Gooooooogle!
Like I said in my last post, we are spending Cinco De Mayo here at San Jose State! We've got a show in a couple hours, then we'll be packing up and heading out to Sacramento tonight for a show tomorrow. Whew! It is really starting to feel like a tour and less like a vacation... Not in a bad way, per se, but last night was the first night that I actually got on the bus after the show and continued working instead of partying it up! And yes, I do actually have a job. Jerks.
Anyway, this morning was a really really fun time - because we got to go to Google Headquarters!! And it was exactly like you would expect; I got there before everyone else, and I was supposed to meet our contact Anna in the lobby... So I asked a woman walking around the campus where the lobby was, and she said "Oh! It's right over through there. Across from the DINOSAUR WITH PINK FLAMINGOS HANGING OFF OF IT." (the emphasis is mine) Of course, I turn the corner, walk down a pathway... And sure enough, there's a giant T-Rex skeleton with pink flamingos all over it! Hilarious.
After a few minutes Conan & Andy showed up, and we went into the theater! It was packed:
After joking around with all the "Googlers", Conan took a couple of them up on their offer to ride a crazy 6 person bike around outside! Ha ha ha. I'm guessing they didn't let him steer, because everybody made it back alive. ;)
All in all, we had a GREAT time at Google - everyone was really nice, the campus was BEAUTIFUL, and people were all so chilled and laid back that I got a little jealous! It lived up to the hype, I have to say. Google lived up to the hype. I was really hoping to expose some seedy underbelly of googley lies and internet corruption... But I came away with nothing but a smile on my face and a bunch of awesome pictures in my camera! And a severe dose of workplace envy in my heart, of course. ;) A big big THANK YOU to everyone at Google for making us feel so welcome!! You guys are the best!
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I think you're right!! Only it was red, I believe. ;)
Doesn't hurt that Andy and some audience members rode a similar bike on the Tonight Show. I think it was one of the first "Andy'll Try It" segments.
Thanks, duder!! I am very very lucky. <br />
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And yeah... A LOT of girls in that room wanted to touch his hair - but she asked first! RAWR!
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Bley don't be envious, to me you have the best job ever.
I so wanted to be that girl and touch Conan's hair.
Good Luck Tonight!
If Conan didn't exist, we'd all lead very sad, depressing lives.<br />
But you ARE smart! Those super-nerds at Google would be lucky to have you!<br />
And you're welcome for keeping you employed. =)
Uuuuhhhh... Yes? No? If Conan didn't exist, and I was smart, Google would be a dream job!<br />
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And you're very welcome, Alma. It's my pleasure! After all, YOU guys are literally the reason why we're all employed... So thank YOU!
That's so awesome!! =)
Google is by far my favorite search engine.
Were you trying to infer that you'd rather work for Google than for Conan? Because if there's a position open to work for Conan, I'm available!
I know people say it all the time, but seriously Bley, thank you so much for what you do. We all feel more like a part of the tour inner circle because of you.
No kidding! The room was awash with envy. ;)
That girl is the LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. That's my dream, right there. I love his jeans. :D
13 days... :)
As cool as Google is, you're the one who works for Conan Flippin O'Brien. THEY should be the envious ones!
Oh! I just remembered! My old roommate had a dinosaur with pink flamingos hanging off of it, too! Except the dinosaur was a Friedrich Nietzsche action figure... But close enough!
Or too much Mayo! I always think of Cinco De Mayo as "The Day of Five Mayonnaises".
happy cinco de mayo, senor bley! make sure not to eat too many enchiladas tonite ...
Aww my reply got eaten. Anyways, I think it's awesome you use a Canon since I use one too. Mine is the XSi. I can't wait to get proper editing software so I can play around with shooting in RAW :)
Thanks! I use a Canon Rebel XTI that's a couple years old... But someone told me to shoot in RAW, which are huge files, and then I touch them up in Photoshop to make em look pretty!
That is so cool! Google HQ is amazing, I'd love to check that place out some day...
By the way, the photos are really nice! What kind of camera do you use?
Wow! I am jealous that you went to Google! Just think, 20 years ago it was just an obscure word for some number, and now it's an everyday noun AND verb (I like verbing nouns)! Great to hear that it's as awesome as we nerds dream! :D
Y, ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! No bebas demasiado tequila esta noche, ¿eh? ;)
Ok, I want that bike. I must have that bike.
lol, only Google would have a 6-person tandem bicycle & a giant T-Rex skeleton decorated by pink flamingos. What an awesome day trip! (...or some epic sleep-deprived-induced hallucination that would challenge even the highest of Lewis Carrolls?)
Also, ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! ¿Conando? ¡sí, Conando! @/:^ {D Have a great show tonight!
What a fantastic experience for everyone! Hope you enjoyed your time with us Googlers, but I must say that I am the one who is envious of YOUR job! You get to travel around with CONAN. Google is great, but this tour sounds like a once in a lifetime experience for all involved. I thoroughly enjoyed Conan's entire performance today. : )
Your photography skills are impressive, especially the first one! Btw, thanks for adding me on facebook! I check your blog like 25-35 times a day lol.
Bley, I was there and Conan was AWESOME! Easily one of the best things I have ever experienced in my life. Those pics are fantastic! My buddy also got some great shots, including a video of Conan and Vic doing the string dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVk53hzzB... />
We are so glad and grateful you guys had the time to swing by with your busy schedule and all. Have a good show tonight!!!!
This is how the jeans work:<br />
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DID COCO GO SHOPPING AND BUY SOME FABULOUS NEW JEANS? He should always wear those. I can tell you're just as excited about them as I am.
lmao at the bicycle! Also, I watched a clip of that girl asking Conan if she could touch his hair, and he just strode immediately over to her, no questions asked. CAN HE BE MORE AMAZING? NO. NO HE CANNOT. Although, tomorrow he'll probably do something and prove me wrong.
Your feelings towards Google's workplace are pretty much exactly my feelings about your workplace (both current and past). But yeah, Google looks like a great place to work! It kinda reminds me of Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, OR. They've got a great campus.
I saw some video on youtube today of Conan riding that bike. Reminds me of when Andy rode one around the studio lot. =P
Aaron Scott Bleyaert!!
OHMYGOD, a giant T-Rex with flamingos!?!?! That is the perfect way to spend your Five Days of Mayonnaise. :D
Take care everyone!!(:
She got to touch his HAIR!?! I'm jealous, but happy for her :) Have YOU ever touched his hair, Bley?
You guys should make a documentary about your tour with the best of from each show and city. I'd so buy that!
Um, I am so jealous of that girl who got to touch Conan's hair! That's one of my dreams in life.
I'm extremely envious of the girl who got to touch Conan's hair...And yes, have you ever touched The Hair, Bley? Does it feel at all like the plumage of an exotic bird (the way I imagine it feels)?
I'm also jealous that you guys get to go to such amazing places and have so much fun...but the blogs make up for it :D Keep having fun, Bley! (...and remember to tell us all about it!)
Your ratings sucked. They didn't just suck they really sucked. Can't you understand why they wanted a change? It's a business. You want to make money. It seems you would know that. So stop crying.
thank you for sharing travesti
But the linguistic history of English IS fun!!! (not being sarcastic, I am a linguist)
Oh the things I would do to work at such a cool place like Google, or to have an awesome co-worker like you Bley. Instead I work in retail while trying to get my foot in the door in the world of archival research. I languish away in a world of over the top false cheerfulness all in the name of customer service, while my brain slowly withers away from the lack of intelligent interact. It's gotten so bad that I'm reading a linguistic history of English for fun. (Yes I'm that much of a nerd)
I should just stop here. I'm sleep deprived and it shows.
Perhaps the Googlers can look into this issue with "Google Suggests." See for yourself http://twitter.com/ConansTaurus/status/1...
I saw a bunch of clips of the Google visit on Youtube...it was all so hilarious!
One of the best Ludacris impressions I've seen in a while.
Will Google release the talk on Youtube?
Bley, your life just gets cooler and cooler.....Google seems like Nerd Nirvana! Awesome, possum....
Thanks for coming to Google! Come back soon! :-)
By the way, did Conan get a picture with Meng? He takes a picture with all the famous people who come here :) http://picasaweb.google.com/chademeng
Nice Pictures Bley. Wish you had posted the T-rex with the hanging pink flamingos but it's all good.
Hahaha "googley lies". Some of the short videos Google peeps put up online were great. Looks like everyone had a great time!
I saw some of the videos from the Google visit, and wow, you're lucky you get to go to all these cool places. Bley, is that a photographer on a segway?
This is the Googler who actually got to touch his hair. "How was it?" you might ask. it was like dipping my hands in the fountain of youth. If only I could have gotten a hold of that beard ;).