Today’s tragedy …
Sometimes something happens in this crazy world of ours that is truly tragic. And when things like this happen, it’s worth taking a step back and reflecting on the things that matter most in life. We find comfort in our friends and loved ones. Still, some tragedies like today’s are sometimes too difficult to bear.
I speak of course of the expiration of my Diamond VIP status with Hilton Hotels. As I have been staffed on local projects since mid-2003, the number of nights I have spent in hotels has dropped precipitously. The first tangible effect of this was that I had to start buying toilet paper again. In the coming months, I will have to resume buying soap; my impressive stash is almost exhausted.
But today, I received e-mail notification of my worst fear. I have now been bumped down from Diamond status to Blue status. This is the lowest staus there is. No more upgrades to suites. No more fluffy bathrobes.
It’s a dark day, but I know somehow we’ll make it through.
I have a certain morbid curiosity as to what would happen if Terri Schiavo and the Pope die on the same day. I’d like to see who gets top billing in the New York Post. Poor prince Rainier of Monaco. If he dies that day too, then he’ll be back on page 15. He’d be up there looking down, expecting an outpouring of world grief, and he’d turn to Grace Kelly and say “Who the fuck was this chick in Florida?!”
I got off the plane late Sunday at Newark and saw live coverage of the Congress mobilizing on the Schiavo Case. I couldn’t believe it. What a farsical piece of bullshit. We can’t mobilize on balancing the budget or healthcare, but for this one pet cause of the religous right they fly into action. Bush was even gracious enough to cut short his vacation. Think of all the taxpayer expense of this; all the flights from congressmen’s home districts back to Washington for this emergency session. The Era of Big Government is back, and is being led by Republicans. I like this article.
My [brief] reviews of bands I saw at SXSW can be found here.
I got upgraded to a suite at the hilton. So on Friday we threw a party, complete with rock stars (and by stars I mean a band that plays to a couple hundred people in new york every now and again). There was even a British guy there whose conference badge seemed to indicate his name happened to be Robert Smith. He came up to me and thanked me for letting the them party in my hotel suite. I said it was no problem, and I told him I thought Disintegration was an excellent album.
SXSW rules. it just rules.
We are Electric Eel Shock. WHO ARE YOU?
Fun fact of the Day:
The first seedless orange tree was a mutant that grew in Brazil in the early 1800’s; all seedless orange trees are descended from it.
Austin’s latest tourist attraction is a Supermarket.
with 800 kinds of beer.
and stage lighting for the produce.
and a river of chocolate.
Here is the official Site.
my high school apparently has a wikipedia entry. Does yours?? 
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