From Futurama:

Amy: So, Fry, Atlanta was an American city in your time?

Fry: I think it was just an airport. They had a place where you could buy nuts.

Umbriel: No! Ancient Atlanta was more than just a Delta hub. It was a vibrant metropolis, the equal of Paris or New York.

Fry: That's right, honey! Whatever you say.

Umbriel: Look at these fabulous ruins. Turner Field, the Coca-Cola bottling plant, the, uh, the airport.

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Oh Futurama... some episodes really have their moments. Atlanta likes to think it is the equivalent of a Paris or a New York, and it is getting to be a really international city, but well, it most likely will be remembered as having a really big airport. Honestly, even if it does end up getting to really be on the level of New York, a lot of my memories here will be tied to the airport. The airport is easily the airport I've flown of the most in my life, and I have met way too many people there who were either passing through or coming to visit. My brother, my uncle, my Mom, halo, Denver, and some others, all passed through. And I've gotten to see some behind the scenes of the airport for various classes. Delta's headquarter's, the ramp control tower. I probably know more about the airport than I should, and that's really what the focus of my studies has been here.

Anyway, the point is that I really need to start figuring out what my life will look like next year. This weekend I'm going to Chicago to play with the gospel band I talked about in my last post (we have had at least one productive rehearsal since then), and after that, I'll have six weeks before I'm out of here. I think in 4 weeks, I'll be scoping out my first apartments in DC. And in the meantime I need to arrange my stuff here to drive back, get tickets to go to HI for this conference, get tickets to Germany to visit kalo, and finish all of the research stuff that I should have been working on up to this point. I have lots to do, and at times like this, it would be nice to have someone to share this transition with. Ah well, I still have six weeks left here, so there's still time for me to execute my characteristic meet someone and then move away shortly after ;)

Anyway, the concert should be a good time, a chance to get away. And I've been stepping up my salsa game lately. Will be going with a group of people almost every week. I still think the learning curve for guys is pretty steep... I just hope I can learn enough each week to dance with the same girl weeks in a row and not have her get bored. My goal is to really have my own style, cuz right now, I'm just doing combinations that I've learned over and over. It doesn't really feel like dancing sometimes, and I'm pretty sure that's not the point.

Well, I've been killing time because we were supposed to rehearse tonight, and I was supposed to just be waiting for a call. Apparently that's not gonna happen. Peace.