Mission: San Juan Capistrano

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(ABOVE LEFT) People making the pilgrimage to Mission San Juan Capistrano¹
(ABOVE RIGHT) nibot begins trolling for a wireless connection shortly after disembarking his train.
(BELOW) Closer view of the cross in the background of the previous pictures.



   So as you should know by now I'm currently located in Mission Viejo. This means "Old Mission" in English (or probably "old monastery" or something since "mission" is a spanish word as well). Incidentally there is not and never has been a mission located in Mission Viejo, to my knowledge. The nearest one is in neighbouring San Juan Capistrano.
   Anyway, nibot took the train in to San Juan Capistrano today from his secret labs in San Diego (I picture the facility looking like the Black Mesa facility in Half-life), se we all went to retrieve him and while we were there ate at the excellent Pedro's Tacos.
   As pictured above, he couldn't resist looking for a wireless connection for long.

   Also today I worked at the yarn place for a short bit. Later I learned that the husband of the Swedish outgoing store manager, with whom I've had several brief interchanges with in Swedish, but never in English, is actually American. I suppose that explains why he was always reluctant to get into a real conversation with me in Swedish.


¹No they're not really making a pilgrimage, I think they're lined up to see a concert. Also note that parts of the mission have been badly damaged by earthquakes.

Comments

[nibot.livejournal.com]

You know, I've always wanted to hire a photographer/writer to follow me around and write about my adventures for me... what are your rates? would I have to feed you? You can sleep in the backyard if you want.

Although we might need a fact-checker, too. Everywhere you wrote "San Clemente," substitute in "San Juan Capistrano."

someone added some brief notes about the name of mission viejo to this page: http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Mission_Viejo

[torisrabbit.livejournal.com]

did you guys do the mooning amtrack thing in san juan?

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Heh no. I think there's a particular date people do that on?

[torisrabbit.livejournal.com]

yeah it was yesterday....but i was not there...i was supposed to go but then i agreed to myself that it was very self loathing

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yesterday? Funny.. I wonder if my brother's train got mooned.

[inequity.livejournal.com]

i mooned the trains...
was fucking great.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

dood. I've been trying to get ahold of you.. your old cell doesn't work and you're never online. Give me a call sometime or leave me a workin number or something.

[shid.livejournal.com]

ok, what yarn place is this anyway? I want to sotp by and bother you from time to time, basically laugh at you

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Heh. Its behind the Trader Joes next to the Laguna Hills Mall

[shid.livejournal.com]

Excellent :)