the rice-a-roni treat
i certainly like the setting of san fran over vegas (which is were the last conference i attended was). it’s nice to go outside and breath air, not sin. it is really nice to be in a city again. i really enjoy walking the streets of a city because of the sense of being ominous. i plug into my ipod and see the city by the songs of my own choosing. i find myself dropping my texas mosey and picking up the focused, laser like walk of city folks. i guess i do not look too touristy because i got ask directions from someone yesterday.
i’m having a bit of blast from the past while i’m as i am visiting with two friends, one from high school, alex barszap; and one from my college co-op days, chris baker. we have caught up on who still talks to who from the old days. they have taken to some delicious restaurants and cruised me around quite a few neighborhoods. i spent the fist evening with alex and we ate a great italian place and went back to his place for spilling through yearbooks. last night chris took me to a peruvian restaurant and on a great tour of the bridges and everywhere in between.
it’s so interesting to hang out with older versions of ourselves…to hear the stories that have shaped our lives into what they are today. the three of us are single 30 somethings, all professionally involved in technology in some manner, have similar senses of humors/distain toward life. i enjoy that i can still after all of these years kick it with these guys. it makes me more curious as to what being a gen-xer is and if that has something to do with this connection. but being a true gen-xer i’m not about to read a fucking book that will tell me about myself.
a highlight of the conference was being able to see kevin smith speak. he’s so funny. he’s like the only person i’ve been around lately that swears more then i do. i heart kevin smith and his embracing sarcasm.
well it’s off to the expo floor to be malled by vendors.
