So I dropped off Hil and Bri at the airport this morning (so they could rent a car to drive to Disneyworld); spending the weekend with them was superb. Judging by the massive sunburn on my back it kinda feels like I took a vacation with them. 🙂
For the record, we were rear-ended at a crosswalk on the way to the beach Saturday. Thankfully no-one was hurt, save my poor little Altima (which sustained major injuries to the rear bumper). This being the first accident I’ve been in where I actually owned the car, I’m learning a few things. Like (a) it would be handy to have a cell phone when you’re in an accident. Makes calling the cops easier. (b) Call the cops. Even though it didn’t seem to matter this time around, it’s a Really Good Idea, as my insurance agent pointed out to me. (c) Get the names and addresses & phone numbers of all witnesses. I got the name and phone # of the driver, but forgot to ask for the full contact info of the passenger. Worked out okay in the end, since I ended up calling the guy who hit me anyhow to ask him to confirm his insurance company (d) Be sure to ask for a rental car! If you don’t, they’re not going to offer you one, but you are entitled to it. So yeah. Now I’ve just got to find a State Farm authorized repair center, which according to the State Farm rep I spoke to should guarantee that I’ll get genuine Nissan “recycled parts”.
But I wasn’t about to let that ruin our day, so we ended up going to the beach after all. 🙂 For the weekend, we made it out to Myakka State Park, St. Armand’s Circle, Lido Key, Ken Thompson Park, Old Salty Dog, drove up Lido and Longboat keys, watched the sun set and saw the drum circle/fire dancers at Siesta Key, went to a housewarming party at Cam and Melissa’s new place (across the hall from their old), and got charred to a crisp while looking for shark’s teeth at the beach in Venice. Good times, good times 🙂
I’ve made progress on the San Antonio pics, but they’re not quite ready to post and it’s way past my bedtime, so it looks like they’ll have to wait a little bit longer. :/ Sleep tight!

Just a quick post to let you know I made it back to Sarasota alive and well. The trip went well — I intend to get a post up about it in the next few days (I’ve got tons of pics!), but for the time being I’ve got guests in town. Tomorrow afternoon I’m meeting Hilary and Brian in Tampa. They just graduated from UVic, so they’ve come down to Florida to celebrate — and they’re stopping by my place. How cool is that?
Tonight I played Ultimate for the first time in 2.5 weeks (normally I play 3x/week) — and god was I ever a ton of bricks out there on the field. Got a couple good throws though, and we won, too (how about ‘dem apples?)
Anyhow tomorrow morning I shall be scrambling to make my hovel of an apartment presentable; it’s been a while since I last had anyone over. Now more than ever I’m noting how small my place is. Feels like I’m constantly without a place for things. Some of it’s easily fixable (e.g. buying more hangers for the closet); some of it not so much (finding a spot for the dinner table). Think I’ll be changing apartments come this June.
Hope you’ve had a good day!

Hey folks,
Just a quick update from a Kinkos copy center — my boss stopped by, and I discovered they had internet access, so I ran and got my laptop! As you may have guessed I didn’t get back last Friday as I thought I would in my last entry; here’s a short note I wrote up for the blog in my hotel the other night, in the event I got an internet connection. If I don’t get a chance to write again before I get back (this coming Wednesday) — there’s no internet where I’m working — take care and we’ll talk soon. 🙂

3/26/2004 - 11:00pm.
Dear krishenblog
I'm not sure when I'm going to get a chance to post this, but here goes... I'm sitting in my hotel room in San Antonio, typing this on a 15" Powerbook loaned to me from work. I just got back from a wonderful seafood dinner. Blackened halibut with a "diablo" sauce (shrimp, crabtail meat) on "dirty" (read: spicy) rice with veggies. I gotta say, I feel totally spoiled. I don't think I've ever worked anywhere with this nice a meal policy. Much better than my meals while I'm on my own. :D
Although with just over a million people San Antonio is a real mix of things, Mexican culture overwhelmingly permeates day-to-day life; even the sushi restaurant I went to a few days ago had a "Jalepeño" roll. According to the tourist mag in the hotel lobby, there are over 800 mexican restaurants available to choose from. Una çervesa por favor?
San Antonio is a military town: there are four military bases within a short drive from the city; at the Spurs basketball game I went to last weekend, there were well over a dozen yellow schoolbuses of soldiers who had made the drive out to see the game. It's also highly religious; the restaurant beside the hotel has a big billboard on the bottom of it's 120 ft high green neon signpost which reads: "Closed Sundays For Worship". Temperature has been hovering between 70-80 F on a daily basis -- perfect. It's only rained once so far, yeah!
Just an aside here: it's been really odd not having internet access of any kind for the past week. I bet my inbox is getting close over-full. With luck I'll get a chance to check it soon.
I'm back in Sarasota on Wed the 31st -- just in time to pay rent! We'll see; the trip has already been extended once. So far work has had a couple of hiccups but has otherwise it has been a productive experience.
Well that's it for me tonight -- hopefully I'll get a chance to post this soon. Take care everyone!
See ya,
Krishen