sast presents: the update since last time

last weekend saw me working another pride event. the novelty and shock value have definitely worn off, but at least i got to work with my two favorites; vicki and melissa r. and since vicki has accepted a position at another company, it was my last chance to work with her. fortunately, she lives in san diego and we already have plans to meet up in july for opening day at the del mar racetrack!

vicki, me, melissa r.

there was also a somewhat unexpected and pleasant surprise when melissa n. stopped by while in town for a conference. while we had plans to hit disneyland together on monday, i had no idea she was considering a stop at pride, but i guess last year's photos were just too interesting!

melissa n., a giant queen, me

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speaking of kansas city...when melissa n. was in town she mentioned 'overland park', which is apparently a suburb of kc. some of you may remember that i have an annual conference in kansas city (where i will be celebrating my birthday...again), but what you may not know is that my very first 'real' boss, when i was an event assistant at the salt palace in convention center at 20 years old, is now the general manager for the overland park convention center. since brett was one of my all-time favorite bosses (who i may or may not have also had a schoolgirl crush on), once i put it together, i shot him an email, and we'll be getting together for dinner when i'm in town. should be a blast...just about 13 years of life to catch up on!

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it's possible that attempting a full day at disneyland after working (on my feet) for the entire weekend preceeding it may have not been the greatest idea, but with melissa n. in town from kansas city, i couldn't miss the chance to play.

melissa's friend judy was also in town for some playing, and vicki also joined us. the day included some of the favorites (space mountain, thunder mountain railroad, indiana jones) but also some new (to me) experiences like the matterhorn, california screamin, and the tiki room (the latter was ALL melissa). since my usual trips to disneyland involve two or three hours on a weeknight, there is still so much left for me to do for the first time!

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i preordered my iphone4 and as of today it has shipped. *should* be in my hot little hands by thursday - hopefully before i leave for san francisco for the next pride event.

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speaking of san francisco...have i mentioned that i haven't had my hair cut (or even trimmed) since november?! two major reasons for this: 1) i am growing it out again and it was at that terrible awful no good very bad 'just cut it!' length for awhile, making it highly likely that if i had actually attempted to see my stylist i probably would have instructed her to chop it all off again, and 2) my stylist lives in san francisco. now i'm not such a prima donna that i purposely selected a stylist in san fran, rather, i developed my michelle addiction when she lived here. now she comes back 3 or 4 days every month but i am often on the road when she is in town. when i realized last week that this would be the perfect opportunity for a clean-up, she was able to squeeze me in. thank heavens!

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my family (dad's side) is reunioning next weekend, and though i wasn't originally invited (aunts/uncles only) it grew and grew, and i still can't be there. my uncle asked that anyone who could not attend create a slideshow of what we've been up to for the last six years since our last full-on reunion. if you're interested, feel free to take a gander.