small days made large
Apr. 28th, 2007 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiedyedaveLast weekend I went to Carnival in Pittsburgh.
I met:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aij, alanv, aleffert, ayndin, azzil, buoren, cdinwood, chrisamaphone, combinator, demarko, dr4b, dracai, drquuxum, etopiei, etotheipi, fixermark, gwillen, jashar.myopenid.com, jcreed, kahare, klari, lars_chan, lunaratu, moonndragn, mr_wright, mygrane, pfriedma, physics_dude, qedragon, rachael85, rbraun, redglasses, rehana, rjmccall, roseandsigil, rupes, sajasj, sk4p, skydiamonde, sleepsong, styger, theadana
At long last, I metgustavolacerda in person.
I failed to meet:x77303066, rdore
I wish thatcreidieki, indrani_prime, julia82084, lordm, mrsix, mtolan, naufiel, platypuslord, yannaboo, or the inimitable Mark Stehlik had been there too, but such is life.
It was a lot of fun. There was some Mao, which I have not had a chance to play since the UOregon concurrency workshop last July. I also drank a moderate amount, which had an immoderate effect on me, since I've had almost nothing to drink for the past six months. Good times.
As before, I felt a kind of timeline shear when alternating between social circles from different generations, though it was far less noticeable than previous years. This is partly due to some social reorganizations, and partly due to the fact that the 'younger' generation is not quite so young anymore. Indeed, it's very funny to hear the seniors talk about distancing themselves from the rowdy, immature youngsters. :-)
As Carnivals go, this one was a turning point: next year, I will know very few, if any, of the current undergraduates and other denizens, so future years will largely be an exercise in coordinating a mass reunion with other returnees. I'm guessing this is the same phenomenon experienced by the older generations. Furthermore, this one was also a turning point because I don't miss Pittsburgh anymore. The city has an entropic, rusty charm to it, but I no longer identify it as home, or even one of many homes. Austin is home now.
Highlights:
Seeinglars_chan again at long last
"His Gardening Royal Highness"
Uno's withkahare, ayndin, rjmccall, and Andy
A giant Nintendo on Midway
I met:
aij, alanv, aleffert, ayndin, azzil, buoren, cdinwood, chrisamaphone, combinator, demarko, dr4b, dracai, drquuxum, etopiei, etotheipi, fixermark, gwillen, jashar.myopenid.com, jcreed, kahare, klari, lars_chan, lunaratu, moonndragn, mr_wright, mygrane, pfriedma, physics_dude, qedragon, rachael85, rbraun, redglasses, rehana, rjmccall, roseandsigil, rupes, sajasj, sk4p, skydiamonde, sleepsong, styger, theadanaAt long last, I met
gustavolacerda in person.I failed to meet:
x77303066, rdoreI wish that
creidieki, indrani_prime, julia82084, lordm, mrsix, mtolan, naufiel, platypuslord, yannaboo, or the inimitable Mark Stehlik had been there too, but such is life. It was a lot of fun. There was some Mao, which I have not had a chance to play since the UOregon concurrency workshop last July. I also drank a moderate amount, which had an immoderate effect on me, since I've had almost nothing to drink for the past six months. Good times.
As before, I felt a kind of timeline shear when alternating between social circles from different generations, though it was far less noticeable than previous years. This is partly due to some social reorganizations, and partly due to the fact that the 'younger' generation is not quite so young anymore. Indeed, it's very funny to hear the seniors talk about distancing themselves from the rowdy, immature youngsters. :-)
As Carnivals go, this one was a turning point: next year, I will know very few, if any, of the current undergraduates and other denizens, so future years will largely be an exercise in coordinating a mass reunion with other returnees. I'm guessing this is the same phenomenon experienced by the older generations. Furthermore, this one was also a turning point because I don't miss Pittsburgh anymore. The city has an entropic, rusty charm to it, but I no longer identify it as home, or even one of many homes. Austin is home now.
Highlights:
Seeing
lars_chan again at long last"His Gardening Royal Highness"
Uno's with
kahare, ayndin, rjmccall, and AndyA giant Nintendo on Midway
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Date: 2007-04-29 02:30 am (UTC)This is an extraordinarily odd thing for me to hear, since I grew up in Austin and have taken quite a liking to Pittsburgh, so the exact opposite thing is true of me.
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Date: 2007-04-29 08:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-29 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-29 04:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-29 05:25 am (UTC)I missed Pittsburgh a bit when I was in Austin this summer, but now that I'm back, and even despite lots of exploring in Pittsburgh, I'll be pretty happy to leave it. Yay sun! ;D
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Date: 2007-04-29 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-04-30 09:21 pm (UTC)I'll be there next year!
And I definitely echo your sentiments about Pburgh not being home anymore. In fact, sometimes it makes me feel downright creeeeeepy.