AX Day One

Okay, so we get a bunch of little updates, as if they were separate entries. (This is what I get when I only get to use a computer once a day… what a raw deal!)

  • These last few days have been draining on my cell phone. I’ve gotten so many phone calls, made so many phone calls, and gotten so many voice mails. The last bit in particular is interesting, because I tried checking my voice mail yesterday and had a bit of a problem. Normally I press ‘1’ during my voice message to interrupt it and check my messages. For some reason, it didn’t work. So I called again, and it still didn’t work. I waited a few minutes, and it still didn’t work. I tried hitting random numbers instead of ‘1’ and managed to send myself a random page. Eventually, I try hitting ‘#’ and, lo and behold, I get my password prompt.

    Before I get my two voice messages, I am treated to a system message warning me that, starting July 3rd, I have to hit ‘#’ instead of ‘1’ to access my voice mail. Keep in mind that it’s July 4th. Grrrr.
    Current Mood: frustrated

  • So not only did it rain at the wedding, but it actually rained, and quite a bit for quite a while, today at the convention. It caused a little commotion, lucky for me I actually had my umbrella with me, ’cause I take my umbrella with me wherever I go. 🙂
    Current Mood: amused

  • I keep hearing two words out of context from a conversation I had today. “My boyfriend.” I’m not gonna elaborate, but I think you can probably guess. Let’s just say that those two words let me save face and gave me closure at the same time.
    Current Mood: wistful

  • I brought my portable DVD player and the little radio shack gizmo I need to hook it up to any TV. Well, it turns out that, in addition to there only being one free outlet in the room, there is a thing on the TV connector that prevents it from being disconnected. So I have to watch DVDs on the little screen instead of the TV. Oh well.
    Current Mood: frustrated

That is all.

God Bless America

Hey, lucky me, one of my hotelmates has a computer with a modem… you’re gonna get updates while I’m at AX.

This morning I had brunch at the Cheesecake Factory… but we didn’t have cheesecake.

So today was the Fourth of July, and we’re in a hotel in Downtown Long Beach. We got the presidential suite, and we watched the fireworks in Long Beach harbor from the top floor. Then we pointed and laughed at the solid masses of people swarming back into their cars and trying to get on the freeway.

The convention starts tomorrow. I gotta start work at 7am. The time of no sleep begins…

It appears my email continues to work, even after a last-minute remote switch of configurations from my mom’s house last night. Yay. Now I won’t get quota errors or errors sent back to the sender because the DSL is down.

Nighttime for Andy now.