The excitement of southern California has started to fade away, so now I am just getting bored with California. At first I was really excited to be down here and working, but I don’t seem to feel that way anymore.

I used to really look forward to the weekends, so I could go boogy boarding, but that has not been as fun lately. I am going to try going out more to see whether or the reason is only because I have not been out in the water for a couple weeks. I had to get my wetsuit repaired, so I had a low quality used wetsuit with holes in it that I did not want to use.

I think the main reason is because work has gotten boring lately. I have been relegated to installing software on computers throughout the company. Granted, it is nice to get away from my desk and meet the other people in the company, it is work that I do not want to be doing. I would much rather be learning new things. Also, it gets boring repeating the same thing to everyone over and over for eight hours. Luckily, I finished that work last week, unfortunately no sooner had I started back up on mental ray programming did I get stuck with testing the new update of XSI. I had to verify that all the bugs were fixed. It has to be done, but seriously it is not something I want to do. I am afraid that this type of work is going to continue for me. At that point I am going to just keep going to work to get my paycheck to pay my bills. Because other than that I would feel there would be no other reason to go to work, especially because I am not learning anything. I would only be postponing my graduation from school to click buttons.

I have managed to find something I like to do down here. On the weekends I like to ride my bike and listen to music. It gives me a chance to zone out and exercise. I don’t have to worry about political bs from work. I can just enjoy the views along the coast highway. Here is a photo of the sunset on the way home from my ride yesterday.

I decided that instead of riding to Laguna Beach like a couple weeks before I would ride all the way to Newport Beach. Newport is not too much further than Laguna Beach, so it was a good goal. I rode up to the Newport Beach pier and then walked around and watched all of the people fishing off of the pier. There was a younger girl trying to catch a slimy fish on the dock. She kept saying “aiya”. When I heard this I was tempted to say something in Chinese, but I decided not to. The same thing happened in Starbucks in Laguna Beach. I think next time I might say something just so that I can meet some new people.

Well I think it is about time to watch a DVD or take a nap. I just want to zone out today because I am still sore and tired from yesterday’s ride.

If you want to see more photos from the ride, they are in my California Photo Gallery.