IN praise of the stick and brick

Well, I can say this for having a permanent house... It is admittedly very comforting knowing you are under a solid roof when you are laid up in bed sick.
I am home... here in my own solid stone house.
I stagger around but the walls and the solid ground are comforting to someone ailing... It's not a bad thing that got me... It's just a nuisance, however, having the gout flare up on you is never fun.
I can imagine what a comfort it is when one is stricken with an even more debilitating illness.

Stay warm everyone, and stay healthy. (I'm on a light diet to remove the gout on my leg)

Cheers!

A time for Family

Greetings from the teeming streets of Los Angeles!
Boy it is good to be here again, I have to say.
For a week now, I have been visiting with relatives, sharing meals and stories with all... Nothing fancy. Just hanging out, telling tales and sharing fine meals... Simple but wonderful moments.
This is what I want out of my life. To have time for people that I love and cherish.
These are good times... good times.

Member for only one hour

I was a member of Linkedin for only one hour.
I am a very private person and I just hated how this service just spammed me relentlessly. I signed up earlier today and man... the e-mail spams just came in torrents. I shut it down real quick and apologized to everyone whom I unsuspectingly spammed along the way... This is too much networking for me.
I'll use good old fashioned e-mail and handshakes, thank you.
At some point, there's just too much social networking sites you can get on before it overwhelms your life. That one hour with Linkedin was the limit. I am done with these things!
I removed myself and enjoyed peace once again.
Twitter and Facebook are enough, man...
That's my limit.
Too bad for the newer ones. they're just way too aggressive in their "recruiting techniques" now... Bleh. It turns me off... Made me look like a relentless spammer in front of my friends.
I regret it and I publicly apologize for anyone affected by this.

So now... back to normal for me... hopefully.

Back in the world of the frenetic struggle

I am currently in Los Angeles, the busiest city on earth!
Here, I walk the streets with executives and hobos alike... many people from all walks of life.
There are some who are amazed when I say I live in a converted van. Well, when I look around me it sure beats wandering the streets pushing a grocery cart full of stuff... am I lucky to have this life.

Not a vacation by any stretch.
I am simply living and working in a new city, that's all.
I work when I have time to do so and visit as often as I can, as most relatives as I could manage.

The adventure continues. :)
To date, LA has not disappointed. As soon as I landed, I was treated to a Mediterranian grill, had some awesome beef bowl at Yoshinoya and wonderful dinner tonight at Kowloon. Can't wait to hit the Korean BBQ!

Farewell to Great White... for now.

I am writing this in my cousin's Los Angeles office. Living the mobile life and working on my laptop, I took over a little cubby hole here to call my own till I move on.
I left Great White, my little home, back in Texas. I will miss you, my trusty friend!
I gave my home a fluid check and an oil change... also got all the tires inflated properly so that they won't deflate too much... I will miss my own bed!
It's parked in my brother's neighborhood safe but idle... He will be starting the motor and running it around every now and then.
So here I am on the road again! Traveling really light and on to other adventures!

My little nest

Happy New Year!
It has become a routine now...
Every night I go into my little house... the little nest. Like a bird, I look around making sure I was unseen and quicker than a moment, I poke into my hole and into the little lair. It's cosy in here. I am having a good time at this. It is a test of humility for sure, but with each day that passes, I am beginning to leave the regular world of the rat race, pride and the lust for material things.
It is liberating... and peaceful.
I am happy.