California Love!

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I'm going to California to chill from Tuesday, May 12th to Thursday, May 14th. In honor of my time on the West Coast, I'll do my best to listen to 2Pac in California. It's the least I can do to please my high school music CD jacket.

I'll be posting Friday when I get back. I've got some great MooTools and PHP stuff ready to drop! Stay tuned!

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Discussion

  1. What part are you coming to? I’m over near San Francisco. Let’s do coffee, jk – that’d be weird.

  2. I work in Compton. Come through lol.

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