Auf Wiedersehen, Los Angeles

I'm moving up to northern California tomorrow after being back home in Los Angeles for almost a year.  A few of you fellow bloggers might recall that I got a job at Pinterest in San Francisco.  It should be cool beans.  Nevertheless, I ultimately prefer living in southern California.  One of the best things about living in LA?  Being able to make the drive to Dodger Stadium and watch my team, the Dodgers:

Click to enlarge and see it high quality or original size on Flickr.  You can see my friend Adam at the right of the photo.  You can also see Greg Zakwin's (of Plaschke) knee and elbow to the far right of the picture.

I took the above photograph on Monday, April 15 during the Jackie Robinson Day game against the San Diego Padres.  I had totally forgotten it was Jackie Robinson Day, though I knew they were handing out Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Don Newcombe statues.  Packing and the prospect of moving has made me spaced out at times.  It was awesome to catch a ballgame in my hometown before I move back up to the land of poor weather (to be fair, poor for California but better than most places) and dumb SF Giants.  It was also great to hang out with fellow blogger and friend, Mr. Zakwin.

Go Dodgers!  I'll be back.

Hello Kitty Dodgers bobblehead

My girlfriend and I went to Japan Night at Dodger Stadium last week.  The Dodgers were giving away a Hello Kitty bobblehead.  Here are some photos of it:

Front of box.

Top of box.

The cat.  Front.

Fat.  Back.

It was good to be back at Dodger Stadium again, and it was a win to boot!  I would even say that it was an exciting game.

Also, Dodger Stadium security is a bit lax.  I always carry around a Benchmade utility knife with me, but this was the first time I forgot to take it off and leave it in the car (as I usually do when I go to a sporting event, music venue, or airport).  But, nope, dude waved me right in.  No way a skinny hipster-looking Asian dude would have a super sharp knife, right?  It's not like I was trying to sneak it in or carry it for nefarious reasons, because I would have left it in the car if I remembered before I sat down.  Obviously some people (the "wrong" element at ballgames) could do so though?  Troubling.