Compton didnt represent quite as much as I expected.

So, monday I got back from 10 days in California. I spent like 4 of them in LA visiting my cousin and his wife and kid, and then drove around the area doing sightseeing and such. Of course I was with my family, which can sometimes grow old after a little while, but it was good times nonetheless. For anyone who cares, there are pictures of the trip here .

Highlights included:

-my one year old cousin once removed who seems to enjoy barking like a dog
-being told by my cousin that he and his brother used to get me to sing "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club when I was really young. I guess I should blame them for all of my problems and send them a bill for the therapy.
-driving through the slums of LA where my pale ass family were the only white people for blocks... I dont think I actually went into Compton, but I was close. There was one "Jack In The Box" (a west coast burger joint) that had bank style bullet proof glass over the counter. I thought that was pretty cool. I had to get my value meal through like an airlock dealy where only one side could be open at a time to prevent me from putting my 9 through and popping a cap or two. My biggest complaint about this part of the city is that I did not once see any souped up cars with hydrolics. I saw one car that looked like it might be sporting them and as it drove into the distance kept praying it would bounce just a little for me... my hopes were shattered.
-seeing the outside of the scientology headquarters in Hollywood. Nothing against the religion... its no less legitimate than say mormonism, but any religion that has hollywood as its Mecca and Tom Cruise as its messanger strikes me as bizzare. Of course they do have Isaac Hayes and Jason Lee, so I dont know what to think.
-The beaches. They were pretty cool and a lot different than eastern ones. lots of palm trees and there are mountains and cliffs right up to the water in some places. very picturesque.
-driving through beverly hills and BelAir. Didnt see the fresh prince, but man, those neighborhoods were nice. Wouldnt mind living there if I had a shitload of money.
-the big ass sequoia trees. Its kinda crazy to think that these trees have been around for thousands of years. It is a testement to the majesty of mother nature. Also they are freaking ginormous.
-Jetskiing. Ah, the seminal white trash pastime of circling a lake for no particular reason except to polute the water. Actually it was pretty fun, but like a dumbass, I forgot to take my sunglasses off, and at 40 mph I turned my head slightly and they flew off. Those were persctiption sunglasses too. son of a bitch.

well thats about all I can think of that anyone cares about. Oh, to change the topic, You know how back in like October I wrote a post bitching about how I got yelled at for having a Kerry sticker on my cubicle at work? well I typed "link tgoff.blogspot.com" into google to see if anyone was linking to my blog, and apparently that post was linked on a webpage called "Offshoring Digest: Offshore Outsourcing for the Entrepreneur". I dont know how to feel about that. I think someone took me seriously and thought my comments about outsourcing in that post were worthy of note. They were obviously wrong.