I am this morning arrived back in Bangers.
When I last rapped atcha, I was semi-looking forward to Frank Caliendo/Collective Soul and a day of doing nothing. Isn’t it funny how plans don’t work out?
Instead, I joined Eric and Sally at the Novell reception at the Mariott for free drinks and food with no crowds (which would’ve definately been the case at the big party with the acts) until we drank them dry and they kicked us out, and we migrated to the Mariott bar for more drinks and snacks.
Eric and Sally had friends that joined us, about half way through the free party, and stayed with us at the Mariott until last call, being quite nice guys. Until the bill came, then Mr Order-heaps-of-expensive-beers-and-share-a-plate-of-chicken-wings became My I-only-had-a-couple-of-beers and made an undersized contribution to the bill, around $10. I figure that his drinks alone would’ve been $25+, and that doesn’t count the tip. The other guy, also named Mr Order-heaps-of-expensive-beers-and-share-a-plate-of-chicken-wings threw in $5. I had 5 beers at $4 each, and a $10 burger, so my $40 contribution covered $4 worth of tip, and $6 worth of their shortcomings. Sally had to pick up the rest, which sucked, but I figured that they’re her friends and not really mine, so I was ok with not chipping in further.
When Eric and the two cheapskates kicked on to the Port of Call bar, it gave Sally and I something to bitch about.
I had a nice dinner with Dana at the Olive Garden, and picked up my stuff. She sounds like she’s doing well, which is great. I did some packing and got a pretty early start on the drive to LA. Spent the night in Barstow CA, which is only 2 hours or so from the airport, so that should give you some idea of the seriousness of my drive. It was fun actually, because I had CDs of an audiobook - Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen - which were kinda fun to listen to.
More tomorrow, including the desert panic, the mistake in Los Angeles and the incredible flight home.
2 Comments
Hey Dude
Sounds like the ole U S of A was good. Did you run into Jason over there?
Right, sorry to get straight down to business, but do you guys sell external hard drives? Not sure if you got my text last weekend, but my laptop bit the dust and is down with MSI getting fixed (hopefully) and fingers crossed its not a problem with the hard drive as it has all my uni stuff and photos on it. So hence the reason for the question about the hard drive. So, if you have time, tell me what I need to get and I will order it through you guys.
Talk to you soon.
Dan
Argh! That sucks dude.
Yet another somber reminder to all: backup, backup, backup.
Yeah I did run into Dids, but he stood me up for lunch the next day!
Yeah we sell external hard drives. I recommend 2.5″ disks, because they only require the power from the USB port, not a whole external plug pack thing. How big did you want (in gigabytes)?