Today is the day before the day. The day, of course, is the first day of PAX. PAX is, for those uninitiated, the lovechild of E3 and Coachella- minus the drugs, nudity, and hipsters. We arrived at LAX much earlier than expected, at around five-thirty. Traffic was much more lenient then expected, and we sailed the tar waves with finesse. Once at the airport, we quickly found Theo and family watching their bags being pulled through the antiquated x-ray machine. Industrial design wise, airport x-ray machines are ugly apparatus's. Beige makes any machine look fat. People too, I think. Theo and I parted ways after a dozen minutes, but I was not done with sitings of the non-celebrity kind. From the corner of my eye, I saw a black slab being man-handled by a... man. This was a pre-production protoype of the upcoming Windows Phone 7! I talked to the man-handler, and he seemed to enjoy his phone very much. As I was watching the AMOLED screen, someone called my name. When I turned around, I saw my trainer waving at me. Small world. After a quick chat, I boarded my plane. I read a little, then fell asleep. Waking up, the sky was rosy and quickly darkening. It was an easy flight, to say the least.
Seattle is a very nice city. If you like Vancouver, you like Seattle. This is because they are EXACTLY THE SAME CITY. If you travel to either you will never have a shortage of coffee. PAXers walk down the streets, talking amongst themselves about the latest release, and the negative aspects of it. I'm in my hotel now. It's not very nice, and there is no mini-bar. This is a huge disappointment. However, I feel like I will not die. I'll post the first days events tomorrow. Until then: anxious waiting.
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