the weather is rainy, i wish you were here

i'm in palo alto, and this is what i can tell you: it's really quiet, it rains all the time, and the hotels are really far away from the stanfords. it's possible that my experiences are more a result of bad luck than a lameness innate to ca, but, you know, fair warning, don't come here, it sucks.

if you do come, though, go to the happy donut on el camino. the donuts here are as good as mel-o-cream, plus they're open 24 hours. that means fresh donuts at 2am!!! how can people gush about krispy kreme (NYSE: KKD)? god what a stupid name. why doesn't mel-o-cream or some other good local place get a regional franchise going? i'll tell you why! because krispy kreme are marketing geniuses and have branded their joe-average glazed donuts as the greatest thing since sliced bread. dave thomas was a ruthless cunt and could have killed their brand if he hadn't blown his brains out. *sigh*

matt's plane gets in town tomorrow and we might stay thursday night in a sorority house in santa barbara. i'm still serious about this two girlfriends idea. i'm not going to cheat on them, and i'll be honest with them and treat them right and beat people up for them. i saw a McCafe here, attached to a mcdonalds. i'd been wandering up and down el camino for an hour by that time and would have settled for anything, but apparently that kind of desperation didn't drive in enough customers. there was a sign: "the mccafe test in this market has ended". surprising, that californians would shun a company that openly refers to their neighborhoods as markets.