My SoCal Odyssey
Homer-esque? You decide. (No, not that Homer)
Monday - I flew into John Wayne and relaxed in the hotel. Good start to the week!
Tuesday - I trained the Irvine team, then I headed up to my parents' place for dinner. Mmm, home-cooked Korean beef. Truly doesn't get better than that. Afterwards, I went to Russell's, and we watched the key parts of Episode II as a refresher for the next day, since I didn't really remember much of it.
Wednesday - I presented to an ad agency in LA, then headed directly to The Bridge, thus beginning the 8 and 1/2 hour wait for Episode III. It was a long time to wait, but it really did fly right by hanging out with Russ, and I enjoyed the experience, including the movie. There's no way to watch a movie like Star Wars but with a big, enthusiastic crowd on the opening weekend. Afterwards, I crashed at Russell's place and got very little sleep. But at least I was able to wake up and wish Joanne a happy birthday! (I should probably rephrase that, but whatever, I'm really tired)
Thursday - I presented to two more ad agencies in a disheveled state, then once again headed to my parents' place. This time we went out to eat, at (what else?) a Korean BBQ restaurant. Not as good as Mom's cooking, but still damn good. And I was able to treat! (Though if one were to put a finer point on it, Google was really the one treating)
Friday - Loooong day. It started at 8:30am from Irvine with a 1 and 1/2 hour drive up to Topanga Canyon (isn't that the name of the girl from that show?) to meet with an ad agency. After a 2 and 1/2 hour meeting, I headed down to LA for another agency meeting (the final one of the week!), where the entire building had a scheduled fire drill right in the middle of my presentation. Felt like elementary school. After finishing up at 3:30pm, we quickly hit the road so that I could make my 6:45pm flight out of John Wayne, 45 miles away. Think about this one...rushing out of LA at 3:30pm to make a commuter flight (which loads ten minutes before takeoff) 3 hours and 15 minutes away at an airport (small, mostly empty, with no lines) 45 miles away. Ridiculous, you say? Well, I missed my flight. Didn't get there until 7p freakin' m. I even passed by Sirens on the long journey (a fatal accident on the 405 was part of the problem). Sirens, Homer? Never mind.
I had almost forgotten how bad traffic can get in LA, but I've snapped out of it. I did manage to get onto the next flight via standby, at 8:20pm, and now, finally, HOME!
Time for some tennis, hearts, and Star Wars. And lots of sleep. :)
Monday - I flew into John Wayne and relaxed in the hotel. Good start to the week!
Tuesday - I trained the Irvine team, then I headed up to my parents' place for dinner. Mmm, home-cooked Korean beef. Truly doesn't get better than that. Afterwards, I went to Russell's, and we watched the key parts of Episode II as a refresher for the next day, since I didn't really remember much of it.
Wednesday - I presented to an ad agency in LA, then headed directly to The Bridge, thus beginning the 8 and 1/2 hour wait for Episode III. It was a long time to wait, but it really did fly right by hanging out with Russ, and I enjoyed the experience, including the movie. There's no way to watch a movie like Star Wars but with a big, enthusiastic crowd on the opening weekend. Afterwards, I crashed at Russell's place and got very little sleep. But at least I was able to wake up and wish Joanne a happy birthday! (I should probably rephrase that, but whatever, I'm really tired)
Thursday - I presented to two more ad agencies in a disheveled state, then once again headed to my parents' place. This time we went out to eat, at (what else?) a Korean BBQ restaurant. Not as good as Mom's cooking, but still damn good. And I was able to treat! (Though if one were to put a finer point on it, Google was really the one treating)
Friday - Loooong day. It started at 8:30am from Irvine with a 1 and 1/2 hour drive up to Topanga Canyon (isn't that the name of the girl from that show?) to meet with an ad agency. After a 2 and 1/2 hour meeting, I headed down to LA for another agency meeting (the final one of the week!), where the entire building had a scheduled fire drill right in the middle of my presentation. Felt like elementary school. After finishing up at 3:30pm, we quickly hit the road so that I could make my 6:45pm flight out of John Wayne, 45 miles away. Think about this one...rushing out of LA at 3:30pm to make a commuter flight (which loads ten minutes before takeoff) 3 hours and 15 minutes away at an airport (small, mostly empty, with no lines) 45 miles away. Ridiculous, you say? Well, I missed my flight. Didn't get there until 7p freakin' m. I even passed by Sirens on the long journey (a fatal accident on the 405 was part of the problem). Sirens, Homer? Never mind.
I had almost forgotten how bad traffic can get in LA, but I've snapped out of it. I did manage to get onto the next flight via standby, at 8:20pm, and now, finally, HOME!
Time for some tennis, hearts, and Star Wars. And lots of sleep. :)
posted by Chang Kim at Saturday, May 21, 2005
4 Comments:
yikes, that's a lot of mtgs. when you present to these ad agencies are you trying to convince them to use buy ads w/google?
No, I'm not a sales person, per se. I train them on our products, make sure they know all the ways that they can leverage the Google platform, and hopefully that will allow them to grow their business with Google, but they've all been advertising with us already.
Time for some tennis, hearts, and Star Wars. And lots of sleep. :)
Well, I know we hit the first three.
Freakin' hearts. I hate my life.
oh baby, i'm going to watch star wars this afternoon. i can't read your other blog entries for fear of spoilers
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