Back from Las Vegas

March 2, 2004 D. H. McKee

Off

OK, I’m back from Vegas. And I’m nodding off right now. Couldn’t get any sleep on the plane, couldn’t sleep at the airport, and can’t sleep at work (although I was nodding off in the server room a couple of times). It’s gonna take the rest of the week just to recover, especially since I seem to have picked up a cold while I was there. I thought my throat was scratchy from all the smoking. Smoking was allowed pretty much everywhere, even the “designated non-smoking areas” were open to smoking zones. It reminded me of the smoking mind set of the 1970s, except that half of the people were smoking big cigars (including myself, at times).

Yeah, couldn’t sleep in the Airport. The seats at our gate had arm rests, discouraging things like sleeping and large people. Even if I could sleep, there were SLOT MACHINES everywhere, including the most annoying thing in human history: the Wheel of Fortune slot machine. There were at least three of these together, and every x minutes, they’d scream out “WHEEL … OF … FORTUNE!”. They weren’t even coordinated to go off at the same time, so one would kick in, then another, then a brief pause, then the third one would start shouting at me!

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.