Octy has cool friends. (photos)

The trip to the airport went quick. For having left smack in the middle of rush hour, I was surprised how smooth traffic flowed all the way to SFO. A short while later I'd acquired reality_fox and dragged him to a TGI Friday's in Burlingame to detox (by retox) from his flight. It was one of the best little dinners I've had with a friend in ages, to be truthful. Much de-stressing on both sides, and rambling about life, parents, motorcycles, and Sancho.

I got home to a garage that smelled strangely of burnt coffee... but instead it turned out to be the first time we've ever had burnt popcorn in the microwave. chipotle informed me that octantis had done the carbonized deed, as he'd brought some friends by to say Hi and they'd waited around for me. He attempted to entertain with popcorn, but it ended in tears (due to the smoke). :) He didn't know I'd been airport bound. His crew went off to nab starchy goodness at the Olive Garden and left all kinds of entertaining scribbles on the whiteboard about how they planned to return.

A fun time was had chatting about electroluminescent wire, LEDs, lightsticks, poi, starwatching, Garmin Rinos, and incredibly poor-taste computer videos (Tokyo Breakfast, anyone? Aieee...) . They were all exceptionally cool folks, and a refreshing break from a normally boring Tuesday. Between this and the TGI detox, it's put my week on a really cool note. I'll gladly ride this groove to the weekend if I can manage it.

While fussing with the various light-producing toys, I got nudged to pull the camera out. The full batch of pics taken is, as always, on the imageserver.

( I'll post a few here too. )