“yesterday felt like” friday random ten
Nothing truly amazing to report around these parts, other than the fact it was tougher than usual getting up this morning; yesterday, involving as it did a drive back from Northern Virginia after a two day meeting sitting in a conference room talking about combining organizations (which I won’t even be part of, because I’m getting detailed to another project altogether), staring at powerpoint slides, and watching all kinds of old IT grognards get wistful about punch cards….
Made me feel like I wasn’t the oldest guy in the room, which, given my life lately, was novel.
Anyway, to complete my original thought: yesterday, because drive on I-95 etc etc, tripped my muscle/neural memory, which spent more than ten years ending my work week by driving south out of Our Nation’s Capital’s Suburbs.
It wasn’t a bad trip overall; I got to meet a couple of people in person I’ve only talked to on the phone, which is almost always pleasant and beneficial. I didn’t do a hell of a lot otherwise; I’ve been run ragged with all kinds of things lately, and enjoyed the break from having to drag anyone anywhere by not leaving the hotel once I arrived (The hotel had decent enough free food to satisfy my low standards, and they had TV and wifi to entertain myself before I dropped off to sleep early). It was kind of nice, but one night in a hotel isn’t enough to really settle in, especially since I’m hopping properties for a while (gonna build up some Hilton points, as that’s where my con gigs are these days), and I’m not entirely used to the layouts.
Wasn’t that bad; Homewood Suites is roughly equal to Residence Inn, only brown.
As for the weekend, we’re looking at rain and running teenagers places. The usual. Have a good one yourselves, okay?
- “I’d Die For You” – Bon Jovi
- “All You Zombies” – the Hooters
- “Doctor Worm” – TMBG
- “Shadow of a Doubt” – Sonic Youth
- “I’ll Be You” – The Replacements
- “You Might think” – The Cars
- “Gardening at Night” – R.E.M.
- “KARATE” – BABYMETAL
- “Speak to the Wild” – Thurston Moore
- “The Gold Medal” – The Donnas
