OP

So a shit load has happened since my last update, none of which has been recorded on here. I totally revamped where I work, now it's SUPER sweet. I'll take pics sometime.

More importantly OP came to visit us...randomly...with no warning! So I've taken the liberty of copying his exact journal entry for you to read (which is somewhat ironic considering OP is probably the only person that reads this). Replace all the words "I" and "me" with "OP" and you should be all set!

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TUESDAY (night)
I'm in Long Beach! I still can't believe how beautiful this place is. Now i understand why there are so many songs about this area. Brenna and Derek (alphabetical, people) live 2 blocks from the fucking pacific ocean! fuck! Brenna, Derek, Sha and I went to In'n'out burger. Then we all went to our respective areas of sleep and slept.

WENDNESDAY
When Brenna got home from work we rode our bikes around looking for a replacement cellphone car-charger for me (no dice). So I have no phone but thats fine. Friends are indispensable.
Then we rode our bikes to a coffee place that looked EXACTLY like SPOT in buffalo on the inside. It was spot on! (sorry, i couldn't help it). Then we went back and i don't remember what we did. something awesome, no doubt. I think this is when Brenna, Derek and I went to a mexican restaurant. Yay mexicans! I thought i didn't like mexican food but thats just cause there aren't any actual mexicans around here.
then sleep.

THURSDAY
Brenna had to work in the afternoon so early on we went to Salvation Army so she could buy clothes for that night, which was an 80's night thing at a hotel dealy. I found 3 awesome t-shirts. I can't believe they were at the salvation army! Aftewords Brenna had to find a post office so we drove down this really busy road, and she went down a side street to turn around but there were no streets to turn left onto! we couldn't figre it out, then finally the road ended at a T and we went left and boom! water. that happened to be Belmont Shore, hence the super-fantastic-expensive houses and boats and stuff. So she found the post office and then we ate at a place called The Crepery. Awesome crepes! everything i ate in Long Beach had the best sauce i'd ever tasted. i dont get it....
Then we went back and Brenna went to work. Ho hum. Derek gets home from work and...i think we went to Von's (grocery store, of which i already had a card from my last California trip but i forgot to bring this time). So we get back and it's time for 80's night! Sasha, Sasha's roommate(Peter?), Derek, Brenna and I all went via bus. I think everyone had a great time, Derek's and my eyes were glued to this girl who was wearing a skirt so short that i believe it only existed in 2 dimensions...nice. After we took a cab to Sasha's apartment we all hung out for a bit and then piled into her bed. yep, all 4 of us(her roommate went to sleep in his room). Brenna and Derek sammich. then sha got cold from lack of blanket, went to the couch, so we left...back to casa del brenna y derek for some more couch sleep.

FRIDAY
Brenna and Derek both took friday off to go camping. Of all the dumb fucking luck i'm by far the dumbest! =D They did this because they wanted to go camping friday night in carlsbad, and thats exactly what we did. it was FUCKING AWSESOME. we camped right near the ocean. I forgot to try some of Brennas fake italian sausage =/ ah well. The guy in the plot next to us brought some beer over randomly, and he was really nice. when i saw him walking towards us i just assumed he'd be long-winded and boring, but he wasn't at all. So now we all have to go to northern california sometime and see the gigantic Redwoods. You can drive through a few of them and he said those weren't even the big ones! shweet! Then we all went into the tent to sleep.

SATURDAY
We woke up...i don't remember what time, took down the tent and set off for San Diego! San Diego Zoo, w00t w00t. actually, correction: San Diego Zoo- w0w, w0w. thats what this bird said to us. so the guy next to us started going 'wow, wow' and everytime the birds head would move, like he was saying 'whats that you say?'. then i said 'wow wow' and it said it back! every time it would respond to me! it wants me! (can you blame it?). there was too much awesomeness at the zoo for this entry, so another time.
After the zoo (thanks for the ticket, Brenna!!!!) we went into San Diego because Derek wanted to take us to a restaurant called 'The Strip Club'... there were no strippers. Derek and I both ordered the Filet Mignon. Tout Bien Ou Rien! [French: Everything (Done) Well Or Nothing Attempted; ie: All or nothing]. So they bring you your drinks, then they bring the sides you've ordered and bring your RAW meat. And you cook your own meat on a grill near the tables! guess how much we cooked it? barely! i like my food still mooing, and so does derek, as it turns out. (if i spend $19 on a single piece of meat i'm not going to cook all of the flavour out of it!). Then we went back to casa del brenna y derek, watched a Stephen Lynch DVD (holy crap that guy is super talented and hilarious!), then sleep.

SUNDAY
I planned on leaving friday but that didn't fly for Brenna and Derek. So then I was going to leave Sunday, but that didn't fly either. We went to eat at...drum roll...
Rosco's Chicken And Waffles!
They put the waffle and the chicken on the same plate! and it's good!
Later that night Derek went to bed after we watched the beginning of some movie i can't remember the name of. Brenna decided to be a little more hardcore and stayed up with me since i was leaving the next 'morning'. We rode our bikes down to the beach. have i mentioned the ocean? "Remember when we saw the ocean? like every day?" -Brenna
We locked our bikes up and walked along near the water and saw these hilarious little birds. they'd chase the waves out, then the waves would chase them back in. Their tiny legs looked like a little circular blur. then we hung out on a closed lifeguard tower for a little bit, except it turned out that it wasn't a litle bit. i don't know how, but somehow when we got back to her apartment it was 3:30am and she had to work super early! sorry Brenna!

MONDAY
Brenna wakes me up early and asks me something, then hugs me goodye. Derek wakes me up a little later and does the same, but i stay awake this time and realize what Brenna was asking me: she made my a brown-bag lunch for my trip home! it wasn't really a lunch though, more like 87 meals in one bag. seriously, there was a ton of food in it. It was so sweet I had to take a picture of it, but i havent gotten them developed yet...
After taking a few pictures of their house and the palm tree in front of it, then unsuccessfully looking for Roscos to take another picture, i set off for the worst place on earth: my hometown. This finally happened around 4PM PST. I only made it as far as SW Utah before i had to stop at a motel. this was only like 9 hours later. wtf!?