Sixfoot6.com - Putting Stuff Away.

That's a shame. I have always wanted to go to SXSW but never had the time or the money. Maybe it will be better next year.

It's probably because I wasn't there.

Honestly. Too many people but not enough Rusty. And after reading a few blogs for a while, it looks like I may have just had bad luck with some of the panels I chose. Next year I clone myself and go to EVERYTHING.

I had an incredibly full trip, but I kind of agree: there wasn't enough time for pure visiting. We were on the go a bit too much, not in one place enough.

Although Apples to Apples was nice.

Wrong on both accounts, Lob. But I do have a couple of neat projects in the works, soon to see the light of day.

it's been over a year since i commented your site, Ryan. i miss reading your site. though it's only one of a couple blogs i'd read or comment, (i'm quite selective what blogs i respond to posts at) i somehow got overwhelmed with goings-on so that your blog inexplicably got lost in the mix. but it by no means speaks of boredom or disinterest in your blog. take this as a compliment.

even when i did comment your site, as much as i enjoyed it, was sparse. i don't know why this is. i read your last several posts since January and i will now recap musing responses to each.

Jan. 28 - REMEMBERING
i'm into the SO MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT preoccupation as well. one of my friends is also which keeps us both in frequent dialogue about each others' examples through time even though he lives in another city now. at times it becomes a circle of rememberances and regrets of years gone and lost, to the point of a headache. you, me and more than just one of my friends had the 10 year remembering Kurt Cobain mental lightening bolt experience. we had eclipsing personal milestones occurring simultaneously to that day in 1994 that shook us yet further.

Jan. 30 - Old Skool Memestyle
we have the delightful shared experience of having worked as dishwashers at a seafood restaurant and as head cooks at a kitchen.

Pet Cemetary mailperson? too many questions to know where to begin. we'll move on. personal asst to neurotic millionaire? atleast it wasn't a psychotic millionaire.

March 07 - Olympics And Oscar
wait. there was coverage of the Winter Olympics? i don't recall much. i remember hightlights of a couple least interesting events by athletes that were the absurdly over-enthusiastic about their events. and repititious, trite obsessions by whiny athletes about disappointments. were there other self-congradulators and whiners i missed?

the only reason i chose to comment after all this time is after i read To Austin And Bubble Back.
it made me think that since you miss the freshness, that you might miss meeting new people at SXSW as well. these new people lead to inspiring conversations with new friends you met only once and hope to see next year so you can make friends permanently.