Friday, August 31, 2007

2 Down, 6 5 to Go

After 2 successful flights, we are now 25% done with our air travel for this trip. There are 3 2 more on Tuesday, one on Thursday, then two on December 12. This blog is coming from the Days Inn in Raleigh (which will always look misspelled), North Carolina.

I was on the plane from 6 am PDT till about 4:30 EDT, which is only really 7 hours, but coupled with the shock of my watch advancing, feels an awful lot more like the 11 hours it is to every timepiece I've seen since landing.

The country, is flat. This is by far the furthest east I've been since I was about 8 years old (since then I guess Vegas would be it) so I was able to see the sprawling smoothness of the heartland. With the obvious exception of the Rockies and Appalachians.

My watch says 9:25 right now. Yours probably reads 6:25.

[note: strikes added 9/4/07 at RDU Internet station]

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Soy mijo, otra vez

My mom's aunt is staying with us before she moves to Hawaii to be with her son (lucky). So for the past few days, and for the next day and a half, I am, and will be, "mijo" once again. Oh I've been called a lot of things by a lot of people, but the affectionate nickname is reminiscent of early childhood and I'm realizing I was this close to actually being able to speak Spanish (if only I'd listened in on the kitchen talk between my aunts and grandma). As I drive her around town, running errands before her big move, I feel a little odd standing next to a 4-foot-9 woman holding a cane, laughing and swearing the day away. No, odd is the wrong word. Cool? I haven't felt cool in a while. It may be that.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Friday, August 24, 2007

Kittridge Bought My Bed


The guy who played the CIA director Eugene Kittridge (Tom Cruise's foil) in Mission Impossible just bought my used, full-sized bed from me. I thought Henry's voice sounded familiar on the phone, but it could have just been one of those voices. It wasn't. I really wanted him to say, "Hello Mr. Hunt," but would have felt awkward since he was in my house, buying my bed for super cheap off Craigslist. I didn't want to be that guy for a half an hour while I helped him load it all up.

I get the feeling he was buying it for a guest room or something, and his SUV was pretty nice and a new model, so don't worry, I don't think he's a struggling actor.

This may be my last LA post, since Kate's going to Comcast to shut off the Internet soon. Such a fitting way to end LA. A cool actor (I love him in that movie) buys my bed off me and I helped him load it up. I tried to introduce him to Kate. She didn't care. Later, I told her who he was, she cared a little less. I care though. Also note. He almost didn't come get it because the hypoallergenic case he has is too small, but then he told his wife he could buy a larger one. Oh wives, never thinking outside of the box. And by box of course, I mean kitchen, which is where they all belong.

Friday, August 17, 2007

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Where I'll be going


All the red dots for sure. Possibly the black ones as well