Ocean? mountains? dramatic rocky cliffs? Charismatic megafauna? Bah, this place is lame.
An unusually wholesome post. B should love it.
I just posted some photos too. I figure now that I'm almost done housesitting, I might as well share the views from up here.
Meanwhile, vegas is overcast, but by the pool the weatherstruck midwestern girls are singing each to each. The Luxor dims under cloudcover, but nearby the Mandalay Bay retains a gold foil glint.
I placed fifth in a poker tournament that paid out to the top four. I think this is called "riding the bubble".
Doesn't anyone have anything to say about Modern Love?
The hotel pool soundtrack is "right here right now". Perestroika never sounded so good. I had such conflicted feelings about this song, when I was more of a communist.
Pats had a good stop, at Point Lobos.
4: They are especially delicious as newborns. Tender.
Okay, I regret 9. What I meant to say was, nice pics. We're heading down to Point Lobos and other Central Coast hotspots in a couple of weeks. And not to hunt marine mammals.
John Emerson to Randy Moss: touchdown!!!@#
Have you ever hiked out to the elephant seals at Ano Nuevo? They're awesome hulking beasts, noted for making excellent farting noises as they gallumph across the sand. Quoting my son: "That's five-year-old funny." High praise indeed.
yeah, that's okay, but nowhere near as beautiful and scenic as route 90 between schaumburg and hoffman estates.
2: You forgot the seaweed brain.
You should really put that thing back in your head, ogged.
Ano Nuevo
Should this have a tilde?
"Ano nuevo" is what you have to pay for when you wear out your Real Doll.
15: Yes, but I have no idea how to make that happen. Have mercy.
9, 10 - well, actually, with all that talk of fur below ...
Have you ever hiked out to the elephant seals at Ano Nuevo?
I have. They're so big and dirty. I named one Fontana Labs.
The best thing about elephant seals, I think, is the absurd noises they make.
Which I see were already mentioned, but it's hard to adequately convey the magnificence.
I like how sheep sound like humans imitating sheep. They totally sound a bunch of people standing around going "Maaaaaaaah. Maaaaaaaah."
it's hard to adequately convey the magnificence
We have fancy tools.
I'm shocked! All this time I thought it was a lolrus, but it's obviously a lolephant seal.
Am I the first on this thread to admit to being seethingly envious of ogged's coastal trip? Very, very pretty.
33--
there, you see? you only say that because you didn't spend the afternoon on route 90 between schaumburg and hoffman estates.
then you wouldn't be the least bit envious.
According to Google Street View, it's overcast and rainy all the time in Schaumburg. Los Lobos looks much more welcoming.
What, you don't like overcast and rainy?
PAAAAAAAAAATS
PAAAAATS
Teo are you watching this? Holy shit.
I'm glad the Patriots won the (potential) tiebreaker, because Indy with a healthy Marvin Harrison are going to be awesome. Addai was tearing it up in the first half. Plus, that defense is crazy fast.
Fuck yeah. Patriots, fuck yeah. FUCK YEAH.
40: seems like they might get tired, though.
The 2007 Patriots: Greatest team in the history of organized sports, or merely the greatest NFL team ever?
The 2004 Red Sox are the greatest team in the history of organized sports. The 2007 Patriots are the second-greatest.
No doubt the Colts have stepped it up, even beyond the fact that they've beaten the Pats the last few times. Their blocking for Addai was crazy good, especially in the first half, and he's so adept he doesn't need much help. While Manning's protection failed at key moments, it was pretty awesome most of the game. And while I've spent many afternoons listening to announcers talk up Dwight Freeney and the Colts pass rush without ever seeing it really be factor against New England, today was different. But oh, what a sweet ending, what a sweet reversal. FUCK YEAH.
Holy shit, the game and daily savings time are fucking with me. I wasn't fazed about how drunk I was until I realized it wasn't yet 8. I thought it was time to turn in, but I guess I should sit it out for a little while, at least. So, in the meantime, PATRIOTS, FUCK YEAH.
44: I'll accept that provisionally, but the NFL season ain't over yet.
46: fuck it all, JL! Let's do shots!
Providence tequila shot meetup in 45 minutes! Who's in?
We have fancy tools.
But you linked to the wrong video.
Ya see, the refs tried to steal the game with penalties. Also, Moss needs more touchdowns. This was really disappointing.
Indianapolis is the largest American city not on a navigable waterway, which is why it never became the center of the auto industry despite its head start.
But you know, Colts.
I'm not sure if I'm happy NE won or happy the Colts lost.
53: those are not incompatible ideas.
Gah! No, tonight can't be the Providence tequila meetup, because I have homework to do.
Everyone start peer-pressuring mrh to do tequila shots instead of homework.
55: c'mon mrh everbody cool is doing it. I'm 100% serious. I'm sure Blume is too.
55: Dude, I have other people's homeowork to grade. We can trade-- I'll do your homework, you'll do my grading! With tequila!
Tell your teacher that Grandma died.
Grading with tequila? You got 3 tequila on this quiz! Congratu... (thump)
Indianapolis is the largest American city not on a navigable waterway
Yo, I rock it in Pawtucket these days--I'm on the wrong side of the tracks from mrh, quite literally. But if anyone actually wanted to come down, I'd go for drinks, if not shots.
Tell your teacher that Grandma died
That worked the first four times he used it.
If you clowns come down to Providence, I pledge to blow off my homework... and give it to Blume.
Getting down there certainly isn't the problem. Getting back, that may be tougher.
Ya see, the refs tried to steal the game with penalties
Jesus F. Christ, that pass interference against Ellis Hobbs that resulted in a field goal? At the time I remember thinking, ok, all they got was a field goal--but what if Indy won by 3 or less? Which did not seem impossible as the game went on. But, you know, in the end--PATRIOTS, FUCK YEAH.
Getting down there certainly isn't the problem. Getting back, that may be tougher.
Just as I feel about Boston, substituting "up" for "down."
We should definitely have a Providence meetup sometime. Maybe on a weekend night, though.
61: Are you saying that Kurt Vonnegut is wrong about something?
[hails of derisive laghter]
Moss got one touchdown, set up a second, and made a fantastic one-handed catch. All in all, a disappointing game.
We should definitely have a Providence meetup sometime. Maybe on a weekend night, though.
So, you're saying you're NOT going to Providence tonight for tequila shots? My image of you as a carefree, spontaneous woman-about-town is taking a real beating right about now.
you're saying you're NOT going to Providence tonight for tequila shots
Yes, but you'll note I didn't say what I AM doing.
I can't believe you people have taken a lovely post about the lovely CA coast and turned it into a bunch of football grunting. Lame.
Not only did I win lunch off my boss on the game, my simulated annealing evolutionary tuning algorithm actually predicted a 4-point spread for the game.
ogged, of course, got to see the classic Texans-Raiders game.
Yes, but you'll note I didn't say what I AM doing.
Do tell, Blume. Inquiring minds want to know!
I definitely want to have a Providence meet up one of these days. In the summer we should do a picnic of some sort. (My summer schedule didn't allow me any weekends off before, but now..) Have you all looked at mrh's flickr pool? Have you seen the delicious food he can cook?
ogged, of course, got to see the classic Texans-Raiders game.
Not so! The Raiders are now sufficiently horrible that their game didn't sell out, which meant a local TV blackout, which meant, in turn, that I did get to see the Pats/Colts game.
Do you think Vince Wilfork is larger or smaller than an adolescent elephant seal?
I love seals in general, but male elephant seals are almost nauseatingly alien. They're like the things Jabba the Hutt evolved from.
I'm jealous and this is making me want to move back to california. when we move away from narnia I can't decide whether we should move to LA or DC. if I lived in DC I could see my family all the time, and I love them, and I also like DC--it's got hometown flavour. if I lived in LA I could go to the beach, and eat mexican food, and go to great thrift stores, and live near lots of my best friends. all my best SF area friends have moved to LA, which makes the bay area less appealing in some ways, although it's the most beautiful place ever. NYC is too expensive.
As usual, North Dakota isn't even mentioned.