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It is with much anticipation and after much thought, discussion, consideration, review, soul-searching, deliberation, and so forth that I have decided to set my sights firmly on the move back to Los Angeles, CA.

After half a year in PA and half a year in Ohio, neither Tristan or I have been satisfied with each others hometowns. Granted, as many have said, we haven’t given it time. But why should we when we already know what LA is like and more importantly, that we BOTH like it? Granted we didn’t have Lee there when lived there last, but a number of our friends out there have been having kids, while still finding work and time to play; it can be done and it will only be that much better with Lee.

There’s so much more opportunity and competition there; people go after their dreams. In big ways. And that’s largely what we’re looking at. Lee is part of our dream. But we both have others and it seems best, on most counts, to realize them there.

Admittedly, it’s going to be tough for me personally, on some levels, to head west again. I’ve held on to some pretty old dreams in PA and with another move west (my 3rd), it will be just another step away from them. Especially difficult, will be leaving my blood family behind again. Now that I’ve crested 30-yrs of age, it’s become even more clear to me how little time we have with each other in one lifetime.

But, many new plans originated in LA though and revolve around it or the west coast in general (yes, the spirit of the west is still quite alive and well . Plus, with age comes an increasingly strong dislike for the cold and wet weather.

So in maybe another two weeks, maybe more, maybe less…we’ll be back in La La land. Stay tuned.
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Update 1.6.10: We’re back in LA (have been for over 3-wks and it’s great!).

I’m not one for bargain hunting, just don’t generally have the patience for it honestly, but since moving to Akron, Ohio I’ve been hitting up the tag (estate) sales every weekend in the hopes of finding some cheap dressers (and out of sheer curiosity of the “scene”).

Tristan’s mom Sue is into them in a big way and has been driving us around with Lee. So today she took us to one out in Kent. Kent seems like kind of a cool little college town, by the way. Anyway, I hadn’t yet found anything that’s caught my eye, but today I found this cool oxblood-colored, leather-worked journal cover, which the sales people stupidly priced directly on its painted cover. I hope to find something to touch it up with and then will probably end up giving it as a gift, since my journal-writing days are kind of a distant memory.

Today was also national free comic book day, so I eagerly stopped in at JC Comics & Cards in Cuyahoga Falls to see what I could find. As an avid collector as a kid, it’s always fun to check in once and awhile and see what’s up. So there wasn’t much inspiring in the free section but I did find a copy of Clive Barker’s “The Great and Secret Show”, but only #5. This story is an all-time favorite of mine, so it’s still just cool to see some graphics for it. Here’s a snapshot of the cover:

Check out what appears to be an original cover here on Clive’s site.

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Originally uploaded by JediWright

One half sister, one half daughter, one half mother-to-be, and one half my other half. All that and more is Tristan, on the left-hand half of this pic, the other half is her sister Olivia and one of her other halves; or should I make that one fifth?

They’ve always been inseparable until Tristan and I moved to PA, now there really struggling with the separation from each other. So much so that we’re most likely moving back to LA after the baby’s born.

I had hoped the move here would be the best move for the baby, but it’s proving otherwise on some levels. Hopefully her depression subsides with some recent homeopathic herbal remedy we picked up today from Nature’s Garden (in Exeter). Our midwife recommended it to us this morning.

Anyway, these girls are one-of-a-kind. There reunion will be a fresh start in some ways and they’ll probably become closer than ever. Which is all well and good by me, cause the baby will get that much more attention, as will Tristan.

And I’ll be able to return some of my energy and focus to creating the kind of success we’ll need to support this growing little family.