And now I'm back! Did you miss me? I spent a lovely few days out in the San Francisco Bay area visiting my friends Laila and John and their little boy Noah. Laila and I talked until we practically lost our voices, covering as many topics as we possibly could in the time I was there. Sample topic range: Writers everyone loves whose books we just can't get into to which people from high school looks seriously different now to the joys of making risotto (Laila makes an awesome risotto) to why healthcare reform matters.
Noah showed me the joys of the Penguins of Madagascar cartoon and beat me at Wizard Stratego. He also tried to explain Bakugan to me, but I have to admit, I didn't get it. They took me to the Marin headlands so I could see the Golden Gate Bridge and then they took me to the movie theater so I could see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I'll leave it up to you to decide which one of those was more important. We lounged around their lovely house, relaxing and just hanging out.
It was a great visit. Laila and I have been friends since we met in biology class on the first day of our freshman year of high school, and no matter what we're doing together, we have a good time. Few people seem to understand me as well as she does, and I wish she didn't have to be so far away.
Proof that I did one touristy thing:
Buddha at the bottom of a big rock: (Whoops, I'm jet lagged and sleepy! Buddha is no longer sideways)
Mr. Gecko:
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