stuff i always wanted to do

i visited Fort Bragg, CA a couple of times with C. each time, i pushed for us to stay at this hotel, but he always insisted it was too expensive and we couldn't afford it. it's about a five hour drive up the coast highway, gorgeous scenery the whole way.

i'm thinking i might go up there for two or three nights during my Christmas vacation. something nice to look forward to. get the deluxe room with the fireplace in it, check out some of those seafood restaurants down on the docks, spend an afternoon in the excellent antiquarian bookstore from which i've gotten many of my best finds. take a whale-watching cruise. read a lot. sleep a lot.

it would be my first ever solo vacation without a purpose other than relaxation. a gentle introduction to doing things by myself. you know, when you spend pretty much all your time from the ages of 17 through 30 in a relationship, you never do learn how to do things alone.

hell, yeah. i think i have a plan. i just emailed the hotel to ask about room availability and whether anything around there will even be open during the holidays.

you mean... it was legal before?

Schwarzenegger signs bill barring necrophilia in CA. it's nice to know that in these troubling times, our Governator is concentrating on the really important issues facing the citizens of California, instead of wasting time on silly things like the fact that his repeal of the automobile registration fee hike is forcing cuts to budgets for education, healthcare, and law enforcement.

you know, ordinarily i cringe and squinch up my face when people insist on referring to people or institutions by cutesy nicknames (Ronnie Raygun, Gubmint, etc.), but for some reason, i just think 'governator' is the funniest damn thing ever.