My new wallpaper pic

Taken at the aquarium section of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. They just recently reopened it after doing some major refurbishing (read: tearing down and completely rebuilding it), and it's pretty impressive...and a lot bigger and more fun than I expected! (BTW, I joined in early and bought a membership, so A)we went in the "member door" and didn't have to wait in a long line, and B)we don't have to pay the nearly $25 per-adult price!)

So what did we do after that?

We drove down to Pescadero for sandwiches!! :p Well, we originally wanted to go to Duarte's, but there was a 30 minute wait I didn't feel like sitting through, so we went to the pizza/sammich shop up the street instead. So yeah, lots of driving today. We're tired now. :p

[Worldcon] Hmm...

So I hear that Seattle dropped out of the 2011 bid for Worldcon, due to the fact that they couldn't get the facilities. This basically means the only other place that bid--Reno, NV--could end up being the place for that year.

Sad thing is that I really wanted to check out Seattle. Good thing? We can drive to Reno. It's a long drive (Sacramento is the halfway point to Tahoe, and Reno's on the other side of the Sierras from that), probably a half-day, but still--we can drive it! Straight shot up 80. :)

Ah well...at least we can do vacation in Seattle instead one of these days...