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After a short, and completely unnoticed absence, I have returned with an update...

Things have been shifting around a lot here recently. Our new roommate, Nick, moved in over the weekend. He's a pretty cool guy, went to UCSB, surfs/boards, etc., and is a bro. We're (Ben, Ericka, and myself) are all happy with the choice of roommate's and I'm pretty sure it will work out well.

Next weekend Rachel and I going to Santa Barbara and I am stoked. It's my first time there and I know a few people who went there. Judging by their descriptions of the place, it promises to be an awesome time. Notable activities include going to Freebirds (awesome Mexican food), surfing, Summer Solstice festival, and a BBQ. I'll be there Friday and Saturday nights, so I'll try to snap some photos of the action.

In other news, if anyone was following the Prop 8 hearing to repeal the decision, I'm pretty shocked we got past that day without mass arrests, protests, and right wing Mormon craziness. That being said, I am miffed to see that it wasn't overturned. I've got a few friends who are personally invested in its outcome and, in perfect honesty, I am kind of shocked that it didn't pass the first time around and twice as surprised it didn't get overturned.

Finally, on my way to work this morning, I saw an omen of the destruction of pleasant childhood memories. There, in the streets, discarded like a Trabuco Hills prom night pregnancy, was the install CD of Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun. This game, along with a myriad of other strategy games, consumed the opportunities I had as a youth to do important things like make friends, attend keggers, and experience all the teenage angst I could handle. I glanced at its broken state, weeping on the inside, for the child who will be missing all the important moral lessons learned by blowing up Nod terrorists and cut scenes with James Earl Jones and Michael Biehn.

Enjoy.