I never did get around to doing my daily posts at SXSW 2024.

Overall it was a fun time.

Still big problems with the staff. I was told there was no proof I bought the tshirt and poster. They eventually said they could find the tshirt but no poster. They would not refund the money I paid for the poster. I’m upset with this theft and they never responded.

The fast pass was fraught with problems every single day which was another disappointment. I read many posts from others on their problems. Of course it was the IT people attending who said they just set up scripts/bots to reserve what they wanted with a high success. Something to consider in some future iteration.

I do encourage people to go for the vast amount of information, and fun. I will also remember the hit and run driver that killed someone outside the comedy club late one evening and how thankful I am my uber driver was in the wrong place and I had to cross the street, thereby not being in the path of the other driver.

-SFA

I keep a journal on paper. I also have this online journal.

It’s interesting to have both. There is a visceral feel in the act of putting pen to paper. I have to slow down my writing, take the time to process each word, and see the ink bleed into the paper to stay into some future moment, whether or not someone actually reads the words or not.

Online here it will live essentially forever as long as these electrons persist in the cloud. I can go back and reread, if I ever chose to do so, and others, also if they choose to, can take a glimpse into my in-the-moment thoughts.

This form is easier. I don’t have to hunt down my journal and pen. I just need internet access somewhere on the earth to be able to access this site and my blog.

Time passes so quickly, thinking it was only last week I put thoughts down when in fact, the never left my head. My new test will be keeping the site in a tab in my browser and seeing if I end up writing more.

-SFA