Author: pinlux

today is my birthday. i’m now 31. funny, i don’t feel old. i had planned to do nothing today except stay in bed and watch the entire lord of the rings trilogy, but alas my plans would be foiled by a wake up call from my sister. she wanted to take me out to dim…

several years ago my friend Michael Long brought in a cake called “better than sex cake”. it isn’t really better than sex, but it comes damn close. tomorrow is my birthday and krista has offered to bake this special cake for me for my birthday. krista bakes cakes and other treats for us all the…

while prepping for the cypress college photography department photo shoot craig, vergil, and i got hungry went out to eat at a little mexican place down the street from greg fulton’s studio in santa ana. near the restaurant is a liquor store called nadys liquor. it was there that we discovered he’brew – the chosen…

tonight, cliff had one of his famous in class exercises. the assignment was called “in the mood” in which the students in his photo 203 class needed to shoot an image in which lighting created a certain mood. the class was split into two groups, one worked in the studio to create a stressed studio…

Cypress college now has it's own bat signal. Wow that's bright!

This morning I slipped in the shower and hit my head pretty hard. I think I’m okay. I feel a bit dizzy and my head still hurts, but so far, so good. When I came home randy’s mom had bought those non slip flower thingies and stuck them all over our bath tub for me….

Scored my first few boxes of girl scout cookies for the season from Robert Mercer. Get cookies from him in the Cypress College newsroom.

I have walked by this sign for most of the semester. Can someone tell me what a “buiz” club is? 🙂

some time in 2006 someone sent me a link to a video involving a group of about 80 people dressed similarly to best buy employees (blue polo shirt. short sleeved. any brand. preferably with no logo. as close to royal blue as possible) all walking into a best buy. it was hilarious. that was my…

i’m at red ribbon. they make some of the best cakes. my favorite is the mango cake. today i’m here for the empanadas: 4 chicken, 2 beef. vergil got the halo halo. i’m jealous. i’m also trying to expand john’s culinary pallet beyond pasta, burgers, and tacos. i’m trying to slip some of the asian…