Classes are canceled all week. Don't worry, we'll have to make them up somehow.

I'm not going to go driving around taking pictures of fires (like some people), but I'll show you my sky.

From Mission Bay (my running grounds) looking to the east:


Police guarding gate to Fiesta Island where they're storing horses. You can see the sky's hazy even though we're literally right next to the bay.

The fires don't seem as bad today as the media makes it out to be. I saw the military out today helping out.

No Class!

For the first time in my life, my classes are canceled because of the weather. And here in San Diego, when we say weather, we mean fire.

You don't really notice there's a huge fire north, except that it's on tv and radio, and except for the hazy skies and the ash on the car. Yesterday I actually thought the yellow sky meant thunderstorm and the smoke in the air meant BBQ =P Muffy and I aren't in danger though. I think at its closest it's still at least 15 miles away, plus we live 2 miles from the massive evacuation center.

One thing I learned though. If you have more cats than can fit into your vehicle, you're going to have to choose which ones to save. I saw someone on tv who had this exact problem, only instead of cats, it was horses.

Eating healthy?

So I stopped eating healthy. Pretty much everyone already knew that. I think I officially stopped last May and never resumed. I went to Costco the other day and picked up some DINO NUGGETS. They're the best. They have 0g of trans fat, but I can still feel them in my arteries. I figure I'll just live off of salad, dino nuggets, and the occasional run.

And on a side note, I know I post a lot less interesting stuff than before. That's just the unfortunate nature of blogging - there's only so much you want to share with the world especially since my parents read this blog and all they do is worry =P

A dream

I flew in under the cover of night and saw the Solar Decathlon - solar powered environmentally friendly homes designed by universities around the world on display in the Mall. It was awesome, I'd go, if I were you, except if you lived in DC you've probably got better things to do and a more important life to lead. As with all tourist attractions, we don't visit those closest to us.



I flew in because I wanted to give Muffy a chance at a better life, and I tried, I really did, but perhaps I never had a chance, and I was just too stupid to see the truth, some too happy to see me fail and yet others too embarrassed to acknowledge my presence.

And then I was in the air, back in San Diego, before anyone noticed me missing, and we carry on as if I'd never left.

South Coast Plaza

Artistic shots of South Coast Plaza (big mall in Costa Mesa)



Missing shot - exceptionally well dressed people in front of Claim Jumpers (?!)

Anaheim Sucks

I was supposed to go to LA today, but I detoured into Anaheim instead. You see, you shouldn't rely on me as the driver because things just don't get done. Anyhow, what's there to see in Anaheim if you're a poor law school student? Downtown Disney!

Speaking of saving money, I visited the Grand Californian hotel. It's located in the heart of Downtown Disney with private entrances to the theme park. It's redwood tree-napa valley California themed, ultra fancy except filled with screaming children. I saved money because I took myself on a tour of the hotel, without paying for the $500/night hotel room. This may be the most expensive hotel lobby I've ever entered. Wait till Dubai...

(stolen picture)

Anaheim sucks because you can't do anything except go to Disneyland, and Disneyland's massively overpriced and geared towards the materialistic consumer, but unfortunately I grew up poor and I'm poor now and I'm going to be poor in the future so it's hard for me to justify eating here.

Also, they didn't want me. What's with 60min+ lines for dinner??? And ESPNZone wouldn't even let me in to watch tv! Full of sulking Angels fans. I had dinner at a chain restaurant outside of the park. Fitting for this trip.

One small positive: lego star wars. I downloaded the trial game on my xbox - it's surprisingly good, fun, and multiplayer oriented. Here's Lego darth vadar at the Lego store.

A blast from the past

I had no plans when this weekend started, except I said I'd do something fun. Well, it turns out, I reverted to my pre-law school possibly pre-college form. I got together with some UCSD grad students and played video games and watched anime. It was fun, they put it on the projector in one of the conference room so it's a huge screen.

We played Wii mostly (wii fans). I brought in my copy of Bioshock for a quick demo. Screenshot of Bioshock below: It's a good game, an FPS-RPG(!), solo only though so possibly only worth it as a rental.


On Saturday, met up with the same folk for the cal game + checked out more Wii and the guy's PS3.

Separately my brother came over, so I rented Halo 3 for him. Short game....I'm not really into guns though, but the Halo energy sword is awesome.



I don't get to play video games very often. I own an xbox360 but I've never had a lot (read as any) gaming friends, so these weekends are rare for me.

And Monday....not such a great day, but as always, there's Muffy!