LA

Well, after leaving houston at 6 am, I arrived in los angeles at 1 pm. I made it near phoenix, az the first night (nearly 14 hours of driving) and ended up falling asleep at a truck stop--which was probably the scariest night of my life.

During the course of the trip:
I hit a bird and saw it bounce off my car and hit the pavement
I saw about 3.5 deer, dead on the road.
I got pulled over near san antonio for going 51 in a 45, but got off with a warning (I kissed ass like never before)
I saw a 2 terrible wrecks, one in which a truck was flipped on its side.
I saw a wind farm for the first time (pic below)
I ceremoniously flicked off san antonio as I drove though.
I ate 3.5 rolls of kimbapI
drank about 260 oz of water, 1 roll of sour chewy sweet tarts, and 2 red bulls.I drove through 3 immigrations/customs check points.
I listened to speed metal and gangsta rap nearly the entire trip.
I slept and rested a total of about 5 hours.I think I also filled up my tank 4 times, the most expensive gas being in CA @ $4.09/gallon of the crappy gas.
In the past two days, I've consumed nearly 4000% of my daily recommended dosage of vitamin B.

There are these mini-beverages you can get from the corner store like 5 Hour Energy, which essentially work like redbull without the caffeine crash.If you take highway 60 to LA from i-10, the road is like a car commerical, full of s-turns and mountains. Unfortunately, my honda accord doesn't perform like a porsche.Thanks to everyone who checked on my progress during the trip.Arizona smells like poo. Here are some panoramic photos I took while on the way. they're huge (up to 16 glorious mb), so it may take a minute to load.

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I got into town and had tofu in k-town. It still hasn't sunk in that i've moved or that I'm starting over, or that my family isn't as close as they used to be.