santa cruz is awesome. yesterday after my second interview at a publishing company i wandered around, ate some lunch at a cafe by our apartment--and then after receiving the Your Hired phone call, I took the 10 minutes or so to walk down to the beach just in time to catch pre sunset ocean light.

i hope that in the years ahead i never lose sight of how beautiful it is there.

now there is just the small matter of packing, moving, and starting a new gig a few days after xmas. whoot.