Eh, but then again, CA is our home away from home. If we had the means, we'd move back there in a heartbeat.

Speaking of heartbeats, I want to recommend ~Mentacle's latest Mosaic, Double-O. First time my heart skipped a beat on a reveal in a Mosaic. Genius.

A quick run down of our trip to California:

Day 1: Arrived in CA, found our hotel, promptly passed out for the rest of the afternoon, woke up long enough to order in some pizza, then passed out again (The roomies hadn't had sleep since the previous day while I squeaked in a few hours of sleep before we were out the door at 4 am to get to the airport)

Day 2: San Diego Zoo

Day 3: Miramar Air Show

Day 4: SeaWorld

Day 5 & 6: Orange County, met up with friends, talked, ate, had fun.

Day 7: "Visited" two more states on our way home (layover in NM, connecting flight in TX). Picked up the pets, came home, passed out.

I have plenty of photos to go through and share, my favorites being the once-in-a-lifetime jet performances at the air show. We hadn't even been aware of the show when we planned the trip. On Day 2 we happened to be coming out of a Best Buy and heard the sound.....and then a Blue Angel flew overhead. They were practicing that day and so when we saw a billboard advertising the air show we put two and two together and dedicated our "free day" to attending. We missed much of the morning lineup but we settled into a decent viewing spot when the jets were up. Seeing the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F-22 Raptor in person was just absolutely awe-inspiring...plus anyone who has read Renewal can understand why I was geeking out. XD (From the back of my headspace I heard a voice say, "TC want big boom." )

And of course, the quoting of, "IT'S STARSCREAM!!" upon seeing the F-22 listed in the program. OHMYSCRAP THAT JET IS AWESOME. Seeing more of its capabilities than were ever displayed in the Transformers movie, yeah, that is SO a Starscream type of jet. What a showoff!

Bonus for that being the best birthday I've ever had. The memory of my rib cage rattling as the F-22 screamed by will stay with me for a while.

So, I have a few dozen photos to go through... has several hundred, much better ones. So stay tuned!





10k kiriban progress!

- 2k7 Optimus+Elita-1 fic - 1% (plotting stage)

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