Fun, Fun & Some Exhaustion 2002

What a busy week it's been! I've barely been home at all.

At the moment, I'm exhausted from spending the last two days running the operations office at the San Jose Concert for the Homeless and America Festival. I do this every year and have a good time, but it's a long couple days, usually about 13 hours on the 3rd and 17 hours on the glorious 4th. The concert was good - local boys Smash Mouth again - and the fireworks and accompanying soundtrack selected by my friend (& festival organizer) Fil were the best yet. I saw fireworks that were totally new to me and had a great time.

Even though I'm firmly against blurring the line between church and state, I confess I got choked up watching Eagle Scout Andy Mellors holding the flag while 100,000 people sang God Bless America. This is a good country full of basically good people and the folks of San Jose did themselves proud. To my knowledge - and I was running the operations office so I oughta know - there wasn't a single incident. If you're running an event, you can't do better than FilCo to handle your logistics. They run safe, fun festivals and that's all there is to it. I think their next ones will be Music in the Park (Eek-A-Mouse is up first) and the San Jose Jazz Festival. I encourage you to visit their events and, if you're in the south bay, volunteer with them to work booths. You get t-shirts, have a fun time and sometimes can earn tips.

As with Ian McKellen at Gay Pride, once again, if anyone sees any good pictures from the festival online, do send me a link.

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What else? Let's see...
I had my second interview with [the company which because of my googlability I will henceforth refer to as Yi] for their Web OPAC Product Manager position. I really like the company, what I know so far of the product, and the folks I've met, so I'm very hopeful. I got the impression that I am a top candidate for the job. Now I just have to wait until next week for an answer. *sigh* I hate waiting.

Chris and I went to Muir Woods and had a pleasant walk on Monday. It made me want to visit Edgewood, where my parents live and sit under trees for hours just breathing.

Tuesday night we went to see Neil Gaiman read his new book Coraline aloud. He read the whole thing and it was absolutely magnificent. Loved the book, loved his reading style. It was just great to sit with hundreds of other people quietly being read to - good to know there are lots of folks who like that. As a compulsive lectrice, I'm relieved to know people aren't just being polite in letting me read to them. Gaiman is a fantastic reader and I recommend you rush right out and get the unabridged audiobook of Coraline.

And now, now I'm home and kind of pudding-like in brain and body. Good thing I have nothing more I need to accomplish today.

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Fun, Fun & Some Exhaustion

What a busy week it's been! I've barely been home at all.

At the moment, I'm exhausted from spending the last two days running the operations office at the San Jose Concert for the Homeless and America Festival. I do this every year and have a good time, but it's a long couple days, usually about 13 hours on the 3rd and 17 hours on the glorious 4th. The concert was good - local boys Smash Mouth again - and the fireworks and accompanying soundtrack selected by my friend (& festival organizer) Fil were the best yet. I saw fireworks that were totally new to me and had a great time.

Even though I'm firmly against blurring the line between church and state, I confess I got choked up watching Eagle Scout Andy Mellors holding the flag while 100,000 people sang God Bless America. This is a good country full of basically good people and the folks of San Jose did themselves proud. To my knowledge - and I was running the operations office so I oughta know - there wasn't a single incident. If you're running an event, you can't do better than FilCo to handle your logistics. They run safe, fun festivals and that's all there is to it. I think their next ones will be Music in the Park (Eek-A-Mouse is up first) and the San Jose Jazz Festival. I encourage you to visit their events and, if you're in the south bay, volunteer with them to work booths. You get t-shirts, have a fun time and sometimes can earn tips.

As with Ian McKellen at Gay Pride, once again, if anyone sees any good pictures from the festival online, do send me a link.

***

What else? Let's see...
I had my second interview with [the company which because of my googlability I will henceforth refer to as Yi] for their Web OPAC Product Manager position. I really like the company, what I know so far of the product, and the folks I've met, so I'm very hopeful. I got the impression that I am a top candidate for the job. Now I just have to wait until next week for an answer. *sigh* I hate waiting.

Chris and I went to Muir Woods and had a pleasant walk on Monday. It made me want to visit Edgewood, where my parents live and sit under trees for hours just breathing.

Tuesday night we went to see Neil Gaiman read his new book Coraline aloud. He read the whole thing and it was absolutely magnificent. Loved the book, loved his reading style. It was just great to sit with hundreds of other people quietly being read to - good to know there are lots of folks who like that. As a compulsive lectrice, I'm relieved to know people aren't just being polite in letting me read to them. Gaiman is a fantastic reader and I recommend you rush right out and get the unabridged audiobook of Coraline.

And now, now I'm home and kind of pudding-like in brain and body. Good thing I have nothing more I need to accomplish today.

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