Sometimes I look forward to the start of the work week to recover from the excesses of the weekend--especially long weekends--but Tuesday was quite an eventful day at the office.
Longtime 43 Things user boots was waiting for us in the office entrance when we returned from lunch. Robot Eric and I had been both been engaging boots in discussions on our latest super-secret site(1), and she decided to finally take us up on an offer to see the Robot Co-op Office.(2)
After a quick visit, things returned to normal for a while. A few hours later, however, Blogger employee Eric Case dropped by with his friend Ali. Work slowed down to a crawl as we gave a quick tour(3) of the office. Eventually we just gave up and headed down to the Elysian for a few drinks.
As the Robots gradually slipped away to resume their normal lives, I stuck around at the table until I was ivited to accompany Robot Erik, Eric, and Ali to dinner at El Greco. The food was fabulous, if a little more expensive than my typical evening fare. Fortunately, Erik offered to pick up the check.
Ali wanted to go to some sort of rock show, and Robot Todd had found a show at the Crocodile Cafe that he considered passable, if overrated. It was still a little early, so we walked back to Erik's place to check out his infamous blue wall.
By now it was getting kind of late and I decided to just go home. Erik and Ali tried to convince me to go to the show but I stood my ground. When I got home, however, I realized that I really had nothing to do and the show was only $7. I made sure to grab my earplugs and headed out to the show.
This was the first show that I've been to in many years featuring essentially unknown indie bands. I'm not sure if the bands were any good or not, but it was a lot of fun. I actually preferred the first band we saw--the one that Todd called overrated--and in fact just ordered their CD. Let's see what this purchase does to their current sales rank of 178,054(4) in music at Amazon.
During the break between bands, I spent some time giving Eric a crash introduction to reality TV. Why is it that interesting and successful people are so lacking in common pop culture knowledge?
After the show, we wandered down to Cyclops for a little more conversation before ending the night. It was after 1 a.m. when we left. Eric and Ali went back to their hotel while Erik and I returned to our respective homes.
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(1)First there was 43 Things. Then there was 43 Places. I wonder, what could our next site be...?
(2)According to 43 Places, there are currently 61 people that want to visit the Robot Co-op office, although for the life of me I can't see why.
(3)There really is only the "quick" tour of the office which is little more than a single room with a few desks shoved together in the center.
(4)Talk about your long tail. The CD does have similarities so I know that at least a handful of people have bought copies.
