I’d like to see more of you folks in
It’s for posting pictures of spontaneous or otherwise not contrived smiles, grins, and the like. :) It’s pretty good for cheering up one’s day, and I’d like to see more smiles in there, so… gowon, click!
Things are amazing right now.
•February 12, 2007 • 8 Comments(I’m feeling sort-of stream-of-consciousness today, just to warn you)
I haven’t had much time (since my trip) to take pictures, but since Friday I have been all over the state, visiting my friends and friends-of-friends. I’ve laughed uproarously, told tasteless jokes, and had great conversations. Parties great and small. I’ve loved and been loved very well, thank you very much, and that’s just, y’know, three days. This icon is so appropriate for me right now.
Lucy picked me up from the airport, and we spent the entire weekend having adventures together. I really love that. And her. Horizontally Ruled for your pleasure
Hello from Chicago!
•February 9, 2007 • 2 Comments(This is the letter I wrote to my mom, which I’m reproducing here for anyone who wants to know the basics of my trip. I didn’t write in much in the way of personal observations – I’ll leave that for when I upload the photos.)
Hi there mom,
My trip has gone fairly well so far. I was in Vegas from Thursday into Tuesday, and I created ten videos ( autonews dot com/video ) for our NADA coverage. There are, perhaps, things I’d do differently, but they’re pretty cool. Of course, they’re boring newspaper reporters talking to dealers about ROI and annual rates of blahblahblather, so I think they’re just cool ’cause I did them. :D
The company is having me expense my travel and food, so I’m really looking forward to filling out those forms! *chuckle* I spent maybe 30 bucks on the slots and had a a fairly good time – I never expect to get that money back, and that seems to make it more ‘fun’.
K.T. and Jeska and I had a lot of fun in the evenings. We went to the Stratosphere, which has 3 roller-coaster-style amusement rides built into the very top (outside) of the building. One flings you straight up and back down, and another has 3 arms (for 4 seats on each arm) that stretch over the building and expand out so you’re pretty much looking down. Pretty sweet!
Just said this to blue_lucy:
•February 8, 2007 • 48 Comments“I’m a fan of mitochondria.”
Discuss :D
“Here comes a better version of me”
•February 7, 2007 • 10 CommentsI’m on my flight to Chicago as I write this. I’m feeling very contemplative, actually. I feel very… adult. That’s kind of a strange thing to say, for me, but I can’t deny that my work responsibilities, at the least, have soared in the past few months.
“I am likely to miss the main event
if I stop to cry and bend
So I will keep a deliberate pace
let the damn breeze dry my face”
if I stop to cry and bend
So I will keep a deliberate pace
let the damn breeze dry my face”
More than that, I just feel like I’m on the upswing. Perhaps it’s my new attention to my diet, or the intense work-out I got this week – I’m fully capable of walking for miles after a heavy day of walking, and I don’t think I could say that before this trip. Maybe it’s my renewed adherence to my multi-vitamins – clearly my diet was poor for quite awhile, and my body probably wasn’t getting all it needed.
I’ve had some rough times recently, and those who know me would be shocked to hear that I haven’t really talked about them with anyone. It’s just not time, yet; I need weeks to grok in fullness. Waiting is, neh? eh.
I look up from my laptop at the red glow of the stewardesses face as she passes out pop, at the dozen mini-tvs that came down in the ceiling (airline mini-tvs inspired the auto entertainment systems of today, y’know), and I wonder why I feel like I’m in such a unique place right now. Am I at a crossroads?
“If there was a better way to go,
then it would find me
I can’t help it,
the road just rose up behind me”
then it would find me
I can’t help it,
the road just rose up behind me”
I don’t think so. I think I was at a major crossroads and I made decisions without fuss or gnashing of teeth.
I love when that happens.
Oneo f my favorite definitions of adulthood is the recognition and acceptance that many decisions you’ll make will necessarily close off other, perhaps even equally valid options. Holding tight to that fork in the road is like never using your camera on vacation because you don’t want to use up the battery. That’s what it’s FOR.
I’d say long notes like this are what comes of 3-hour flights, but you all know better – I’d do this anyway. ;)
Be kind ot me, or treat me mean
I’ll make the most of it,
I’m an extraordinary machine
I’ll make the most of it,
I’m an extraordinary machine
It’s a cool 71 degrees today.
•February 6, 2007 • 2 CommentsI might wear long sleeves, perhaps, when I go out later.
The sun isn’t ready to set yet, but it’s starting to get lower in the sky, and the mountains are clear from my view out the 27th floor.
The white roses in the cobalt vase Lucy sent me are particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the city.
At night, the moon looks to be so close, I could reach out and pull it into my room.
Work is completely exhausting. I have spent most of my trip recording video, and will be spending most of the rest of the trip editing it. The recording process generally involves racing to a hotel across town, locating my interviewer, setting up a (very) impromptu background, prepping both the guest and (often very new-to-video) interviewer, record a second angle for the re-ask, and find time much later to record B-roll from the show floor. I can’t think of two interviews that actually happened consecutively in the same area.
I took some pictures, and shot much in the way of “funtime” video, so I’ll put that together sometime for everyone to laugh at. I’ll also write a longer post, I’m sure, at some point.
As for now, I’m going to finish up the things I was doing, and then head down to the pool area. I’d like to do the hot tub thing before hitting up The Venetian with K.T. and her coworkers for dinner.
I fly to Chicago for the second leg on Tuesday.
About Boston
•February 2, 2007 • 12 CommentsOne of my friends wrote this (I’ll link if he’s kosher with that), and I thought it was amusing and wanted to propogate:
Looks like Turner is paying the city of Boston a million dollars for their little publicity stunt. You just know that right now, there’s a group of marketing execs sitting around a table laughing their asses off after getting breathless nationwide news coverage for a whole day for the paltry price of a million dollars. It worked for me – I’ll definately go see the ATHF movie when it comes out, creativity like that, and pissing off the city with the biggest stick in it’s ass in this whole country should be rewarded.
I have to admit, I am precisely that cynical.
I had a dream
•February 2, 2007 • 6 Comments… in which maids who had tenure would shout their status instead of “housecleaning!” when they came to the door.
*shakes head* I’m going to do some work, since they were kind enough to pay to fly me here and all. Talk amongst y’sevs.