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| Day 4 - Sunday, 25 August 2002 |
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| Setting: Downtown
New Orleans; includes the hotel (New Orleans Marriott), the convention
center (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center), Harrah's Casino, and
once more, Bourbon Street.
Today's Cast:
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7:16am - We depart the hotel for the convention center. We're walking. Which is to say tubby is walking, and I'm being carried.
7:21am - I'm carried past Harrah's. I'll have to try and get in there to see if it's anything like Vegas.
7:36am - Breakfast of cereal (no milk), eggs (chicken, not duck), milk (bovine product), and soda (not of this earth).
8:02am - Tubby and I arrive in the lounge area. The day begins with a flurry of activities between both loaning things out and swapping parts. I never realized the boy could even recognize a screwdriver, let alone turn it without having to read the manual. Very clever, he is (at times, of course).
12:50pm - Lunch. He and I again limit our activities to soda, taker the safer of the two paths.
1:26pm - Julia, boy and I make it into an introductory meeting. It's full of all sorts of strategy and inspiration relative to things.
1:37pm - I exit the meeting with persons not named here. Full of inspiration, there was a fear of bursting like an oompa-loopa.
3:51pm - Julia, tubby and I head out to the floor to see what sorts of free stuff may be afforded to me.
4:24pm - The boy got visibly excited at the booth from the Crystal Decisions... something about web-reporting software.
4:46pm - I was finally able to get the boy and Julia back into the lounge area. I'm quite ready to lounge after all that being carried.
6:15pm - We finally clear out the lounge and head out to the party gathering outside. For party pictures, click here.
7:35pm - Not one to wear out my welcome, we bailed out and got onto Bus B to return to the hotel.
7:46pm - A short 11 minutes later, we traveled 0.9 miles back to the hotel. And if you didn't guess, yes, we stopped for red light (which may have contributed to the delay).
7:52pm - We arrived back in our rooms. Sort of. I actually was taken with Julia to her room, and the boy returned to his room. For reasons of privacy and security, I have been sworn to secrecy surrounding the remainder of my evening. As such, I've tasked the balding wonder to complete this day's entry.
7:59pm - i watched tv. it was "malcolm in the middle. it was an old episode but i didn't see it before. it was okay i guesss.
8:30pm - i turned off the tv. the show ended 5 minutes before, but i like commercials. sometimes their funny.
8:35pm - i went to that gambling place, harrah's. the girl at the door smiled and didnt check me for guns or nothin.
8:50pm - i left the gambling place. i lost $5.50. Frank cut my allowance, and i still need money for soda later.
9:02pm - i went back to bourbon street. it was sort of hot outside, but that's because of the sun and stuff.
9:25pm - i got as far as where the places traded neon signs for rainbow flags. the neat place we were at last night cafe lafitte in exile. the general manager seemed nice. they have a website like frank... that's neat. they're site are at http://www.lafittes.com/
9:41pm - walking back, i met up with derek and damond. we walked around some. one girl got a bunch of beads for making everyone clap, i guess. i couldn't quite see over all the tall guys in front of me.
10:01pm - i got back to the hotel. without that damn duck fluttering about, i actually had a decent night's sleep for once.