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July 29, 2004

Smeared black ink... your palms are sweaty, and I'm barely listening to last demands. I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath where I am. I'll wear my badge, a vinyl sticker with bigh block letters adherent to my chest. That tells your new friends I am a visitor here, I am not permanent. And the only thing keeping me dry is where I am. You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex. A stranger with your door key explaining that i am just visiting. And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving. D.C. sleeps alone tonight. You seem so so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex. A stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting. And I am finally seing why I was the one worth leaving. The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights. And send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening. And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving.

Score yet another good album recommendation from Joel... kudos. The Postal Service's Give Up is one of the better full albums I've heard in a while, and crusing down the 110 past the L.A. skyline with the windows down and the radio up has to be damn close to the ideal venue for their music.

I took a weekend off of jumping to spend some time at the beach with people from work, and also to head up to Hollywood for a spell where Joel's brother Ben lives. I really wish my skin wasn't retarded and that it could manage a color other than white or red. I suppose if I had to choose between the two though I'd go with white, it's certainly less painful. Hollywood is a bit of alright. Strolling along the walk of fame and watching people point and exclaim as they spot names they recognise could occupy me for hours.

I don't think not talking about what I do for a living will prove to be a problem. It has the potential to illicit, how shall we say, adverse reactions from the longer haired creative types... Everyone's entitled to their opinions, and I'm entitled not to hear them :D

My restaurant "to try" list has been exploding off the charts lately, there's so many I want to try but I'm having a hard time remembering to set time aside to actually do it. I've been working nights, so I've been meaning to try places for lunch. A lot of times, however, between errands, sleeping in, and getting my running in every day I've been lazy about it.

Speaking of running... I really need to get a bike out here. There's jogging and bike paths that run for miles up and down the beaches with an excellent view of the, er.. mountains. Plus maybe that'll give me the motivation to try some of the restaurants down there.

Work has been good lately, things have been going smoothly and it's staying quite interesting. I have an orientation coming up regarding grad school so some of those details will get worked out.

The furnishing of my apartment is essentially done. There might be a couple other things I pick up, but for the most part it's complete, all in all not a bad haul and it wasn't quite as expensive as I had figured, which is one of those "good" suprises. Not like... say... waking up married in Vegas.

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