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Gone to San Diego
By the time you read this, I will either be on my way down to San Diego, or already there, basking in the Southern 
California sun. I’ll be down there for about four days, living in my brother’s old apartment which he accidentally extended the lease on (long story). I’m not sure if I’ll be able to check my email down there (I’m bringing my MacBook with me), but if you wanted to contact me, that would be your best bet.
The car ride down there is going to be brutal. It’s going to be hot, boring, and unlike most car rides, the scenery isn’t going to be very scenic. The highway you have to take down to San Diego crosses through this type of farming land where all you see is a desert-like area on one side and farms on the other. Not very entertaining. On the bright side, as a cure to my boredom, I’ll bring a portable DVD player and watch Huo Yuan Jia (the Wiki page links to the actual guy, but I’m watching the television series) and some movies that I rented from Blockbuster. Either that, or I’m going to sleep all the way down. If Verizon has reception, I’ll be texting Twitter as well, for lack of anything better to do.
Basically, once we get to SD, the plan is to lounge around on the beach, go to SeaWorld, go to the zoo, and did I mention that I was going to lounge around on the beach?
However, if I can access the internet down there, then I’ll probably post blog entries, so this post will be of no relevance. I’m hoping that I don’t come back looking like a potato that’s been in the oven too long… You never know! 
Happy July 4th to all the Americans!
A picnic
There was relatively nice weather today — sunny, not a cloud in sight, and the smoke from all the California wildfires was kept at bay by the breeze (or so the guy on the radio said). The company that my dad works for, Mozes decided to hold a picnic to celebrate the launch of their new project, Mozes Connect. It’s pretty cool, but that’s another blog, for another day. 
My dad came back home at around 2 PM to pick me up to take me to the picnic. We were greeted with a wide open green field, lots of food, and a huge inflatable jumping house. Oh, and you can’t forget the mass of little teeny weeny babies that my dad’s coworkers brought along with them. Needless to say, I felt old amongst them; less energetic and less happy. 
Basically, for the whole picnic, I stood around, shaking hands with people (my hand is tired), and 
taking pictures with my new Sony Cybershot. It was relaxing and interesting at the same time because I got to sit around, read books, and fiddle with the different settings in my camera.
There were a bunch of Super Soakers that people brought for the kids to play with, and one of my dad’s coworker’s son picked up a Super Soaker and aimed it at me. He stayed still long enough for 
me to take the picture and then he shot me with it.
At the end, the caterers brought out a huge cake with ‘Congratulations Mozes Connect’ frosted onto it, and the cake was so big, I’m pretty sure that by the end of the picnic, it still wasn’t finished.
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