{"id":4529,"date":"2017-03-24T22:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2017-03-24T22:26:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:26:24","slug":"age-of-the-geek-san-diego-03242017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4529","title":{"rendered":"Age of the Geek – San Diego – [03\/24\/2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Let\u2019s see, the downside of today? I spent most of it in a dentist\u2019s chair, which is far from my favourite place to be. But alas, when one has a chipped filling, one really doesn\u2019t have any choice but to buckle down and let them repair it. So like the brave little toaster I am, I had the ship send me to a San Diego dentist, who was able to make the repair relatively quickly and \u2013 thankfully \u2013 painlessly. My jaw remains a bit sore, but the tooth is better, and that\u2019s what matters.<\/p>\n

Loathe to let the lousy start to do my day ruin the rest of it, I jumped in a cab from the dentist\u2019s office and went to the mall, where they have a Hot Topic. It\u2019s such a bizarre store really, when I was in university it was all dark faux-goth clothes and fake spiked collars, then overnight being a nerd became cool\u2026and it turned into the ultimate comic book\/Disney\/tv show store\u2026which means now when I walk in there, it\u2019s usually best if I do so without<\/em> a credit card. But at least this time I went in knowing what\u00a0 I wanted\u2026and walked out with a selection of Disney hair clips (my uniform is grey, come on<\/em>), and a pack of Alice in Wonderland socks, which will add to my growing collection of fun socks, which is all part of my pursuit of adding more colour to my life.<\/p>\n

See, I have a plan! I swear.<\/p>\n

Hey, at least I did without the Dr Who lounge pants I\u2019ve been eyeing\u2026<\/p>\n

This time\u2026<\/p>\n

Come to think of it though I maybe should have got those as well, because I need something to curl up in while I\u2019m watching the next to seasons of Stargate SG-1, that will also have arrived today.<\/p>\n

What????<\/p>\n

On the pratical side today also brought me a fan for my cabin, which is suffering from the curse of malfunctioning air conditioning. Overheated room means no sleep, no sleep means very cranky Shaughnessy\u2026so the fan is definitely a good thing.<\/p>\n

So on balance, I think I can call this one of the good days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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