1. I annoyed some people with my dislike the beach. It’s generally okay to hate the desert or the midwest, but insulting the vistas of the Pacific Perfection chaps some people’s hides. Oops!
2. The beach was pretty OK. The weather was shit on Saturday, pissing it down, but Sunday was acceptable even by my clearly draconian standards!
3. I got to drink some amazing wine last week, thanks to a really kind coworker. I even got to drink a 1990 Chateau D’Yquem (Sauternes). That’s a big deal for me.
4. I finally finished William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. You can read my review here.
5. I got to spend time with Mikey, and we watched the Werner Herzog film “White Diamond,” which we re-titled “Smokin’ and Cryin’: Gaius Baltar and Bob Marley go to the Waterfall”, which about two people on earth might find an amusing observation.
6. I got to see a new “Survivorman” episode. O, Les Stroud, how I somewhat deify you.
7. I got to eat duck, which is fast becoming one of my Favorite Things. In two ways, even. Good gillibby goodness, I like duck. It’s like chicken, without all the boring Speaking of which, the duck curry at Silk in the Pearl district is unbefrickinglievably good.
8. Mr. Pencil, our friend Casey, and I discovered a little waterfall in the woods off of Highway 30.
9. We met a guy with a tall antenna on the beach. It was spitting rain, hard, but that didn’t seem to bother this guy, who stood in a mess of wires connecting the antenna to his car’s battery. Mr. Pencil found out from him that he was trying to “talk to Japan” via shortwave. Godspeed, guy with antenna.
10. Drinking!