UPDATE

We've moved into temporary housing in Wellington. Internet access is $200/GB. Ouch. Turned off auto-load of images in Firefox. Got an e-mail from NZ biosecurity, and because of what amounts to a technicality, they threw out all the work to import one of my dogs. Everything. I have to start over, completely, from the beginning. Start over. And now I have to do it from eight thousand miles away. And the process takes six months, so instead of them coming in the first week of January they wont be able to come until the first week on July, IF THEY DON'T FUCK ME, AGAIN. Well, one dog could come, but they would probably not do too well if they were separated. I already miss them. I'm alternating between terribly sad and terribly pissed off at the stupidness of it all. Looked at two houses today one decent, one not. Looking at three tomorrow. Stopped by Weta this morning and saw GW, SN, JL, ES and a bunch of old timers. It's pretty weird to be back.

Boarding

Boarding, keep fingers crossed.

Dinner at Tom Bradley

Oh joy, overpriced airport food at the LAX international terminal. What a view.

At LAX

On the ground at LAX.

At Dulles

On the ground at Dulles. Of course our next gate is on the other side of the airport.

First Leg

Just boarded in Huntsville, flight leaves at 8:10.

Long

So, I got my itinerary today. We leave Huntsville, Alabama at about 10am on the 26th and we get into Wellington at about 10 am on the 28th. No, it's not a 48 hour flight but I'll save you the brain cycles, it's about a 30 hour trip. There is a 2 hour layover at Dulles and a 5 hour layover at LAX, but still, it's going to be an unpleasant experience. I got a portable DVD player with a spare external batter, so it should be good for about 4 movies on battery, and I've got my trusty Powerbook (thanks KTH, if you're reading this) but we have sooo much stuff. Camera bags and backpacks and purses and iPods and my laptop and a the DVD player and cell phones and books and pillows and blankets. Oi vey!. I got the import application for the dogs finally sent off today so I can relax a little, but not much. I'll be much happier when the permit
shows up at the transport company. It's terribly frustrating to be off work for 6 weeks and be more stressed out than I ever was at work this year.

Denied!

As I posted previously, I tried to get an environment personalized California license plate for my motorcycle. "IMPCHGW" was what I wanted it to say. As you can see, Mrs. Linda DiBernardo seems to think this is offensive to good taste and decency. I've got a big Fuck You for Linda DiBernardo. You know what's offensive? All the god, jesus and religious license plates that I see.

UPDATE

So I've been a little busy. I've quit my job at Imageworks and taken a job at Weta. Since Weta isn't in Los Angeles, this requires moving to New Zealand. So I'm moving, and selling my house, and selling my cars and applying for visas.

My beloved Indians choked away a Sure World Series win by letting the dreaded BoSox come back from 3-1 to win in 7 games. Why do all my baseball memories have to be painful?