well, this is my first post into the world of blogs. i have no idea what a blog is, but apparently everyone is doing it...so i'm going to try it.

from what my friends have told me, you just write down what's going on with you so that you can forcibly share it with people...ie. imposing your problems on others, even though they don't care to know about it...( i think that's the jist of it)

well, i won't bombard anyone with my problems, i'll just use this as a means to sell my amway products...just kidding.

i've been here in LA for about 2 months now, and in that time, i planned a wedding, got married, went on my honeymoon, got my social security, got my california driver's licence, and got fingerprinted...plus, i competed in a the long beach dragonboat festival, joined 24 hr fitness, witnessed some sport called disc golf, watched the three's company marathon, got hooked on grey's anatomy and the wire, and got an awesome blender for a wedding present.

...not bad considering, i'm still not working. i've been waiting for my damn work permit to come from the dept of homeland security. ahhh, gov't workers, they sure know how to get things done around here...and for all my friends at maple leaf sports, for your sake, i hope the raptors and leafs do well this year...but for my sake, i hope they tank and everyone get's fired!

i'm not sure what the fascination is with jamba juice, but it's big. but the funny thing is...with everyone trying to be super health conscience here, i wonder why every restaurant serves super huge portions of food? can someone really eat 5 lbs of food at one sitting? is it really necessary to have mash potatoes, gravy, garlic bread, rice, cream of corn, and two batter fried country fried steaks for one person as one meal? and all you can drink strawberry lemonade? according to Hof's Hut, you can!!!

i really am getting the hang of things out here...i've even learned how to take the freeways with no problems (except that i had to learn that north is east, and south is west...or something like that) and that the 91 goes to the 605 which then goes towards the 60 or 105, which hits the 405, then the 101, and 110 and 71, back to the 15, to the 215, to the 55, and then to the 57 ...

...and one more thing...CARPOOL people!!!!! it makes such a huge difference!!!

that's it for now...i'll try to make usual updates if i can...but i hope you enjoy this one!

peace out from the west side
rb