Today has been a frustrating day. It’s time to book my flights for CES in Las Vegas in January, already. I’m currently struggling with Concur’s awful flight search engine to find a flight that won’t cost a good chunk of TechCrunch’s 2017 travel budget on January 2. It turns out it’s quite expensive to travel from Paris to Las Vegas right after New Year’s Eve.
So here I am, containing my anger and evaluating all my options. Will I still be hungover from New Year’s Eve on January 2 at 10:25 AM? Or would I rather arrive at 10:30 PM in Vegas and go straight to bed? Do I want to make a stop at Salt Lake City’s airport even though I have no feeling toward Salt Lake City whatsoever? (Sorry readers from Salt Lake City, I’m sure it’s a beautiful city, but being surrounded by mountains makes me nervous.)
Somehow, I got bored by my own questions and decided that I needed a break. As many of my fellow journalists will tell you, I also happen to have a serious Twitter addiction. I don’t have one but two Twitter clients running at all times.
I switch to Twitter and then scroll, scroll, scroll… It feels good to have this infinite flow of tweets running through my veins. And then… the shiver-inducing CES logo appears, right here, in the middle of my timeline.
Are you kidding me, CES?
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/788785719267299328
Taylor Lorenz happens to be in Las Vegas right now as she’s going to cover the third presidential debate. Based on the second debate, I feel like it’s going to be another debate coming straight from hell.
But in case you’re assigned to cover tonight’s debate, CES thought it was a good idea to remind everyone of that other insane conference that happens in Las Vegas. And now, you guessed it, I’m just writing this so that I don’t have to go back to my flight search… shivers
Thanks for the tweet, Taylor