Will Work for Quarters

So the Scene First Film Festival in Wilmington was a big success and plans are already in the works for next year. I met some great people in the film industry that should be good contacts for the future and they were all extremely nice and appreciative. It was strange to drive to the Raleigh/Durham airport and then get on a plane to go “home” (to Boston), when I felt like I was already “home” (10 min from my Chapel Hill house). Although I will see my family in July when they come to visit, I am not going back home until August. This is definitely the longest stretch of time I have been away from good ole N.C. But I guess everything begins to feel like normal after a while. I had imagined that riding the subway back and forth to work (and everywhere else for that matter) would somehow be glamorous and exhilarating. After losing my $60 monthly pass along with any sense of personal space I ever possessed, it doesn’t seem so great… but at least I don’t have to pay for gas!

The only downside to the festival was that I was up and working from about 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. everyday so I really needed a day off after we got back on Sunday. But, alas I worked Monday too. Our boss decided to let us leave at 2 p.m. though so that was a relief. I finally had time to do some laundry, but only one load because I need 9 quarters to wash and dry. I now order things specifically based on the type of change I am going to get back on the purchase. Right now I am sitting in the Starbucks down the street from my office that I usually make a run to once a day, where I purchased a Grande instead of a Venti iced coffee so I could get two quarters out of the deal. I am having dinner near here in about an hour and by the time I battle the subway home it wouldn’t be worth it to turn back around and come back, so writing this is a good way to kill time, although I am not paying $7.99 to T-Mobile to post it on the Internet so it will be several hours later that it hits the blog.

Yesterday we had a meeting with a client at work so we drove over to Arlington, another city that borders Boston. It was cool to be one of the people around the big conference table, especially because the proposal we presented was something I wrote. Of course it was edited and added to by both of my bosses before the client ever saw it but the concepts were basically things that I had come up with along with Kelly (one of the interns). It seemed like they liked the ideas a lot and thought they were clever so that was a proud moment. After work I went shopping downtown with Kelly. We went to Filene’s Basement… a bigger, better version of a T.J. Maxx or Marshalls. As a bargain hunter, discovery of this place was quite exciting. We are talking designer stuff here which means the prices are still a little too much to swallow but I did find a couple of cute, cheap things.

We also had to check out Victoria’s Secret Semi-Annual Sale since it was next door. Doesn’t it seem like they have those about every other month? Last time I checked that’s not what “semi-annual” meant. Perhaps it’s just that the image of psycho women digging through bins of $3 undies is just seared in my mind so vividly that it merely seems like a fresh memory. Needless to say, fighting the crowds was only worth the effort because of my $10 gift card. After our exhausting shopping we had dinner at a place called Global Bar and Café. We had a great sidewalk table outside and the food was surprisingly good, especially considering the salads and sandwiches were on the $8-$15 range. It was right near Copley Square at the Copley station on the Green Line of the T.

This weekend I am working at a pre/post party and concert at Symphony Hall in conjunction with the Boston Pops Orchestra. I think it is acoustic musicians playing before, during breaks, and after the symphony, but in the same building. It is called the Boston Pops Edge Fest and should be something new and different to fill a couple of nights.

Well this has been long but thanks to those of you who are still reading… if you are out there. I had had a couple of complaints that the time between postings was too long (mostly several from my mom) so this was an attempt to satiate the fans’ desire for my unorganized ranting on city life.