Rambling On
in California and then
Los Angeles to Chicago

So, I'm not going back to Caracas. Combination of things, like wanting to see my friends and family, having limited financial resources, and taking the free ticket from South America to Southern California as a sign that I should get back to the MItten.

Southern California has been fun. I stumbled across 50,000 people marching for immigrant rights in downtown San Diego on my way to get a burrito. Mmmm...burrito. Didn't have my camera. I ate some of the best pizza in the world at Abbot's Pizza in Venice. I stayed with old Daily buddy Jane. Jane helped resurrect the Random Student Interview. I went to a lecture on the history of Chinese nationalism at UCLA with Zheng Shiqu from Beijing Normal University. Funny, about 500 yards from the building, while I was looking for the hall, professor Zheng's assistant asked me for directions and we got lost together. Nice chance to practice my Chinese. The Getty Center was well worth it too. And free. Oil money isn't all bad, if it's being spent by J. Paul Getty.

I hope the Midwest isn't too cold. I deposited all of my warm clothes along the cabbage trail to South America.