Sponge Bob and Elmo
I was having lunch at Wendy’s earlier today and a couple of teenage guys were loitering outside the door contemplating whether to grace the establishment with their presence. In the end they decided against and turned to walk down the busy thoroughfare of central Auckland. As they turned, I saw a flashes of bright yellow and red. Adorned on their backs were Sponge Bob and Elmo backpacks, you know, the kinds that you buy for five year olds. It just begged for a “wah???” Needless to say, they both had dumb kiwi haircuts as well. D called them clowns and I agree.
On a side note, wtf am I eating at Wendy’s for? I had only one reason to go to there back in the states and that was to get a $1 frosty. They don’t have those here by the way. It squelched the hunger, but I really do need to find better digs to toss my money at.
Thought Retention
I’m at about twenty five percent, maybe. I think my memory started to play hide and seek when I was finishing up high school. Now when evening rolls around, I can’t even recall what I told myself while the sun was still high in the sky. I’ve resorted to chanting what I want to remember about ten times, waiting a few minutes and then chanting it another ten. Even after doing so, it still slips my mind sometimes. I should get a book on how to improve memory, but then I keep forgetting to do that as well. hmph.
Time and Importance
What can I say after such a long break? Many things have happened since my last post, things that were of great importance at the time, but has since been filed away in memory along with everything else. Some of it seem like such surreal experiences, as if I has dreamed it.
The most important thing I suppose was my trip back to California to see my family. What a joy that was. I didn’t realize just how much I had missed them. It was as if I didn’t have enough hours in a day. Each day that I spent at home saw me going to bed late and waking up bright and early, something I rarely do unless it was a work day. I wish I was someone who needed only a few hours sleep a day.
I spent half my trip at home and the other half giving Davy a snapshot tour of California and Las Vegas – oh and the Grand Canyon! We took a day trip out to it from Vegas. It was fun, but much too much time on a bus. Good day for catching up on sleep. It was a road trip so I did all of the driving. After Vegas, we went to San Diego, Los Angeles and then a bit of a ways up the central coast. I actually got to see much more of these destinations this time around than the many previous times I’d been there because now I had to show someone else. LA was my favorite stop. I never liked LA previously, but we just did so much in the city this trip including a VIP tour of Universal Studios, went to a taping of Dr. Phil (I was on TV!) and went to see most of the touristy sights. We actually saw celebrities, and all of it was amazing!
I was sad to say goodbye to my family again though, but there was no avoiding it since I had already made my choice. C’est la vie. Getting back to Auckland was in a way such a relief. It was good to get back into my stride, but now comes the hard part of figuring out the next step. The wheels are already in motion, but who knows when I’ll actually take it.
Home
Davis-Sacramento
San Francisco
Monterey – Santa Cruz
Houston
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
San Diego
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
