thru 12). Coolidge tower greater than 700 students and it is one of five, 21 story towers in Southwest Dorms that are surrounded by 14, four-story buildings. Yeah, this will work…
Sept 1992-Dec 1993
Worcester State College, Worcester, MA
I lived on campus even though it was close to home. I had this roommate that was a transfer from MIT. I would stumble into our room shit-faced at 3AM and he would be awake, in the dark, typing his computer. Mind you, at this time, I had email and that was extent of the internet from me.
After about 2 weeks of this, one night, I was really stoned and came into the room to ask him, “WTF ARE YOU DOING?”
And he just says,”talking to people.”
“No seriously, WTF are you doing?”
“still talking to people.”
“Where are they?”
“ummm, one is in Boston, one is in Australia, one is England.”
“WHAT?”
What he was doing was telnetting into Ohio State’s central computer to play text based MUSH (Multi User Shared Hack.)
Within a month, I was putting more time in on the game then he was. I was late for basketball practice as I was building my characters up and dominating the game. I was hooked.
I recently found my old roommate on LinedIn. He’s a game tester, believe it.
Dowden Hall, Worcester State College Campus
Jan 1994-May 1996
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, MA
Worcester State had a transfer program to UMassD for engineering. Off I went having never seen the campus or knowing a soul. I moved straight into the upper classmen housing, it was perfect. I met great friends, and it was perfect for me.
Cedar Dell Village, UMass at Dartmouth Campus
May 1996-Sept 1997
Fremont Street, Providence, RI
UMassD was only 45 mins from Providence, and Providence rocks. Within a year there, I saw, The Toadies, Bush, Belly, Cake, Matchbox 20, Candlebox, Guster, The Verve, Thrid Eye Blind, Built to Spill, Ben Folds Five, Pavement, Weezer, Eels, The Wallflowers, Wilco and likely more that I am forgetting. All of these bands were less than $12, as they’d stop in Providence to do a mid-week show on the way up to Boston from New York. I had such a great time there.
Sept 1997-May 1998
Glenville Ave, Allston, MA
Lived in the “student slums” of BU with a girlfriend that was going to BU at the time. I got hooked on Boston at this time.
May 1998-Sept 2000
Boylston Street, Brookline, MA
Move out on the girl, and into this apartment with a friend I grew up with, we had a blast. This is time I picked up my Red Sox season tickets which I still have to this day.
Sept 2000-Sept 2001
Kennedy Terrace, Centerville, MA
Moved out of Boston as I was laid off from work. Became a house-sitter for my Uncle. Live alone and enjoyed it very much. I used to drive down to Craigville beach at night and sit alone in a life guard stand and play guitar. Was a soul searching time for me, it was perfect.
Sept 2001-Dec 2001
Claflin Rd, Brookline, MA
I was ready to get back into the action and my friend has this absolutely beautiful brown stone apartment, all hardwood interior, pool table in one of the octagon rooms. 11 days after I moved in, the guy who lived in my room died in the World Trade Center towers. I did not live there long after and moved back home for a bit to gather myself mentally and financially. Rest in peace, Steve.
Sept 2002-Sept 2006
Abbott Street School House, Worcester, MA
The Abbott was awesome. Classrooms were turned into apartments, 20 foot ceilings and they left the green chalkboards in some of them. 30 foot long chalk board running down the hallway in our apartment. I spent a little too much time in the Big Woo but I did manage to GTFOOW.
Sept 2006-Sept 2007
I moved to California! You can read about some of the trip in the archives here of this blog. Click here.
Calle Borrego, San Juan Capistrano, CA
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I had an ocean view from my deck off the master bedroom.
Sept 2007-present.
Irvine, CA
After I got married we moved to a large gated community in Irvine, CA. This is where the crazy train ends and my new life with my family has begun. We have since moved across town into a house for the last few years but still in the lala land of Irvine!
