Live from LAX....(pre-recorded)

All is well I must say with the new job.

I just finished up my first week on the road, and I have to say it went pretty well (minus a lost banner and a slight rental car vs. hotel parking lot concrete pole incident) I spent four days in San Diego and another two in LA. San Diego is quite the place. Not only does it have practically perfect weather, it’s also absolutely gorgeous. The Mexican food is delicious and the beaches are really nice.

To say the least, I enjoyed my time down there. I left SF as a little white girl…now I almost look half Filipino (if you squint a bit and turn your head to an angle.) I love the tan lines…they’re so becoming. I love talking with students and the advisors in the Study Abroad office. It’s so fun getting to know new people and sharing the experience of going abroad.

My last night there, I had the chance to meet up with one of my hometown friends who I’ve known since we were just wee. It’s always good to catch up. We ate some tasty Mexican food and topped it off with some delicious Coronas.

After I finished my school visits (which FYI, came out quite successful…if I do say so myself) I headed up to LA..making great time considering the stereotypical LA traffic. I stopped in Huntington Beach to visit another friend, my roommate in Japan actually. We hadn’t seen each other since I left in May 2007. It was so fun seeing her again and reliving all those crazy Japanese moments.

After two very busy days in LA, I’m now headed back home to my big bed and my washer and dryer. I have two days off before I hit the road again. Ahhh….the travel life.

I do have to say, I had a random meeting with the Ex-Goevenor of California. I was in LAX, waiting for my flight…catching up on expense reports, PerezHilton and watching a little youtube in between. An older man sits next to me, watches what I’m doing and proceeds to ask me the ins and outs of youtube. What I watch, how I watch it and how it gets on there in the first place. I look around…cause to be honest, its bit odd. A few people are kind of glaring…smiling…laughing you may call it. I think they’re just chuckling at the situation.

Then the man goes, “Type in Jerry Brown…lets see what we can come up with” So, of course I do, proclaiming at the same time that it’s probably going to get a lot of videos…the name’s common. We scroll down a bit, and he’s like…”hey, that’s me.” I think he’s joking…until we start watching it and turns out Jerry Brown is the Ex-Governor and the current Mayor of Oakland. Who knew?!? Apparently everyone but me…because after Jerry boarded the plane, a lady sitting next to us leaned over and gave me the lowdown.

Anyways, he was totally bummed because first of all Obama has his own youtube channel and secondly none of his videos were getting very many hits. I believe he used the term “pathetic”

For what it’s worth, I also tried to explain to him what SNL is and why some lady named Tina Fey (pretending to be Sarah Palin) was getting so many hits.

I don’t think he ever caught on.