2007

If I had a list of things to do before I die, and if on that list was “get kissed by a girl I just met 24 hours after being in a country I’ve never been in before, without ever knowing her name” then tonight I’d be crossing that one off. Of course I don’t have such a list, but now I’m thinking it might not be a bad idea. Anyway as you might guess it’s been a fairly action packed day or so since I got into town. Here’s a bunch of photos I took at the Roboxotica 2007 opening event but a few things I’ve learned so far:

• At some restaurants they will refuse to bring you water unless you order another beverage with a price tag.
• At Starbucks, a large latte comes with only 2 shots
• You can rent bikes on the street from automatic machines.
• Pouring several gallons of Orange Juice and Vodka into a vintage cement mixer and then basically waterboarding someone with it may not be a smart idea, but it’s damn entertaining.

OK, it’s almost 4am here, I need to go to sleep. More news, photos, and even some video coming soon.

UPDATE!!! OK, two videos from roboxotica are now posted after the jump.

Just checking in really quickly as finally made it to Vienna and I’m here at the monochrom offices (see photographic proof to the right) and trying to catch up on what’s been going on in the world since I left it to fly to the other side of it a few days ago. Maybe next time you jerks could just take a break and stop doing shit for a few days or something because there is just too much going on.

Now that I’ve caught up on my scrabulous games I need to try and finish my presentation for roboexotica. Speaking of, if anyone happens to have screenshots of old Fakester accounts on Friendster, pretty please let me know like right this very second or sooner. As a reward, here is something so cute you may very well die watching it.

Ticketing mishaps, power failures, delays, reroutings, and a whole host of other chaos today has landed me here, Chicago O’Hare International Airport at stupid o’clock in the morning. I found wifi and power so I can occupy myself but the abandonedness of it all is pretty fantastic honestly. It’s a mix of creepy and cool, while still being super peaceful. The only sounds at all are the looped broadcasts coming through the PA every every few minutes about not leaving your bags unattended and about terror threats. Sounds you are used to only hearing when surrounded by crowds but there’s no one here at all and the recordings are just playing by themselves. It’s very 28 Days Later in a lot of ways – I just need a John Murphy soundtrack to kick in and I’d be set.

It’ll all be ruined in a few hours when people start showing up, but some of those people will be flying planes that will take me to Europe so I guess it’s OK. The end is very fucking neigh indeed.