Friday, March 06, 2009

I still heart NY

Yep, New York is still a cool place to be. And just like every time I go to America, the weather has been lovely, warm and sunny all day, even though the city's still blanketed in snow! In many, many ways I'm the exact opposite of the Selfish Giant - spring follows me around everywhere I go (except in Britain)!

Just briefly dropping by internet land to see if any of the people I've arranged to meet up with over the next couple of days have sent me a last-minute message. They haven't, so you get a quick bonus blog before my net-cafe time runs out. Itinerary for the weekend: tomorrow morning, meet scary internet acquaintance I've never met in real life before, who's bringing along an equally scary-sounding friend too. Afternoon, meet a different but also scary internet acquaintance I've never met in real life before. If I'm still alive at that point, evening dinner with a memory man I have met before and who isn't scary at all (accompanied by a 'memory researcher' who probably is a bit scary). Saturday, hang out with numerous non-scary (mostly) American memory championship competitors, and hopefully a meet-up with another "internet acquaintance" who I've known for the best part of ten years now and have almost stopped being scared of - funnily enough, Crispy's in New York right now too.

Sunday morning, back home. Monday, work. I'm going to be asleep at my desk.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dude, you should still be scared of me.

SamT said...

I was surprised he said he was scared of you still, how many times he been drunk with you now? lol.

Anonymous said...

Phew, I was worried there'd be no more Zoomy blogs until monday!

Anonymous said...

hey where in ny are u ?? me too in ny ,.

Anonymous said...

I hope I was one of the "non-scary" "non-scary (mostly) American memory championship competitors" that you hung out with (Brad, after the final competition, sitting in the back of the room in the small group as you showed us your technique with my deck of cards)! It was a real pleasure to meet you, and I really appreciated the pointers and how willing you were to share stories and tips! Thanks!

Brad Zupp

Zoomy said...

Hi, Brad! No, you weren't scary in the slightest, and it was fun talking to you!