BTW -

[kyburg]

There's a blank in my read back on my friends list, namely from Friday 12/28 through to 12/30 or so.

I was not home. I was up in the Bay Area seeing friends. I was walking the streets in J-Town and Berkeley, visiting old haunts and finding new ones.

I'd packed the Christmas presents - and then on a lark, tossed in all of the presents I'd put aside for folks coming over Christmas Eve who wouldn't have had pressies otherwise. (I do that. Come to a Christmas party and leave without a present? Not in my world, you don't. It might be homemade and worse, but it's yours. Merry Christmas and all that.) Yes, I had presents spare. Quit looking at me like that.

I'd taken two jars of the pomegranate carnage only to have it confiscated at the TSA checkpoint. D'oh. I may just mail it instead and if you think THAT'S stupid - I'm with you. (Anything I can put in checked luggage that is confiscatable at the scanners...makes no sense at all to me. Matter of fact, that kind of worries me. No, I don't feel any safer for it. Dumb butts.)

When I got there, I found out the Decemberween was the Sunday we left. Oh. Pressies. *counted quickly* I think there's enough. Talk about dumb luck.

It was at amanda_nye's new digs - and oh my ghad - it's a wonderful house. I've noted a couple of things to memory in case we have to take down our house - or even when making the addition, if that's what comes to pass. Very nicely designed with nooks and crannies and closets and bathrooms that make sense as part of suites...*covets*...and then I started wigging people out as they arrived by just being there.

I gave the gifts I could...and then had to go, leaving lame-ass directions for silverkun to take up the slack. (He always does. Without complaining or making it look hard.)

I got to see the Zach man - and ksnarf. I was able to steal import albums into iTunes. I was able to share my Sims game (yes, look - 1605 Sims and it still loads!) and watch people play the Xbox Rock Band game (wow, karaoke that actually works for scoring purposes!).

Spending time with cyberotic_waste - and meeting Akim.

Next time, I hide Jim's DS.

It was misty and cold the entire time - which reminded me of Switzerland rather acutely at times.

I finally got boat sushi in J-Town - I've been walking past that place for years and never went in. That's got to happen again sometime soon, it was GREAT.

Breakfast Sunday morning equally wonderful. Any place that will serve you both waffles AND crepes (and then add bacon) has my vote.

I do love the place. *sigh*

Thanks, Rey. Hope I can reciprocate soon.

Comments

[foogod.livejournal.com]

I'm actually kinda annoyed that I didn't even know you were up in these parts until you'd already left (and I got to the party later than I'd planned, too)..

Sigh.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Kinda annoyed really fits the bill - I just missed you at work when I got in! (*grumble*) That's twice. In one trip. BAH.

[n6vfp.livejournal.com]

Pomegranate Carnage is a WMD? Your lucky they didn't take you in custody.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Well, I might have earned it this time. 'Stupid' was definitely one of the words I used to describe the demands, to the tech who did it.

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

I'd packed the Christmas presents - and then on a lark, tossed in all of the presents I'd put aside for folks coming over Christmas Eve who wouldn't have had pressies otherwise. (I do that. Come to a Christmas party and leave without a present? Not in my world, you don't. It might be homemade and worse, but it's yours. Merry Christmas and all that.) Yes, I had presents spare. Quit looking at me like that.

Was I supposed to get a present at your party? I know we had to leave in a hurry, but I didn't know this.


Hope you had fun in SF.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Goober. *noogies* Your presence WAS my present! (And you brought parents to boot. HIGH praise!)

Trust, grasshopper. I'll tell you - promise, cross my heart - if I expect you do anything. Honest.

Oops

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

Eek. I think things got confuzzled. I know it was small, but we actually brought scratch cookies and roasted almonds, our presents were baked this year. I hope they didn't get lost in the shuffle.

That said, hope we can stay longer next year.

Re: Oops

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

They were delicious. I foundered on them New Year's Day between naps.

Come earlier - I open the house at 10:30. Really ought to get that frisbee out sooner, too.

Re: Oops

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Oh wait. You left *without* getting a present, didn't you?

(Did I do that? UH OH.)

You're a bit under the weather right now, if I remember right. You should have gotten at least a share of the pomegranate carnage...if not, I can rectify that at your earliest convenience.

Tea! Yes. We should have tea sometime soon!

[sweetmegumi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the presents! They were yummy! I posted a few pictures on facebook but I'm not sure if you can see them or not please let me know and I shall email them to you! It was wonderful again to see you two! Very unexpected (I don't keep updated too much on LJ if you had said something here hehe).

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Do you have me in your friends group? I *think* I have you - and of course, I've been doing a ton of things on Facebook today, but none of it photo related.

I just downloaded the photos out of my camera. They're going to take some...work...before they're postable. Inconsistent is a really good word to describe them. >_

[silverkun.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome, hon. The both of you are.

We'll see now next week starts out. New trainee confirmed. Old schedule still in the air.

-R

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Do you know when you get in Sunday? That's a gimme for a Curry House run, if it's early enough. Map at least two evenings, if I can get them - one for us to come down there and one for you to come have sukiyaki here at the house.

Curry House in Irvine for sure - everything else gravy.

Weather today is very overcast, but dry. I think I prefer the stuff that moistens everything, to be honest.