Wed, 08 Oct 2008
Reunion Fun
Well, I'm back from the AHHS Reunion trip. I had a really good time (better than I thought I would). Most of the events were a blur, but here are some random thoughts and recollections (and advice?): 1) I had a camera with me and I thought I took hundreds of pics all weekend. That wasn't the case- I barely used it. I think I wound up putting about 20 pics in an album on Facebook. 2) I thought I did a damn good job mingling at the bar on Friday night and at the event on Saturday night. Well, now that I've seen some of my friends's pics- I seemed to have missed a lot of people. That's kind of a drag, I wanted to give at the least a hello to a lot of them. 3) The girls looked better than ever (but of course you knew I'd say that) 4) The smartest thing I probably did was to schedule outside events- I met Ross for breakfast on Friday so we could catch up. I also got to hang out with the Lauras and catch up as well. If/when you're going to a reunion, do that same thing if you have time-- schedule lunches/breakfasts/coffee whatever with your classmates. Or, bring them along to your parents' regular burger night post-reunion if they're still in town like Kevin, Laura and Tenny were. Like I noted before, I thought I had mingled well, but didn't so I was lucky to have scheduled things where I did have time to talk. 5) I also got to spend some quality time with some non-reunion folk- most notably my parents, my replacement™, Megan, Sarah, Chuck & Sam, and got to do a quick catch-up with Golly who I didn't know lived in SF for a bit before moving back to SA (she has a kick-ass store where those of you in SA should go shop). 6) I forget I'm in a bubble out here and was surprised that a lot of people weren't online- ie at least facebook. But from the past week's worth of activity, they almost all are now. Not everyone I know sits in front of a computer all day like me and I forget that. 7) No, I don't have any crazy "guess who I made out with in the women's restroom" stories, so stop asking me that. 8) No, the hostess of a popular tv entertainment "news" show wasn't there- so sorry, didn't get any star gossip. 9) Re: #6 above, I also rarely have business cards on me. I remembered them on Saturday, but only had one on Friday night. I did have the foresight to order some cards from moo cards but they didn't arrive until today (or after I had left). Take cards with you if you go to an event-- I used to think it was cheesy until more than one person asked me for one.
Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Going To TX
I'm going to San Antonio tomorrow. I'll be there for a few days to attend my (wait for it. . . . . wait for it . . . ) High School reunion. Holy crap! I'll have some 20 year old mullet pics for you soon! No TPC trip this time though:
01 Oct 11:20 | /travel/tx | 3 comment(s)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008
Going Back to SF on Weds
I'm leaving TX tomorrow to go back to SF. I won't be posting again until at least the weekend. Hopefully traveling through SAT won't be filled with what my replacement calls "amateur hour" like the last time I flew out. Anyhoo, I'll see y'all when I see y'all.
17 Jun 12:51 | /travel/tx | 0 comment(s)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
SF vs SA - Howdy Edition
The differences between a typical jog in San Francisco versus a typical one in San Antonio. in SF:
I usually initiate the 'nod' or a wave or venture a 'hello' On the last jog/walk I went on (mostly in the park): -only 1 'nod' back
-2 nai ho's back (from the two cantonese women who recognized me from the bus and who chuckle at my attempts to learn cantonese) -and 3 suspicious scowls from various russian men and 1 russian couple oh, the honkys who wear their north face fleece vests or the women who have their pony tails pulled through their hats are too serious to say hi back (they must be from the East Coast)
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11 Jun 16:30 | /travel/tx | 3 comment(s)
Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Monday Night La Tuna Group
I joined my parents and their friends for their weekly Monday gathering at La Tuna for Burgers and beer. Quite nice.
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008
La Tuna Tonight
Those of you in SA-
My parents and their friends always go down to La Tuna on Mondays for burgers & beer. I'll be there from 6:30 - ? tonight if you're interested in dropping by. google map 09 Jun 10:38 | /travel/tx | 0 comment(s)
Tue, 03 Jun 2008
Going to TX
I'm going to San Antonio this week. I'll be there visiting family and working remotely for about two weeks. Unrelated, Christine of the WhitePants sent me an email today:
Well, my favorite site ever (thanks, Kenneth for guiding me to it all those years ago) has posted my very own submission. Holler!!! Check it out here. First a "review of the day" on yelp, now a p-a note. Well played. 03 Jun 00:18 | /travel/tx | 1 comment(s)
Sun, 06 Jan 2008
The Crazy Lady on the Plane (part 2)
So after putting on my belt and tying my shoes, I made my way up to the gate to look for my aunt to say hello and good bye before flying back to SF. I asked a gate agent and he said he hadn't seen her. But it's kind of funny, the gate agents seem to cover for each other, so I'm sure when I asked for my aunt by name he wouldn't help. But I said- I'm her nephew, I just wanted to say goodbye, but I think she was working the 5am shift and I must have missed her. Then he lightened up and said- oh, yeah, I saw her earlier, but she might have left already. I had a similar conversation at the ticketing counter, but that's no big deal. I just think it's kind of funny. It's like if someone calls tech support and asks to speak to the agent they just spoke to- the CSRs will say "oh, I'm not sure if they're still here, what's your incident number?" (well, that's what they're supposed to do). But at that moment my aunt walked up and we sat down and started talking. After a minute or two this guy walks by near us with his and his wife's bags. He plops the bags (including her fancy purse and his laptop bag) down on three lounge seats and wanders off to go pee and go to Starbucks (and he's gone for a while).
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06 Jan 15:36 | /travel | 3 comment(s)
Thu, 03 Jan 2008
The Crazy Lady on the Plane
You know how sometimes people preface their stories with "well, I don't want to sound like a snob, but. . . "? Yeah, I was going to do that too, but I changed my mind. Before I flew back from TX, a friend of my parents (my replacement) had told them a story about people traveling over the holidays holding up the various airport lines with their confusion. She refers to it as "amateur hour". I agreed with her, even though there's a bit of guilt hitting me when I talk about "the n00bs who fly". I could go on about people blocking or not using the self-check-in computer terminals at SFO, but that's another post, and you get the point. So on the day when I was coming back to SF, there was a long line for the security checkpoint at SAT. Sure, it's an international airport (some flights to Mexico!), but I don't think it is one of the busier airports around- except on days like that day (the 31st). There was a long holiday line at the security checkpoint.
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03 Jan 21:37 | /travel | 8 comment(s)
Wed, 02 Jan 2008
Back in SF
I'm back in SF and back in the office (wheee?). It was good seeing (almost) all of you in Texas this trip.
I think it was a nice low-key visit and everyone was pretty relaxed-- granted, almost everyone had a cold or was just getting over one (including myself), but that may have helped keep the low-key vibe.
I'll have some posts up before Friday- and no, they won't be the "boring tech posts". I want to write a little blurb about Copa and some other SA restaurants.
Happy New Year!
02 Jan 13:09 | /travel/tx | 5 comment(s)
