My newest addiction is out of the ordinary. I doubt you could even guess it. I'm not even quite sure how it started - like most addictions, I guess. At least it’s something that's good for me. My addiction, Soy Milk. Mmmmm, soy milk. It comes in a couple different flavors and it's yummy. I haven't had a glass of milk since I was a kid and my mom would make me drink it for dinner every night. Now, I'll just poor a glass of soy milk at any point and sit and enjoy.
We had a soy banana shake Sunday before we left the resort…it was so good. And on the subject, getting away for a night was a lot of fun. The pool was great - very relaxing (when the crazy, screaming children weren't running around). It reminded me why we prefer resorts with a 16 and older age policy. Good food + good pool = good weekend.
Oh, we stopped by some apple farms on the way to the desert. That was fun. We brought home some fresh cider, yum. I wonder if soy and cider mixed tastes good?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Fire on the 405
It took me an hour and 45 minutes to get to work yesterday. Now, this is not just another I hate LA blog, so keep reading.
A fire broke out in the early morning in the mountains along the 405. It burned a large section and the 405 was closed for hours (it was re-opened during my drive). While I was in stopped traffic, I saw some pretty cool stuff. Now I'm not a looky-loo, but this wasn't a car broken down or something equally stupid. Water dropping helicopters were doing drops one after the other literally 50 ft away from me. There were also lots of firemen all over the mountain clearing brush and putting out hot spots - some parts were still smoldering. Ash and burnt brush was falling all around. I've seen it on TV so many times, but it was really impressive to see the fire crews/water drops so close.
It's sad to drive by today and see all the dead trees. It reminds me of our Colorado trip where the beetles had killed thousands - millions of trees. It's sad to see the wide destruction. Wonder how long it'll take for life to start growing again there.
A fire broke out in the early morning in the mountains along the 405. It burned a large section and the 405 was closed for hours (it was re-opened during my drive). While I was in stopped traffic, I saw some pretty cool stuff. Now I'm not a looky-loo, but this wasn't a car broken down or something equally stupid. Water dropping helicopters were doing drops one after the other literally 50 ft away from me. There were also lots of firemen all over the mountain clearing brush and putting out hot spots - some parts were still smoldering. Ash and burnt brush was falling all around. I've seen it on TV so many times, but it was really impressive to see the fire crews/water drops so close.
It's sad to drive by today and see all the dead trees. It reminds me of our Colorado trip where the beetles had killed thousands - millions of trees. It's sad to see the wide destruction. Wonder how long it'll take for life to start growing again there.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Have I Ever Mentioned I Don't Like Earthquakes?
Another one. Not the big one.
I wish I could do a re-enactment of looking up at the ceiling, skeptically, as it was creaking over my head. If it continued much longer, I was about to dive under my desk.
And still no calls from a job...
I wish I could do a re-enactment of looking up at the ceiling, skeptically, as it was creaking over my head. If it continued much longer, I was about to dive under my desk.
And still no calls from a job...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Happy Birthday Man!
Hope you have a great day, Man!
In other news, we have some Marriott certificates that are about to expire. Since it's hard to leave at a reasonable time on a Friday, we're just going to go overnight on Saturday. So we had to pick somewhere close, which actually isn't too hard to do - once you get out of LA there really are some nice places to visit. There's Coronado/San Diego, Orange county beach locations or the Palm Springs area. Our goal for this trip:
A) Get out of LA.
B) Sit by a big pool all day with attentive wait staff to bring us drinks/food.
C) Stay at a nice resort - no need to site see.
There is a very nice Renaissance in the Palm Springs area that meets our requirements. A couple years ago it made Condé Nast's Gold List, which is a good sign. And it's gonna be sunny and 90s this weekend in the desert - perfect pool weather.
A friend told me about this cool place to check out on our way to the desert - looks like fun. I can't wait for the weekend.
In other news, we have some Marriott certificates that are about to expire. Since it's hard to leave at a reasonable time on a Friday, we're just going to go overnight on Saturday. So we had to pick somewhere close, which actually isn't too hard to do - once you get out of LA there really are some nice places to visit. There's Coronado/San Diego, Orange county beach locations or the Palm Springs area. Our goal for this trip:
A) Get out of LA.
B) Sit by a big pool all day with attentive wait staff to bring us drinks/food.
C) Stay at a nice resort - no need to site see.
There is a very nice Renaissance in the Palm Springs area that meets our requirements. A couple years ago it made Condé Nast's Gold List, which is a good sign. And it's gonna be sunny and 90s this weekend in the desert - perfect pool weather.
A friend told me about this cool place to check out on our way to the desert - looks like fun. I can't wait for the weekend.
Friday, October 17, 2008
18 Days to Go
Everyone around here seems to be talking about the upcoming election. It's interesting to get different opinions. One girl who always makes fun of Bush and now McCain/Palin just told me today she's never voted. I kind of feel that if you don't vote then you have no room to talk about how bad things are, but I resisted the urge to say that. I felt a glimmer of hope that she's thinking about voting this time and I didn't want to impede on that. Instead, I gave her websites to read and offered different ways to look at voting.
She's one of those who thinks the president isn't going to do any of the things he talks about doing, so what's the use in voting. I commiserated with her thought and then pointed out a very clear example of one thing that has a 99.9% chance of happening in the next administration - the fate of Roe V. Wade. There will be one or more supreme court justice appointments in the next term. Depending on who the President will choose, the court will then have a very real opportunity to overturn the Roe V. Wade ruling. I explained all of this without putting in my own bias, but explained that if that's something she feels strongly about, one way or the other, then there is a good opportunity for her to vote on something that very well will be happening soon.
She's a pretty smart girl and she's going to look at some websites. She said if she did vote, it'd be for Obama. Hopefully she'll be one more vote for Obama on election day.
She's one of those who thinks the president isn't going to do any of the things he talks about doing, so what's the use in voting. I commiserated with her thought and then pointed out a very clear example of one thing that has a 99.9% chance of happening in the next administration - the fate of Roe V. Wade. There will be one or more supreme court justice appointments in the next term. Depending on who the President will choose, the court will then have a very real opportunity to overturn the Roe V. Wade ruling. I explained all of this without putting in my own bias, but explained that if that's something she feels strongly about, one way or the other, then there is a good opportunity for her to vote on something that very well will be happening soon.
She's a pretty smart girl and she's going to look at some websites. She said if she did vote, it'd be for Obama. Hopefully she'll be one more vote for Obama on election day.
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