Tonight I met up with my friend Maciej (who I know from Penn State). He's a painter who lives in Long Beach... so we met up and went to Venice and then to Santa Monica. I have to apologize to him for the bad portrait... sorry Maciej. Anyways Venice is really cool, even though we got there at sundown just in time for the bums and drunks to be out--and to recieve their harrassment. Then we went to the oldest boardwalk on the west coast I think... Santa Monica. It was sweet. I wish I had better photos to show for the trip but we got there after sunset... next time. I'm excited to be headed back to Columbus/Penn State next Monday :)