been a while

asshole
work has been stretching my brain. i found the asshole at my new job, and good news! it's the other writer. didn't expect that. she's mean. i will deal with it, but how disappointing.

last week i began work on a website that will be huge. the founder is an AOL co-founder. i had to learn about information architecture in a day and get this project moving. after i figure out the site map, i get to write for it. so strange. i'm really workin' hard for the money, no kidding.

airplane
guy has been on the phone for days trying to get us some airline tickets to bali. it's unbelievable how much time he's spent on the phone negotiating days and times and layovers and launching points to get the best possible price and hopefully, cross fingers, get us some business class seats. it may not happen and that will be fine. i wish i had never thought i could fly like fancy people in the first place though. it's a 23 hour flight. i'll just get a lot of pills if i have to travel as a pretzel. i have a feeling that as soon as the damn things are bought, we're going to be very excited, and it really doesn't matter how we get there.

saturday drive
today was nice. we got up and went to target to get a towel rack and then just went driving. ended up on a country road north of novato and kept going. stopped off at a cheese factory and ate brie and bread. rolled on out of there and headed south. what do you want to do? guy asked me. i thought for a second and said the first thing that came into my mind: I've never been to Bolinas.

turns out Bolinas is an unbelievably cool and heartfelt little town. i'd heard about how people who live there remove the exit sign off Highway 1 that would lead tourists into town, so not many non-locals have even seen it, and it shows. we wouldn't have found it easily without the GPS machine. off highway 1, curvy roads reach a beach that has a view of the City. like mounds of white rubble cascading over hills. we were very surprised to see that. all the houses are funky/shingled/artsy. my favorite kind. it feels like a hidden paradise pretty much. "so, is this the town that we should start visualizing living in?" i asked guy. "maybe." There is one sign as you begin to reach town that reads:

You are now entering a socially conscious
and nature-loving town.

sounds pretty hippie, but the vibe is more Relaxed Surfer.

we love it there. i wonder if we'd make new friends there. i imagine they'd be avant-garde and named Isaiah or Alice.