Why does it always happen like this? It’s supposed to be a RELAXING time, yet the preparation just about ruins it. Have I bought enough cat food so that My Darling Roommate can continue with what has become “Fat Cat Diet 2004: Shock & Awe”, more an experiment in sleep deprivation and meow-ignoring than anything else? Have I figured out what I should pack, checking the weather more often than I hit Send/Receive in order to fend away the impending rainstorms that threaten to usurp my tanning plans? Have I synced up my Palm Pilot so I don’t miss a meeting? Have I included all computer accessories so I don’t end up in hopefully-unmissed meeting without important computer info? Lord almighty, I sure hope I have.
Yes, Aubrey is off, once again paying a visit to the land of the Alamo as well as to Austin, the locale of SXSW. (For those of you like MDR who fail to know just what these acronym-like things mean, it’s a Music/Film/Interactive festival where geeks like me go to play with other geeks and talk about geeklike things. Oh, and drink.) I have client meetings tomorrow, Monday & Tuesday, and a lovely weekend in between where I shall sleep a lot, drink a lot and likely call my Mom/Friend/Roommate to overnight me the crucial item that I knew I couldn’t forget but did. In the midst of various notes on the backs of envelopes, receipts and parking vouchers, I try to remind myself that yes, I have to go to PetSmart, yes, I should really stop and get money out of the bank, yes, I should stop typing this and finish all the things I need to do before I can get out of here and go home and pack and do all the things that I need to do there. So as my brain figuratively runs willy nilly (Ha! I said “willy nilly”!), I will leave you with the following thoughts:
- If you’re going to be in Austin this weekend, email me and we’ll meet up. Miss Sarah Hatter and I have something in the works, and trust me, you don’t wanna miss it.
- If you’re going to be in Atlanta this weekend, be sure to drink green beer at Fado.
- If you’re going to have your cell phone on this weekend/through Tuesday, I’d suggest you should likely turn it off past 11 or so. I can’t be held responsible for things I do or say past, well, noon.
Yes, it’s one of those weekends.
In my absence, enjoy the (hopefully) lovely weather, send me emails, proposals, money, clothing, boyfriends, and flattery. Especially flattery – I love that.
Narcissistically yours,
Aubs
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From all I’ve read about SXSW, it sounds very interesting. I like the idea of chatting about geeky things, obviously, but then again, I fear the ‘Star Trek Convention’ factor. Maybe it should be called ‘Geek-nick’. “Geeks from all over converge on Texas!” You gotta admit it sounds a little weird. I can see the newspaper headlines now. No doubt fun, though. I haven’t reviewed the band list, but one would really hope that They Might Be Giants would play… those dudes are very geeky indeed.
Could you bring back some interactive music films to help round out hollismb’s collection?
Don’t miss The Georgia Peach!!!!
Lucky, lucky girl….my friends have coined it “Rock and Roll Spring Break.” All the good NC bands are playing as well as the 97s, so have fun!
Well, this is interesting. While it was Aubrey who requested an intern, somehow I’ve ended up with one instead. Posting comments in my honor, researching bandlists so I don’t have to, and doing advertising for me. I don’t remember going through the interviewing process, but I’m happy with the results nonetheless. Good spelling, grammar, and knows to add html into comments for convenience and readability. Can you pick me up some beer and drop off my dry cleaning too? 🙂
Look, They Might be Giants is playing after all….
so jealous… have fun!