Through Sunday June 27, 2010 - Changes!

The big news is that I am no longer at Hubbard College. It has become time to get serious about my future and staff pay at the college wasn't going to take me where I need to go.

So I'm working hard at getting my first two eBooks published!

On Tuesday June 8, I went to a really good seminar by a panel of four top entertainers at the Garden Pavilion of Celebrity Center International. Got some real gems of tips to help with my creative work.

The following day, Wednesday June 9, I went to dinner at the Granville in Burbank with my friend Suesan W., who was down in Los Angeles from Las Vegas for three days on business.
Her daughter, Wendy and husband David are expecting their second child early next month - a girl this time.

On Saturday, June 12, I drove to Tarzana to visit my friend Joe L. in his new house and from there we went out to lunch at a Japanese restaurant and then went to see the movie The "A" Team. It was wild action and very funny with great characters. Then we did some food shopping and I drove on home to Los Angeles again.

Roman, the son of my ex-room mate from Argentina, Marcelo N., had his 6th birthday on June 15 and then Marcelo's wife, Maria, had her birthday on June 17. As they live out of state in Arizona now it was just long distance good wishes to them both. Marcelo posted his first YouTube video of his recent visit to Argentina and motorbike tour through the country. It was great to see the fun he and his two friends were having.

I had a very excited call from Florida from a Japanese friend, Hiro, (one of my ex-students) saying that he had attained the state of Clear. That was so wonderful to hear.

Friday, June 18, I had dinner with my friend Jackie K. and her son, Rex, at the "Home Restaurant" close by. We always have a good time catching up on what the other has been up to.

Saturday night, June 19, was an outing for "the four stooges". I went with friends Marie H., Christine M., and Joe L. to Santa Monica Pier and had dinner at the Mexican restaurant at the very end of the pier. We sat outside viewing the Pacific Ocean and had a great meal and a lot of fun. The four of us used to work together and have stayed in touch ever since. When Marie and I are together we are like a couple of kindergarten kids and roar with laughter at each others wise-cracks much of the time. Joe and Christine just look at each other and say "there they go again!" After the meal we went to the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade (no traffic, walking street) and looked at all the expansive things we would like to buy. Then we were ready to come back home again. It was a fun night.

Sunday, June 20, I went to a seminar with my friend Sue Z. on "How to live a beautiful life." It had some really useful and applicable data.

My sister-in-law, June (oldest brother, Des' wife) in Australia had her birthday on Tuesday, June 22. June has the most wonderful sense of humor. There's a possibility I will be visiting them later in the year along with my younger brother Warren and his wife Lyn and my sister Maureen (oldest of us four siblings) and her husband Wally, all from New Zealand.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 I went for my four-monthly doctors check and everything was boringly normal as usual. It seems like just a required social formality for Dr. Celo. He's from the Philippines. He always seems a bit disappointed that there is nothing wrong for him to "fix".

I've had email communication from friends: Elena K. in Russia, Matteo in Italy, Lynnaire in New Zealand, Takahidi in New Zealand and siblings in Australia and New Zealand as well as many friends here in the USA.

Yesterday, Saturday, June 26, I went for my usual bike ride and a couple of hours basking in the sun and then in the evening went to dinner with friend Sue Z. at the other Granville restaurant in Glendale. We both had a very yummy turkey salad and our usual good conversation and then we walked around the huge Americana (outside mall) and enjoyed the musical fountains displaying, etc., before heading off our separate ways.

Today, Sunday, June 27, I drove up to the Griffith Observatory and then did a long walk up one of Griffith Park's many hiking tracks, meeting lots of cheerful people (and lots of friendly dogs too).

I have to meet another friend, Simi V. in the morning to loan her some acrylic paints and brushes.

That's about it for this entry.

My love to all who read this.
Barry