Matt from Washington, United States
I’m back! I missed a month last month — it was very upsetting for me, but it couldn’t be helped.
Let’s launch right in, shall we?
8:06 am: Mopey Mocha
Y’know, you’d think that it would make Mocha happy when I stay home from work, but it just seems to confuse and depress her…
8:37 am: Smile Pretty for the Camera, Dear
I snap a photo of Ray and don’t show it to him so that he can’t tell me he doesn’t like how he looks in it.
8:40 am: Bone
Ah. That’s why she was moping.
9:00 am: All Hail the Browncoats!
Shortly before leaving the house, Ray reminds me that there was a Halloween episode of Castle that we hadn’t seen that contained an homage by Nathan Fillion to his previous show, cult-hit Firefly (to whose cult I happily belong). Sure enough, 12 seconds in, there’s Nathan, strapping on the brown coat and emerging from his room to the consternation of his TV daughter:
“What’s that?”
“I’m a … space cowboy.”
“OK, one, there are no cows in space, and, two, didn’t you wear that, like, five years ago? It’s time to move on.”
“… but I like it.”
This elicits a squeal of delight from me of the sort that would have made my father very, very unhappy.
9:58 am: Packing
I’m off to Atlanta for a conference. I hate taking the large suitcase, and I hate paying to check luggage. However, I’ve paid a ridiculous amount to ship stuff to this conference, and I’d like to be able to bring any leftovers home. And, in my defense, the red backpack in the suitcase is all stuff for the exhibit table.
11:57 am: At the Airport
1:14 pm: Into the Wild Blue Yonder
1:18 pm: My Overpriced Airport Lunch
You know you’re jealous.
3:17 pm (Austin) / 4:17 pm (Atlanta): I will not make fun of the guy in the obnoxious T-shirt oh, who am I kidding?
Yes, I’m going to Hell. This still isn’t why.
4:36 pm: Baggage Claim
The good news about the Atlanta Airport is that by the time you take the escalator to the train to the terminal and up the escalator and finally find the baggage claim for your flight, your bags are already circulating.
5:29 pm: Room with a View
Granted, the room only has this view if you press up against the glass, but it’s something.
7:02 pm: All ready!
My corner of the exhibition booth is all set up! Now it’s off to a reception (the word “stultifying” falls short — seriously, why bother having a mixer reception if you’re going to deliver prepared remarks through half of it?), a quick snack in the lobby of CNN headquarters (where I saw a picture of Anderson Cooper!), and off to early bed, because I’ve lost an hour over the course of the day — and need to keep it that way. I’m on a roundtable at 8 am!
Hope your 12th was lovely!
I liked your photos for the 12 of 12. I really liked the one that you said was from your hotel room. View or not it still made for a good photo. As for the t-shirt guy, i’m with you in that i am so going to hell and believe me for much less. Anyway, thanks for sharing your day and I’ll look for you next month.
…BTW it says i’m posting from Victoria, Australia for my location and iI’m actually in Tasmania which is an hour plane ride to the south. Hmm??
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Apparently, all of Australia is Victoria — someone from Queensland left a comment a couple months ago, and it tagged her as Victoria, too!
That was a truly great moment on Castle wasn’t it? I think it is accepted that all men have a crush on Nathan Fillion, just some won’t admit it
Love Mopey Mocha too, safe trip home Chris.
Hahaha, what you said is true about the Atlanta airport… I’ve only flown through there twice and it was crazy! I think that’s saying a lot, as O’Hare is my “home port”!
Your dog is SO cute!
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There is no hell, so you can’t go there.
- I can agree with the ‘pursuit of truth’ part… but I wonder if the wearer does.
Oh, and Mocha was moping ‘cuz daddy was leaving, of course. Fur-kids know these things and don’t like it.
Thanks for taking us along on your travels. Hope the conference went well as does your flight home.
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maybe your presence disrupted mocha’s plans (a possible date?)
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it’s not quite what i’d call a day off as you have to prep & leave for work…
nice view of the city. as for the t-shirt guy, hopefully, he was not sitting next to you, right?!? if such an individual were to sit next to me, i would certainly engage conversation, just to annoy him, but that’s just me…
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I enjoy your photos.
What do you think of the book?
I loved the Castle moment too! Talk about meta-dialogue.
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I love the mopey Mocha photo – poor pup!
I also remember Atlanta airport. I got seriously worried I’d gotten lost when I arrived!
Sorry I’m late commenting – busy week at work!
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