As many of you know I spent the weekend in Red Stick at SQL Saturday #28.  It was held on LSU campus and I personally had a great time.  They had about 650 signed up and about 350 show up, but the size of the venue made it seem like there was hardly anybody there.  I don’t remember a time when it was impossible to walk around.  The event was put on really well and I love the black speaker shirts with our names on the sleeve.  And the only really criticism I’ll offer is for them to put more effort into the food next time.  Breakfast was almost horrendous and lunch was barely passable.  The best thing I can say about the food was that the cookies they got for the snacks were actually pretty good.  I think they were grocery store cookies, but they were big and soft and actually rather good.  I, as well as some others I talked to, were pretty surprised by the cookies.

The biggest thing that happened to me this weekend is something that happened to me again and again.  Everyone apparently would rather have had Jen there instead of me.  Every time I met someone, they’d say, so is Jen here?  It usually went something like… oh you’re with MidnightDBA?  Is Jen here?  I only didn’t get that from 2 people I talked to.  And I believe those were Patrick LeBlanc and Wes Brown.  And it got me thinking… it’s like going to an event and having them announce that a Mythbuster is coming.  Then the crowd starts chanting Ja-mie, Ja-mie, Ja-mie… and then Tori steps out.  So you went through the trouble of getting a Mythbuster and all you could get was Tori?

So I guess I’m the Tori of Midnight, but you know what… sometimes you  get Tori.  Maybe I’ll try to bring Jamie next time.