Listening to “California” by Phantom Planet (great song) as we drive down the 101. the pacific is on our left and the sun is shining bright and beautiful!
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And we’re off!
we were aiming to leave for camping at 8:00am. it’s now 11:24am. go figure, filipino time. anyhow, we are off! We have reservations at fernwood campsite just north of julia pheiffer burns state park. We are due back in SoCal by tuesday night. i’ll update this blog as often as long as I have signal…
Roscoe’s
last night i went to have a beer with craig down at roscoe’s in fullerton. the bartender jeff is rather amazing. the guy knows how to pour a drink. anyhow, i stood outside smoking with craig, i looked at him and stared. i’m not sure if he even noticed me looking at him in that…
Stop motion with wolf and pig
Feast your eyes on Takeuchi Taijin‘s stop motion masterpiece: Stop motion with wolf and pig. Takeuchi has this to say about the work: At first I photographed stop motion animation. And I displayed the photographs in my room and photographed it again. I used 1,300 printed pictures. Enjoy a connection with the world of the room…
Fish in a Bottle
Fish in a Bottle10205 Valley View StCypress, CA 90630(714) 821-3400 okay, so i told myself i wouldn’t do food reviews on my blog anymore and switch everything to yelp (which i still am doing), but this place is that good. i have to talk about it here. please note that all the photos are of…
When Retouching Goes Bad
randy rushed into the room laughing. he said that he was looking at my sister’s facebook page on his iphone. there was a picture of me on there that look really weird. what? WTF??? did someone do something to that picture? i don’t remember that picture looking like that. i know my friend kat uploaded…
Chris’s visit.
Chris stopped by the department today to say hi as he was on the way to the doctor. Say hi to chris. He hates his job.
Dance Party: How to Start One
very funny and oddly heartwarming.
Pictures at Funerals
My mother recently sent me pictures from my Uncle Nick’s funeral and I’m about to post them here. Before I do, I think it’s important to discuss some cultural differences as well as the moral implications of doing this. Here in the United States, and I assume among most cultures, it’s uncommon and, at the…
Uncle Nick
late last year my uncle nick passed away. my relationship to and with him is a complicated one and i have no qualms about telling that story, but this isn’t about how i know him, it’s about what came from knowing him. uncle nick was… unique. he was loud. i think it came from being…