Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee! (and Laura, picking up Laura!) wheeeeeeeeee!

And I second that Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

because I want my buddies in the back to stretch their legs and maybe listen to some Stones on Ripper's sound system

Well, if you insist.

I'm getting giddy here already. I must be good about taking lots of pictures this time. I was lax in DC.

I'll have lunch with you, Hec.

Sweet! Do you like oysters? They have a great oyster bar. And a caviar bar. We'll have to sample multiple desserts.

Teppy, do you want spa, or do you want lunch with Hec? The timing is likely to clash somewhat - if we're looking at a late morning spa visit, getting you done and downtown in time - and the Ferry Building is the far end of downtown - could be problematic.

Oysters? Did someone mention oysters? Num-a-licious.

Deena, I just now went and checked my other account, and then tried to open the jpg I sent you (cc'd my work addy on it) -- and, FUCK, it's corrupted or bad or who the fuck knows what. Took almost nine bucks and a long tedious struggle at Kinko's to make it and send it to you, and it looks like their copy of Photoshop is screwed up anyhow.

I still have the original at home. If it's not hideously too late, I can go get it and hound people at work until they unlock the good scanner with access to the good copy of Photoshop, or we can just go ahead and use yours.

Fuckity fuck fuck. I'm so pissed off I could bite a rock.

JZ, I'll see what I can do to find a working copy of the font, or one like it online, and ping you with it in the morning. Don't stress, and don't spend more money, okay? It'll be okay.

No!!! Nonononono!!! It's for Nilly's visit! It has to be perfect!

cries

sucks thumb

Okay, mellowing out now. I leave it in your capable hands. Still PO'd at Kinko's; until I read your email and found out the thing was corrupted, this was going to be the first time I'd ever been to a Kinko's and gotten what needed doing done without unpleasantness. I swear, I absolutely have got to never go there again, ever.

That's so frustrating, JZ. I have PhotoShop and hundreds of fonts, if there's anything I can do. (I have a little font problem. I'm looking for a 12-step program to help me out. First step: "I acknowledge that I am powerless over my desire to add fonts to my computer.")

Aw, Ginger, thanks. I think it'll be okay, though. I'm just full of aggrieved wrath today in a totally trivial nibbled-by-ducks fashion.

Regarding kosher sushi, the thing is that the only kosher fish are the ones with fins and scales. So, no crab, no octopus, no shrimp.

I think this is an excellent rule regarding the second of those three, though of course I eat shellfish like a fiend.

I'm not sure if the air in LA smells different, but it looks like poop.

Alas that I'm not going there, since my arrival in L.A. is always accompanied by a rainstorm that clears the air.