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This year has been challenging on many levels, but also very rewarding on so many more. I felt like life has been on pause, not in the sense that days seem to take forever. Quite the opposite actually, I can't believe it's October already. But maybe that it does seem to have gone by so fast that it's almost completely passed me by, so that I don't really remember doing the things I remember I did. That's why I'm going to try to update this more, just on my own personal level. Though we'll see how long that continues to happen, as the track record isn't very good.
Obstacle #1 will be that ACL Fest starts up tomorrow. And yes, once again I"ll be heading out there for 3 music-filled days in Zilker park. This year might actually be the best weather wise, since the highs are the mid-80's and it's supposed to be sunny. This compared to last year where it rained all day Saturday, which turned the entire park into a giant pit of mud. It's still got some fun memories, but it is pretty nice to be able to sit down at some point in an 8 hour music day.
The line-up though is a little weak, I mean the Eagles are the headliners. The Eagles! Who the heck listens to the Eagles anymore?? I'm convinced that all music (and really most culture) from the 70's is terrible, so I am a bit biased against them. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to Muse, Spoon, Broken Bells, The xx, Cage the Elephant, and quite a few more.
The unfortunate thing is though that Kara had to take a last minute trip to LA to help her sister's business, so she won't be going this year after all. Which is sad, since I've been telling her about it the last 2 years. We live literally about a 10 minute walk from Zilker, so it's crazy not to go if you're in Austin.
Obstacle #2 is going to be work, as we're preparing for the launch of a brand new chip family called Kinetis. It's not even launched yet, but it's already gotten a LOT of attention from the field. But work is really fun right now, and I actually just got a new boss. Not new new actually, since he used to be a co-worker who got promoted. I have no interest in managing though, I can't imagine a day where I don't get to debug something or write some code, or figure out some technical issue.
Also I found out National Coming Out day is October 11th, so that's exciting. I still know some people who are in the closet, which I wish didn't still have to happen.
Also Thrill The World is October 23rd! I'll be doing this for the 3rd year in a row as well. Everyone participating across the world does Michael Jackon's Thriller dance at the same time, with most of the people in costume as zombies, or MJ, or MJ Zombies. Good times are had by all!
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