Moving right along

Now that I've been off the ABW tour for a bit, you and I can finally catch up and chat for a while. (lucky you) The tour ended last week but I hopped off 2 weeks prior as my work was finished and I was needed elsewhere. I had a great time on it and word on the street is it was a big success. I left out of VA and was pretty stoked to be heading home. I've flown in and out of this airport before but for some reason never took in the architecture of this place. Not sure how one could overlook such a graceful building style.

So being home for awhile has been good. I've settled in nicely only to be dragged right back out again. AOL in NYC is using our control platform and called for an impromptu training session. Guess who gets the pleasure of doing that. It wasn't so bad though, they flew me out and put me up in some swanky hotel in the east village. Remember a while back I was telling you that every time I stay in the city I always get stuck with a room that has a concrete wall view, not the case this time. Apparently every room in this establishment has no such thing.

Certainly made waking up a lot easier. The training went alright, some minor hardware issues but nothing life threatening. Pretty cool place to conduct a training I'd say.



I finished up and had the rest of Fri evening to hell raise before heading home




I don't think I've mentioned it yet but somehow Martin decided to promote me to a new position. A position, might I add that was solely created for me. Something they call Product Support Coordinator, not really sure what it means but I guess I coordinate shit now. I'm pretty jazzed about it, its an opportunity to be in front of the right people as well as walk through some doors that have never been opened for me before, figuratively speaking of course. It also calls for more...



A lot more!

A perfect example as to what I'll be doing a lot of. Just the other week, the band Crowed House was in town. Their designer is using one of our latest moving heads, their actually field testing them for us. I had to go down to the venue and upload some fixture software as well as make sure the fixtures were performing to satisfaction. The guys invited me to stay, make sure all goes well and to check out the show. Figured I'd see what the Australians had to offer.



Other than that, all is going pretty well. D and I hit up Interpol at the Fillmore last night, good stuff! Ran into my good friend Ivan which is always a pleasure, can always count on him being present at a good indie rock show


Not the same without you Carlos D!

Looks like I'll be home for a bit, hopefully, that should give me some time to work on a few personal projects.

Until next time!

Terms of endearment

Bittersweet

I miss my wife, i miss my dogs, i simply miss the being of home. Its week three of four on the east coast leg of "A Brighter World" tour and I'm home for a day. I've been looking forward to this day for a bit, now that its here it feels too good to be true. I've always had a desire to tour, not so much in the way that I'm currently doing so but still a very interesting introduction to that particular lifestyle. The show consists of setting up and programming a showroom on wheels, pretty repetitive after 2 days.





For the most part its pretty fun being out there, meeting new people, showing off new product, talking shop what have you. But it can get quite melancholic at times. Desolate places tied in with circa 1987 lounges make for some dismal and uncanny evenings.





The occasional Italian dinners make things alright though.



Being home was nice, awesome in fact. It was nothing but quality time being had, one of D's friends had a dinner party which was lovely. Good food, great company and a bit of elbow bending mixed with some people watching made for a very short lived but pleasing visit home. Thanks Caroli!



And we're back

Behind door #1

If I relate my life to whats behind the door, its been a lot to say the least. Crazy travel schedules mixed with uncertain ambitions, only a traveling sales manager can comprehend. If you're really curious as to the reality behind this door its actually a new beginning to a very successful and prosperous design company.

I stopped in to see how things were coming along and to wish my friends well in their new space, they of course put me to work. Nothing like a sweaty day stenciling company names on the hot asphalt. I did it with a smile though and retaliated in the form of kerning. That should irritate a select few for a while.

I just returned home from a NY trip. It was an ok trip I suppose, did what I had to do, hung out with some old friends, and went for a lovely boat ride in the Long Island sound.

I grew up in this area and use to go out on the family boat in these same waters. Between the boat ride and hanging with old friends, it was a pleasant trip down memory lane. Oh, and my airline fucked me again.

From 1st class



To no class





In other news. The wife is good and the dogs are splendid. However, I'm afraid I have some bad news. This may or may not effect your daily lives but it will undoubtedly forever change my networking lifestyle. I'm leaving this here blogspot and switching gears to a more technical, more extensible blogging platform. A platform that will not only describe my daily struggles but also offer a portal to my creative side and all things that keep me sane in life. Chin up though, as I will certainly let know where I'm going. After all, you've brought this far.

So consider this my last post as I'm officially...



OK, maybe a few more for good measure.

Fence-sitting