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5.0 in Torrance. That was exciting.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci10410337.html

Eep! What happened to KMZT? 105.1 seems to be playing country and western now.

I found KMZT's AM presence, but that doesn't work too well while I'm driving, I keep losing the signal. Does anyone know a good backup plan?

There is something to be said for someplace where it's sunny and 70 degrees in the middle of February. Also something to be said for someplace where the sun is still reasonably high in the sky this time of day, this time of year.

Dear 405 Commuters,

When I mused aloud that given the way people drive around here, it's a miracle there aren't more car accidents, that was meant to be RHETORICAL. I was certainly not intending that you lot should take it as a challenge.

Love,

Me.

I'm super sleepy today. I was awakened in the middle of the night by what could only have been a high-speed chase on the 405.

Somewhat amusingly, I've had the song "Chasing Cars" stuck in my head since I got up this morning. That part is starting to get a bit old.

So they've been digging up our street to put in new pipes for a couple of weeks now. Among other things, this means parking is an ever-changing challenge. (Which was TRULY entertaining yesterday, as my car was in for service and I kept the loaner overnight. They gave me the most BORING silver sedan I have ever had the displeasure of driving, which always leads to the "Where did I park? Wait, WHAT did I park?" line of questioning. But I digress.)

So last Friday we found a "temporary water shut-off notice" stuck in our mail slot. (Said mail slot, BTW, has been disused for years and is partially occluded by a ficus tree. I don't know what the hell they were thinking. Has the DWP not discovered doorknob hangers?) Saying that the water would be shut off from 8 AM to 3 PM on the 11th, which was obviously yesterday.

I didn't stick around much past 8 yesterday, but the water was still running when I left, and stuartc says it was still working when he left at 9.

It's now 7:40 on the 12th, and there are digging sounds practically outside our front door. I've got a bad feeling about this.

Oh, and there are several NEW "no parking" signs up, something about tree trimming. Who the hell coordinates these things?!

Dear Boston,

We found your rain. Please come take it back. It misses you.

Love,

LA

Pursuant to my post from this morning, about today being the second anniversary of our first coming to LA...

(1) At some point, probably soon, I will have been in LA for longer than I was in Dundee. I would probably get really sad about this, except that 2004 was so screwed up that it's going to be impossible to tell exactly when this happens.

(2) I am having ever-more-frequent flashes of being really happy to be here. I hope that trend continues, to the point where I'm happy to be here pretty much all the time. (There have certainly been times when that has not been the case, and I apologise if I've taken that out on any of my friends here.)

(3) It's still really weird here. It's occasionally also really weird being here.

(4) However, a steady supply of good Mexican food makes up for a lot.

(5) I need an LA icon.

I went out to get lunch about an hour ago. In jeans and a t-shirt. It was quite pleasant out.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to this place... or if I'll ever be able to go back to anywhere that actually gets cold once I do.