Mmm the blog has been quiet for awhile eh?
I spent the past 3 days downtown at the Idea Festival. Did some interviews, helped some people shape some ideas. It was a lot of fun. All at this super cool hotel, 21C on 7th and Main. I’m going to post a more detailed err.. post about all the stuff I did. No pictures though, unfortunately I wasn’t able to bring my camera. Check out the hotel’s website here.
I had another gall stone attack at work. It was about, if not worse than the one I had when I went to the ER. I haven’t had one in awhile. I think maybe stress among other things caused it. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out.
It’s strange. I’ve always had the mindset of mind over matter. All I could focus on when it was happening was the pain, and not losing it in the middle of work. It felt like everything inside me was being compressed, like I was deep underwater. My temperature shot up, I started sweating profusely, and I could hear my blood pounding in my ears. It took every ounce of my will to walk.
Am I willing to go under the knife to have it removed? I don’t know. Part of me wants to be done with it. Yank out the eye that offends and all that. Another part of me wants to deal with it, attempt to rehabilitate it. I know it’ll never be how it used to be, unless I get it removed. It’s there for a reason though. It has a function. Not to mention gall stones can still form even after your gall bladder is removed. Yay.
There’s an incredible event coming to Louisville, Ky. The Idea Festival. My god. Something intellectually stimulating happening in Louisville? I have the Geek Squad to thank though, they’re the primary sponsor. I’m not particularly sure why they chose Louisville, but I’m not complaining.
I told my DCI it didn’t matter what I had to do to get in there, I would do it. If I couldn’t get in with the company, I’d take the time off, volunteer and buy passes. Ray Bradbury is going to be there. He’s been a lifelong favorite author, and his stories have always helped me through the good and the bad.
Wozniak, Michio Kaku, a film/conversation with Hunter S. Thompson just to name a few. It’s like all the different influences in my life have converged in one place.
It’s my life mission to be there.
