I’ve posted the pictures from my recent vacation to North Carolina. Not all of these are mine but I found it easier just to post everyone’s pictures in one place rather than posting multiple links.

I’m back in New Orleans now. That means time to start packing. Bleh!

Hasn’t everyone I know learned by now not to tell me not to do something? Apparently Jeff still hasn’t. I just needed my backpack out of his car but he had to go and tell me that I couldn’t drive the rental car.

Me: I got two words for you(Jeff), “DUMB ASS!”
Joe: Dumbass is one word.

I don’t think the “Your MOM!” jokes will ever stop now.

Me: I like the back-end server.
Jeff: Your mom likes the back-end!
Justin: Your mom is a back-end server.

Marty to me: Can the adults get back to thier conversation?
Me: That was a pretty good burn.
Marty: It was old, dirty, and cheap but it works.
Me: Just like Jeff’s mom!

The second to last bullet point on things prohibited in the Hatteras Lighthouse is:

• Frisbees, boomerangs, and other equipment that may be thrown

Apparently I’m not the only idiot that carries a boomerang around on vacation.

Jeff is checking into his hotel room
Best Western Receptionist: “Oh I can’t put you in that room. You don’t look handicap to me.”
Me: “Oh but he is!”
Jeff hangs is head in shame.
Best Western Receptionist: “That’s so mean! Is he your friend?”
Jeff: “No, colleague.”
My turn to check into my hotel room
Best Western Receptionist: “Are you sure you had a reservation at this hotel?-)”

I will be in Mobile tomorrow for MOBICON. Then it’s off to North Carolina for a week at the beach. After that it’s off to the Bay Area for work and the PalmSource DevCon. Finishing up my travels with KublaCon.

Or as Regan so elegantly put it, “geek conference, week at the beach, week at work, geek conference.”

Jeff and I just got back from a prescreening of Serenity in Austin and guess what we bartered for? Well if you are not a die hard Fire Fly fan and guessed it from the title, Jayne Hats.

We had two extra tickets because Aim got sick and Justin couldn’t make it. Jeff was just going to see if we could just trade them in but when we got there this woman had a sign on the back of her truck “WILL TRADE JAYNE HATS FOR TICKETS”. I point this out to Jeff and we went over to see what the sign was all about. We told her that we had two extra tickets and she jumped out of her seat asking how much we wanted for them. To her astonishment we said that we would take the hats. We thought it a bit strange that someone would trade hand made hats, she was actually making them in the parking lot, for a pair of tickets. After putting on our new hats we went inside and this guy tells us that it was awesome that we traded the tickets for the hats because he had to pay a scalper $75US to get his ticket! After getting some drinks we went and stood in line and the woman that we traded the tickets to was so happy that she came up and gave Jeff and I a hug and thanked us trading the tickets to her.

I never felt so much like a geek than standing in line to see a movie and wearing a costume from the movie. It was like going to see Star Wars dressed as a storm trooper. I felt even more like a geek when we got into the theater and everyone started cheering because we were wearing Jayne Hats.

Before the movie started we had a surprise appearance by Nathan Fillion and Ron Glass. They stayed and watched the movie and had a Q&A and autograph session after the screening of the film, which involved a dramatic scene where Nathan spat water on my shoe.

I’m in the process of changing the theme for the site. I’ve found one that I like but I don’t like the colors in it. Yes I know that I am color blind! So over the next few days I will be changing the colors in the theme and hopefully it won’t turn out to be something dreadful to look at.

I will be in Austin this Thursday to watch a pre-release of Serenity. So for all of you guys in Austin you’ve been warned! And yes I know I’m a geek for driving 500 miles just to see a movie.

Shaler: “Man I forgot all about unloading the truck…”