Leg one of travel complete. More snow than electricity

My day, yesterday, began at Denny's restaurant at 5 am. I had arrived early figuring I should be able to get a quick breakfast before I catch my 5:55 bus. Yea, sure, it's Denny's, but you would think you could at least get a reasonably sized breakfast. By reasonable I mean not large enough to feed an army. They don't even offer any non-meat breakfasts. Just coffee will be fine.

Amtrak arrives early and leaves exactly on time. Their buses are also much cleaner and more comfortable than Greyhound. Definitely worth the few dollars extra. First stop was Union Station LA, where this sweet little lesbian Rasta chick sits next to me. We decided to be travel buddies within minutes and she ended up smoking me out at every stop for the whole trip. Awesome. The only downside was that I didn't manage to get any sleep on the trip.

I have been in Colfax at the Mom's house for about 24 hours now. It was snowing for 20 of those hours, and the power has been off for 18 hours. It's not too bad, we have a generator so we are not in the dark and I was able to charge my laptop. It's actually working out to my advantage as there really isn't anything to do but get well. 12 hours of travel on 3.5 hours of sleep definitely wasn't friendly to my immune system, but I got a good night of sleep last night and slept most of the day away. Between actually being able to relax and the chicken soup my sister made, I should be well in no time.

Feeling a bit better.... ready to hit the road!

I slept for about 20 hours yesterday. My back is pretty sore, but I feel better. No where near normal, but better nonetheless.

As far as I can tell, I am ready to go. I have some laundry to do tonight, then I am going to repack my bag to ensure I have everything I need and nothing  more. My reward will be 4 days of relaxation at my mom's house.

It also turns out that I am going to Burning Man! I set up a few Wordpress websites, and in exchange I am getting a ticket to the burn. Can't wait! This year has so far been great and is only getting better...

Final Countdown with Sinus Infection

I will be hopping on a bus in less than 48 hours. Everything is going great save for I seem to have sinus infection or something. Sneezing, coughing and feeling like caca in general.

Positive side to the phlegm factory is I have finally purchased a vaporizer. Talk about huge difference! For only $70 I locally purchased an Easy Vape digital vaporizer. There is a number on the front, but I highly doubt that's the actual temperature, it's more just a reference number. The unit seems to work best for me set from 230 to 240.

Violence, Damage and Tolerance

What is tolerance? It goes by many definitions, but the one I am talking about today is social tolerance, or as defined by Webster:

a : sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own


Usually when we thing of tolerance, we think of it in a positive way. Which, in all honesty, is not all that positive. If one tolerates someone's race/creed/orientation, does that mean, "It's not OK, but I put up with it." ? It would seem to me that the goal is acceptance, not merely tolerance.


A friend of mine returned from Iraq with a severe case of PTSD. It manifests it self in many ways from sleeplessness, depression to violent outbursts. We don't like it, but we tolerate it. When, though, does this tolerance become enabling? Is tolerance of this kind acceptable in any way shape or form?


There is all this talk about tolerance, but is this really the correct term to use? One can tolerate violence, pain, heat and cold. Is tolerance really the word we want to use in place of acceptance? When will we realize that no matter how different we are, we are still all the same? The only thing that separates us is us.


Live to love and you will love to live.

The final week begins...

It has come down to the final week before departing from Long Beach. Life has been crazy busy hectic, but in a really cool way.

The guy taking over for me started today, I really hope he picks things up quick, I don't want to the Visualade is in a bind when I leave.

Shopping is done, packing is almost done, dental work is complete for now.

Tonight hanging out at Blu Cafe on Pine, tomorrow night is the MASH-LBC ride (weather permitting) and Sunday I will be DJing at Fern's. Pretty full final week... definitely won't be bored :)

10 Days and Counting

I will be leaving Long Beach in 10 days. I have purchased all the gear I need to live in a tent for 4 months and am almost done packing.  I THINK I have everything in order.

Work has been hectic. Lot's of things to get done before I leave, and I am in no mood whatsoever to write code. New guy doesn't start till Wednesday, which means I will only have a week to train him.

Everything else is going great. Very excited for my adventure, and my last months in town have been awesome. I will be DJing on Sunday at Fern's and possibly tomorrow as well ( not sure where yet ).

Cycling, as usual, is keeping me balanced :) I rode 45 miles this weekend, it was great.

It's getting close to travel time...

In less than two weeks I will be heading out to spend four months at the Sivnanda Yoga Farm.

I am doing two months of work study, then a month of Yoga Teacher Training then another month of work study. When I return I will be a certified yoga instructor and have lot's of cool new knowledge on meditation, food, Vedic Astrology and much more.

I will be blogging and posting here in hopes to make this available to people without Facebook... hopefully I will be able to integrate the two :)