excuse me, but your bag is blinking

i thought that would be a good intro/pickup line. or possibly be the last thing you heard before you were tackled to the ground by huge FBI goologs. a guy told me my bag was blinking on the way to one of the panels. my bike light sometimes clicks on when its inside the bag. that would have been weird to be sitting in a huge room of people with a blinking bike bag. lots of shifty eyes, nervous glances. also: jbomb pointed out that in my last post below, i prolly meant i wanted to be Belgian, not actually be the country of Belgium, as i stated. well, ok but yes. it has always been a dream of mine to be an actual country. :-) thank you julie. and speaking of jbomb...here's wishing you tons of fun and happiness at your new gig in Madison, WI with trek. enjoy yourself and your new adventure! sxsw interactive is kicking ass. i'm the token stinky bike convention attendee. ah well. someone's gotta do it. there have been a ton of inspirational panels and i hooked up with 2 friends that i used to work with at texas parks & wildlife. i met the dood that rode the soma i locked up by the other day also. he is friends with the fabled mitch, the old fast fixed gear rider. but not the 1970's no shirt fixie man. so many legends in town.... i sat in on a panel with henry rollins yesterday. he was a great speaker - intense. a working man and down to earth. he spoke about really wanting to still do music, politics, being against the war, doing USO tours, his IFC show, getting bit parts in movies, anger and doing something about the state of the country. 2 more action packed days of this. i took a break from drinking last nite. but it seems to be a required activity during the conference. i can get behind that.