The last few weekends have been very fun. I've hung out with a Swedish friend who was in Costa Mesa for training for his new job in Stockholm. I have played with the band two Fridays in a row. I went to Joe and Catherine's for their housewarming party. I had Jeff and Ginny visit me and then I drove up to Santa Ana for Trainwreck Theatre, too.



Today I went to IKEA and bought a bunch of stuff for the kitchen; new flatware, new glassware and some candles and stuff. Not too expensive, either. After that I went to Home Depot and had two quarts of paint mixed up to experiment with the next room on the list; the family/entertainment room.



I have been watching my Neil Finn "Seven Worlds Collide" DVD a lot; I'm glad they don't wear out with each playing. :-)



Pre-announcement; Party at my place June 1.

Las Vegas Trip



I spent Monday and Tuesday in Las Vegas for a trade show (National Association of Broadcasters).



I hate Las Vegas. It's nothing but a smokey, noisy, tacky town.



We went to meet with some vendors and try to get an idea of what is out there for video on demand, satellite return channel and hard drive products. I wole up at about 4:30 AM Monday morning, drove to the airport, got on the plane, flew to Vegas and went to the convention center. We had dinner with who we hope are our future customer for Pegasus at the fake Italian restaurant Caneletto's in the fake Venice (The Venetian Hotel) on the fake Piazza San Marco (or as it it is called there, "St Mark's Square").



I walked on the Strip for an hour or so afterwards and then went back to the hotel. We were staying at Pirates of the Caribbean, aka Treasure Island. It was not a great hotel. Nothing "special" about it except for the every 90 minute pirate battle on the set at the front of the hotel.



Tuesday was more of the same. I was really tired and was very grateful to get on the airplane and then get home.