ok, so apparently I got on some asshole’s spamming list somewhere. This has forced me to turn the comments back into “registered users only.” Sorry everybody, but this is the only way to keep me from getting hit with about 300 spam comments a day. I’m not going to spend an hour every day deleting it just so you don’t have to spend the five seconds signing in before commenting. Nobody has commented (except Amy the other day) for a long time now anyway though, so I’m not sure anyone (besides her) actually reads this anymore.

Last night I went christmas shopping, and realized it is harder than it seems in California. Stores (cough cough Macys) lie about what they sell (in the stores) on their websites, and little shops close before 6pm.

Wednesday night Amy came over and spent some time with me before Byron came down. He was on assignment at Edwards AFB from Monday through Thursday. We cruised up through Burbank, then went down to Hollywood and Highland. The street was closed right there for the premiere of Ocean’s 12. We were too late though, and arrived about thirty minutes after the stars had all left the premiere…the only people left when we got there were interns rolling up the red carpet and news reporters doing their wrap-ups. I was still feeling kind of crappy from a cold that I’ve been battling for about a week, so I probably wasn’t a very lively companion, but it was good to see B again. While strolling along hollywood boulevard…we happened to come upon the Scientology building and see a huge set up for the “L. Ron Hubbard Christmas” Weirdest thing ever…. It looked just like any other “winter wonderland with Santa” installation, except we were expecting to see aliens walk out of Santa’s Workshop….or at least John Travolta with an oxygen tube up his nose.