i wrote 2 blogs when i was on vacation, and here they are, a couple weeks late :)

later..

back from the beach.. there’s some stuff that you don’t remember when you don’t swim in the ocean very much.. i live about 30 minutes from the pacific and the last time i went there to swim was 2 years ago. the nearest place to swim from my house is one of the many beaches at santa cruz, and the pacific is mighty cold there.. in the summer the ocean might get to a whopping 64 or 65 degrees at the highest. for people who are used to heated pools, that’s damn cold. the ocean down here was about that cold, but bearable.. maybe 63 or 64 degrees (and it’s only may) but it was exhilarating. so the first thing that you don’t remember is how cold it is. the second thing that you don’t remember is the waves. even a couple dozen feet out from shore, where the water depth is maybe 4 or 5 feet, you can get 10 and 12 foot swells. (yes, that’s 6 to 8 foot waves). that’s pretty cool, as far as i’m concerned. as long as you’re not foolish about it, it’s a lot of fun. it’s getting on towards evening and i’m getting tired, even though it’s not quite 8pm, but i’m gonna wrap things up, but before i do, i’d like to talk about some of the super-cool stuff that i aquired at legoland: some starwars lego!! an imperial shuttle, (complete with crimson guards!) miniature xwing, tie bomber, and a couple other funky lego dudes (including lego darth vader and lego emperor palpatine. pictures will follow, when i am done putting them together. later all :)

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