Western Revitalization
April 13th, 2008I was in Los Angeles all weekend and that is why I did not post from the 11th through about an hour ago. I arrived in LAX, drove out to West Hollywood with a friend, then spent the rest of the weekend with a friend and Friend’s friends. I won’t be listing the itinerary, but I will say that I had a great time. As a plus, the week or so leading up to this weekend have been amusing in conversation with my friends here at home. People would ask, “Would you like to go out this/next weekend, Greg?” and I would say, “I would, but I am going to be in California for that/the/this weekend.” They would ask why, and I would have to explain that I was going to be attending a “Bacon Party” and then enjoying Los Angeles. Truthfully, I have wanted to just hit the road for a week or weekend for a while now, as I have been working very hard since last February, so when an invitation was extended I took it, and relaxation greeted me on the West Coast. Met some hilarious, intelligent and fun-loving people, had great conversations about history, politics, the human brain and the art of directing, and even got some good reading done late at night and on the plane to-and-from. The trip was revitalizing because it was beautiful in LA (”You brought the first fully-warm day of the year, Greg!”) and because it was a pleasure (I happen to love being around people) and because someone said something to me that was, perhaps, the final thing I needed to hear to re-ignite my love affair with the ambition to strive toward electoral politics at the highest of levels (”She attacked your dreams, Gregory”). I have a lot of work to do this week, but I feel refreshed by this adventure and will be taking more trips to more places soon enough.