sure, we went to hollywood and venice and santa monica- but, most importantly, we drove around and found filming locations for the back to the future movies. in and around pasadena, we tracked down marty's house, marty's high school, lorraine's house, doc's house, and the twin pines mall. possibly the best day of my life.

doc's house is actually a national historic landmark- but for some other reason entirely. we stopped in the gift shop and encountered a couple of guys our age, who had no clue that they were standing at the foot of doc brown's mansion. what the hell is wrong with the southern california tourist board? they say, "oh this gamble house is an outstanding example of american arts and crafts style architecture." what they don't say is "oh this is where the dellorean fucking came from." idiots.

all in all, fun time. i was glad to finally meet dax and jessica and andrew. too bad i didn't have enough time with them, which was ironic due to feeling like i had all the time in the world. you know, because of the time machine.

i have a new job now. the lady in charge of hiring called me on my birthday, which is funny because i was hired at my current company six years ago also on my birthday. i only hope i will enjoy the same kind of success at the bank that i've been able to enjoy at the optical. ah ha ha, good one.