The raw suck stopped at about 2pm yesterday when I obtained a car from the Enterprise rental place in the basement of the hotel. The conversation with my business partner went something like this:
Me: I’m going to rent a car this afternoon. I’m going to leave the hotel. I’m going to drive to Ann Arbor, see my friends, and drink beer. This conference so far has been a comedy of errors, I am approaching meltdown, and I am leaving for the afternoon.
Him: Umm, is everything okay?
Me: It is, as long as the plan is exactly as described above. If the plan deviates from that, everything is not okay.
Him: Have a good time.
Drove to simianpower‘s apartment, and went to see Batman Begins at the theatre up the road. I say: Acceptable. Every Batman movie I’ve ever seen has been really, really bad. This one was fine. I was entertained. We wandered into the end of Star Wars (since we were already in the theatre) and watched Yoda kick some butt.
Also caught up with my old friend Mark (one of my groomsmen). Sadly, he had to work, so we didn’t have too long to hang. Next time.
Conference is improving, now that I have some backup at the booth. Maybe I’ll even get to go to some technical sessions.
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