dive into the pit

first off, i must apologize to any of you who hold the city close to your heart...i do not...and i dont know why you would...

Brenna and i are leaving tonight to drive to LA for the holiday weekend. i guess i really dont have anything bad to say about the city past the horrible smog, absurd traffic volume, seeming omnipresence of gang members, decrepit public school system, most of the celebrities we all love to hate live there, and...oh yeah...Arnold is the govenator...! i'm excited...

no, really...i am. i have never meet Brenna's older sister (or brother in law) so i am excited to meet them. i also have some family down there that we are going to meet up with. family is what makes the holidays anyway. why is it that all that matters about the holidays when your young is the stuff you get? but then, when you get older, it's all about the time you spend with people? the latter is so much more fulfilling...American's should try teaching their children this at a younger age. and i digress. we are driving through the night so we can spend all of thanksgiving day with her sister and brother in law...then some fun with my cousins, aunts and uncles on friday and saturday followed by a poker party on saturday night. then drive back on sunday and start a whole fun week of "why didnt i take a vacation on my vacation?"