Month: June 2003
Gratitude in Multitude
Thanks to so many great people, I had a great time in Texas the past few days.
A while ago, I decided with Denise that we needed to get away. Shortly thereafter, we received a sign from the airline gods: a low fare from Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth.
After arriving and picking up our rental car, we met Bryan and Lyn for sight-seeing. A bunch of D/FW area bloggers met up with us at a bar later on. I met many people I’ve read about over the last couple years, and they were all very friendly. It seems like a nice little community. Unfortunately I would be leaving Texas before their next get-together.
That night, Denise and I headed over to Becca‘s new apartment. She has a nice place, and it will be even nicer when more of the boxes are unpacked.
The next few days involved lots of Mexican food including Taco Bueno (for tacos) and Freebirds (for burritos), the standard JFK tour (including a trip to the Conspiracy Museum (note: not worth it)), Studio Movie Grill (where we ate dinner while watching The Italian Job (note: worth it)), the Dallas Museum of Art, and Krispy Kreme (had hot and now). I also met several of Denise’s friends from the time she spent in Texas. More great people.
Good food, good culture and good friends. In my opinion, those make a good vacation great. Thank you to everyone who helped make it great. Also, thanks to M-D who delivered us to the airport and Darren who risked the top part of his van by picking us up.
Bit It
My VCR finally bit the big one. I don’t think it was really made to last 17 years. I guess it’s kind of like a dog. You don’t expect them to live that long, and when they do, you almost take it for granted. And then one day, without warning, they just pass on, right after you stick a blank tape in them.
I was hoping to tape Damien Rice performing two songs on David Letterman (guest-hosted by the inimitable Tom Green). The recording was to be for Rebecca, and now she will be sad I don’t have it with me.
When I get back to New Jersey, I’ll have to hold an Office Space-style burial for the piece of crap. This was the VCR that replaced our Beta machine in 1986. And now it’s gone. So sad.