This is my last day here at the ‘rents place for the holidays. It’s been nice. Pleasant. It’s been good to see my parents. And family. Some funny moments, some awkward moments, some tense moments. I’m flying home tonight and I’ll be moderately glad to be home. There is a lot I’m excited about: upcoming shoots, working more with Christie, seeing my friends. There is something I’m not excited about: I’m moving out of the place I’ve been staying for the past few months. I’m sad to report that the past couple of days I’ve been somewhat stressed about that. I don’t like stress and I try to avoid it at all costs. However, I have to move.

I don’t know yet exactly where I’m going to go. Ideally, a place would open up where I am. But I don’t see that happening. But then, it might be time to move on from there. I’m just going to have to figure it out. Soon.

My mom celebrated her 70th birthday and, at a gathering over at my aunt’s place, it struck me that my folks and their siblings are getting really old. I added up (estimated) the ages of the people in the room before we left and they were closing in on a millenia. And it dawned on me that 20 years from now, most of them will be gone. Unfortunate. They’re good people. I like my relatives. They have good parties.

I got a really nice email from an old friend with whom I had had a falling out. I was really glad to get that. I hope that we can be friends once more. Holidays are good for that kind of thing, too.

I got to see Alec and Zach over the holidays. That was my biggest reason for coming here. I only got to see them for three days but it was a perfect three days. Except for when we got bored.

Saw Ninja Assassin together. And I’d just like to say….
Complete.
Ninja.
Awesomeness.

We laughed. Buckets and buckets and buckets of blood. And Ninja-ness. Such a good weekend. Being with them, it was as if we had only spent a day apart. I’m so lucky to have the relationship with them that I do. I’ve never worried about who they would become. And every day, I’m more and more proud of them. They’re suuuuuch good kids. And now they’re 15 and 18. So I guess not kids so much. I love them.

I’ll be glad to see them more next year.

This week, I’m going to be holed up with the exception of getting out to meet another photographer, going to have drinks with an old friend, and then NYE in Hollywood. I’ll just be glad to be back. I’ll be really glad when I’m settled in a new place and can put this nervousness, uneasiness, and tension behind me.

But I’ll be more glad than anything when Alec and Zach come down to visit. They have, to borrow from Ninja Assassin, “special heart.”

Soon.