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Thursday, January 19, 2006
Oh. My. God.
Well, after a 3 hour train journey, followed by 10 hours on a plane, and then an hour in a coach, I'm finally here in Florida. The trip was good, but I'll tell you all about that another time.
After checking into the hotel I went for a little look around: it's nice but really weird to be in a holiday resort on bidness. And apart from the resort, there's nothing for miles. I fancied going to a regular store for some American snacks, but I asked and there's nothing within walking distance.
Anyway, after my wandering, I went to the conference evening pre-get together and it was nasty! I started off by getting a drink and just going up to a small group and introducing myself. Straight away I was talking to one of the main guys, and he was awesome. He's exactly like Woody Allen, Jewish, from New York, puny but funny, and a total 'word of mouth marketing' guru: he pretty much invented it 35 years ago. I couldn't keep up at all, not even slightly. So I spoke to some other people and they were equally impressive: they're like a totally different breed. I don't know whether it's because they're American or really good at what they do, but I was totally out of my league. I gave up in the end and relied on humour to stay involved in the conversations, but I may as well have been spitting in their drinks: they didn't get me at all.
I think the fact that it's 8pm here but I think it's 1am, I've been travelling for the best part of a day, haven't eaten and had 2 Coronas probably doesn't help... so I left to come back to my room.
I've just flicked through the TV channels and 'Lost' is on. Boy is it tempting to watch, but it would totally ruin it if I did. But it's still on bhind me as I type... and I peeked and there's someone new! In fact, there's a whole bunch of new people! Ok, I'm changing channels now.
So I'm going to sleep now, as I've got to be up and at the conference proper by 8am.
I hope being sober and rested helps.
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