randomness...

been sweltering big time. when i get out of work at 5, it's as hot as la...and more humid. painful... it's only better than when there are thunderstorms, which happens every few weeks or so.

been "running errands" every weekend. basically finding excuses to spend money...things for the apartment, tech stuff (with the help of my bro), clothes, anything i can justify. i think since i haven't been shopping much while traveling, i'm making up for it now.

i played a little bit of tennis last sunday...first time i picked up a racket since high school i think, so you can imagine how entertaining i was. otherwise, i haven't been active at all. i have to admit that i've gained a little bit of weight...i know, a good thing, right? but...can't fit into some of my favorite pairs of pants. usually when i gain weight, it goes to my face, but this time, i think it went to my other cheeks. once again, a good thing, right? (tmi?) so...while i'm not going to actively try to lose weight, i do want to get back in shape, and i don't want to have to buy a whole new wardrobe. hmm, but then i could shop...we'll see.

after tennis, we went to see the dark knight...awesome movie. i think my favorite one this year. but then, there's a lot of movies i haven't seen yet...

at work, they firewall everything. they've even firewalled my facebook inbox. not facebook itself, but the inbox. this past week, they blocked pandora!! i was peeved. so now i'm playing six degrees on myspace, my own version of pandora. yup, all those musicians are each other's friends, so...i just start with someone i know, and then i check out their friends' pages. i've been finding some cool artists, but the stupid thing is, i spend more time now looking for music than i did when i was listening to pandora. yup...

to go a little deeper...it's interesting how in traveling so much the past year, i think that i've been in "go" mode...been able to live some sort of alternate existence, if that makes any sense. been avoiding some issues that i think i've been needing to deal with, and now that i'm here again, i've kinda stopped, and all these issues that i've been running from have crashed into me...so it's been tough the past few weeks, but also good. i'm still thinking things through and processing...it's been really good chatting through some of these things with cal, and just re-focusing spiritually.

other than that...3 weeks until la!!