Conked out... and headed for Vancouver

Actually, in terms of novel progress, I've been conked out for months. I've never really recovered from the slump in my previous class.

A quick look at UCLA Extension doesn't show much going on. I would like to repeat Novel III, but with a different instructor, and I don't expect that to happen until the new year.

I'm not just idling by though. I decided that a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, will be in order, and have just made reservations. Not only is Vancouver the current hometown of Sarah McLachlan, Sarah's namesake and idol, but it's a place that holds hope for me as a possible future home. I need to figure out what draws me to Vancouver (more than a mere "American politics sucks"), so that I can translate that into what draws Sarah and Kirsten to their own Vancouver - in London, England, where the story starts and ends. A lot of journalling, either on or off the blog, will be in order, as I spend my time in Vancouver.

Given my timeframe, I will be flying up again. This time though, I won't be flying Sarah's airline. United did offer a cheap one-stop routing through Sarah's home base of San Francisco, and I would've loved to take that, but it was sold out by the time I booked - so I am flying on Alaska Airlines, a fine airline, but a much less friendly place for someone like Sarah to work at.