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I just wanted to say that Hmmburger.com will be closing down. I know no one really cares, but I thought I would post this anyway.

I’m going to be focusing more on my web design and just writing here on Zamikazi. It has become really apparent to me that I really need to focus my attention on things I can accomplish.

There may be a future for Hmmburger, but for the moment there is none. So if you want to go relive any memories on Hmmburger that you may have had, go now.

I think I may just port over old articles from Hmmburger and place them here on Zamikazi.

I would also like to thank everyone who ever helped work on Hmmburger and especially those who were a part of the great community known as the Hmmburger forums. Hehe.

Last weekend my girlfriend and I went to Los Angeles to watch Stella. In this process we had to go to Los Angeles, a city I don’t care too much for. We not only had to go to Los Angeles, we had to go to downtown LA. I heard so many bad things about it, I was scared to book my hotel and leave my car out there while I slept.

We arrive in Los Angeles at night, thanks to a lovely traffic jam on the I-10. As we get off the I-10 we drive through a lovely industrial area with shady types walking around all willy nilly. I was thinking, “I hope our hotel is far from this.”

Kept driving, kept seeing hobos, kept seeing shady-types, kept hoping for a better street after the current.

Finally, we get to Main St and see our hotel. It was a breath of fresh air, it was on a well-lit street next to a fancy hotel and what seemed to be a decent street at night. Anyways, we drove around the area and it didn’t seem all that bad. I seriously was wondering what people were talking about when they said it was scary. There weren’t that many hobos walking around, but that is not the point of this.

Los Angeles had a beautiful downtown, I was in love. Everywhere I looked I saw buildings that were just pure awesome. The architecture was just so awesome, but then I looked at the street and was let down. It was ugly, full of loser parking attendents and horrible storefronts. I guess that is what happens to cities when they get so big.

Just neat!

Condos

Nifty!

I think I am just a sucker for tall buildings. I want nothing more than to own a loft of a sort, just being able to look around and see other highrises. I just love a good cityscape, they’re pretty friggin’ awesome.

I also love that old type of architecture, such as art deco and such. Just all of these buildings in one area made me feel full of glee.

One other thing about Los Angeles that blew me away…a clear sky.

What?! This is a first.

Seriously though, I don’t ever recall a clear sky. I’m sure this may happen more often, but I just seriously don’t ever remember seeing a clear sky like that. What do I know? I live in Phoenix, not a LA.

I normally don’t care about Christmas at all. To me, it’s another holiday that seems to be full of greed and the worst feelings. This Christmas is different, way different.

First, my girlfriend and I are going to spend Christmas day together, which is gonna be fun…also will involve some movie I believe. I’m guessing Valkyrie because movies about Nazis are pretty crazy.

Second, my family is all messed up so I get to divie up my time between them. That’s alright with me, I really don’t mind. I really wish some people would just suck it up and bring everyone together but that may be asking too much.

Thirdly, I woke up to a Christmas tree one night and that made my night so much better.

The tree is decorated and has a Mandrill for a star/angel/whatever you want to put on top of a tree. Here are some picture:

Our Lovely Christmas Tree

Mandrill Klaus!