3 posts tagged “random”

Hi there. On the tradeshow road, this week San Antonio, next week DC, the week after that back in San Antonio and then the folllowing week in Vegas.

If I write strange things during this time, or disappear for days at a time...don't be alarmed. Random thoughts...

1. San Antonio might have the worst mexican food I've ever had. Wondering how that can possibly be. I also feel the Riverwalk is wildly, wildly overrated. There, I said it. Nothing against the town, really. Just get me the frack out of here.
2. I miss my sister. So badly I may have to do a drive by visit to Los Angeles to squeeze her, sit on a beach and look at the side of her face.
3. I also missed Adult Swim. I watched it last night until I feel asleep in my frigid hotel room. Not sure if it was my intoxication or just having been away from it for so long that made me so nostalgic. Each time I woke from my stupor sleep I found myself laughing out loud.
   
4. For those of you who have nudged me to do the etsy thing...it commences this weekend, stay tuned.
5. I'm going to write a short story called The Expo. I may save it for NaNoWriMo next month. Details on that later.
6. I love Stewie. I mean, I really do.

The outrages I have suffered today will not soon be forgotten!

I miss this space. Be back just as soon as I can.

So I went out with a friend for breakfast yesterday with a friend.

I came home with a 20 gallon aquarium and stand.

No, they weren't offering those with the Rooty Tooty Fresh N Fruity at IHOP. We have a habit of wrapping a series of errands into our meals together, so we stopped at PetSmart to pick up Mecca's prescription dog food. Yes. She has prescription dog food, of the calorie counting variety. Another story, another time.

While in the pet store, we always frequent two areas. The fish, and the birds. Each time we speak of the pet things we covet, and I have been longing to return to my days of childhood and my fish tank. Yesterday, riding the waves of feeling good and feeling free, I impulsively purchased the tank and the stand.

We laughed hysterically, lugging this stuff in my house, $320 dollars with of fishing equipment. Gravel, decorations (including a very snazzy Coliseum), a stand that would require assembly, all sorts of water treatments, you name it.

Everything but the fish.

But that gives me something to look forward to at the end of this week.

I later emailed Lisane to tell her of the random purchase, literally asking "why did I just buy an aquarium?"

Her response was priceless.

"Because you want to 'sea' your life!"

Ba doom, ching!

Hello hello, sending greetings from chilly, overcast Santa Clara, CA. 

So I'm here for a tradeshow and sitting in a Starbucks currently being courted interrupted by two odd little gentleman who want to know the details of what I'm doing, if I'm married and who purchased my laptop for me. Mmmm...kay. Getting weird.

I have some random thoughts I will share, because trips of this nature make it very hard for me to piece together anything too heady and spiritual. It's kinda like trying to center your chi in the midst of the running of the bulls. Nope sorry folks, it's work RPM today and so I must rant. San Jose International...you need work.

The rental car facility is located practically in another country, and with shuttles that run every twenty minutes or so, the line of people waiting for transportation TO the rental facility looked like a line for a rock concert. Way too long, way too sprawling for my schedule. Not to mention all the signs that tell you where to go for the rental shuttles, are outside of the airport. All of the information counters....have surprisingly little information, and there weren't any kiosks to provide any assistance either. GUH-reat. Baggage Claim might as well be  the Bermuda Triangle. Wander in, good luck wandering back out.

25 minutes later, I arrive at the car rental facility and pick up my rental and head out into the darkness to find my family amid the mountains, the freeways and the poorly marked little side streets of San Jose. By the time I got in, I was tired and ready for a glass or two of Shiraz and some peaceful time.

Today is registration day for the tradeshow, and I'm realizing I've got to get myself back in the East coast rhythm of doing business. Ironic, considering I'm on the opposite coast, but these tradeshows require focus, attention, planning and the ability to adapt as you get a feel for traffic flow. After a long haitus of creative planning, dreaming, piecing together an image, the brutal side of the job has reared back with a vengeance. It will be this way on through October, which means days and hours will fly and before you know it...I'll look up and another year will be gone.

All hail the show season.

On a seriously bright and cheery note, I'm catching up with some voxers tomorrow night after the tradeshow and I am really looking forward to it! I'm sure there will be a photo oportunity or two, and hugs a plenty. That's going to be the best shot of "glee" medicine I've seen in about a month - so you know there will be a post about that.

*temporarily distracted by the beautiful, tall brown man that's waiting in line for his coffee. Does silly little smile, laugh thing, then returns to post*

Where was I?

Oh yes, so tomorrow will be magically voxalicious. Which I need, but yesterday I experienced melancholia tugging at my hair. And I really don't want or need that.