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A Better Strategy

A lot of times in life, it's the way you do something that matters.  The order or operations if you will.

This is true when it comes to a chili cook-off.

Today I went to the annual chili cook-off in West Chester, Pa.  Good times.  The chili I had was absolutely delicious.  So many different kinds too!

I decided to just full on go right down the line in a row.  See, I didn't arrive until about 1:30pm and the tasting ended at 3pm.  This only left me an hour and a half of tasting.  Not nearly enough time.  Yes, in theory one could just taste all the tents in that amount of time, but in reality, one has to take breaks.  To walk around and let the food settle.

See, when I woke up this morning it was quite rainy... but the rain stopped sooner than expected out in West Chester.  I probably could have gotten there sooner for sure... Instead I decided to wait it out not knowing it would stop raining sooner there than here.

Anyways, so next year, I'm going to change my strategy.  I plan to show up RIGHT when it starts... And just take my time.  The first tasting starts at 10:30.  I can then be slow about it and really enjoy each tent.  Then I can take a break and have a beer maybe around 12 and then another one around 2...  Make it an all day thing.  Really mix and mingle and chat with everyone out there also tasting chili and such.

I did some of that today but it was very rushed.  It really should be an all day thing.  That's really how the other festivals I've attended have been.  It's meant to be an all day thing.

Next year.  Next year.

In other news, Friday night I went to this networking thing up in Bethlehem.  It was pretty sweet.  Open bar for a couple hours and lots of complimentary catered snacks.

I learned about a few new IT things that I'm going to pitch to my boss.  He'll probably say no... At first... But I'll work on getting him to be more into stuff.  That's just what bosses do.  They say no to stuff.  Then you have to kind of convince them as to why it's a good idea.  I feel like that's how bosses are SUPPOSED to operate.  If they just said yes to everything right up front... then you'd just be coming to them with every idea you have left and right.

So, they kind of have to be like... hesitant even if they actually DO like the idea.  Then you have to make charts and graphs and write short stories and put on one act plays to convince them that it's good idea... Whatever "it" is.

Anyways, lots of good stuff happening on pretty much every part of my life, besides the dating part... Obviously.  That's never happening.  Oh well.  It is what it is.

Tonight after the chili cook-off I went over to a friend's place to talk shop on possible future creative endeavors.  He's a filmmaker.  So, we want to collaborate on music and film and all that stuff.  Could be the start of something good.  I've known this guy for a good 10 years.  So, we've got some history.  There's a pretty good level of trust, which when it comes to working with people, that's key.  Trusting the person is definitely a big part.  We'll see what happens with that.