these last couple of workdays have been weird. we just found out that at the end of june (less than 6 weeks from now) we'll be losing one of our satellite uplinks.
(there is actually a whole lot more to this story than just that, but it's boring as hell, so i'll skip it. come to think of it, even this much is likely too boring. oh well. sorry.)
anyway, all of the engineers around here are flitting about, trying to find some way to get our signal back into space. i think they may have found a potential solution through oral roberts university, of all things, but for many reasons (all of which are technical and not philosophical) it's not ideal.
especially un-ideal for me is the fact that this change means i'm going to have to run around to all of our streaming providers and tell them they're going to have to buy new equipment to receive us. i'm glad the weekend is almost here.
and what a weekend it will be. ray & i are going to go see turandot tonight. neither of us have seen this opera before, so that'll be fun. plus, we both adore the director of this company. he's a big teddy bear.
then tomorrow i'm driving 6-hours to annapolis to see david byrne. he's performing at the maryland hall for creative arts. it sounds like a small theater (800 seats, i think) and of course the show is sold out. it's also *general admission*, which should be interesting. (i'm envisioning throngs of middle-aged talking heads fans politely choosing their seats, looking around the theater and saying quippy things like "this ain't no disco!")
after the show i'm sleeping on the couch of an acquaintence, then driving home sunday. i'm thinking it would be foolish to pass up ikea on the way home, so i might not be back until sunday evening.
and, yes... i'm doing all of this by myself. i didn't really look for a travelling partner. i'm kind of excited about being alone for a whole weekend. the only sad part will be having no one to share the "concert afterglow" with. oh well... i'll get tons of that in september, when david byrne will be playing right here in durham.
Posted by xta at May 21, 2004 3:48 PM | TrackBack