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Wow, two pentaquerys at once, from mifune and from odd_dog, respectively: [If you want your own pentaquery, let me know in comments.]

I’m about to head out for LAX, after having about an hour-long discussion with my parents about my future and present. Basically, what I gather is that they don’t know what I do, and will never be satisfied and so I’ll just continue doing what I’m doing and when I win a Pulitzer, then I’ll laugh at them. Until then, I’ll just keep my own successes to myself. Argh, I know they mean well, but they annoy me to no…

This weekend as a whole has been somewhat quiet and subdued. I woke up around noon and eventually Rachel and I headed out for The Apple Pan for lunch which is always a local favorite. I decided that one thing that would improve their burgers is better buns — like a sesame bun or a whole wheat bun — their buns have about all the flavor of my elementary school cafeteria. Following that we decided to head out to Silver…

Rachel and I made it to LA without a hitch. It’s been sorta cold and quiet so far, though. We walked down Montana Ave. today and popped in a few stores that I only go into when I’m showing people around — one had a large Senegalese woven basket for sale at $79 — you could buy the exact same one in Senegal for about $8. Also, Sunaree pointed out that there are bills forward to resurrect the draft. If…

So I had drinks with Paul tonight which was lots of fun. Lots of things to think about in terms of careers and journalism and what not. I will definately start reading Slate now (you’ll be pleased, Aaron). Afterwards, Paul left his credit card at the Hotel Durant, and I went to go pick it up tonight — and because I missed dinner, I went for a butterflied calabrese chased with a fresh donut twist from Kingpin. God, fresh donuts…

Today I ditched my 10 am Farsi class and my Econ section in favor of returning to MacWorld to work on a story. As I went and walked from Market St. to 2nd/Bryant, I had a relapse of a feeling that I had last night — how great of a city San Francisco truly is. It’s probably one of my favorite cities, and I barely know it. Only recently, since I’ve had to make regular trips have I come to…

So I didn’t realize that not being on LJ anymore annoyed more than just Rachel. Both Maria and Boyk both expressed their annoyance that I wasn’t around anymore. So here’s what I’ll do. I’m going to double-post on cfarivar.org and on this LJ for the forseeable future, so as to prevent uproars. (If you’re an LJ user and you read my RSS feed, you might want to just pick one and stick with it.) I had a relaxing day today…

Associated Press:: NEW YORK — An American Airlines pilot flying passengers to New York asked Christians on board to identify themselves and suggested the non-Christians discuss the faith with them, a spokesman for the Fort Worth-based airline said today. Flight 34 was headed from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy Airport on Friday afternoon, said spokesman Tim Wagner. The pilot, whose identity was not released, had been making flight announcements and then asked that the Christians on board raise their…

This afternoon, following my workout at the RSF, I tackled more of my thesis and only have about five pages to go on my first chapter, due on Friday. It’s good to feel like I’m actually doing something of worth — but we’ll see what my classmates think of it next week. When the chapter is done, I’ll HTML it and throw it up on the web — it’s expanded from the draft. Also I got to hear Errol Morris…

My new favorite quote of some indeterminate time period is: “The fastest mail express, or the swiftest ocean ship, are as naught compared with the velocity of the electrical impulse which annihilates any terrestrial dimension.” – Capt. George Squier, U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1901 Quoted in: Allison, Juliann Emmons. “Information and International Politics” in Technology, Development, and Democracy. Edited by Juliann Emmons Allison. © 2002 State University of New York Press, Albany. p. 29-30. It’s a nifty quote that I’ve…