What's your dream?

Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' - this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin'.

Mr. Smith may have gone to Washington, but all the cool kids are coming to Califorina.

Chris guest stars in this episode (that's obviously why there was a picture of him before).

(This is Chris in his native environs - he's a team member)

Attempting to trick him into coming back someday we rolled out the red carpet for him: long walks on the beach,

taking him to get a Greasy Weiner,

and romantic views of Los Angeles.

Yes, he flew all the way here and we make him eat out of a truck. But the highlight for him was probably the adventure he had in Beverly Hills.

Not the kind of guy who is impressed by fashion or gaudy bling, you wouldn't expect him to enjoy this particular part of the world. What made this so memorable was the opportunity to get up close and personal with a Bugatti. Not just any Bugatti, but Bijan's Bugatti (price tag: THREE MILLION DOLLARS).

Sadly I didn't get a picture of him licking the tail light (I did say up close and personal, didn't I?).

In summation, to keep an 18 year old boy happy: feed him, take him to see things he finds interesting, and it doesn't hurt to let him have control over what to watch on netflix.

Fantastic news!!!

Yes, the last post was an April Fools joke.  I wanted to post this yesterday but it didn't seem right to post actual news when people might think it was a joke.

ANYWAY, after much hand ringing, frustration and loss of all hope, ANDREA WILL BE GRADUATING FROM ARIZONA STATE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER!!!!!

I will try to cut down the epic tale so I can impress upon you a little bit of how ridiculous this whole process was.  We were basically sure she would need ONE class after this semester because she's taken some on-line classes while working full-time.  The thing that was so aggravating was that if some bureaucratic non-sense could be taken care of her co-op would fulfill the requirements of this last lonely class she needed.  That, of course, would be IF the bureaucracy could be taken care of. 

:'(

But it looks it will all work out, so that's good.

This is pretty sweet news and in grand Arizona State fashion came a mere TWO DAYS before the deadline to file for graduation (oh ASU, you silly devil).

Potentially the craziest job interview ever!

Thanks to facebook a friend of mine, Ubing Pay, I met while on my church mission to the Philippines recently contacted me about an acquittance of his who works for the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI).  Sometimes I think about the billions of people in the world and am amazed when just the right ones meet each other.  About a week ago Ubing messaged me about how some of the people working on a nuclear power plant in the Philippines were on loan from a Japanese firm but were being summoned back to Japan to help out with all the problems their having as a result of the tsunami-earthquake.  The holes left by the Japanese workers now can be filled by some qualified, but less experienced workers, like Ubing.

With the job force as it is in the Philippines, this is quite a break for Ubing.  As an added bonus Ubing was able to get me a job interview too!  I don't think I'm really qualified but they are flying Andrea and I out for the interview - IN THE PHILIPPINES!!!!  Yup, the stars were all aligned for this one - PNRI flies a lot of different specialists in and out of the Philippines on Philippine Airline (PAL) so as a little kick back the Airline gives PNRI reduced fares - and since PAL has 12 hour (!) non-stop flights to LAX - AND WE LIVE IN LOS ANGELES - everything worked out just right!!!!

Like I said, I don't think I'm qualified and I informed Ubing of this, but as I understand it his acquaintance was able to pull some strings and this is more of a favor than a real interview.

Bottom line - Andrea and I are being flown out to the 'pines for a vacation!

I can taste the mangoes now :)