Chris Dwan

Tag: road warrior

  • Travels

    Tomorrow morning, I’m off to College Station Texas. Gonna re-build a compute cluster for the nice folks there. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to work in with the Judo club at the same time.

    Friday, I return, and Saturday I get a brief day at home. Perhaps – perhaps, I say, I’ll do laundry.

    Sunday I fly to Richmond and spend a day with my dad. Then it’s off to Hampton Roads, VA for some more cluster fun. While there, I hope to drop back in with Hybrid Academy.

    Looking up judo clubs and gyms on the road is so very much healthier than looking up microbreweries. Oddly enough, it’s also the easiest way I’ve ever found to make friends.

  • My day at work

    All my travel plans worked out great. Saw sacredangle‘s junior guitar recital, which was stunningly awesome, and got to hang out with the whole extended fam as well. Conversations were happening in at least three languages at the after party. I felt privileged to be there.

    Late in the evening, justkidding_nr shared some of her compositions, including “Don’t Fuck Around When you Choose a Major,” and “Stop Playing With Your Wii”. Pure genius.

    Afterwards, I drove to Richmond with my dad and secured a rental car for the run to Norfolk. I had been unaware until that point that Hertz rents the Jeep Wrangler. It’s a vaguely MASH looking cloth-top. Somewhat fun to drive, I guess technically it’s a convertible, and not at all what I was expecting. Wheee!

    Since I had a little extra time, I drove out and went across the 17 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. I dig bridges. This one was super awesome, since it also includes TWO underwater tunnels.

    On the way in to work this morning, I drove UNDER a pair of jets doing touch and go landings. It’s days like this that make me really love what I do and where I do it.