This weekend I'm in bright, sunny Los Angeles, staying with my friends Talon and Sara and presenting at the SIGGRAPH Sandbox Conference, where I'll be conducting a transmedia storytelling workshop first thing tomorrow morning. I'm having a great time so far – I slept a ton last night between the six hours on the plane and another four or more this morning at Talon and Sara's while I waited for the clock to catch up, then wrote a short piece on their porch while I waited for them to catch up, and then all three of us went out to breakfast at a little coffeeshop on the pier near their apartment in Redondo Beach. We're about to head down to the convention center so I can get myself all registered and everything, but the majority of the conference is going down tomorrow.

I've never been a big fan of L.A., but it sure is beautiful here, especially compared to the monsoon season that Boston has dared to call a summer this year. I'm starting to see the appeal.