Well, we hadn't been to Anime Expo since it was in Long Beach, and they did have a BOGO for kids tickets. So, remembering how well going to listen to Green Day worked out, we parked in Long Beach and took the train up to the Convention Center. Some day I will actually get to some panels, but we always seem to do mostly people watching, and boy ( Read more... )

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Well, we made it up to Green Day and back alive. I was thinking we would park at the train station, and catch it directly, but John thought it would be a better idea to park at his mom's house, catch the shuttle to the Transit Mall, and from there catch the Blue Line up to LA. Which worked fine, but put a time limit on when we had to be back. ( Read more... )

I like Green Day, and have a few of their albums, but recently Gareth has become a rabid fan. He was on their website the other day, and found out about a free concert they're doing in Nokia Plaza (across the street from the Convention/Staples Center) on Monday. It's free but you still needed a ticket to get in. By the time we found out about it ( Read more... )

(Yes, I did start on this Halloween evening - I never seem to get them done the same day anywhere near the time it actually happened - I may backdate it later...)

I suppose I should go clean up the pumpkin goop in the kitchen before I collapse.

( Halloween morning - a visit with a locomotive...careful - photo heavy) )

Just a quickie - I have to leave in a few to drive to La Jolla this morning. Gotta be there by 8:00. Did yesterday too ( Read more... )