From a galaxy far, far away...

So two weekends ago my "virtual" friend, creative collaborator, and fellow geek Damien and his mum came from Bath, England, to visit us, take a tour of Hollywoodland and the surrounding areas of insigificance, and a coach tour of the Western World (ending at the Star Trek Experience in Vegas). Since it's old news I won't go into detail, but it SURE WAS FUN!

Damien and I have been friends for over a year, chatting and emailing and sharing our stories and his excellent machinima videos without ever having met in person. Damien reads Finny's blog here, and his mum has given some sage advice in trying times, like tips on getting him to fall asleep on demand. Damien is one of those rare mature gems of a young man, university age, so refreshing compared to the ballsy arrogance of our typical American young adults. (I will comment here that I believe geekdom plays a strong part in that, as geeks maybe weird and smelly but we're not usually obnoxious barfing drunkards.) Needless to say, I've always sort of felt a strong kinship with Damien, however strange that may sound.

So......... here's a photo recap of our adventure.

Damien gets the motherlode and Mum has a tiny creme brulet.


This is all of us at dinner:
Damien, Jason, Johnny, Me, Lisa, Ricky
"Mum" Marilyn is taking the picture.

It's all about Hollywood, baby!
Actually in all my life, that's the closest I've ever been to the Hollywood sign.
It still looks far away though.
And Fin was enjoying some time out of the carseat :)
The big monkey is my husband - JUST KIDDING!