"driving in la is like playing a video game"

pretty epic day of cruising la with my brother. i cant remember the last time we spent some quality time together, let alone actually enjoying one another's company. i spent so much time disliking him over the years that i never realized how hilarious the guy is. see, we'd had some rather substantial sibling problems and pretty much had little to no contact the last two years but all that changed with a simple phone call not too long ago where he expressed his want to build a friendship with me. i believe his recently elevated status as mr. pharmacist brought some much needed sense into his life.

so that's where we are now.

our friendship building commenced over breakfast (his treat!) where we exchanged travel stories and recent lessons learned, then over a shopping spree (his treat!) at american apparel where he proceeded to ask whether all the guys there were gay and/or anorexic, followed by a walk down rodeo drive for a sentimental purchase at tiffany & co's then talked some more serious talk over lunch (his treat!) about our recently failed relationships and how great that turned out for both of us and headed home to make our parent's proud of our newly awesome brother-sisterness.