So I made the long drive down to LA. I took off after work on Wednesday, and drove back Friday morning, with Maria. The drive was fine, we had no problems, and I was glad to have someone to talk to one the way. I had to run bu Mo's before we went down, and then check on Mom, so we didn't leave till about 2:30pm, but we got there around 9:30, and ( Read more... )

Some things I have learned ( Read more... )

Today was long, and I wrote this entire post out, and just hit  the directional key instead of shift, and lost the whole damn journal entry. I hate computers. Holy hell.
Anyway I guess I will start all over again.
This morning I woke up early and got to Atwater market, after a bit of directional confusion. I am getting better at using the Metro, but ( Read more... )

Day 2 got off to a bit of a slow start. I was so happy to have gotten a night's sleep, I did not really want to get out of bed. But as I had reservations at the Salon (my review is here) at 11, I needed to get a move on at a relatively decent hour. I got on the Metro a little after 10am, and was in the neighbourhood called Plateau le Mont-Royal  at ( Read more... )

OK! I MADE IT!
I had a connecting flight from SFO to Toronto, and then to Montreal from there, which split my flight time up such that I got a total of about 1.5 hours of sleep max. So, that means that within the last 36 hours or so, I have had about 2.5 hours of sleep! Lordy, lordy. But I am here and that makes it worthwhile.
When I got off the ( Read more... )

hey all,
I'm back from Ireland. Nath and I had a lot of fun. My friend's wedding was great. They really know how to party. They forced guiness on us at like 1pm, and tried to take away our tea. :/ Oh well.  I am hoping to get Katherine, and her new husband to visit us here in Ca.
Alright, well hope to see/talk to you all soon. Got stories to tell.

This article is heartbreaking to me because I visited the little town of Grindelwald back in 2000. It was absolutely gorgeous, and the mountain was covered in snow (It was springtime)
I remember, I had just turned 18 a few days before, and I was on a trip with the jazz band.  I was in my hotel room alone, on the patio, smoking a cigar, and looking ( Read more... )

    ...but, its how I feel, so read it, or don't ( Read more... )

Hope you all had a good thanksgiving. I am pretty lucky in that I get on really well with my family. Brendan missed it this year, which was really sad, but he was at his girlfriend's, doing tech support ( Read more... )