Up in San Jose again for another graduation. Drove up with Jordan and Mom on Wednesday and Brian’s graduation was on Thursday in Emeryville. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I love it up here. If it weren’t so damn expensive to live up here I would move.

I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. Moving out of San Diego. Not cause I don’t like it there, but cause I’d like to get out of town for a bit while I can. I don’t really have anything keeping me in San Diego right now since my job allows me to work from anywhere I have an internet connection. It would be tough for me to move being as though I would miss friends and family, I have a sweet set up living with Jordan and Elvia and I do love it in San Diego. I’ve never lived anywhere other than SoCal and I’d like to see what it’s like elsewhere. You know, get out and see the world so to speak. I think it would be good for me to get into a new “scene” of people, make new friends and all that stuff. I have a lot of friends and with their friends, I know a good amount of people in SD. For me it’s tough to meet people out of this group of people in San Diego, but I feel it will be easier for me in a different town. Especially when you’re the “new kid” in town.

While up here we went to the Lick Observatory which is just East of San Jose. You can see it up on the hill from most of the Bay Area I guess. The drive up there was super cool. Steep hills and windy roads for a good 30-40 minutes. Made me feel like I was driving in the Swiss Alps or something like that. The observatory itself was pretty amazing as it was built in the early 1900′s and has all those little touches that you don’t see in buildings of today. Makes me wonder what people will think in 100 years from now when they look back at the buildings being built today. Will they think they are boring? I think they are. No one really goes into fine detail like they did in the past. I guess the real question is will the buildings still be here in 100 years since most aren’t made as good as they were back in the day.

Tomorrow I fly out of San Jose to Phoenix and then on to Newark, NJ. Tony and I are going out there for some work stuff an we’re staying with some of his family at night and going to New York City during the day. I’ve never been to New York City and I’m really looking forward to it. We’ll have a few hours each day to see a little bit of the city, but not much. I’m cool with that cause it will give me an idea of what to expect for the next time I do go back for an actual vacation and also get me used to how a big subway system works for when we go to Belgium next year for my birthday.

The Kings hockey season starts tonight and it’s about time. I’m ready for some NHL hockey and here’s to the Kings making the playoffs this season. This is the 3rd year of my 5 year prediction that the Kings would win the Stanley Cup. I have a good feeling that I’ll be right. We’ll just have to wait and see now won’t we.