back in a jiffy

we just got back from lost angels today. as in this morning. as in early this morning. granted, arriving home at 11am isn’t technically early, but when you factor in getting up at 4am and then driving up, it certainly feels like EARLY.

fortunately, we made great time. it only took us a little less than five hours, which included a pit stop for gas and to eat some evil mcmuffins. (i know what i swore after watching super size me, but once a year can’t kill me, can it?) once again, n8’s rule proved right: leave before 6am or after 12pm, otherwise you’re screwed driving to/from lost angels. we actually left about 5:50am, and rolled home at a quarter of 11. there was no traffic at all, and the first signs of congestion weren’t until past harris ranch.

of course, abiding by this does violate ed’s rule: fly whenever possible. driving is for suckers. i want those four hours of my life back. however, this is in turn overruled by hmc’s rule: bring everything. bring often.

packing with hmc is a little like that scene from the jerk where he’s leaving the mansion, and says, “And that’s it and that’s the only thing I need, is this. I don’t need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that’s all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that’s all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that’s all I need. And that’s all I need too. I don’t need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that’s all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.”

the weird thing is that she always turns out to be right: there’s inevitably some situation later where we need some curious little item, and like felix the cat, she digs into her magic bag, and BOINK there it is to save the day! only her magic bag is really big and heavy. and sort of messy. but at least it’s up here, for now, for a while.

Posted at December 29, 2006 6:35 PM