things

So on Friday night at the office christmas party I won the "living out of suitcase" award.

Maybe the fact that I recently spent six weeks "commuting" between California and Chicago contributed to that... on top of plenty of more routine travel earlier in the year.

In fact, they're right. My bags are only half unpacked. They hardly ever get completely unpacked.

In other news, it was a fun Arts Alive night in Eureka, on Saturday night. A mild, foggy night, a good crowd, some good art. I met a couple of new people, including a really good photographer who I hadn't encountered before.

I probably would have forgotten to go, if one of the guys from the office hadn't brought it up the night before. He asked if I was going, then said something about often seeing me with "attractive women" on arts nights.

Well, yeah. Models, usually. Typically not for very long, but apparently long enough to make an impression.

He should have been there this time, he missed out. As usual, a 20 minute interaction, a couple of five minute interactions. Just saying hi and catching up on small talk, random encounters in a gallery or on the sidewalk.

That's OK. It's fun to routinely be in proximity to beauty.