May 15, 2008
Ees crazee tine
We have until 5pm today to have our exhibit space at Cuba Nostalgia rockin' and roarin' to go. My esteemed colleague Henry "Niño Bitongo" Gomez and I put together the exhibit frame yesterday afternoon in a convention center with no air conditioning. Luckily, our other esteemed colleague, Ziva "The Water Bearer," brought us some much needed cold, bottled water just in the nick of time, about one minute and 23 seconds before I passed out from dehydration. We've got a full day ahead of us, building tables and chairs, carrying a heck of a lot of boxes and containers, bringing in the TV, computer equipment, modems and routers, wiring up all the electronics and then praying they all work, chasing down the telephone guy and pestering him until he gets our number connected, calling ATT and begging, pleading they get the DSL running ASAP (They connected the phone line last week and tested for DSL, but did so in the wrong building!), hanging banners, putting up easels with poster boards, picking up this, oops I forgot that, where the hell's the freaken...etc. . .
Unlike previous years, we are not selling anything at the convention this year to help defer the costs so please, if you could spare a sawbuck or two, consider dropping them in the Cuba Nostalgia till.
It's crunch time, folks. The rest of the day will be one crazy, hectic, stress filled adventure, followed by three,14 hour days of Cuba Nostalgia conventioneering. To say Im exhausted with this plus everything else would be an understatement. Come Monday, post tear down, I, and Im sure the rest of the crew, will be picadillo. Moli'os.
If you have yet to sign the Petition for the Release of Cuba's Political Prisoners, please do so now and, once again, pass the link along to anyone that will listen. Flood everyone's email boxes with the thing. We are dedicating one large sreen TV and a couple of computers at the convention specifically to get folks to sign the petition as well as chasing people down for three days at Cuba Nostalgia and getting them to sign on. I'm determined to get as many signatures as possible, and I have no shame and a cara dura, thus I will do anything I have to to get petition signatures. Im sure you all dont want to see me shave my legs again, now, do you?
We have some great stuff planned for the convention which we'll be posting about tonight or tomorrow morning, plus a super special surprise which we'll reveal some time over the weekend.
Have a great day, folks. And Im sure I speak for the rest of the Babalu crew when I say we're all looking forward to seeing and meeting you at the Cuba Nostalgia Convention this weekend. Bring Kleenex.
Posted by Val Prieto at May 15, 2008 07:18 AM |
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VAL, is he really a Niño Bitongo?
Posted by: mandingo ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 15, 2008 09:32 AM
mandingo,
I had to teach him which end of the hammer is used for driving nails. What do you think?
hehehehe. Im just kidding. Without his help yesterday id probably still be at the center, cursing and throwing tools around.
Posted by: Val Prieto at May 15, 2008 09:45 AM
Forget the water, did Ziva bring the beer?
Are you going to have the computer station this year that sends e-mails to the Castros?
Posted by: mandingo at May 15, 2008 09:59 AM
Val:
Shave the stache and goatee and Ill get every one of my 160 students to sign. It must be videod, tho, as they will want proof and entertainment.
I'll shave mine, too.
Posted by: Claudia4Libertad at May 15, 2008 11:38 AM
They should have one of these in L.A.! I would definetly be there.
Posted by: j2tharome at May 15, 2008 12:17 PM
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