7:32 am-Waiting for a flight to Atlanta. At 9, so it’s a longer wait than I really want, but I was up, so I figured it was better to go and get here. Everything went really easy-no traffic, the security wait was nothing, compared to OC. The car rental hadn’t been direct billed. OK.
So, the past day-easy flight to Raleigh, got my bags (Erika was betting it would get lost), got my car, drove to Durham, took a wrong turn, but found a Trader Joe’s!, circled back, found the hotel after ANOTHER wrong turn, checked in, ate dinner, called Erika & the kids, went to sleep. Up, ate, set up net access (Linux is crunchy-you need to put in the gateway IP, so I had to go to the front desk and ask), prep. Called Emerson Waldorf School-the admissions lady was sick, but I was able to get a tour from the administrator-many pictures-it seems like a cool place. Back to room, lunch, dress, interviews all afternoon. It went pretty well-my answers all seemed pretty good, and I got along well with everyone. Back to room, changed, Starbucks, dinner, room. Wrote thank you letters. Sleep.
11:03 am-Sitting in Atlanta, waiting. They moved the gate to one that was a walk, and a walk. More thank you letter stuff. Gotta compose emails too.
8:46 am pst-In the air-I have 25 mins of battery. Finishing up thank you notes.
Listening to: King Crimson (aaaah, a fully charged iPod!), Diamanda Galas, Legendary Pink Dots, Art of Noise, Dead, Slaughter (how the hell did THAT get on here??? they totally think they’re Zep…), Beck, Moby, mystified, King Crimson, Zappa, Sneaker Pimps, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, Brand X, LPD, Lili De La Mora, Ghana, Hilliard/Garbarek, Roger Eno, Residents, Glass, Los Lobos, Rostropovich, Rage, Soundwalk 05, Beethoven, Shakti, Tool, Flaming Lips, Genesis, Rush, Pigs in Space, War, Minister (dumb-skipping), Al Gromer Khan, Eno/Byrne, Material, Tool