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My days are night are flipped at the moment, so I’m awake during the night and asleep during the day. Living in the extreme San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve learned something these past few nights—nothing is open past 2AM.

Ninja Jim and I will be at Discovery Kingdom this Friday, hanging out with the Alice Morning Crew. If you’re in the Bay Area, come check out the new Six Flags Discovery Kingdom with the Alice Morning Crew! Admission is free for the first 1,000 people, then it’s only $9.73 per person until 9AM. Animals will be interacting with the audience, and Sarah & No Name of the Alice Morning Show will be joined by band Brickhead and comedian Dat Phan. Doors usually open at 6AM, I’m told. It’ll be really funny to see me out and about one day after major dental work, but I’ve been planning this for along time with Jim, so we’re going anyway!

Also, I’ve been invited by a neighbor of mine to take a tour of KTVU Television Studios in Oakland sometime in the next few weeks. I don’t know which day I’ll be going, but it’ll be fun nonetheless. I’ll be checking out the control rooms of KTVU, the area’s Fox affiliate, and I’ll be sitting in on a newscast as well. KTVU Fox 2 is host to the Bay Area’s highest-rated primetime news program, and is the same station that fictional character Daniel Hillard (portrayed by Robin Williams) worked for after divorcing his wife in the 1990s movie Mrs Doubtfire. KTVU is also a partner station of KFOX 14, a channel I used to watch when I lived in El Paso, Texas. Here’s an example of a KTVU newscast that I’ll be sitting in on—in this clip, they report that pop-up ads can harm your computer:

Right now, it’s close to five in the morning, and I’m waiting for Starbucks to open so I can go get some Passion Iced Tea.  That stuff’s good, even if it does taste a little bland.