It’s the morning of a quick trip to see the family. I’ll be flying out tonight for a fast and furious two day excoursion filled with fun and fancy excitement. …well that’s a bit of an overstatement. I’ll be spending the two days working on projects with my dad (who I miss very much).
We’ll be doing the kind of projects we used to team up on from time to time. We’ll be working on some new cameras down at his carwash, and I’ll be getting their computers in tip-top shape. And I’f I’m really lucky I will get him up for a half day or so up on the ski slopes. But top priority is to get some of the things out of the way that he’s been worrying about.
It’s a little strange to be the only boy in the family and live 600 miles away from your dad. Even after more then a year I’m still adjusting to it. Phone calls are all well and good, but it’s just not the same. I could spend hours on the phone and it just wouldn’t be the same as a 5 min. trip down to the gas station for a drink. I really do wish I made a bit more money so I could take a trip every month or so just for a weekend. In the mean-time I’m really thinking about getting us a pair of iSight cameras. They would be a cool thing. First up though, I’ve got to get all the computers at home replaced with Macs. I’ve got two down, and one to go.
So I’m excited for a trip home, but it’s bitter sweet. I will be traveling alone this trip. My wonderful girlfriend is really the driving force behind the trip, and she really volunteered to stay home. She knew I needed to spend some time with my dad (for both he and my sakes) and she gave me that little push I needed to buy the plane tickets. Since then though she’s been having these strange little bouts of separation anxiety. She gets all sad and starts talking about how its my last day, as if I was on death row. I’ll only be gone a couple of days but she and I have really never spent more then two days apart. Really, since the day we met we’ve never been apart. So I will miss her terrebly, but I’m sure we will talk on the phone quite a bit. …and email, and IM.
Anyway, I better work a bit now since it’s my last day 😉 (I’ve kind of already checked out)
Kathryn Eller was my 9th grade English teacher, Student-body Office advisor, and a friend that I will remember forever.
When it comes to ugg boots, there seems to be only three kinds of people. Those who love ugg boots, those who hate ugg boots, and those who just aren’t sure what ugg boots are – but, when they find out, they’ll fall into one of the first two categories. I’m absolutely in the hate group. Not because the are really that stupid… but because they are really that stupid in Southern California.
I’ve been excited for this little event for some time. A few months ago while walking to my office I had an impromptu conversation with one of the instrumental parties in putting it together. I saw concept art and got a little run-down of what they had planned. Since then I’ve just been so excited. It sounded like Disneyland Entertainment was finally getting back into the hands of people who know how to cater to a theme park audience. No more of this artsy-fartsy crap that has been going on stages in the parks. No more high-concept mush. It seems were finally back to good old american song and dance fun. And it honestly was fun, I was smiling the entire time. I’m a very critical audience of Disney entertainment, and this really made me happy.