urgent dispatch, rainforest edition

Louisa may have gotten us trailed by Ron Paul fanatics. Somewhat unprovoked, she exclaimed at a couple Paul-ites "I know about Ron Paul - I know that he's a fucking idiot!" This, they did not want to hear, and resulted in a lengthy description (yelled as we walked away) of how to 'google' Mr. Paul so that we might find out what "he's really about." We fear for our lives, people.

Additionally , Portland was the second place on our short/quick tour that we encountered Santa. By "Santa" we mean hundreds of people dressed as santa - sexy santa, drunken santa, half-assed santa - running through the streets.

Finally, we have just crossed the 45th Parallel. California, here we come.