The fact that life has no meaning *is* the reason to live.

Neil Gaiman's doing something pretty cool with his most recent book, The Graveyard Book. He's on a 9-city tour, reading out loud one chapter per city, and a video of each is going up on Mouse Circus. He's in SF yesterday and today, and I'm heading over soon. It's at the Kabuki (and has indeed, unsurprisingly, sold out), which is awesome by itself, but it also means I can just walk over there. :) Tickets were only $28 and include a signed hardback copy of the book.

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My trip went really well. No mechanical issues, and aside from one really wet and foggy stretch near Mt St Helens, the weather was wonderful. I think I've fallen in love with roadtripping... (*calculates when I'll have enough vacation time to do another one*)

Seeing the world at that level just emphasizes for me the interconnectedness of everything.

I've had my bike 20 months, and I've ridden it 20K miles. :)

The time in Seattle was fun, too. It was so good to see lalabob11 and jaberwockynmt and we explored the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (which was really cool), amongst other things.

This is where I'll be next week.

The green markers are overnight stops. Leaving Sunday - 3 days up, 1 day in Seattle, 3 days back. I'd accrued a week of vacation time at work so I thought I'd use it. I have an aunt and uncle in McMinnville and I'll be staying with lalabob11 and jaberwockynmt in Seattle. Yay! I'm excited. I wont be bringing my laptop, so I wont be online hardly at all, though I will be twittering.

serafinak.com and serafinakernberger.com now redirect to my LJ.

:)

(though I have something else planned)

• 00:25 ok, i'm officially a huge fan of True Blood. this show is great. #

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"Worst-case scenario, picking the baby’s name will probably come down to whether or not the URL of its proposed name is still available."
— Father-to-be, at brunch in North Beach

via Only In San Francisco

• 17:22 srsly enjoying @bmwt 's music library #

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• 22:00 i have to say, i'm definitely a fan of the genius playlists #
• 23:06 but it seems to stick to the mainstream artists, which is unfortunate, but understandable (at this early point in its development, at least) #

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• 16:53 Burn After Reading is amazing, btw #
• 17:28 OH: I always wondered what it would be like to be a hippie. So when I was 70, I let my hair grow to see if it made a difference. It didn't. #

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• 12:42 this has been the most ridiculous morning evar #

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• 12:39 i have a few dropbox invites (getdropbox.com)... if you want one, @ me your email #
• 12:47 @andrusjohna I did! thanks! #
• 16:56 Aw, dropbox is out of beta now. that takes the wind out of my invite-offering sails, but at least it's open to everyone! #

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A car thief was running from police, "jumped over a 3-foot wall at the end of Alta Street and plunged the equivalent of 20 stories. He was pronounced dead at the scene."

Only in San Francisco.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/11/BAOD12S9S2.DTL

This is all I'm going to post about 9/11:

This is on my long term to-do list:

http://www.motorbiketours.co.nz/

Maybe since I have to be at least 25, I could do that for my 25th bday. 2011 (or 2012 since riding season's December to March), cant wait! ;)

• 10:22 there's a new mitch hedberg cd out?!?! i thought this day would never come #
• 10:28 @MisterGlass just released today: "Do You Believe in Gosh?" - I'm downloading it off Amazon now. #
• 17:55 M od book _ ft W Or not ? #
• 20:16 mitch refers to both new mexico and motorcycles. hell yes. #

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