Lobsters

Holly and I went surfing after work on Friday at La Jolla Shores. The surf was extremely small, but we saw some amazing wildlife. There were quite a few leopard sharks noodling around in the shallows with the stingrays. What was truly amazing, however, were the lobsters! There were four or five of the buggers walking on the sandy bottom towards La Jolla. Hopefully they were headed down to pinch the toes off of people swimming at seal beach.

Damned Bounty Hunters

Damned Bounty Hunters
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I tried really hard to get a picture of a seven foot tall guy dressed as supergirl, but these guys got in my way. I saw quite a few dudes dressed as wonderwoman, so I can only assume that this is normal.

Goth Girls

Goth Girls
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I asked one of the goth girls if she could explain to me the difference between being goth and emo, but she just started crying and said, "No one understands me." Maybe that was an answer???

SCA Whackos

SCA Whackos
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The temperature got up to arround 100 degrees on Saturday, but that didn't stop the SCA whackos from beating the hell out of each other in full armor.

Comic Con

Costumes
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I went to Comic Con this weekend with Holly and her friend Ivy. There were something like 100,000 people present and many of them were dressed like this. It was actually quite fun! I geeked out a little and went to panel discussions given by George RR Martin and by the guy who created Babylon 5.

Mom and Dad's visit

Mom and Dad seem to enjoy their whirlwind tour of San Diego. We managed to squeeze in the following in less than four days: Pt. Loma, O.B. Dog Beach, Sunset Cliffs, In-n-Out Burger, Shelter Island, driving around North Park, University Heights, Kensington, La Jolla, the seals, the Cove, the Shores, Mt. Soledad, the desert, the Tecate border crossing, the Acorn Indian Casino, In-n-Out Burger with Rufus, the dog park with Rufus, Balboa Park, the Chicken Pie Shop, El Zarape, shopping in Solana Beach, driving around Encinitas, Leukadia, and Carlsbad, Torrey Pines, driving through UCSD, Perry's Breakfast House, the Cafe on Park, flip-flop shopping for Dad, almost record-breaking heat, Dad dropping his drawers in front of two amused ladies at seal beach, and quite a few other things I've likely forgotten. I know I had fun!

Traffic? What traffic?

Traffic? What traffic?
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Mom and dad drove down from Portland last week and arrived Friday. We decided to drive out to the desert on Saturday to look at rocks. Dad would just stop in the middle of the highway while mom and I took pictures of... rocks. Mom and I convinced dad that the Acorn Indian Casino had nice bathrooms, so we abandoned the rocks for the glowing air-conditioned solace of the casino. Mom and I dropped about $30 while dad took a leak. I really don't understand the alure of the casino. Why waste money gambling when you can invest in lottery tickets?

Kook Report

I went surfing yesterday after work at La Jolla Shores around 5:00. I hadn't checked the surf report beforehand and was a little suprised by how big it was, but I paddled out anyway. Once I got out in the lineup I noticed that there weren't too many people out and almost no longboarders. Then I noticed the lifeguard jetski. Then I noticed that the chest-high waves that I paddled out through happened to be part of one of the smaller sets. Almost everything else was head high. Eek! I caught a wave and rode it for a little while before falling. I was in the impact zone, waves were coming in, and the safest thing to do was to head back out to the lineup. I hung out for a while watching folks take off. I took what looked like a smaller wave and ended up falling again. This time the leash slipped off my foot and the board went to shore. I swam after it and decided that these conditions were really beyond my ability. I played in the white for quite a while, had fun, and practiced turning. The real waves would break further out and then the white would reform into peaks and break again close to shore. These were 2-3' high, were smooth, and were very rideable. When I got home I saw online that there was some freakish offshore storm that had caused unusually large surf starting Sunday. The swell was at its biggest today, so I'm glad I kooked out on Monday rather than today.

Hello Honda

For the second time now Akira has been stolen and recovered. The SDPD found my Accord somewhere in City Heights essentially intact. I think I'm going to just leave the keys in the ignition and put a Flexcar(tm) sign on it. Rufus will be pleased too. He he has spent many years shedding and drooling in the car and was upset at the prospect of having to start over again with a new vehicle.

Goodbye Honda

I needed to pick my friend Janet up at the airport tonight at 7:30, but decided to go for a run at 6:00 after I got off of work. I ran by where I parked the Accord on Saturday and noticed that... it wasn't there. So I proceeded to run around the neighborhood looking at all of the places where I've ever parked the car only to conclude that it was indeed gone. I rushed home only to find that I had forgotten to bring one of the three keys necessary to get me back into the church. I managed to get inside the gate, but couldn't get into the building. Of course Rufus heard me outside and started baying like the loveable hound he is. I pounded on doors and windows until one of my neighbors came out to rescue me (or quite possibly to see whos dog was barking). Holy crap, what an evening!