Los Angeles/Long Beach Dreamz

Flew back from my Los Angeles weekend earlier this afternoon.Way into lists lately, so, here's our "Paradise City" list:01. Hiked Huntington Gardens with Arlie and Em and Em's mum.02. Saw a Gutenberg bible there. Heavy. Literally.03. Criss-crossed Pasadena multiple times.04. Breathed in the cool air of the Angeles forest. Big.05. Gazed down upon the sprawl of SoCal.06. Met a Circle Jerk.07. Rang in the New Year with some Flaming Lips.08. Then raced up to Silver Lake to see Chavez's last couple songs09. Ate a big hunk of chicken at Spain.10. Walked downtown Long Beach.11. Spilled the guts to Jared in his big loft.12. "Did business" with Chief at the Program.13. Had a big plate of Wahoo's, got full, wanted to go back.14. Hung with the Evan Rose.15. Had a giant schooner of beer at some hole-in-the-wall bar.16. Went to a Room and Board, and was "lukewarm at best" about it.17. Met like 90 of Arlie's closest friends. Phew.18. Got to know Echo Park some.19. Met a Broadway dancer.20. Missed Gary.21. Thought about Frank Gehry.22. Met a Dan Monick. Minneapolis!23. Got my face thrashed off by Earthless.24. Slept on two different couches, and well.25. Lost my ass at the Bicycle, a couple times. Fuck.Thanks to Rose, Maja, Donny, Chief, Arlie, Jared and other luminaries of Southern California.