The Events that are: My Life

Today was Christmas, if you haven’t been able to figure that out already. I spent a good chunk of yesterday at church helping with AV stuff. That was fun, albeit long. Anyways, we unwrapped presents around 11am ish. Yes, everyone here is getting old(er) and like their sleep, especially me. What can I say? I recieved, in no particular order:

• Microsoft Wireless Mouse
• iTrip for iPod
• Several Star Trek related books
• Port Replicator for my laptop

That’s all I can remember without actually going over to the other room. Pictures and other stuff to come later.

I went to my first ever Meetup.com Webblog meeting. We gathered at Ralph’s Grocery and Deli and spent about an hour and a half chatting about everything from politics to Firefox, the new Nintendo DS (which some people brought) and Tablet PCs. I had a delightful conversation with Jacqueline Passey, TDavid, and others. Sounds like Jacqueline’s going to get a Toshiba M200: perhaps the best Tablet PC on the market today.

Anyways, I had a great time. Probably better then staying home and playing Halo 2. I was completly engrossed and never even got around to eating my dinner. It the only thing I talked about on the way home.

I really wished I had gone to one of these earlier. I should hopefully be around in the summer, so I’ll try to go to some then.

Update: I also met this guy named Robert Scoble. I didn’t know who he was when I met him, but I know who he is now.

Just so no one is surprised like last time (Kelly M. sent out an email: ferg also surprised me at barnes and noble in the u village. that was fun. he said that he was out of town and then a half hour later came down the escalator. that tricky boy.), I AM back in town. See you all soon!

A couple of months ago, I filled out one of those stupid "Win a Free Xbox" things. I just had to sign up for a bunch of services and then cancel them. 6-8 weeks later I was supposed to get an Xbox. As it turned out, they had run out of Xbox’s, so they sent me a check for $200 instead. Fortunatly for me, the Nation of Costco sells the Xbox for a mere $189.99. I also get an extra controler, DVD playback kit, two games, and two free months of Xbox Live! I think that means I win. Granted, I had to spent about $2 total for some of the services, but with a return of 10000%, I think it was worth it.

I’m going to pigeonhole the ICES for this year. As much as I want to go, I really rather just have the extra week in Seattle. Besides, there is always next year with bigger and better gadgets. Anyways, this means that I will now be in Seattle from December 15th (one week from today!!!) to January 11th or so.

So I suppose I should come clean. Despite what you may have heard or what I may have told you, I was in Seattle this weekend. It was awesome. I got to sleep some and visit all sorts of friends. Unfortunatly, I have to go back tomorrow. I have a flight at 5. I was able to see Andy and Julia at the house down in T-Town. Quinn and I had to wait and hour and a half in the car, but it was definatly worth it. I also saw the UPC Edge/Rock staff, that was fun. And I was able to catch Towner before he and Carin left for California. And just today I saw Julia and Ally, who I hadn’t seen in just over 4 years, so that was pretty awesome. We meet at Caffe Vita and just as we were leaving, Toby walked in with Andy Thomas’ little brother and Montana…I have no idea what that was about. If I didn’t catch you this time ’round, have no fear! I will return mid-December. In the mean time, here are some more pictures of my Thanksgiving Break.

Frank died last night. I’m not quite sure why, but he will be missed.