08-01-2006, 11:00 PM
It was right after Theivery Corporation (see http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=484). I got home and couldn't pull my damn key out of the ignition. What a freak out. Stacy and Tara were in Tassajara, which left me no ride. The car was driveable and could be locked, but I figured if I left it in long term parking as per my original plan, it'd be dead upon my return. So I bussed to Bart to SFO and it was 'spare the air' day so it was all free.
The tournament was fun, one of my favorites. I gave a workshop on martial arts writing - a covert plan to enlist new talent and have them pay me to enlist them. Seems to work. Some of the attendees were just fans. That was weird. Some wanted creative writing. I'm not going to ask what people want anymore. Nevertheless it went well.
There were a lot of old friends at the event and I made a few new ones. Lots of drinking - Remy Martin, Heineken, Ing Ga Pei, Kao Liang wine, too much drinking every night. It's hard to be veg in TX, but I managed. Even during the heat wave, TX was cool inside, so cool that you had to wear long sleeves from all the AC. Everything went like clockwork. I got back without a hitch.
I tried to make a farewell party for our Rock Med director, Raz, but arrived to late. The next morning, I got a jump start from AAA and took the Prius to Auto Mall, my least favorite place. It was my first repair that cost any money - $900. Yikes. And it didn't even fix the problem. My shift lever is still messed up. I took it back in today and bitched. They gave me a rental 2006 lipstick red Rav, which I insisted they let me have until the 8th, when I return from Reggae on the River. Now the family can go there in style. I'll deal with the Prius when I get back, but if it winds up costing me more, after the hell I went through with the Camry, I'm thinking I'll sell it. I still believe in the hybrid, but I just can't stand auto mall. After a quarter century of being a Toyota man, I'm seriously considering switching to Honda...
The tournament was fun, one of my favorites. I gave a workshop on martial arts writing - a covert plan to enlist new talent and have them pay me to enlist them. Seems to work. Some of the attendees were just fans. That was weird. Some wanted creative writing. I'm not going to ask what people want anymore. Nevertheless it went well.
There were a lot of old friends at the event and I made a few new ones. Lots of drinking - Remy Martin, Heineken, Ing Ga Pei, Kao Liang wine, too much drinking every night. It's hard to be veg in TX, but I managed. Even during the heat wave, TX was cool inside, so cool that you had to wear long sleeves from all the AC. Everything went like clockwork. I got back without a hitch.
I tried to make a farewell party for our Rock Med director, Raz, but arrived to late. The next morning, I got a jump start from AAA and took the Prius to Auto Mall, my least favorite place. It was my first repair that cost any money - $900. Yikes. And it didn't even fix the problem. My shift lever is still messed up. I took it back in today and bitched. They gave me a rental 2006 lipstick red Rav, which I insisted they let me have until the 8th, when I return from Reggae on the River. Now the family can go there in style. I'll deal with the Prius when I get back, but if it winds up costing me more, after the hell I went through with the Camry, I'm thinking I'll sell it. I still believe in the hybrid, but I just can't stand auto mall. After a quarter century of being a Toyota man, I'm seriously considering switching to Honda...
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