well, i've been in san diego aka "whale's vagina" since sunday and it's going well. the weather is great: 70 degrees all the time, no rain or clouds in sight. i got a little sunburned (big surprise) sunday because we were waiting outside to get in a restaurant for about 20 minutes. the 2 hour difference in time is messing with me, though.

our hotel is somewhat difficult to describe because i don't think i know the correct adjectives to use for it. i'm going to work on that and see if i can convey what it's actually like. the convention center is pretty kickass, but i'm here two weeks after comicon and that sucks.

so i'm learning about 3D visualization of GIS data and it's actually stuff i'd learned on my own...really useful to sit through, but i don't care. the class following this one is better.

yesterday, kevin and i were walking back to the hotel when a guy riding a bike with a passenger thing on the back offerred us a free ride. we said "why not" and hopped on. first thing the biker said was how bad his day had been and proceeded to tell us this story that smacked of fabrication. however, the highlight happened about 2 minutes after the ride began: we pass by another bike/rickshaw and our driver calls to that driver and says, "hey, you wanna smoke later on?" the reply, "sure man." the closer, by our driver, "alright then. meet me up at the store later and we'll get stoned." this was in broad daylight, in the midst of busy intersections, with a multitude of people that poured out of the convention center.

he sucked. out for now.