I'm so bored.

I'm all caught up here and at LJ. I bought too many maternity clothes earlier at Old Navy. I've tried studying, but can't seem to focus. I even have Colin Farrell on my TV, but beautiful as he is, he has made some boring movies (S.W.A.T.!)

I was going to suggest Phillippe's near Union Station too. But Union Station itself is fantastic. It was used as the police station in Bladerunner.

I was thinking I would go to Target tomorrow to buy the two suitcases I've decided I need, but now I am wondering, do I want this [link] instead?

That's a nice looking set of suitcases, Lee.

I ended up taking so long getting to the station, we just sat there, or they'd have missed their train.

Gorgeous building, but sad. Wasn't it in an episode of Numb3rs? It looks like such a relic of a bygone age. And I definitely need to look at Olvera some other time.

I like it, ita, and it's only about 15 dollars more than the two suitcases I want from Target would be. You've bought stuff from Overstock.com, right? They are on the up and up.

Olvera street is definitely worth doing at least once. I keep forgetting how close it is to Union Station.

You've bought stuff from Overstock.com, right?

I haven't, but I've heard good things about them.

Oh, lord. I may need some new furniture for the new place. Time to hit pier1.com and world market.

It looks like such a relic of a bygone age.

It's definitely one of the last great old train stations in the States. I love those old high backed chairs though.

It's definitely one of the last great old train stations in the States. I love those old high backed chairs though.

That was totally one of my favoritest scenes in Alias season 1. Syd and Vaughn, sitting at the train station, facing opposite directions, watching the normal people go to their normal jobs.

That said, I don't know how many normal people commute by train to LA for work. That seems like more of a NY thing.

I've never been to Olvera street.

I should've gone to the ceramics studio today, but I didn't. I'm also hungry again. I'm trying to decide if I should order food, which is somewhat a waste of money, but makes up for it with awesomely not needing me to cook or clean, or just eating the leftover lemon chicken I made last night. The caveat is, if I have the lemon chicken, which is delicious, I eat it all by itself, because I am out of side dishes. I desperately need to go grocery shopping, but that is such a process that I keep putting it off.

I am so lazy. Geez. At least I have vague plans to practice piano later tonight.

It was in a crappy state of repair -- booths with broken glass, and the like. The ticket counters were cordoned off -- I swear, you could almost hear 50 years ago.

How did the age of rail end so quickly?

I was meeting up with a relative I barely know, on her way back to Santa Fe from Palm Springs. She's stopped flying since 9/11. Not because she's afraid the planes will crash, or anything, just afraid that she'll go off on the TSA people and get on a blacklist. She's a bit of a hippy commie.

How did the age of rail end so quickly?

Too much competition from those personal transportation thingies powered by internal combustion engines. Oh, and apparantly you can pay to fly above the surface of the earth to your destination.