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while walking around target i saw these totally adorable halloween decor items from boo & co. one day i’ll have a place of my own and i’ll buy all this stuff to decorate my house! pumpkin bath mat, halloween themed wash cloths, and spider web place mats!

tonight mike did his motion demo for the class. stop action blurred motion panning and just for kicks, cory and i decided to stay in the studio and see what we could come up with for some lights he had using the bulb setting on the camera.

the kitchen remodel is coming along quite nicely. we have walls again! pretty soon randy will install the cabinets that we bought from ikea. thank you arian and manny for all the help you’ve given us with this project.

For markus’s birthday markus, claudia, randy, and i went out to dinner at tulsa rib company in orange. they pretty much have the only ribs i’ll eat. i’m sure there is better out there as my friends from texas all tell me, but i haven’t had them yet. i am always on the hunt for…

the cypress college photography department is like a family. as with a lot of families, we take time to celebrate each others’ birthdays. this time, it was jonathan’s birthday. we got him a chocolate silk pie with a batman candle then sang happy birthday to him. i’m sure he thought that was it, but there…

in order to get students to feel comfortable and open up, cliff abandoned the normally formal seating arrangement in the classroom for a more campfire circle feel. comfy chairs were brought in instead of desks (although some still chose to sit in desks) and an air mattress was even laid on the floor for whoever…

James Huston, author of many books including “Farewell to Manzanar” and “Snow Mountain Passage” gave a talk about his books and the stories behind writing the books at Cypress College today. Normally, this is not a talk I would attend, but my speech professor Dr. Donna Friess had us go as part of our class….

happy birthday arian! i’ve had ice cream cakes before, but this is the first time i’ve had ice cream cup cakes! awesome! i’m not the only photog in the family. tisha is too and i think great minds think alike. we are both taking pictures of these delicious treats.

so, i went bowling again yesterday, this time with the filipino family instead of the photo family. there was lots of beer. randy bowled a turkey!

krista loves to bake. today she brought in some dino cookies for us. thanks krista!