The story of Bilbao is a dull and rather existentialist one full of ennui and lonesome misery in the endless rain, which I can't rush through. I will try to give it justice sometime tomorrow, but really think it's more likely to spark a novel.

Right now, I'm in a better mood after rejoining my friends in Barcelona. I'm even grateful to be back in ( Read more... )

I saw this as I left the office today, down in the Arts District. It's proud papa is Marcus from ZVO, they make these gorgeous HYBRID!!! bikes! It's gas/electric, not gas/pushbike, so cool!!! He said it's rumored to be capable of 60 mph, which on those tires (assuming the front tire is as skinny as that back one) must be crazy!!! I so want one. It' ( Read more... )

Except that the worst of it is over. Appraiser came today, told my realtor "Oh hell yeah, this place is worth what they're paying, no doubt!" Yaaay. The buyers wanted some credits for a few things, it seriously pisses me off, but really it's a drop in the bucket. I can't wait until it's really all over, it's so stressful, worrying about if for some ( Read more... )

Motherfucker. Lemme at him! I'll show that bastard what happens to scumbags who destroy the single greatest source of oxygen in this oxygen-deprived city. If I had the power, I'd reach down his throat, tear out his lungs and rip them up into tiny pieces. Then perhaps he might understand the importance of oxygen, and why we all enjoy breathing so ( Read more... )

Last night it was terrifying. The buyers were eager to get my counter offer, and I was freaking out. The idea of not owning a home, not having a place fer my shit, was beyond scary. I kept reminding myself that I'll be an extremely wealthy homeless person, and be able to use that money to buy a nice home in North Carolina, but the fear still wouldn ( Read more... )

Well, after much toil and trouble, what with clearing out all the junk I can't live without, cleaning the heck out of the place, and then trying to get a 1G video compressed to a size that doesn't make it look like a retarded blur, I finally got it ( Read more... )

Been catching up on my Grist reading today...While I enjoy the Grist, and generally believe what they tell me, I do like to see trusted sources at the bottom of each article. Unfortunately, that's not the case for this article. While it's obvious to anyone living in the southwest that our use of water here is totally unsustainable, it's nice to see ( Read more... )

So tonight I was out and thought, "Gee, I have that traffic court date sometime this month, I should look at the paper and see when, so I don't miss it." I set myself a reminder to do so, got home, the reminder reminded me, and I look at the neon pink post-it on the paper I've been ignoring in a prominent place on my desk since January. The date I ( Read more... )

The hills are on fire. Suck ass. I hope everyone's OK and that the trees recover well. Apparently evergreen forests need occasional fires to free their seeds from the pinecones, and otherwise do them good. Right? (forestry experts please chime in here, Lon) Great POV here on WorldChanging, kinda touches on the water issue ( Read more... )

Knowing that my freaky LA lifestyle is going to be the one thing I'll miss the most when I'm living in a small, bucolic southern town, I have been livin' it up. It's "Fashion Week" here in LA, which means that all the local designers who can't afford to show in NYC are holding fashion shows here. Even though their Fall '07 collections have already ( Read more... )