My gf flew out to Manila this morning, I’m off to L.A. in a couple of hours. We both return on the 12th.

My short attention span should be well-catered to on the flight, with about 25 gig of music on my iPhone, 20 or 30 hours of videos on my MacBook and a dozen or so books on my Kindle.

But I’ve barely slept in the past 24 hours, so I could end up sleeping most of the flight away. That would be a disaster as it arrives in L.A. at 9:15 local time and I’ll need to try to get into the time zone as quickly as possible.

Have just weighed my suitcase. It comes in at 25 kilos. That’s under the limit but pretty effin’ heavy to me. I’ve had to pack for two somewhat different climates. On Tuesday, L.A. will hit a high of 28 degrees (that’s Celsius). And on Wednesday night, when I arrive in New York, it’s gonna be 3 degrees. So a heavy jacket and a couple of sweaters in the bag.

Also, on the theory that used DVDs and CDs would fetch a higher price at Amoeba than in Mong Kok, there’s a few of those stuffed in that I’ll sell off (though odds are I’ll trade them off for a couple of things instead of taking the cash). While this might make my bag lighter for the LA to NY leg of the trip, I ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon in a kind of before-I’m-unemployed-spending-spree. That should all fit in for the trip home – though I’m dreading the physical size of that Time-Life Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 9 disc set, something else I ordered.

Anyway, the L.A. stop-over is primarily for a potential future job, so wish me luck! (And, no, don’t fear, said job would not be in the U.S.)

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