keith’s new self

So I’m in Toronto for YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) 2005 - doing a talk on my work with Sxip - in particular developing an identity webservice using Catalyst, an MVC framework for Perl. My day was fairly strange. I was up all night working on finishing up a web development contract - which left me in a bizarre no-sleep coffee-soaked haze for the first half of the day. Luckily I perked up enough to deliver my talk. I then took a three hour nap, and my whole system was discombobulated by this abrupt change in sleeping patterns… so I decided to go shopping. Something about being in a different city makes me want to buy clothes. Anyway, so I spend a couple hours at a mall in downtown Toronto - and find some great stuff. I then return to my hotel room, and browse the web a little aimlessly - I recall that the Toronto Jazz Festival is happening, so I go to their website and see if I can find any good shows. Lo and behold, I see that the fabulous Medeski, Martin and Wood are playing at 8pm today - I check the time - it’s 9:15 - but there was an opening act so I change into my new clothes and run off to check it out. As it turns out, the park where they are playing is just a two minute walk from my hotel. I get there, and they have just played their first song. Joy! The next thing I know I’m drinking Carlsburg and Truborg, and grooving out to the ultra-funky sounds of MMW, in my new shwag. How cool is that? Truly a memorable evening.
tags: mmw, music, perl, toronto, yapc

posted: 10:40 pm