The summer California Tour found its way back to Pleasanton this weekend for a reunion-ish party of sorts up at a local mansion. Saw many folks I hadn't seen in years, this was both a good and bad thing as some people were good to see, others not so good. Anyway, I rekindled some old friendships and added a few more stops to my Vast Network of Free Places to Stay in the Western USA.

What was really pleasant to see were a lot of guys I graduated with who went off to junior college making plans to start up at Davis, UCSD, UCLA, and several other schools in the fall, with a definite drive and interest. What was not so pleasant was seeing some people who had been out of high school for 2, 3, etc. years with still no real understanding of themselves (or other people, for that matter). Ah, but such is life in a rich white community.

It was a productive evening.

Stay tuned in the next couple days for an update on life amongst the Irish.

PragLib's California Tour continued last weekend with a trip to Southern California. Andy and I headed out from Pleasanton at 2:30 on Friday and made a brisk trip down south.... Until we hit LA County. It took over two hours to get from Magic Mountain to Orange County. We finally crashed into Tustin at 9:00 and hung-out there with friend Kathleen, who plays Pluto, Goofy, and Eeyore in Disneyland. Saturday morning we met up with Cassie and Boback from Squelch and hit up Disneyland and California Adventure all freakin' day. We rode pretty much everything worth riding and saw a lot of killer attractions. Here are some pictures from Disney Resorts:

The Happiest Place on Earth

Cassie took the picture, which is why she's not in any of them. I'm the guy in the Cal shirt.

Saturday night we stayed in Laguna Beach, enjoyed a tasty Persian breakfast and visited downtown Laguna. Headed out at 12:15, got back to Pleasanton around 6:00 or so.

Cheers.