First off I want to say that I just published something at work that contains a very sly and clever Thomas Pynchon reference (if I do say so myself) and that's all I can say about it, though if I am allowed to I want to put it on my friggin' résumé in years to come, I'm so pleased with myself. Somehow the boss didn't notice despite being a lit nerd ( Read more... )

I NEED TO GO OUTSIDE MORE ( Read more... )

- Bar review classes have begun. Don't expect me at many social events this summer! (Maker Faire, not gonna happen, I think.) I went out a lot this week, which was just previews, but next week the real meat of it kicks in and I am supposed to go to class for 4 hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week (we have class every other Saturday), and study an ( Read more... )

I mapped out a jogging route that had me skirting the City College and running down to the Huntington Botanical Gardens, but what looked on the Google map like a route right into the trails through the gardens proved to be a gated private road. The gardens are surrounded by a wall of iron, brick, and high greenery that hints at what lies within. ( Read more... )

sunny and warm, 63 degrees, light breeze, no hint of rain ( Read more... )