Last night was an impromptu ex-HKNer meetup for dinner at Rock Bottom near UCSD, after which a few of us watched Zombieland. Verdict: best video-game movie ever made. Since I had only a short, 130mi drive today, I took it easy, getting up late, and getting lunch before heading up to LA. Alex and I got carne asada burritos at El Cotixan:
Alex is unsure how to deal with his log of steak and guac.
The burritos were basically carne asada tacos, writ large. Needless to say, they were awesome. After lunch (and another quick soda to fight off the intense food coma, I hit the road for LA around 230. Surprisingly, traffic wasn't horrifying - I neatly split the Google predictions and took about 3 hours to get there. The 40ish mph average had a high variance, though - traffic would come to a standstill at freeway interchanges, and then zoom up to 90 immediately afterwards. Ah, LA.
After getting to LA, I unloaded my stuff at Shiru's place and sat around for a bit. We then went out and promptly sat in traffic on 405 trying to get to USC, where we and my brother Omar couldn't figure out a place to meet. Eventually he found us, and we headed over to Caioti Pizza Cafe in Studio City. The appetizer garlic bread was awesome, and the pizzas were solid. Shiru's buffalo pizza (made with bison) was probably the best of the bunch. We dropped Omar back at school and headed home, but I don't remember much of this because I was solidly asleep in the passenger seat. Too much pizza...
Tomorrow: Disneyland!
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