I've just come from the land of the sun for a war that must be won in the name of truth

I was supposed to have gone wandering downtown L.A. and its environs and meet up with Becca and others in person (I had a swap with her but did not receive from her so technically she is my only non-shafting swap partner). On the same day scheduled, I had committed to a seminar, which had to take precedence since it's work-related and all this crap isn't going to buy itself.


Huh? Huh? How exciting is that? That there is a PowerPoint presentation on forensic accounting, but that was only one hour out of eight, EIGHT hours they wanted me to spend in a hotel ballroom reviewing topics that were just as edge-of-your-seat exciting.

I left early because I just couldn't take it anymore. My former boss and I sat at the back of the room and we spent most of the time gabbing away like little girls at a slumber party. We've always gotten along like a house on fire, despite our other differences, and we hadn't had a chance to talk in quite a long time so that was interesting. I reckon I could have hustled out of there and been in time for the second meet at 4:30 but just thinking about it was too draining so instead, I went to see Ann since she lives about ten minutes from where I was and we had fun playing dollies on our own.


Saltine, the most boring doll in the world, sacrificed her scalp that new Ebony may live. We salute your sacrifice, Saltine.