The Beautiful Bay

Last weekend Sonia and I headed to the Marin Headlands across the Golden Gate Bridge for a short hike. The weather was amazing--both sunny and warm. The hiking trail left a little to be desired, but the landscape was beautiful. Although we didn't run into any mountain lions, we did see some deer, a lot of big birds, and a little mouse. Oh, the picture of me on the rock was taken right after I got back from Japan. We were in the Berkeley hills right off of Panoramic (Ave? St?).

Although the job search continues, I've been trying to keep busy and distracted in between my thusfar fruitless efforts to sell myself. The past few days were spent re-potting almost all of my plants. No easy task--they've been waiting for it for a while now.

What else...my birthday's coming up. I think Sonia and I are going to try and get out of the city. I want to go camping in the Redwoods. Unfortunately, all of my camping gear is still up in Portland, but I think we have enough here to get by.

We've recently become obsesssed with a series on The Learning Channel. It's basically a set of documentary pieces on individuals with unbelievable physical abnormalities. Here are a few examples: Baby with a parasitic head, the 750 pound man, the woman with half a body, and the baby with no face. Heart-wrenching stuff, but it sure makes you appreciate what you have, even if it is too much free time.

Hope all is well.

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Surviving the Season

Yep. I made it through. It really wasn't that bad at all. Sonia and I spent Christmas on the top of a hill with a bit of steak and champagne. We even had a tree--my first real tree. We kept perhaps my only holiday tradition alive by eating cinnamon roles on Christmas day. Unfortunately, we couldn't help but open our gifts on Christmas Eve.

For New Year's Eve we headed up to Portland for a little vacation. We stayed in an amazing hotel and spa the first two nights, and then headed to Jesse and Jeff's place in North Portland for the final two nights. New Years was spent at Rebecca, Doug, and Kevin's place. It was really nice to catch up with old friends.

Other than that my time is spent looking for the perfect job (or any M-F, 9-5), reading, and eating. Ok, that's not entirely true. I did get a lot of great books this holiday season, though. I'm currently reading Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Murakami, A People's History of the United States by Zinn, and a few others occasionally.

Suppose that's all. To everyone who has left posts on my blog: Thank you. I would love to write you back, but I don't have your email addresses. I think you have mine.

Oh, yeah. Look how super cool all those people are with the matching cell phones.