Yeah yeah, so I posted like five times Thursday and then not again until today. So sue me.

Thursday night was busy. As hinted on Wednesday, I had a date with riff_77. It went swimmingly. Buca di Beppo has largely redeemed itself in my eyes after its downright sketchy performance a few years back. Its tiramisù, however, remains pretty questionable. After ( Read more... )

Monday night was interesting. I went to tc_borderpagans but didn't really participate. As Borders closed I skipped the traditional dinner-after-BP as a few of us descended upon a friend's home. A good bit happened that evening, and I'm still processing some of it, but one part in particular now jumps out at me ( Read more... )

Had an absolute blast at frolicon this weekend. Hung out with old friends, and made a few new ones. Even enjoyed some new experiences. Hell, I even managed to get in a little reading. I won't even be trying for a full report on this one -- I learned the hard way with Pantheacon that I just can't keep up with that, and guilting myself over that fact is only ( Read more... )

Friday morning radiantbaby and I lolled around in bed for a bit before getting up. What in San Jose was officially 10AM-ish was about 1PM to my east-coast mind. The con wasn't scheduled to start until early afternoon, and we didn't have anything scheduled until the evening. Which is good, because calliopeo, our ride to the con hotel, was working that day. She works ( Read more... )

I worked Thursday, for the first half of the day at least. And for a good part of that I was pulled unexpectedly into a meeting. A long meeting. The car was packed. The original plan was that radiantbaby would leave her work around 2 and drive down to meet me at mine around 3, and we would go together in one car down to Hartsfield to catch our plane. I was ( Read more... )

Saturday started out with errands. A fair number of them, here and there. Lunch, groceries, post office. Then we had a little time, so radiantbaby and I braved North Point Mall traffic to find me a new coat. My old was was getting quite threadbare and had been in for repairs more times than I could count recently. Coming apart at the seams is bad enough; it ( Read more... )

It's been a crazy-busy week since I last posted. Work work work on Tuesday and Wednesday, then a long drive late Wednesday night up to northeast Tennessee to see my mother and younger siblings. They seem to be doing well. The weekend was basically relaxing, though I was a bit sad that I didn't feel comfortable calling my father for Thanksgiving in ( Read more... )

I'll back up and cover the previous few unjournalled weeks sooner or later (hopefully), but for now I want to get this past weekend in here before I forget it all.

This past weekend was Tailteann Games. For those not familiar, Tailteann Games is a local festival held for the first time this year by feygirl and drcat. The Games took the form of a set of ( Read more... )

Thanks to all who made it to my birthday dinner yesterday. I had a wonderful evening surrounded by friends. It really meant more to me than I can express.

Wow, has it really been two weeks since I last posted? My last week at SecureWorks passed pretty uneventfully. Friday afternoon after I dropped off my badge I stopped by Reflex to say hi, and I ended up at my new desk setting up my computer. I got to PPN a little late that evening ( Read more... )