Greetings, mortals, from the land of Perpetual Summer! And I can say that because it's sunny and around 70ish degrees outside right now despite the fact that it's February. This is totally going to screw with my internal calendar.

So, the windows are down and the sunroof is open, the car radio is set to the World-Famous KROQ, and the driver is trying very hard to concentrate on the road rather than observing the California women in all their splendor and possibly ramming into a signpost. Although I'm sure that would get me some attention rather than just me passing by unnoticed. For those of you who know me personally, you'll be astonished to know that for the first time in 3 years, I now have a cell phone. And for those of you who don't know me personally, you'll be astonished to know that for the past 3 years, this gadget freak did not have a cell phone. I just never really saw the need for it. But it seems to be a permanent fixture on the side of every Angeleno's head and I needed something to use as a base of operations and communications. So I have a cell phone now. I have joined the masses of the New Millennium. I can feel that tumor forming in my brain already...

There are so many things to experience, I'm not quite sure what to do first. Besides look for an apartment and try to get my life in order before I start work tomorrow, of course. In-N-Out Burger is calling my name very loudly, and so are the beaches. But first, I have to go outside and frolic in a t-shirt in the midst of February without freezing off any appendages. Pardon me whilst I frolic.