Why Does The West Coast Have To Be So Far Away?

I’m writing from the lovely city of San Francisco. I’d love to share photos with you, but I forgot a semi-crucial piece of equipment: the cord that hooks my camera up to a computer. So no visuals this week either here or on Slashdot. Kind of frustrated with that.

Yesterday I managed to have a somewhat relaxing day. I slept a little late, and ran some errands with Katie. One of those errands (yay!) was picking up her diploma. She’s officially granulated! w00t! I also snagged some last minute helper items and some traveling cash. Last night we had dinner with Eva, Kat, Brian, and Alan, and had a very good time with them. It was nice seeing folks before my trying morning.

I had to wake up at 4 am in order to catch my flight this morning. My new voice recorder snagged my thoughts, and (again, once I get home) you’ll probably get groggy commentary first hand. Suffice it to say that I made it here okay, despite the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had across the country, bar none.

The Parc 55 is a very nice hotel, and I’ve enjoyed my stay for all eight hours or so I’ve been here. I managed to make it over to the Moscone Center this afternoon to pick up my badge (though I was challenged like 5 times because I didn’t have a badge on my way to the press lounge…where my badge was). The real fun starts tomorrow at around 9am, and the Microsoft Keynote is at 10:30. Now that I’m on the ground and somewhat situated my nervousness about travel has moved into the background. Despite the fact that the GDC is primarily a business and learning forum, these are still my people Geek gatherings all have the same tone, be they Gen Con, Origins, or GDC. I think I’ve chosen wisely.

And this way I get to watch the debacle that is e3 from 2000 miles away and through a browser.