The Agrinautica

   The weekend before last (Nov 18-21 actually) I was at the AMWEST Model UN Conference in Las Vegas. My official report is here.


   Anyway, barely had I returned (Tues Nov 21), then I set off (the next day, Wednes Nov 22) to drive down south for Tryptophane Day. Fortunately most of my relatives were gathered at our cabin in the hills south of The Grapevine
   On the way down I found one of those secret truck gas stations I'd always wondered about (where trucks sneak off to to gas up). A 76 gas truck was refueling there despite the fact there was a 76 station on the other corner, which I found amusing. Then two nice white cars passed me on the freeway. The first thing I noticed was the tall antennas sticking out the top. They has "CA exempt" plates and the numbers "91" & "92" respectively in little digits on the bumper, but no other markings. Curious I edged up until I was alongside the back one. Looking over I see a police sargeant (with an armful of gold chevrons on his shoulder) staring back at me. Creeped out I quickly dropped behind him and waited for some unsuspecting vehicle to fly past.

   Thanksgiving was pleasant. Then on Friday I drove down to Mission Viejo where I recovered from the rustic life for a few hours before proceeding down to San Diego to hang out with the delightful Kristy Kristersson.
   On Saturday we (Kristy & I, & her parents) went to the San Diego Zoo, which was excellent as always. I saw some sort of mustelid I thought was really cool but can't remember the name. That evening we ate at this place Fred's in old town, where I had delicious calamari tacos.
   And on Sunday I drove the ten hours back up to Davis. Altogether I spent at least 20 hours driving, which is a pretty traumatizing thought. At least I had a lot of time to think about things ... mostly future prospective LJ entries and/or ideas for ASUCD ;)


Previously on Emosnail
   I still don't know what I'm going to do about the "year ago today" series - I liked it a lot but it was starting to take up too much space on every entry, and that makes the whole lj pretty recursive. Anyway while linking previous AMWEST entries I noticed there was a lot about the simmering drama in ASUCD three years ago...
   Three Years Ago Today: AMWEST 2003 - And several links to aggie which were broken by The Great URL Massacre
   Two Years Ago Last Week: My Impeachment in Retrospect - And I lead the charge against the corruption of the former Elections Committee, as part of the ongoing War on Wrong. Eventually the Schachter Elections Committee was axed and replaced by the Orwellians

   So for reallies this time I'm leaving today. Current plan is to make a five hour dash down to the family cabin in Tweedy, which is near The Grapevine.

   Cabin certainly doesn't have internet so I'll be out of touch with the blogosphere. I think I might be able to make a phone post or so though.. I'm not sure how long I'll be there. But when I come out again, I'll be in OC.

   My carmobile has been acting particularly shoddy lately so I'm a bit skeptical about whether or not it will survive. Which is such sauce because while I am confident I can survive when the car breaks down in Coalinga, I'm planning on bringing the two rats, Leia & Delilah with me. Its much harder to get around without a car in the middle of nowhere with two pet rats, and I don't want them to overheat )=

   And I feel endlessly behind in terms of getting ready to leave here, which is weird because all my entries from around this time from one or two years ago talk about how I can't wait to get out of here at the first moment its feasible.

   In Other News: apparently The Man intends to demolish the wooden structure at Little Big People Park¹. It met regulations when I was on the renovations committee three years ago and I'd imagine it still does, The Man was just itching to get rid of it.. probably figured I'd graduated this June when I was supposed to and He could bulldoze my park with me unawares!
   ¹The wooden structure isn't pictured on Daviswiki, mainly because the geodesic dome outshines it in photogenicity. I was actually at the park the day before yesterday though and have a picture or two I'll put up.

   But basically because I'm trying to finish all this shiznas and leave this livejournal entry is just a bunch of fluff. Everything I wanted to write required some kind of preparation, as decent megeblogtastic posts should, so I just sat down and started writing.



Previously on Emosnail
   Two Years Ago Today: "This Just In - I'm in Hell! - and musings about roommates
   Year Ago Today: Declared Goal # 17 - Get more comments. Which as noted in last entry, I was fairly succeessful at. Also polling indicates 66% of the readers want more tales of debauchery (--would eat words year later!), followed by a 42% demand for megabloggery and theorizing, least interest in underbloggery.