I am home from ALA; actually I got home last night (Monday) at 11:30 PM. After wandering up State St. and down Michigan Ave. and a few other places, eating a not-so-good meal, and taking a look at what was scheduled for today I decided to just come home.
I would’ve had to pay another day of parking somewhere and decided I didn’t really need anymore of the books I had saw, free or not. I know that’s blasphemy, but so what. The one book that I saw that I really wanted that they wouldn’t give me on the spot and said to wait until Tuesday had been given away by Monday afternoon. I also may have had to fight outbound traffic.
I had no desire to hear Henry Winkler this morning, particularly since I had already missed Barack Obama, Siva Vaidhyanathan, and David Sedaris. I could’ve actually made Sedaris and probably should have but I didn’t want to put up with the crowd. I have seen him once before—from the 1st row and for free—but it’d been nice to hear what he had to say to librarians.
I’ll write more later as there is something to say about some items at least. The OCLC blog party was simply incredible! I’ve been reasonably busy today but there is still plenty to do around here. Need to eat again so I can go to the grocery store soon. Somehow I’m just not interested in going out in the heat; otherwise I might have gone to the frisbee golf course or possibly running to try and loosen up my hips which are very sore from all the sitting and walking/standing and sitting and walking….
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1 Em // Jun 29, 2005 at 7:23 am
Welcome back! When I plan ALA in Chicago, I’ll have it at a venue other than McCormick, outside of downtown itself, and shuttle people in at night for the city entertainment. Fun at times, but a lot of hassle, and I like small conferences better.
How’s The Mysterious Production of Eggs?
2 Mark // Jun 29, 2005 at 7:57 pm
I definitely agree with “Fun at times, but a lot of hassle, and I like small conferences better.” There simply was too much to do, and no good way to find out about even more that I was interested in.
I like The Mysterious Production of Eggs. It took a playing or 3 to really grow on me, but grow it did. Would you like to audition it? Also, do you have the newest Prine there? I’ve been meaning to make you an audition copy, but things get in my way sometimes.
“Caboose Boy” [and NO, you cannot call me that, but somehow it seems fitting if you think about it.
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