1.) NOVEMBER 2005. Said goodbye to cousins aunts uncles parents brothers all weekend long. it would be ideal if we all lived in the same zipcode but i can't do that. the silicon valley is eating me alive. my pop, his personality is engineering. For him the silicon valley is his niche, the place he's called home for 35 years. My frame of mind is entertainments- movies books music- l.a. that's why i'm here. in the old days ponytailed lemonfaced characters from china came to the golden mountain to work on the railroad and bring treasure back to the motherland. is history repeating herself? the worst part about living in l.a. ain't the traffic smog or fake people, it's being away from family. when i fatten up my checking account maybe i'll go back. ..The first day of work back from vacation was not gentle on my ulcers. the moment i turn my back is when i find a knife in it.

2.) With the demise of Halloween and the clearing of pumpkin patches, the city is clearing way for turkeys and christmas trees. At the fairfax Grove the lawn area is fenced off as men in yellow hard hats prop this years soaring redwood in the middle of the square. Friday night Margaret Cho made a quick appearance, blasting Hollywood for keeping Asians boxed into stereotypes in television programs and movies. Cho confessed that yellowface roles were better than absolute invisibility. Before that Gore Vidal dropped into Dutton's in Beverly Hills to plug his new book. the dude sitting in front of me had a huge f#cking fro....and Western university's homecoming game. Eagle Rock is a trip down memory lane: that's where i had lunch; i left that doorway every afternoon at 3:30; that's where i got hammered and passed out during Sex on the Beach.