Oh, California
11.17.2008CommentI had to miss church yesterday to travel. I’m in Monterey, CA today doing sound for a transportation convention. I found it quite ironic that when I got in line for breakfast that the cups, plates, bowls, pastries, fruit, cereal, coffee, were clearly lined up for people to circle the table counter clock wise. However, everyone was going the wrong way yet no one was brave enough to instruct the crowd of twenty to go the other direction around the buffet.
I did observe someone complaining to the hotel waiter that there were no more bowls left and that the table had been set up wrong. You see that’s because people were using all of the bowls instead of the plates which were on the other side of the tables. Getting coffee was a challenge because you had to walk past the cream & sugar, then the carafes, grab a cup and then go backwards. Traffic Jam. Did I mention these are the people designing and building our transportation systems in California? I can’t wait to ride the $10 billion dollar super-train that we just voted for.
My Last Week
10.24.2008CommentWell, I just got home wed night. Ten straight days of up at 5am done at 7pm sometimes midnight has wiped me out. It’s a good thing this pays well. I leave Sunday Night for 4 more days and then I’m home for a couple weeks. It’s kind of like touring except instead of singing & playing guitar, I’m setting up sound systems & projectors to listen to people speak about real estate, economics, energy, & health care. Which is basically the topics of our evening news and presidential debates so I can’t get away from it.
I can’t believe I’ve been doing AV for like 8 years now. I guess that’s what happens to people when they find a side job that pays well, and then acquire a mortgage and have three children. Well if I’ve learned anything from all of these speakers this last month is that I should be thankful just to have some work in this California Economy. Right now I’m just thankful to be home. The kids are out of school so it’s going to be a Family Fun Day off to the pumpkin patch in search of the great pumpkin…or three.”











