I’m going back to Cali… Yeah, I do think so! My last 2 posts were kind of sad, so here’s a happy one:
“Open invite to surf by beach spot for 6 weeks from june 12th till mid/late july.  Must watch Webber though.  Trying to find someone.”

Ummmmm….  6 weeks, with a 1.5 week notice. Wait,  I’m already packed up!  I had cleared out everything (‘cept maybe a few extension cords and such) from Craig’s place.  All my stuff’s in my car and in Ceci’s garage, since it was already boxed up.  I had been thinking of settling down in Austin… I finally found a city I really love.  I’d have to think about it.

Webber is an awesome dog!  I’ve partied with Webber in Carlsbad, Austin, and New Orleans.  Yes, this dog travels more than you do

I got that text  just after I’ve retrieved the 65 Gallons of spring water from Canton, and made it to my new couch, which I knew nothing about.  I was staying up with Grace, and as we’re talking, I get a text from my buddy and former couch, Jason Moffatt.  I smiled, as I was just talking about how random my life can be…. and then I got an offer to go to La Jolla.

I really did have some stuff to think about, but it didn’t take much thinking.

Let’s see– everyone dreams of living on the beach (I used to live in South Beach, and then in 2005-2006 I had an amazing place on the 15th floor of this high rise on the beach.  Take the elevator downstairs, and you’re on the beach…. Or the pool.  Your choice.), and it is pretty sweet.

I like jogging on the beach.

I said last year “I should find someone to couchsurf with that lives on the beach, so I can learn to surf… should take about a month.” — and then I’m just handed a house on the beach, already equipped with Surfboards, guitars, and wifi… hmmmm…. sounds like a perfect place to work on my book too!

What else?  Oh yeah… I love Austin, but it gets to be 110 degrees here in Summer. Craig said we can take the company boat out on the lake, and I’m sure that will be a blast… but… I like the notion of jumping out of bed, and going surfing to cool down.

According to David Wolfe’s latest, grounding is super-important, and you get instantly grounded when you enter the ocean.

Then you got the fact that Katie Perry just made this song to remind me of how awesome California Girls are (I did see the Beach Boys live one year for my birthday).  After a very recent heart break, having a place to clear my head will be good.  Maybe meet a California girl.  I hear the awesome Couch #2 is recently single, and in LA.

I have a bunch of awesome friends in that area…. many I’ve met, many I haven’t. Many great people that I’ve wanted to meet live out there in La Jolla and San Diego.  So, socially, and business-wise, this should also be great.  It’s a funny split of people… some are professional hoolahoopers, some are knife jugglers, many I’ve met and hung out with at Burning Man, then there’s a bunch from the internet marketing world.

I hear that La Jolla has the best weather in the USA.  Period.

Oh, and I’ve been really wanting to have a dog!  I keep thinking it’d be irresponsible, since I’m always on the move, and I don’t want one of those bitchy-ass purse-dogs. I’m a big-dog person.  Webber is frigging awesome! He plays fetch, he runs, he even goes on river-tubing aventures!  You can see Webber having a blast on our river trip here:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=420920448082

So… now I get a dog for 6 weeks plus.  A dog that can keep up with my running, and I can give a hug to if I’m feeling down (although, since I’m never touching a pro-hormone again, I doubt I’ll be down ever again :p ).

I promised I’m not throwing any parties… so don’t get your hopes up.  But I am allowed to have some company.  The current place I’m at is far from anyone I know and not one person’s visited me here.  That’s why I’ve been hanging out at other people’s houses often.

I’ll have a nice tan.  I’ll run on the beach. Maybe I’ll learn to meditate…. I hear the beach is a great place for that.  I’ll clear my head.  I’ll work on my book some more.  I’ll learn to surf.  I’ll get to explore life in a new city.  I have a feeling that I’m going to come out of this lean, tan, and with a perma-smile.

So… what happens after Jason comes back?  Well… he may want to go on another trip, since he’s busy falling in love with this girl.  If I want to stay in the area, I already have couch invitations— some of which are also on the beach, and have surfboards (and kayaks).  I may want to go explore elsewhere… or depending on how much I’ve dented my credit card bills, maybe I’ll finally do that international thing I’ve been wanting to do. Who knows?!  It’s all at least 7 weeks from now, which in Ori time is like 18 years!

The future is wide open, and there’s a lot to be happy about.

Little known fact– I used to live in California back in 2007.  I was studying 3d animation in Burbank. I’d spend all my free time in Santa Monica and Venice Beach.  I liked the sun.  I liked the street performers.  I liked the California girls.  Unlike Florida, I always wondered why no one was going into the water… but La Jolla is further south, and I’ll have wetsuit to go with the surfboards.

http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/search/query/cali/ <— I can’t decide which song to play for this blog post, so here’s a bunch.  The obvious one:

Here’s an awesome one I really like – West Coast by Coconut Records…. it’s even a little bit of a tribute to the girly that recently had my heart.