I guess there wasn’t a lot of note that happened in February, seeing as I didn’t manage an update all month long. I’ve been busy, but not with any one thing in particular. I also haven’t been sleeping well. It’s a Sunday afternoon and I could easily go back to sleep now for another few hours except that I have places to be all too soon.
Work is good overall; progress is slow but definite. The other people on my team are busy putting out fires on other projects, so I don’t see or hear very much from them. I flew to San José for some meetings over a couple of days back in February, a routine I am getting used to, although I still dislike flying. I think I am doing some good stuff behind-the-scenes on this project that will be very appreciated when the spotlight is back on me and what I’ve been up to.
In the meantime, construction has continued on my condo and it’s been nice to see some progress being made. There is actual siding on one of the buildings now and I’ve had three of my windows replaced with new ones (the remaining should be done this coming week). It’s annoying because of all of the noise early in the morning, and I’ve had to remove all of my blinds and deal with construction workers coming inside from time to time, but that’s clearly the cost of getting things done. We have our annual homeowner’s association meeting coming up this week and while I usually dread it, it will be interesting to hear the state of the union as far as the construction project goes.
Next weekend should be interesting. It’s the Emerald City Comicon and as a result of affiliations between Theatresports friends of mine and the guy running the event, I will be performing there as a part of “NERDprov”: improv themed around nerdy subjects from TV, movies, comics and wherever else popular sub-culture takes us. I’m also doing a special Saturday Theatresports with two of the Internet-celebrities from The Guild (and before you ask, no, it’s not Felicia Day, it’s Zaboo and Vork, both of whom have excellent improv backgrounds and should be fun to play with). Today I am going to a “research party” of sorts with the rest of the cast where we will be boning up on our geekdom in preparation for the two events.
Also coming up in a couple of weeks is the wedding of two friends, for which Elizabeth and I will be flying out to North Carolina. While there we’re going to drop in on my parents who are vacationing in Hilton Head. It’s a long way to travel for just a few days, but you gotta take the opportunities you can get, I suppose.
We’ve been having some insanely nice spring weather, with sunny, bright skies and mild temperatures hovering around the fifties (that’s the tens for you Celsius folk). I don’t know if it’s global warming or just random spurts, but it’s been very welcome.
Dan.