I went to a club on Thursday. I drove to Monterey and Santa Cruz and Downtown San Jose on Friday. I watched Rent on Friday night. I saw Leo and Vivian for the first time in nearly a year and had dinner with Leo on Saturday, and on Saturday night I went to two parties. On Sunday, I got a lot of work done and ended the night as usual, watching Desperate Housewives and Gray's Anatomy with Morgan.
It was a good weekend. There was lots of fun, lots of traveling, lots of good times with friends both old and (relatively) new.
But on the drive home from Morgan's (I have my car here until Thursday) U2's song, "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" came on the radio.
....
Thanks for rubbing it in, radio.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
A Brief Ode to the Gang
Can I just say, I love these guys*
Wherever they are feels like home. This time it was Sacramento, in Matt and Kim's new apartment. It's awesome to have those two back from their year in Hawaii.
Jamie (green shirt) is leaving this week to spend more than a year in New Zealand. Her blog is full of jumbled but often brilliant thoughts about what that means, or doesn't mean, or something ;-)
All I can say is this, since that great summer after high school, we've each gone our separate ways. We've gone to Hawaii, to Indiana, to Ireland, and to certain parts of San Francisco some of us had never set foot in before ;-). We've made amazing new friends. We've changed more than I think any of us can fully realize. But each time we're apart, we come back to find that our friendships are even stronger than they were before.
So on that note, Bon Voyage Jamie, I hope you truly enjoy this leg of your great journey. And I look forward to your return.
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*Jen (and Martin and Dustin if you ever read this) are included in this.
**Preemptive Disclaimer: Don't be jealous Lauren Profeit. I love you too.
As for the rest of you, please pardon the cheesy sentimentality of this post. Thanks.
Jamie (green shirt) is leaving this week to spend more than a year in New Zealand. Her blog is full of jumbled but often brilliant thoughts about what that means, or doesn't mean, or something ;-)
All I can say is this, since that great summer after high school, we've each gone our separate ways. We've gone to Hawaii, to Indiana, to Ireland, and to certain parts of San Francisco some of us had never set foot in before ;-). We've made amazing new friends. We've changed more than I think any of us can fully realize. But each time we're apart, we come back to find that our friendships are even stronger than they were before.
So on that note, Bon Voyage Jamie, I hope you truly enjoy this leg of your great journey. And I look forward to your return.
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*Jen (and Martin and Dustin if you ever read this) are included in this.
**Preemptive Disclaimer: Don't be jealous Lauren Profeit. I love you too.
As for the rest of you, please pardon the cheesy sentimentality of this post. Thanks.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Almost Honest
I had a great time last weekend in Sacramento celebrating Kim's birthday with the high school gang. The ride there was a lot of fun too. Jamie and I really had a nice talk/singing session (her radio/cd player is broken so we were forced to entertain ourselves.)
One song we're both really into at the moment is Almost Honest by Josh Kelley. It's really an awesome song. AND guess what! You can download the San Francisco version for free here.
Enjoy.
One song we're both really into at the moment is Almost Honest by Josh Kelley. It's really an awesome song. AND guess what! You can download the San Francisco version for free here.
Enjoy.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
My new catch-all response
Nap98: someone threw a sirenge at barry bonds
destroy364: syringe, nick
Nap98: i'm an author bitch
destroy364: syringe, nick
Nap98: i'm an author bitch
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
MV, baby!
Today, between planning law and swimming, I took BART to San Francisco and delivered my final manuscript for Images of America: Mountain View to my editor at Arcadia Publishing's office. (Then she treated me and the author of Images of America: Tiburon to lunch. Yay free lunch!)
This means, folks, that the book itself, is donezo and out of my hands!
I still have to help Arcadia market the book effectively, but the hard part is over. The cover has already been sent to the printer and the title should soon pop up on Amazon and Arcadia's page once I finish the marketing survey they want me to fill out.
And it's a good book. I put a lot of work into it, and I think people will be happy with the results. I hope. They can buy it in conjunction with Images of America: Moffett Field, which apparently is just about to get published as well. I'm truly excited that so much more of Mountain View's history is going to be out there now on the shelves for people to discover with my book at the Moffett Field one. My book. Ohhhhh that sounds nice. My book.
I decided to not include the my middle initial in my name for the book's cover, but as Chris Atwood has made a point of saying lately:
"The A in Nicholas A. Perry now stands for Author."
Teehee.
:)
Oh....and as 7:08 pm in Berkeley, it's still light out (benefit of daylight savings) and it hasn't rained for the past three or four hours. So hurray for the bottom of my jeans finally getting a chance to dry out.
This means, folks, that the book itself, is donezo and out of my hands!
I still have to help Arcadia market the book effectively, but the hard part is over. The cover has already been sent to the printer and the title should soon pop up on Amazon and Arcadia's page once I finish the marketing survey they want me to fill out.
And it's a good book. I put a lot of work into it, and I think people will be happy with the results. I hope. They can buy it in conjunction with Images of America: Moffett Field, which apparently is just about to get published as well. I'm truly excited that so much more of Mountain View's history is going to be out there now on the shelves for people to discover with my book at the Moffett Field one. My book. Ohhhhh that sounds nice. My book.
I decided to not include the my middle initial in my name for the book's cover, but as Chris Atwood has made a point of saying lately:
"The A in Nicholas A. Perry now stands for Author."
Teehee.
:)
Oh....and as 7:08 pm in Berkeley, it's still light out (benefit of daylight savings) and it hasn't rained for the past three or four hours. So hurray for the bottom of my jeans finally getting a chance to dry out.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
STOP RAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe I'm writing about the weather again...but I'm sick of it. I'm staring out my bedroom windows at yet another day of pouring rain. San Francisco broke its previous record for number of rainy days in March. It was set in 1904. 25 days or rain.
25 days!
And the weather people say that the pattern of constant storms is going to continue for at least two more weeks. I need it to end. I need it to be warm and sunny. And I'm not the only one, the Chronicle's top story today was about people getting fed up, outdoor-oriented jobs being ruined, and an endless list of social activities canceled because of this lousy weather.
I have no food here, and no car. I need to go out there into the deluge and find some food.
I usually love the rain and feel a twinge of sadness when spring arrives and the days of stormy weather is over. But this is too much.
Grumble grumble.
25 days!
And the weather people say that the pattern of constant storms is going to continue for at least two more weeks. I need it to end. I need it to be warm and sunny. And I'm not the only one, the Chronicle's top story today was about people getting fed up, outdoor-oriented jobs being ruined, and an endless list of social activities canceled because of this lousy weather.
I have no food here, and no car. I need to go out there into the deluge and find some food.
I usually love the rain and feel a twinge of sadness when spring arrives and the days of stormy weather is over. But this is too much.
Grumble grumble.