A blizzard hit NYC so we had no choice but to enjoy sunny California for a few more days. The mayhem caused this delay in blogging but there is now a steady internet connection so it's all good.

There is lots of fun things to write about and hopefully we can get to it all in the next few days. During our 10 day juant, Jonah and I met some incredible people including the very cool krissy, adam, and cevin. Parties, after-parties, and the last night in our own house created some serious bonding time. SB hooked it up so that we got our own place and had a ball! But the coolest expeirence was my first enjoyable nature trip (in my life): Krissy took me and Jonah to a secret field: tall grass, only a few trees, and really beautiful mountains. Straight out of Lord of the Rings, or some utopian garden. I am going to post some pix ASAP. There was small dirt paths that lead to, I have no idea where. But what really got us was what came at the end of the dirt-path we had followed: a massive, 200 foot or so steep cliff. A beach lay below. And the Pacific Ocean in front. From hundreds of feet above we had an incredible view of the ocean and all of its beauty. No sound--just waves and wind. Being an expert on life, and the SB area, Krissy knew of a cave (literally, a cave) that was about halfway down the cliff. It was a small inlet but we were able to climb down and lay on the white sand (in the middle of the freekin mountain!) and enjoy the view--even saw the occassional naked person below walking around. Completely natural. Fastest two hours of my life. And possibly some of the best.

The previous day, Sunday, we had learned that our flight was canceled. This happened just as our last screening was starting at 10:30. This screening was our last at SB, and also an added one that the programming department put in for us. Pretty much packed house which was awesome considering it was a real deal theater. Audience was once again out of this world. Q and A was a long one and some pretty thoughtful questions, such as "What would you do if you ran an assisted living facility?"

I am still thinking...

One audience member said it was the second time he had seen the film (had come Tuesday night) and he saw so much more than he had the first time. My mom has always said the same thing. One of those movies where the more you watch, the more you see, notice, realize. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. The after party ran late into the night and was a blast. Lots of alcohol. But I am 19, so I obviously don't drink. It is illegal. We then had some people over this house that we got. Probably made way too much noise...

What I loved most though was a 75 year old woman who saw the film and decided not to stay for the Q and A on Sunday. Instead, she screamed out loud "thank you. thank you for making the elderly look like people. we need this." Similar comments followed and that is what makes this all so special. Some people really connect to this film, and see its value, and that is the best part. We are also finally starting to get some emails to send to Tammy and the gang. You can do this on the website so please do so!! Bill already knows he is a star but it doesn't hurt to say what's up.

Lots more movie stuff later.