A quick update
first: I forgot to mention a call I made yesterday to Mateva
Cafe Java. As part of my follow ups, I called them to see if I could
speak to Matt, one of the two owners.
I had stopped by
their shop last Saturday, and spoke to Eva, the owner. Eva wanted me
to call during the early part of the week to speak to Matt. Like I
wrote on my daily post for that day, Matt and Eva have split up their
presence in the store with Matt working the early part of the week
and Eva taking the latter.
When I called, I
spoke to Thomas, one of the workers there. He suggested I call very
early in the morning at 6:30am to speak to Matt, after letting me
know he wasn't in the store when I called. We both laughed about
making a call that early in the morning. But I called.
I got up around
6:00am, and laid awake a bit, and afterward called. I spoke to Eva.
We talked a bit, and she remembered me. She was in good spirits and
suggested he will take my information, and hand it over to Matt to
possibly set something up on Monday.
We ended up settling
on Monday, after her offer to meet me on Friday at 2:30 didn't
work out since I had an interview with Sharp End Athletics at 2:00pm.
She will get back to me, she told, if a Monday interview is okay with
Matt.
With that done, I
washed up, and caught the bus to my interview with Carey. Again,
Carey is the owner and co-founder or Crossfit Central. She and her
brother, Jeremy Thiel started Crossfit Central in 2005, and currently
own two locations in Austin. Like I wrote in my daily report
yesterday, I confirmed the interview yesterday.
After she was told
of my presence, we took a few minutes to get situated and went away
with it.
Take a listen here: The Crossfit Central Conversation
The interview went
well, save for my voice going in and out during the conversation. But
that's just me---this is my 5th, and still learning on the
job. I simply have to speak up; fault's mine.
On playback, Carey
was excellent with the thoroughness of her answers and consistency of
voice tone, which is critical to you all hearing her clearly. My thanks goes to her. Let my
voice quality not take anything from her.
We wrapped it up in
Iess than 30 minutes, and I went to the Bookstore to get a few things
done, and confirm my next one. On second try, I confirmed that for
3pm. I spoke to Mr. Rehan Awan, the owner.
After browsing a
bit, I left for it. Mr. Awan was ready for me, and we soon got into it. But being short staffed that day, it's commendable for him to do the interview, and for that I totally understood when we had to break the interview for him to take a call.
For the break, and some editing needs, I will upload that one later. Just look for it on the podcast page.
With this one in the bag, I called it a day, and went straight home. Exhausted, I did not deny myself a nap soon as I got home, but not before confirming my interview with Sefa of KebabTime. I did this via phone and emailed him with more information.
Zzzzzz. Okay, just kidding. But that's it for today. On to day 17.
