You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
-Naguib Mahfouz

yesssss....it's almost the weekend..and 16 days til costa rica..can't wait..i'm so in need of a vacation right now..just want to relax and not think of anything anymore..or at least for the 8 days that i'll be off..

it's funny..over the weekend me & lou went househunting..yet again..but this time both of our parentals came along!!..this is just the 2nd time that they've hung out w/ one another..and i'm glad they get along and stuff..but dude, haha shopping for houses with them...so funny..forget having one parent critique something..now we've got 4 different voices to hear from, 4 voices to tell us what to do and look for...hehe..i don't mind though..i'm grateful that they came out and were able to do this with us..just still weird to know that they went out helping us look for a house..ha!

i can say though, that my parents and lou's parents are sooooo the opposite..at least i think so..my dad is so fobby and corny..hehe..but in a cool way of course=P..his dad, soooo liberal and open-minded...my mom has somehow regressed from her business suit, power driven woman attitude..to.."i just want to live a simple life now"..lou's mom? the oh so hip and trendy mom..that's why i think it's always a trip to see them interact with each other..

somehow, despite their differences..they are still alike..and they do get along=)..which i'm very happy about.

so anyways, i've been in the field a lot this week...driving the streets of downtown l.a....and everytime i do, my imagination goes on its own..thinking how it was to live back in the day..when there were no signals..it was just police officers managing traffic for those old school t-model cars (is that right?)..the cool architectured buildings...with laundry lines hanging from the balcony and you could scream across to your neighbor in the next building..where the ladies had the curled up hair and hats with little veils over their faces with polka dot dresses and white gloves..

heheh okay overboard i know..but yah..that's what i keep thinking of..and then i see the downtown of now...the pretty buildings are now rundown w/ broken glass and boarded up doors..there are so many cars on the road these days it's insane..people aren't wearing polka dotted dresses and white gloves..more like ripped up clothes with shoes that are 2 sizes too big/small to wear..forget yelling at your neighbors from across the way..the people i see these days are just screaming like they're on crack..it's sad you know? so instead of feeling sad for how things are now..i dig into my imaginary mind and picture my version of a beautiful downtown..i'm sure one of these days it'll be nice again..but that'll be awhile...i always wonder though why our downtown seems the dirtiest out of a lot of other downtowns i've been to..

yay vegas for johnjohn this weekend..=)