So am I part of "my generation"

So I guess I have to get into this blogging game now - it seems that you aren't anyone until you have a blog, so this is it. I don't think that I can beat my girlfriend's posts about her parents and their awesome party on the deck of the Starship Enterprise, but hey, this is the best I can do.

Gearing up for a very hectic week of work and rehearsals at this point - just got back from a three hour rehearsal with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus, which I am sitting in with during their performance of Carl Orff's 1936 classic, Carmina Burana. Highlight of the evening had to be the fight to the death with the parking at lovely UCSD, the venue for this meeting of musical minds. For starters, here is an exact copy of the email with the instructions on how to get there:

DIRECTIONS TO MANDEVILLE CENTER AND PARKING:
FROM I-5, GO WEST ON GENESEE AVE.,
TURN LEFT ONTO NO. TORREY PINES RD.
AT TOP OF HILL PURCHASE A $3 PERMIT FROM DISPENSER AT THE NORTHPOINT INFORMATION CENTER AT UCSD, [note: when author arrived, this was broken, with a sign reading "Go to Lot 303" - I felt like I was in a Choose Your Own Adventure book] THEN DRIVE TO LOT 207 ON MUIR COLLEGE DR.

OR PURCHASE FROM THEDISPENSER IN LOT P303 (ON LEFT), AND DRIVE TO LOT 207 (ON RIGHT) [editor's note: I love this next part!] ALLOWPLENTY OF TIME TO FIND PARKING!! Mandeville Center is a short walk fromlot 207.

NORTHPOINT ENTRANCE: STAY IN LEFT TURN LANE WHEN YOU TURN LEFT FROM GENESEE TO NO. TORREY PINES RD. THE INFO. CTR. IS UP THE HILL, ON THE RIGHT. LOOK FOR THE MACHINE OUTSIDE THE CENTER. THE PERMIT WILL BE DATESTAMPED.MUIR COLLEGE DR. IS A LEFT TURN FROM NO. TORREY PINES RD. THE STREET TOTHE RIGHT IS ALMAHURST.UCSD CHARGES FOR PARKING ON WEEKNIGHTS (INCLUDING FRI.) PARKING TICKETSARE EXPENSIVE.

Thanks for that warning! So I live maybe 20 minutes away and I give myself an hour, and I make it with maybe 5 minutes to spare.