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My parents want to see me more before I head east, and so (sorry Maria!) I’m flying down back to LA on Friday night, returning Tuesday and will see most of you guys on Thursday! I introduced Rachel to boogie boarding yesterday. She seemed to take to the waves pretty well. Before Rachel and I got on the road to head northward, I finally sold my laptop. So for $100 difference (with a rebate), I’m getting something similar to Boyk’s…

Rachel and I are in SM until Wednesday. We’re going boogie boarding tomorrow. She bought one on Craigslist LA tonight from some guy we met at a Topanga Blvd Starbucks for $5. Also hit up Diddy Reise on the way home. Most excellent.

Green round table – $10 FREE 12″ TV TV stand and VCR – $10 6′ high bookshelf – $25

Even though I don’t live in LA anymore, Nick posted some great tips from a courier service on how to beat LA traffic. I’ll be in LA Sunday through Wednesday next week. I leave for the Big Apple in 13 days. Jeez. Today’s my last day of work at B2. It’s been pretty good, and I’m glad that I’ll get to do some work freelancing after I leave. Anyone up for heading to Roscoe’s in Jack London Square late tonight…

DUDE: You brought a Pomeranian bowling? WALTER: What do you mean “brought it bowling”? I didn’t rent it shoes. I’m not buying it a beer. He’s not gonna take your turn, Dude. 2004 “The Big LebowskiÓ Bowling Tournament

Good news: I got approval to write another food piece for Oakland City magazine! Woo-hoo! Weird news: While researching a story for B2, I came across Adopt-A-Sniper. Kinda like Adopt-A-Child around the Holidays, but slightly different.

Paul Boutin found this great link about Saddam’s attempt at playing Rock Paper Scissors at his hearing in Baghdad last week. Rachel and I tried to go to Sweetie Pie and Poppy’s in Oakland, but I guess they have a Sunday buffet, which was somewhat off putting, so we opted for La Bayou on Adeline near Ashby BART instead. La Bayou, which was intriguing as it boasted alligator (25 bite size bits for $7.99 over fries) — however, when we…

Ok, for all you night owls out in Berkeley tonight: tune into to 90.7 on your FM dial or RealPlayer on the Internet and listen to my buddy Uncle DeLuvian starting 70 minutes ago until 3:30 am. That is all.

Well, trip to LA went well, more or less — a mild exchange with my Dad on Sunday notwithstanding. It was good to see family and a couple friends and what not. (In addition Made it back easily on BART, and overheard a guy called Dennis who is the promoter/manager for KaliFam talk to some other guy about the music business. I learned two things of note: 1) AndrŽ 3000 of Outkast fame is currently shooting a movie where he…

Anyone know of a $1400 or less apartment (2 bedroom, living room, etc) apt within walking distance of campus? He can move in mid to late July. Email me if you have any insider information.