after the heat

from this...

to this.........



i've had a pretty full on time of it the last few days while Lily has been gone.
i'm surprised to find i can still actually fill my days and nights like like a real human being when she's not here.
on friday i got up and headed across town to santa monica to check out R.E.I and get myself some suitable trousers for snowboarding.
i'm going with a bunch of friends to Mammoth CA, my first time snowboarding ever, on friday for a spot of post thanksgiving fun. (hopefully no breakages too!)
i found what i was looking for pretty quick and had to get myself out of there before i spent all my money trying to look like a north face ad.
from there i hit the original vans store and found brown old school and slip ons for nothing.....
i also found the British store on the corner on santa monica and 2'nd.
all you need to know is they sell irn bru, so i'll be back .......

i went to the movies and saw for your consideration and was massively underwhelmed ......
i hope it gets better the more you see it.
i have been known to be wrong in the past....


i had football training at night and had what can only be called a shocker.....
a great turn out of guys with lots of new faces looking to join the team before next season gets under way.....(mid January)
good to get the exercise though.
i stopped off at my local 7/11 to by some beer for the house on the way home, and found myself hanging with 4 cops...
they looked at me like i was the town madman.
only when i got home did i realize my face and both hands were totally black from the pitch at training.
nice to see the local Rampart cops living up to their notoriously thorough standards....

can the police do you for talking shit online?......we'll see.

on saturday and sunday i spent my time in Carlsbad CA, visiting my cousin Davie.
he's only been in the states 5 weeks or so, and is working for a computer games manufacturer in the area.

we saw the new bond flick,which was better than any of the most recent ones(not saying much).....but really shouldn't have been a bond movie.
james bond does not have blonde hair and blue eyes.
as far as i can remember he also had a neck!
nazi bond anyone?

it would be a good plane film....which should be a genre in it's own right....but will not be getting shown as the inflight movie anywhere i believe, because of the over long preposterous terrorist sub plot in the middle of the film.
movie rating 5/10
plane movie rating 7/10

i also went to the san diego wild animal park, which was amazing.
we were only there for a few hours, but i would happily go back again tomorrow.
the lions were magic.
you can actually camp at the park during certain times in the year.
i think it would be brilliant.
i'll keep you posted.

seeing Davie reminded me of where i was about three years ago, when i first moved to los angeles.
i had friends here though and could ask favours and advise every day.
Davie is on his own in that respect, so i'm amazed he's doing so well!




i've got to go now and pick up my girl from the airport.
needless to say........
well done celtic.
i actually watched the game live on ESPN2...
you were lucky,but,
did taggert not like that goal..........


see youse.....