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Not long ago, i left for Vancouver on a whirlwind trip. It was the start of a somewhat ridiculous tour. Brisbane -> Sydney -> Los Angeles -> Vancouver -> Los Angeles -> New York -> San Francisco -> Los Angeles -> Brisbane. Don't ever do anything like that! It's literally flying half way around the world, in a couple of weeks.

Seeing my dad, who recently had some major surgery, was great. As was the brief but grand visit with my Mom and Evie, and Joan. I didn't get to see many friends - would have loved to - but time didn't allow.

I was in LA to take some photos and meet some business partners, as was NYC - which was incredible as always. Can't say what this is all about just yet, as it's for a movie / game which hasn't been announced. The roof of the Rockefeller building -69 stories high!- was incredible. Incredibly cold! but clear, overwhelming you with the scale that is New York. What a mind-bendingly large city.

San Francisco was holding GDC - Game Developers Conference - which is an annual computer nerd pilgrimage for anyone who has anything to do with the videogame industry. It's HUUGE. Not as inspiring as SiGGraph, but more applicable. If you're not into computer graphics, forget this entire paragraph, if you are, then you know about GDC and SiGGraph because they're f-ing great places to get yourself inspired. GDC was 2/3 reassuring and 1/3 inspiring, which means that i have either a large ego, or am on the right track.

Going home, to have rain most of the time and be cold, was strange indeed. How did i put up with that... for weeks on end? Brisbane gets like, 3 grey days a MONTH. Actually, here's a real stat for you: The average amount of sunshine in Brisbane in a year is... 8 hours, per DAY. Think about that. 8 hours a day average sunshine per year.

Ok, so must run. We just got a Wii and there's a tennis contest about to begin.