tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80553683645259460502023-11-15T19:35:34.473-08:00Kiffy Calls Me a HippieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-25732009813322712872011-09-12T14:12:00.000-07:002011-09-12T16:54:42.411-07:00Latest Salvation Army Finds<div style="text-align: center;">On Saturday I made a trip to my local Long Beach Salvation Army and added these babies to my cupboard: two striped vintage mugs and two sunny retro dishes for just around 2 bucks. Score.</div><br />
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</div>They even packaged my finds up gingerly in adult diapers (unused FYI)--just another reason why I love Salvation Army; aside from being helpful and housing the occasional treasure, S.A. is quirky (whether they know it or not).</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-34553635874608343092011-08-29T18:07:00.000-07:002011-08-29T22:46:12.750-07:00Road tripping - Oregon<div style="text-align: center;">Last week we made the drive from Long Beach, CA, up through central Oregon, and back down the Oregon Coast.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can I just say that Oregon is awesome? We liked so much about it. For instance, the gas attendants there fill up your tank FOR you AND clean your windows, AND don't stick around expecting you to tip them. What!? Yeah, this is unheard of. At first I was a bit suspicious about all of this kindness (sad, I know), but it turned out to be a legitimate that's-just-what-we-do-in-Oregon sort of thing. As if this weren't enough to make Oregon steal your heart, there are wild blackberries pretty much everywhere just waiting to be picked and made into delicious blackberry shakes. Really.<br />
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I can easily say that this is one of our favorite vacations together to date.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">More of what we liked: </div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Ashland, OR--A quaint town nestled near the woods with a lovely uptown area of Victorian houses and charming shops. They hold annual Shakespearean festivals--awesome. The English nerd in me wanted pretty badly to partake.</li>
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</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Camping on the Rogue and Umpqua rivers (Kiffy was in fly-fishing heaven and I had some of the best sleep feeling cozy in a tent).</li>
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</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">The best fish and chips in Newport, OR.</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Climbing endless sand dunes.</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Lighthouses galore</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Misty beaches.</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Ferndale, CA--Victorian town, hidden gem</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Driving through the California Redwoods on the way home.</li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What I especially appreciated this time around was its abundance of wild roosters (and chickens for that matter), the fact that 85% of the time I felt like I was in a scene from Jurassic Park and/or LOST, and most of all, I think, having time to just relax and read a lot without any distractions. Yup, I needed to be whisked away to an island paradise just to get some reading in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-9477805894804456252011-03-12T22:36:00.000-08:002011-03-15T00:41:18.002-07:00Best in the West: East L.A.'s Mercado<div style="text-align: center;">I'm a big fan of <i><a href="http://www.sunset.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Sunset Magazine</span></a></i> because it covers quite a few of my interests (gardening, travel, design, great food/recipes) as they pertain to the West (as in Western U.S.). I especially love the weekend & day trips they cover each month. In the January 2011 issue, the featured Southern California day trip spotlights the Mexican mall in East L.A. (<a href="http://www.elmercadodelosangeles.com/index-en.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">El Mercado</span></a>), which is close enough to home for me to make a quick trip, so I packed my camera, a few bucks for the delicious goodies I planned to eat, and hopped on the 5 freeway up to East L.A. for a change of scenery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a splendid time! If you go, I recommend you take a stroll through the three different levels of tiny shops to explore all that El Mercado has to offer, which is a lot! You'll find an array of products ranging from moles, mariscos, spices, cheeses and sweets, to leather cowboy boots complete with crocodile heads, leather cowboy boots without crocodile heads, kitchen gadgets, piƱatas, and felt bulldog statuettes ... yeah, even those! I wish I would have brought a few extra bucks for a pair of really cute leather huaraches I spotted in my size--something to plan for next time. Last, but not least, be sure to purchase a bag of fresh churros and an icy raspado--the flavor selections are endless--on your way out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As a warning, <i>do</i> be discreet with your camera (if you take one); management there doesn't like photos being taken.<br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">New Yorkers are some of the speediest walkers I've come across. I'm telling you, don't get in a New Yorker's way. They have places to be, trains to catch, and don't mess around when it comes to getting to where they are going. From my observations, they aren't in the business of taking leisurely strolls (except for maybe on the weekends). Their legs are their transportation and they'll ram into you if, say, your shoulder falls into the line of their path. I speak from experience. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Me, I've been spending my days tutoring, schooling, and reading a plethora of American novels (fun) in preparation for my MA comprehensive exam (GUH--thinking of this exam makes me want to double over and hurl). Kiffy has been in a similar boat: teaching Microbiology things at CSULB, thesis proposing, and reading in his lawn chair in the sunshine.<br />
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We've also been driving around the newest addition to our family, our (my) new Hyundai Tuscon. She's a beaut! We drove her down to San Diego last weekend to visit with our dear, dear friends, Becca, Ryan, Gweener and Logan. Apparently, last weekend marked some anniversary of something navy-ish, so the Coronado navy base held this air "show," but it was really more like an air "demonstration"; there weren't any exciting, death defying stunts, just simple, um, fly-bys I guess is the word. Yeah, I saw a demonstration of planes flying. It was neat, but not exciting, but that's totally fine 'cause it was a beautiful day, we were with our buddies, and I snuck in a power nap on the cool navy base runway as planes hummed overhead and the crowd watched on with reverence and awe (not at me, but the planes). It was a fun getaway. We ended the day with delicious burgers, a bit of harmless gossip (which Becca and I are suckers for) and Ryan's famous milkshakes. Perfect day.<br />
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This weekend reminded me that my favorite seasons, spring and summer, are coming. I come alive in the spring and summer and I'm excited by the signs they're on their way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-90711404763711198332010-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:002011-03-13T15:41:21.837-07:00Christmas Bests!<div>This holiday season, Kiffy and I have been celebrating with some of our Christmas favorites. In the vein of Oprah, and because I'm in a very listy-slash-Christmasy mood, here are some of our Christmas bests. </div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">D: <i>Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer </i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SH1j1luFOw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">K/D: <i>Home Alone</i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">K/D: <i>Christmas Vacation </i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">D: <i>Love, Actually</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">D: <i>Pee Wee's Playhouse</i> <i>Christmas Special </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ldsEtENTEU8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Christmas Song:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">K: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"</div><div style="text-align: center;">D: "Happy Xmas War is Over" (the hippie in me), "Little Drummer Boy" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What are we missing???????</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-25035878777897212922010-12-09T18:07:00.000-08:002010-12-09T18:08:08.395-08:00Showin' off the babeRichelle and Jason had a beeeeautiful baby boy with ten fingers and ten toes--he's perfect. His name is Triston Adam Divis. Just look at this face! So so cute. I can't believe <a href="http://thedivisfam.blogspot.com/">Richelle and Jason</a> are parents. Well, I can (and they will be wonderful parents); I'm just amazed by how life flies by so quickly and this little baby is already here. More photos over <a href="http://daniellelocken.com/">here!</a><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They may be advertised as "foot" massages, but foot massages they are not. They do seem a bit sketchy at first, but I assure you that if you overlook the sometimes dingy surroundings, disregard that you are in a room full of other clients simultaneously being massaged, know that the occasional smells of lunch being reheated in the micro will soon disappear with a few squirts of the Fabreeze (they are aware how distracting this can be to you as a client), you'll see that they are legit and will provide you with an hour of heaven that sometimes feels like hell, which includes peaceful nature soundscapes and a strong Korean man (or woman--in my experience the women bring the power a bit more) inflicting a kind of pain that only leads to feeling like jello for the next couple of days--always good. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm telling you, these "foot" masseurs know what they're doing. Those lucky few whom I've brought along with me (Kiffy included) often seem a bit apprehensive at first, but are extremely pleased they tried it out and often come back for more. Yep. I make a point to go monthly. In fact, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I treated myself today and am feeling pretty darn fantastic.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lastly, I really like stop-motion and absolutely LOVE what PES does with it. Check out their clever "Western Spaghetti."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Because I'm </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">obsessed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> and especially enjoy making Valentines</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think I do that often. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can't help that I like the creepy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">feel of this photograph. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My cousin Andy slipped a plastic mask over his face while he was driving (I </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">know, I know--masked driving isn't the safest) and I was able to snap this one just in time.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OCYQrq2jedP5XlaX2hs8u07xmiKYafKbY6WqO9n-Z6e_YAWU2MQTC7nnLfe-ty0XxYn_xTEZzy-qjqIrIJzstq9nQQ2LlYCVBbSU40Q4VbadkgTnfs5cPodczG_yY97ieBifL8efQUk/s1600-h/IMG_4999ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"></span></a><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-1373230748345474012009-12-12T11:11:00.000-08:002009-12-12T11:15:01.429-08:00"check it out this" little baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHKpsOUWkp0iahYIxfCHtohnHyDbmiSr4-0vsWcTdCgIY2ddiZM-z81HRyl-Baq6WZjoLheNdGNltwEpHwjz6k1uOI6ND3aG6mj0f_8V72byBJoYKBGgn8xQF_AOiNlrhOaniv2_SxAc/s1600-h/IMG_1910+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHKpsOUWkp0iahYIxfCHtohnHyDbmiSr4-0vsWcTdCgIY2ddiZM-z81HRyl-Baq6WZjoLheNdGNltwEpHwjz6k1uOI6ND3aG6mj0f_8V72byBJoYKBGgn8xQF_AOiNlrhOaniv2_SxAc/s400/IMG_1910+copy.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He's so cute. His name is Klein. He belongs to</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://callieandgrant.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this lady</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> If one is not enough, there are a few more photos of him on</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.danielle-locken.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">my photo blog</span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-21915897884381438482009-12-03T22:34:00.000-08:002009-12-04T00:12:45.161-08:00Danielle Locken Photography<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">I come bearing news (and I think it's good news).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">In the wake of finding out that the domain name I had long been eyeing (grafiaphotography.com) has now been claimed, I've decided to take my photography business in a new direction by giving it a new name, and what better name than my own, right? Right?</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Go check out</span></span><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.danielle-locken.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Danielle Locken Photography</span></span></a><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">and be sure to note that the URL is no longe</span></span><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">r </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">grafiaphotography.blogspot.com.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">For the month of December I'm offering a special on family and individual portrait sessions. $75 will get you a one-hour session with me at one location of your choice and a CD with all images from the session. This is the perfect time to get your Christmas card photos taken! I still have a few spots left, so email me at daniellelocken@gmail.com or ring me at 714-580-3111 to book a spot. </span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Also, be sure to become a fan of Danielle Locken Photography on Facebook and tell all your friends to do the same! </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Phew. Okay, that was my little schpeel. Thanks for reading.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Love,</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: 'century gothic', sans-serif;">Danielle</span></span><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-36657122642903197602009-11-25T19:03:00.003-08:002009-11-25T19:08:57.885-08:00sin city<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">I didn't sin in sin city. I did, however, have a couple of virgin pina coladas, which were pretty fantastic. The cocktail waitress looked at me like I was a grandma (no offense to any grandmothers out there).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Someone, inject some sort of all-natural energizing and motivating something into my veins...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Schoolwork whispers in my ear, "time to work on me," but I just ignore its annoying little voice and find other things that need to be done--like dusting or slow-roasting chiles over the stove. Completely necessary.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">It's that time of year again.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-46493029817165502852009-11-08T16:04:00.001-08:002009-11-09T18:11:34.566-08:00Pop Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOjUgVelj9WvuLE4_1ngernYNIfOZC0ANnR4ykQRC3SFQAK77z5pgRzh0MYxxxwCWamVd6vROkGADHzvnfGXxm-kTLzF4W52giSe5J3QuKBPJWSeGweSgqW7Yvxc28hrDIO6HS4cH_nM/s1600-h/Photo+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOjUgVelj9WvuLE4_1ngernYNIfOZC0ANnR4ykQRC3SFQAK77z5pgRzh0MYxxxwCWamVd6vROkGADHzvnfGXxm-kTLzF4W52giSe5J3QuKBPJWSeGweSgqW7Yvxc28hrDIO6HS4cH_nM/s320/Photo+11.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcj1vmquWuAbNcnz4C2IpIGx6qk9z9S8HEEYodzlSyFYKBX6E9qkYVYnXAO4SHEQDaH832JDtLe-WrUkyLKpOB1tPWmpbJ2t71g3FmM15I7fkPZw7JKvQPVcfYg4UeOsJ4kWpGl5khvk/s1600-h/Photo+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcj1vmquWuAbNcnz4C2IpIGx6qk9z9S8HEEYodzlSyFYKBX6E9qkYVYnXAO4SHEQDaH832JDtLe-WrUkyLKpOB1tPWmpbJ2t71g3FmM15I7fkPZw7JKvQPVcfYg4UeOsJ4kWpGl5khvk/s320/Photo+16.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnxPYYLSEVHM1y-vcniw21WW1Rspjg02UKUZ9gG_CHAlZgIO89FOUjXRw6bTDwiPli4lgqbgN4LlhWv7Q0WMzsepiw6YIXvksQ5V0cXJV9hYOswhVPAupgPSzV9Q_JORpyOu89sXCFUk/s1600-h/Photo+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnxPYYLSEVHM1y-vcniw21WW1Rspjg02UKUZ9gG_CHAlZgIO89FOUjXRw6bTDwiPli4lgqbgN4LlhWv7Q0WMzsepiw6YIXvksQ5V0cXJV9hYOswhVPAupgPSzV9Q_JORpyOu89sXCFUk/s320/Photo+14.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we are not two; we are one<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ventriloquist dummy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqH_89KrdhkbpsnHmO3c_IW9YjdBtrmSy68byzSoVH0fIrOO3zpnPlG0AZJ-6okW_nZfQ_6C71CAzDDl19Z5wyfeOGlaJm6fetKJdfM8uunV_vIZsT-1wBQ5nsDuVddU9IThIz_yJiuo/s1600-h/Nielle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqH_89KrdhkbpsnHmO3c_IW9YjdBtrmSy68byzSoVH0fIrOO3zpnPlG0AZJ-6okW_nZfQ_6C71CAzDDl19Z5wyfeOGlaJm6fetKJdfM8uunV_vIZsT-1wBQ5nsDuVddU9IThIz_yJiuo/s400/Nielle.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">So far I've got:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe5Ckt4joQ"><span style="color: black;">"</span><span style="color: black;">Weird Science"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg"><span style="color: black;">"Dead Man's Party"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZy6-fMCw4"><span style="color: black;">"Rock Lobster"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4"><span style="color: black;">"</span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4"><span style="color: black;">Ghost Town"</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">"Thriller"</span><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1255676923105"><span style="color: black;">"Love Will Tear Us Apart"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_2LxY757I"><span style="color: black;">"Head Over Heels"</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI"><span style="color: black;">"The Monster Mash"</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1RP34FLXU"><span style="color: black;">"Somebody's Watching Me"</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Herein lies my problem. My list is so sad.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055368364525946050.post-19440509542801968522009-10-13T14:15:00.001-07:002009-10-13T17:46:32.459-07:00beisbol, shmeisbol<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKsJEtrpcofXetxSDcFpCDyTCwPZ351EcomeLgw_a7JSrGeZwxD-7Ip-n3z-jFLxY0XB_MlCVzAXHCJUguE6r2gZwARIZyIroexIo2vy2WY5xMzbY8Cyievo1-Z-0kKC03oHK-AUxrmc/s1600-h/IMG_0028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKsJEtrpcofXetxSDcFpCDyTCwPZ351EcomeLgw_a7JSrGeZwxD-7Ip-n3z-jFLxY0XB_MlCVzAXHCJUguE6r2gZwARIZyIroexIo2vy2WY5xMzbY8Cyievo1-Z-0kKC03oHK-AUxrmc/s400/IMG_0028.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32HczJ9riMsC4wDHiBweIYTVNuATCG3KP8vJEcZVEMrGZYtehDXqh9lO7ffA1EycWRau5ZvT80Q7pH9CxAkfneTMgTlgO5Kw4KerNh0DPPfm9SQQ7G_T4b6oR-fHTJ_okCrN8GaqGW5k/s1600-h/IMG_0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32HczJ9riMsC4wDHiBweIYTVNuATCG3KP8vJEcZVEMrGZYtehDXqh9lO7ffA1EycWRau5ZvT80Q7pH9CxAkfneTMgTlgO5Kw4KerNh0DPPfm9SQQ7G_T4b6oR-fHTJ_okCrN8GaqGW5k/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRX64KJGbglCkCoZCtMTos-AQvRlXb6Ki5gkEv6O_Z9Q84LwKzEE9vbwJ4JneYhvbvhrtr3qGQVXLngW_6nwz9sEJHOAVKFzoGxE6IxbD-DC8wAXaGBsHAKgp01inW4dp7LWwHfoy_Yo/s1600-h/IMG_0086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRX64KJGbglCkCoZCtMTos-AQvRlXb6Ki5gkEv6O_Z9Q84LwKzEE9vbwJ4JneYhvbvhrtr3qGQVXLngW_6nwz9sEJHOAVKFzoGxE6IxbD-DC8wAXaGBsHAKgp01inW4dp7LWwHfoy_Yo/s400/IMG_0086.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><span style="color: #444444;">Some of you may agree that baseball games are ... well ... boring. Please forgive me if you're a fan, it's just that they are soooooo loooooooooooooooong and slllloooooooooooooooow. Things are looking up, though! I found a way to pass the time I spend at baseball games rather pleasantly.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Kiffy </span><span style="color: red;">loves</span><span style="color: #444444;"> baseball. It's a trait passed down from his father's side. My brother and his girlfriend are insane Doyer (Dodger) fans. So naturally, at the Dodger game, Kiffy, my brother, and my brother's girlfriend have a wonderful time. I, on the other hand, have a wonderful time for other reasons--'cause I get to eat <b><span style="color: black;">LOADS</span></b> of junk (It was the best).</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sitting in my nose-bleed seat with no room for my lanky legs to stretch, my mind is in a completely different place from the company I keep. I'm sure a few die-hard Dodger fans (like the ones we pass on our way in who beg for extra tickets) would like to smack some sense into me if they only knew I care nothing for baseball.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"> I pass the time by planning out my meal for the night (Dodger Dog--check. Nachos--check--but I have to share with Kiffy. Frozen lemonade--check), then eating my meal, and watching beach balls bounce through the crowd.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Had you been there, you might have heard me asking, "What's the score," "Who's up?" or "What inning is it?" I didn't know. And I didn't really care either way. I was happy with my food and my company.</span><br />
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