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I think I’m going to change the way I start that first conversation with strangers here.

So far it’s “Oh I’m from Melbourne. Yeah, I’m here for work. I’m a programmer. I make computer programs.”

And then people make a half-assed attempt to relate to the job of programming. Something along the lines of, “Crushing those bugs, huh? Haha,” or, “My cousin did tech support for a while. He liked that job.”

Whatever. I don’t want to talk about computers any more than you do.

So I was thinking from now on, it’s going to be “Oh I’m from Melbourne, Australia. Why am I in Seattle? Well I just graduated from uni and it was time for me to move out. Yeah it’s a big move but so far I think Seattle has been worth it.” Etc.

Sure, I’m being more vague but my hope is that it won’t lead conversation into a dead end and we can keep talking about more important things like oral sex technique, what constitutes good coffee and the sorts of food where beer is a better accompaniment than wine.