• 3:59 PM CT: Ooof. I have to be awake again in twelve hours.
• 5:14 PM CT: Delight is, the night before a big trip, remembering where your 25-year-old camera bag was stored! :D
• 05:35 PM CT: Well damn. I'm all packed and it's only 5:30. This 'preparedness' thing is odd, yet comforting.
• 08:24 PM CT: Cat lying on small spiral notebook knows something's fishy tonight, and not in that kitty treat way.

I board a plane for the Beer and Cheese Tour of Seattle at six a.m. next Thursday.

(Have you guys noticed over the past few years that every trip, project, etc. always seems to get a title after it's been in my life a while? By naming it, I bring it into existence. Or something.)

(Photo links to the full photoset)

Flickr photos from the album 2007-11 - TMBG, Exit/In by domesticat

Sign outside
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Merch area
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Exit/In walls
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Oppenheimer
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Oppenheimer
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Oppenheimer
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.TMBG logo
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Leading this mob...
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.Smacksmacksmack
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.The Other Guys
at , Nashville, Tennessee, United States by domesticat.

10 out of 17 on Flickr

I survived the TMBG concert at Exit/In last night, and let me tell you, it was an experience.

But first...

We are home at last, with feet that tell tales and piles of laundry that are making their way through the washer and dryer.

Nave traffic, St. Patrick's
at Turtle Bay, New York, New York, United States by domesticat.

I've uploaded and geotagged our photos, which led to our realization that we walked far, far more than we gave ourselves credit for. (Though now I'm wondering what kind of equipment it takes to auto-geotag a photo on a Nikon D80...)

There are quite a few photos: everything from urban blight to cathedral glory, but only a couple of us. There's the tea shop in Greenwich Village and the site of our magnificent birthday dinner.

We are tired, footsore, and glad to be home.

Since I seem to have activated my away-from-home batsignal, here are the SMS messages I've sent to Twitter in the past 24 hours. My tweets are normally friends-only, but when I'm away from home they're usually more interesting than the usual 'OMG where's my tea?' claptrap, so I've written a script to post them publicly in batches once daily while I'm gone.

Since I seem to have activated my away-from-home batsignal, here are the SMS messages I've sent to Twitter in the past 24 hours. My tweets are normally friends-only, but when I'm away from home they're usually more interesting than the usual 'OMG where's my tea?' claptrap, so I've written a script to post them publicly in batches once daily while I'm gone.