> I'm off until Sunday to lovely Fresno, California (aka Crapville USA) to attend a journalism conference with my school's paper. Fresno is notorious for being more or less NoCal, and anyone who knows me knows my hatred for that wretched wasteland that is the north part of my state.

Mmm. Sorry for living an hour away from Fresno, then ;-) But I admit, Fresno's pretty weird. Not that my town isn't.

But seriously, good luck on the competition. And no, I'm not just saying that because of your ill wishes if I hadn't (even though you dislike cats).