Return to the San Diego Zoo yesterday!!! That was fun. The animals were pretty cool, although some of them didnt do much, despite raymond's encouraging. The night show was good, just like last years. Before the show these two performers were doing little things to pump up the crowd, including tossing beads into the audience. This caused the large group of kids behind us to scream uncontrollably, temporarily damaging my ability to hear. It was as loud as an nsync concert (not that i would know . . . seriously!). One of the funniest moments of the night was when the performer tossed a necklace right at the group of kids, and it looked as if one of them was about to get one when vic grabs it froom right in front of them. Hahaha. That was kinda funny. Too bad i tossed it into a tree and got it stuck.

Quick highlights of the past few days; apartment party at a friend of vic's where i didnt know anyone, got a new military id to replace the one where my picture looks like a mugshot, explored around sdsu, finally saw t3, visited dmv for the first time in about 2 and a half years, and got bit by calvin.

My cousin and his family came over on monday. Pretty cool. His kids have grown up quickly since I last saw them. Time sure flies by.

Saw Pirates the other day. Great movie.

Me and vic got our b-ball thang going. Our skillz were very intense. And the slurpies afterwards were pretty good.

I notice my post has been very brief. Of course, as our old friend edwards once said, (insert deep voice) "All that matters is brevity and clarity".

Back from Hawaii!! Got here early Saturday morning after about 12 hours of airport / airplane time. Phew.

Hawaii was fun. A bit on the hot side, but its all good. Spent most of the time driving all over the island, checking out shops, seeing waterfalls, looking at the ocean, swimming at the beach, and eating lots of food. Fun fun fun.

Relatives coming over this week, and spending a day or two. They'll be sleeping in my room, and so my dad was kind enough to clean my room and put on the cars and trains bedsheets. Ugh. I haven't seen them since summer 2001 in chicago, which just makes me wonder at how fast life goes by. 2001 seems so long ago.

Anyway, good to be home, the dogs still remember me, and i havent seen t3 yet. Lets do something people?

Mike is in Hawaii!!! Time to lose those weird tan lines and spend some time in the water (and the air). Catch you guys later . . . feel free to give me a call. We can chat if I'm not too busy relaxing :P

Adios viejos!!!

Conversations with my dogs
Me: Hey Sam, what's the key to happiness?
Sam: (licks my hand)
Translation: Kindness and compassion (either that, or food)
Me: Calvin, what's the meaning of life?
Calvin: (bites my hand)
Translation: I don't know, so stop asking me.
Me: Sam, what can you tell me about my future?
Calvin: (Attacks Sam)
Translation: Don't tell him, he isn't worthy to know.

I figure I should probably let all my fans out there know that I will be going out of town for a family vacation this friday, and will be gone for a week. Sadly, we will not be making our bi-monthly trip to vegas as you probably expect. Rather, we are trying something a little different and are going to the bright and sunny island of Hawaii! Yay! Sun, sand, and ocean, what more could you want? I can hear the music already.

So . . . hopefully we can all hang out sometime between now and friday. Give me a call and lets do something fun. Otherwise, you will all leave me with negative feelings on my trip, and then I would return angry and unkind. And we all know we don't want that . . .

Anyone else disturbed by the fact that one of the members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is none other than our old friend Dorian Gray?

Happy 5th of July!

Yesterday was a long day. Got up much too early for a friday and headed down with the family to spend 4th of July at the beach. It was actually a park, around Pacific Beach. I still haven't figured out what the name of it is, but its right across from Sea World. Anyway, it was very crowded there, but thanks to my cousin who had gotten there at around 6 in the morning we had a nice spot right next to the parking lot. Lots of people, and lots of hot girls. There were also some wackos around, including this one guy who tried to steal a box of our pizza.

We also happened to bring our dogs along. I've said this jokingly before, but yesterday I found out that they are the epitome of CHICK MAGNETS. We literally couldn't walk them more than a minute or two without having someone stop to pet them and tell us how cute they were. And half of those people were hot girls in bikinis. Damn. I'll likely be walking the dogs at the beach a few more times in the near future . . .

Once it got dark we were treated to lots of fireworks shows all around us, including fireworks from sea world as well as people right next to us. Pretty cool.

Random quote: "Biochemistry, bitch!" (not said by me)

Saw x2 again with raymond at the base, still a very cool movie. We had dinner at fuddruckers, and tasted "America's Greatest Burger" (i think thats the slogan). They ask your name when you order, but sadly my receipt said that my name was Mime. Funny. Met up with vic and edith afterwards and played ps2 at my house, which was fun.

Viejas again last week, where i lost money and it was very hot. Hung out with my other cousin the other day where we lost at starcraft and it was very hot. Its also pretty hot here, in case you guys didnt notice.

Don't really have the energy to write about anything else, so i'll just end with plugging the new jewel cd, which is surprisingly really good.