went climbing again at malibu creek last saturday. no new injuries, but i did manage to bust up my prior week's scab on a different rock outcropping on the same route. yeah, fun to be menacing up a line, concentrating on where my handholds are and where i'm sticking my feet, and having a trail of blood seething down my leg.

i think it's time to invest in some climbing pants.

but the weekend turned out great, for two reasons. first, i ran out of chalk. that's cool because it means i've been climbing enough to go thru my first bag. kind of a coming-of-age deal. i'm sure that concept will be the basis of some full-lenth feature movie soon. or at least an after-school special...

second, i went to my restaurant on sunday nite with 3 good friends. Gordon Biersch in burbank is, indeed, my restaurant. and it will remain as such until i find someplace with better house-brewed beer and prettier waitresses(and expeditors).

which is highly unlikely.

my company is sending me and 4 other co-workers to florida today. heading out to south beach for an internet-only design conference, which should be really cool. i've only been to florida once, and even then it was orlando. this time it's miami. and miami is supposed to be a different breed of the typical slice o' american type towns on the east coast.

in fact, i've been warned. by more than a few people. i can't wait. maybe i'll be able to update this while i'm over there.

at any rate, it's already november, just so you know. i was in best buy (again)(it's a bi-weekly event)(even before i wanted a ps2) on halloween and they were playing christmas music. i almost didn't notice until it was pointed out to me. to which i promptly felt disdain. and was nearly reminded of how sick i was after stepping off batman last week.