Arrival at Steph's

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -800

Today I woke up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus to the airport, flew down to
UCLA and by 1pm was chatting with Steph in her new work digs, the Counseling
Assistance office in the basement of Murphy Hall at UCLA! Thus began the first
day of my six day tour of Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego for
Thanksgiving. Truth be told, LA is a major contrast from Portland--I was
utterly shocked to find people driving 85mph up 405. Steph explained to me that
in LA, 80 on the freeway is slow; driving slowly and passively means that one
never reaches one's destination. And to think, she used to be a laid back
driver...