State of the gnumatt

It took me about a week to get my bearings once I landed in Dallas. The near constant excitement of the previous month had settled in and given me a different way of being. I felt really lost and confused during my first week in Dallas.

Oddly, I finally felt normal again when I jumped in the car and took off for Austin to see 20x2 v4.5. Amanda was a great traveling companion down and back up.

That trip marked the first time I’d stayed at Thon’s place just me and him. It’s also the first time I didn’t feel apprehensive around him. That apprehension came from feeling that I’d never delivered on the promise I showed when he hired me to work at BroadbandNow five years ago. This time it was gone and I found it really easy to talk with him.

The rest of my time in Dallas has marked a renewal of friendships and routines. I’m staying with my friend Dave. I’m back into the Angelika movie roundtable. I’ve seen a number of the dfw bloggers.

I need to find a good job, and buy a house to finish phase two of this project. I know more than ever before what I want to do. I just don’t know how to make money at it.