Sad to leave California. It's nice to be somewhere familiar. It's not exactly "Cheers," where everyone knows your name, but I feel like I know my way around to an extent and understand where people are coming from. I find LA a fascinating city: there's so much about it I like and dislike at the same time, and it's never dull.

I've bought a guidebook to South America (I don't know how much use it will be given that it's trying to pack an entire continent into one book) and I'm off to Brazil this afternoon!

No more free internet access, so no more long and boring blog entries...