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April 8, 2005
...Let's Get Lost...
I'm typing this sitting on the plane on the way back from SF. All in all, the trip wasn't bad, though the circumstances around it were less than great. I got to see Steve & Heidi for dinner on Wednesday, which was very cool, and the time spent with Matt, Katie, and Julia made the trip feel a lot more upbeat than it probably was.
Most of the SF office went to lunch today to "celebrate" Matt's departure - it's sort of a rag-tag band (the opening to the original Battlestar Galactica just sprang to mind). Many of them have lived through the tumult of surviving in a dot com startup (the happy few...). It's a group that's passionate about what they do, and trying to maintain that passion in the face of adversity. The vibe in the office was strange, it walked like a startup, and talked like a startup, but it didn't quite quack like a startup...
There was a cake back in the office in the afternoon, and after work we went to the bar across the street to continue the wake. I think that was when the reality of the situation started to really sink in - this was it, after five and a half years, that was that...
The title of the entry, by the way, is a reference to a Tina Dico song - one of my favorites off her EP Far. I've been pushing her on everyone who'll listen lately - including a number of folks in the SF office. I've inadvertently insured that she will forever be associated with this particular time in my life.
Back to work on Monday - and in the mean time, assuming the weather is nice, I think there's a ride on the plan for the weekend - time to get lost for a while...
Posted by dberger at April 8, 2005 9:45 PM