today is friday 26 august 2005.

found out the stinkin rose in san francisco is a vegetarian place. sister found out the hard way.

dodgers stink. nuf said.

mom and dad made it back to hawaii . . . and yes, orbit is still a fat dog.

today is tuesday 23 august 2005.

the dodgers stink. the rockies and dodgers play middle of this week (in los angeles) and end of next week (in denver) . . . too bad both teams stink.

royals stink more.

in-service this weekend . . . daunting task of unpacking.

while in san francisco, the charisian presence and i were watching rockies/giants at pac bell park. the fans scream "we want bonds." the charisian presence asks "who's bonds?" hala!

today is saturday 20 august 2005.

haven't blogged in a while . . .

school starts next week. so exciting this takes a line in my blog.

a cocker spaniel got his teeth stuck in a trucks frame while chasing the truck. wild.

good time not to be a royals fan. a streak of 19 losses . . . and counting.

not a good time to be a dodger fan either. but i told you they'll take third place!

kinda wild in the apartment . . . charisian presence is all moved in. and yes got the piano in here. now we have to deal with all the same stuff we both had--like multiple bottles of mustard, multiple bottles of shampoo, etc.

hint in life, when you get married go to dmv first and then change your ssn. don't ask why in that order, because everyone will tell you otherwise. but this sequence worked for us. it was interesting noticing the various government buildings. what i can tell, jeffco and the feds have money because their bathrooms were clean. state of colorado is a mess.

elephant bar is a wild place. i don't know what to think--had a mahi mahi burger last week. a little too much teriyaki sauce though.

on channel 4 news, pear slugs are taking a news slot. slow news day. so exciting this takes a line in my blog.

charisianblog.blogspot.com is new hip blogging site. click linc at top right.

had a lichee in san francisco. wild stuff.

today is saturday 13 august 2005.

haven't blogged in a while . . . and no, it's not like anything's happened . . . got married two weeks ago--and yes, this is so exciting this takes more than a line in my blog!

bachelor party was wild . . . nothing happened. aqua golf closed. starbucks on santa fe closed . . . but fortunately 24 hour starbucks was still open . . .

weddings are wild . . . bobby k. tells me to remember that this event changes things for the rest of your life . . . wild . . . unforgettable to say the least.

melvinists are a discrete bunch . . . none drink the same type of coffee . . . none have the same hobbies . . . one thing we do have in common is the peace and poptarts thing . . . and the pizza . . . and what i found was hi-speed internet with wifi is also melvinistic--must word smith this one.

guys tried to decorate my car after the wedding . . . but me and the charisian presence took the red sentra (which by the way i think she named rudolph) . . . guys did get to decorate rudolph--but not as much as they got shawn green (which by the way i need to change the name of my car because green plays for a******a) people kept beeping at us on the way to the airport . . . but it was easy to find the car when we did get back.

san franciso is a hip place for a honeymoon trip . . . highly suggest it . . . but the the weather is unpredictable. and so are the streets--you end up in an intersection and you could be looking five different directions. don't ask for directions--mostly tourists, and they too are lost. but i don't think all the tourist were from different countries like they let on--i think they're mostly iowans practicing their german or french.

hint in life--make sure your canon elph has charged batteries before you set out on a busy day. and another hint in life--be sure you put your sd card back in your camera.

twin peaks was fun also. hint in life--go when there's no fog.

hint in life--chinese people don't like tourists in their dim sum shops. don't let them scare you though--get your pork bun and rice cake but remember that though don't like you personally, they don't mind your american money.

next time i go to san francisco, i'm going to eat at the stinkin rose . . . a garlic restaurant.

last week i was watching the astros at the giants playing in san fran. fox shows a picture of the golden gate bridge--bright skies, etc. whatever--the bridge was foggy all week long!

did go to sbc park . . . charisian presence and i being in the heart of the enemy stadium was uncomfortable--like that scene on lord of the rings where the two hobits running around in mordor.

more blogging later . . .