Hi, everybody!

I'm skipping about 800 messages to say, um:

Guatemala is awesome.

I'm learning mucho español.

Gershwin Girl is still hot.

I'll be back next week, don't miss me too much, and I love you all. Adios.

I may not sell Pete's cards, just for "I kinda know him!" thrills.

Unless, of course, I can get a lot of money for them.

I don't know if you can get *lots* of money for them, but some of his cards go for more than I think little rectangles of cardboard should.

By 2016, most, if not all, Buffistas will have moved to San Francisco.

It's inevitable. Give in to the tie-dyed side of the Force!

I'd need a REALLY well-paying job to afford my shopping habit AND living in SF. But hey, if one turns up, the Household o' Reason will consider it.

I am very, VERY glad to know that North Beach is treating juliana as she should be: with awe and wonder.

That's great, Karl. I've cruised their website more than a couple times hoping I'd see a job that'd fit me. Not yet, though. Speaking of the tie-dyed side of the Force, I'd be happy to meet up with some of the Bay Area Buffistas. I'm surprised that there are more living here than I thought there were. How many live in the East Bay like li'l ol' East Bay Chauvinist me?

east bay - 5ish ( ish is because some are family units- and because that was a quick count) 3 ish penisula ,4ish sf

I can only count by ish if I am counting quick

Spidra, check out the Buffista map on Frappr. [link]

Thanks, dcp. What a neat little site. I'm so behind in my web-consumption these days.

eta - and thank YOU, beth.

how many people can say that they can see both the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz from their office window?

I can't, but I can say that my job interview whence I got my current job took place in an office with this view. I knew it was meant to be when I walked in. (Now if only they'd ever let me transfer back to California!) Job is no wise as cool as the Internet Archive, though.

The DH has been in a homesick way since we watched The Fog last weekend, talking about Point Reyes and the whole area. We'd love to move back, but I think Pacific Northwest is more likely...after finishing life in DC, of course. We are on evacuation standby (birdy flu), so may be returning to the States sooner than I thought.

Gronk. I was up most of the night crying. T (my best friend since 1st grade), her parents, her sister, her b-i-l, and the two nephews (my nephews that I am always bragging about), are moving to Texas sometime in the next six months.

Poor sj! I'm so sorry.

Thanks, vw. I think I am going to try to set up a livejournal for her and am IM account. If she is going to be that far away, I'm going to have to turn her into an internet friend.