Monday I slept in, then woke to a house mostly clear. John and I had waffles for breakfast. He went into Berkeley to work on his aluminum foundry, I decided to stay and try to get some work done before heading south on the Caltrain. Unfortunately most of my computer time was spent trying to … Read more
I was up fairly early, adjusting to the timezone still, and having slept on another new bed, this time an air mattress. I worked on the computer a little, and listened to some podcasts. After a while I joined John, one of his roommates, Rosanna, and her boyfriend Peter, for breakfast. They cooked us a … Read more
John D picked me up at the Emoryville station. He had been working at his Berkeley studio. We drove by the party in Oakland, but it seemed quiet, so we went instead to a “mixer” of friends in San Francisco. It being Saturday night, it took us a while to find parking. We spent a … Read more
I woke before my alarm, which actually didn’t sound, and showered and packed up before heading to Los Angeles’ Union Station. The DASH B bus picks up across the street. I got there and it was marked as out of service. It listed the two closest stops, and I headed for one. Of course the … Read more
I noticed that I was placed on the link of the train that had several small children, and unfortunately the two closest to me were ill behaved. I had several flashbacks to the final M*A*S*H episode where someone strangled a small crying baby. My sleep deprivation due to them enforced this. The last third of … Read more
Bret and I spent most of two days just hanging out. He had his hip replaced for the second time the Friday before I arrived. His parents were staying with him and he and they were a little stir crazy. Bret commented when they picked me up that he’d never picked up any friend at … Read more