Guess who's back, back again! Too L.A. Spiffy's been. I'm back from California. Yes. My hair is purple. I don't really like it that much. Mom hates it, dad thinks it's funny - and Darren hasn't seen it yet. However, in approximately 15 minutes, I'll be moseying over to the happy little beauty salon and fixing it because, well, it sucks, in my opinion. Mom took pictures this afternoon though, said it was slowly starting to grow on her. Damn you, L.A! Anyway - much fun occured, despite the circumstance of Sophia (Mal's roommate)'s dad having cirrosus of the liver and moving in to the apartment on Saturday because he only has 2 days to 2 weeks to live. It was a trying time, Mal constantly apologizing to me that all the badness was going down this weekend - I told her it didn't matter to me - I was just happy to see her again. I'll explain lots more later, but here's a run down. *Delays up the wazoo in Dallas because of a ground stop due to thunderstorms *Didn't get in to Ontario until after 11. *Dinner/Breakfast/Banana splits at Denny's after pick-up. *Sleeping in while Mal went to work and being tortured in bed by the hyper-active, neurotic kitten, Jolie ... who can fetch. *Seeing the mountains from Mal's bedroom window ... wow. Mountains. *Breakfast/Lunch at Little Ceasar's. *Downing an entire bag of crazy bread before picking up Mal's friend Brian. *Brian in the car with us to help eat the large cheese pizza that we were stupid enough to think we'd finish by ourselves. *My stomach realizing - "Hey! Food! What is this stuff you're putting in me? It tastes good, but there's a lot of it - I think I'll get rid of some by trying to send it back the way it came." *The Canyon ... wow. Mountains. *The 99 cent store. *Supersaver Warehouse. *REAL California Oranges. *REAL California nectarines. *REAL California raisins. *Starbucks on every corner, no lie! *Azuza Pacific University ... APU. Yes, there is a Quik-E-Mart on one of the campuses. *The hunt for lighter fluid. *Huntington Beach. *Sunset on the beach. *Hot Asian guys playing with their umbrella poles as if they were light sabres. *Attacked by King Neptune - soaked from knees down. *Playing guitar - having guitar borrowed by Elizabeth who was playing a procession for Saturday Beach Wedding. *Playing more guitar. *S'mores a la Butane lighter. *Was that Reese Witherspoon playing Bocce? *Californian disorderly Wal-Mart. *Lots and lots of lights and driving. *Scariness that is "the freeway." *Crashing at Mal's place. Literally falling onto the bed and sleeping once in contact with pillow. *Cancelling Saturday Disneyland trip due to Sophia's dad ... sad day. *Meeting Sophia's 3-year-old cousing who loves Snappers, poppers, and sparklers but is scared to death of Jolie. *Thai Food - OH MY GOD! Tofu Clay Pot for LIFE! We so need a Thai restaurant here. *Starbucks! (We so need a Starbucks here, too.) *Hollywood Boulevard. *The Sign. *The Kodak. *The Walk of Fame. *Chinese Theatre. *Willie Wonka - what a way to promote a movie. *I could have sworn that was Steve Sikora. *Gold guy with gold boombox. *HILLS! Oh my god! THE HILLS! *San Dimas. *Something is afoot at the Circle K. *The In-N-Out experience. *Purple hair. *Psycho pathological-liar Bobby. *Drama ... not the theatrical kind, either. *Nikki! *Chicago - blowing off steam. *Your mobiles are so cool. *Starbucks ... again. *Airport ... sniff ... bye to Mal. Explanations on these subjects will be offered at a later time. Right now, I'm in desperate need of leaving so I can fix this hair. Later Days.