I am slowly killing my eardrums

I'm stuck in a telephone exchange with racks upon racks of telecom gear. The white noise in the room is intense.

Gingery

Bundaberg Ginger Beer == Tasty.

Fresh Turf

Mmm, Fall League started off with games on the new fields at Oak & 37th. What a treat to play on non-undulating, non-chewed-up, non-rock-hard grass. We lost both, but that's to be expected with our team being placed in Div 1. We need better handling, better cutting, and better defense to play in the top div.

I also qualified for a $200k poker tourney on pokerstars tomorrow. Wish me lucks.

Shakespanime

Someone needs to create anime versions of shakespeare plays. In Japanese. With olde English subtitles. That would so rock.

Ultra line ride

It's been a while since I experienced the fun that is business travel. But it was just a quick direct flight down to San Diego, so I was toying with the idea of cutting it close and arriving around an hour before the flight.

Good call on going early.

I walked into the terminal and it was packed with people waiting for the check-in counter. Screw that. I slipped past the line to the auto-check-in kiosk (I love traveling with no checked luggage), printed off my boarding pass, and headed to the duty-free store, beyond which was customs.

And I was met by a horde of people.

The customs lineup filled the customs room, snaked through the duty free, and ALL the way down the hall behind the check-in counters. Holy crap, I'd never seen it that bad. Surprisingly, it did not take an eternity to get through, and we all made our flight.

Two minutes

That's about how long it took for Sigur Ros tickets to sell out. Fuck.

Prairie Dance Club

We hit the Media Club on Wednesday to check out our friend Carl's band, Prairie Dance Club. Alt-Country. A bit like Wilco, but as Mandy puts it "more melodic, less jarring". They had a great stage presence, especially considering it was their second live show.