Okay, so I learnt things (among which -- I want dream!shrift's shirt). People do buy their wives (it was always given this way round as an example, except for one parent->daughter) luxury cars for Christmas. December is the year with highest luxury car sales.

Also, that Whittaker guy who won the lottery has had a lousy time of it, but that lousy time includes repeatedly being robbed of thousands in cash.

Dude. Come on.

nice work, tiggy! Yep, not quite the same, but surprisingly close. Who knew that there is such similar architecture in Sunnydale and Newport?

when we were driving around LA for the sites tour that year, it was amazing how similar all of the houses looked. it's definitely a popular style in that area. does the OC actually film in Orange County?

does the OC actually film in Orange County?

Nah. LA County.

tiggy, no. Manhattan Beach and Palos Verdes.

But the faux craftsman is a common look, especially in the upper-end yet-still-older, not-in-a-gated-community houses.

Sweet zombie Jesus. Due to our company being acquired, I have to fill out "a survey to determine how we spend our time and to identify opportunities for optimization and common barriers across functional groups."

I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to write down my job description as "doing shit what is more important than helping you all re-engineer our processes."

aha! thanks for the info.

I'm wearing a Prana yoga top, jeans, white socks and scuba fins. And it's AWESOME.

flap flap flap fin fin fin.

One of the obsessives at the TVtome OC board says:

The studio is in Manhattan Beach, it is called Raleigh Studios and you can take a tour. Also they do filming in Malibu and newport beach and Newport Harbor.

So, technically they do film a little in the OC - probably just those aerial shots of Newport Harbor and a few other exteriors. I don't know where the pier with The Bait Shop is.

Whyfor the fins, Kat, and can we get pictures?

Also, Hi!

Winter in San Francisco freaked me out....

Mark Twain: The coldest winter I ever spent was the 4th of July in San Francisco (or something to that effect, 'cause I didn't actually look up the quote).

ION, in case anyone cares, I am still at work, and will be until 4:30 AST. However, I am not accomplishing much. Those few souls who are keeping the library open had a joint salad lunch (A co-worker suggested, and it worked out great. She brought greens and everyone brought something to put on top. It's cheaper, easier and better than the junk food potlucks we usually do.). On the bright side, I got a call from the florist asking if I would rather have lilies or roses (roses) and delivery at work today or at home tomorrow (home)...which means someone sent me flowers!! Whoot!

Off to the reference desk now.