Life goes by so fast...need to take a few seconds to write down and remember experiences that make me the person I am.
Heather and I decided to go get lunch today, and the waitress was taking forever!
I got back from "Easy Hour," and remembered that I needed to do laundry. I don't dislike doing laundry since the machine does all the work. Only thing is separating the clothes but even that's pretty easy.
I didn't do much today, I was at Costco and got my tires rotated and balanced while I shopped/browsed inside, 20 minutes?. I ended up only buying the 5lb of fruit tray (FREE). I ain't saying how I got it, but I didn't steal it!
I was on my way to go have some fish tacos and my friend Gabby calls me. We chat for a bit, and then I get the little beep that says call waiting. I told her that I HAD to take this call, and that I would call her back. She was okay with that.
I couldn't think of anything for my 365, so in my uninspired mood, I saw my sweaty legs, and said what the heck...
I'm sitting in my car and put my car in reverse and there are two cars parked behind me and the women are chatting away. After a little bit and they haven't moved, I put my car in park and ask if they will move left or right and let me out. They gave me a weird look as if I were asking them for a million dollars.
I was a little low on gas today so I pull into the Costco (2.639 per gallon) and after waiting a bazillion years, finally get a spot. I slide my AMEX card which is also my Costco card into the slot and I promptly get - "CREDIT CARD DECLINED!" Uh, what? It instantly triggers a memory where I played a prank on someone making them come to the front desk because their card was declined and the hotel needed another form of payment.
It's a full moon!!! I literally have my eye on the moon. I used the 300 mm lense with an 1.4 extender to bring the moon in tight, then I took a picture of my eye, and super-imposed the two and desaturated the eye layer. I think my eye needs to be bigger!
Someone sent me a photo today and my phone said that it was FULL. I wondered what the heck. I promptly went to the pictures and saw that I had ton of photos but this one cracked me up the most.
Nothing terribly original here except that I wanted something different in my little project. The inspiration for this came when in the third grade a girl came up to me and ripped up a class photo of me and threw it at me while I was playing basketball during recess. I picked it up and put it in my pocket and it is now my flickr icon.
On my run today, I saw a couple talking by their car. I could see that the guy was crying and he was trying to keep the girl from leaving. I could only hear bits and pieces, but he said, "So, this is how it ends, huh?"
I picked up my daughter at her mom's house today so that we could eat some pizza at her favorite pizza place and then catch a movie before volleyball practice at the High School. She's going into the eighth grade so I'm sure she'll be ready by the time she gets into High School. Time is going to be the issue at the moment because she's made it on a softball travel ball team. I didn't want to say anything unless she made it. :)
We were supposed to go to Harry's (Sushi Deli Too) for lunch and my friend says, "I forgot my purse. Can you treat me to lunch?" No problem. Since we only have thirty minutes, I drop her off in front and park the car. On my way to the restaurant, I run into one of the team moms at the door. We gave each other a hug and she told me to call her husband to get him out of the house. Pretty funny. Perfect timing as I get inside and sit down and our food is ready :)
Yes, I live that close to the Knott's Berry Water Park. Right over that fence is a sand volleyball court that nobody seems to be using. But the grounds crew smoothed out the sand, and got rid of all the weeds.
My friend came over to do the route with me. I took the camera because I wanted to get a scenic downtown San Diego from the top of the hill but it was a little hazy. I ended up getting some squigglies while we were walking. I think this one looks like fiber optic cable...
I used the street light and the moon to draw my initials on the image. 2.5 seconds to draw the letters. Since I framed up the light and the moon, it only took me to do one letter to get my initials. :)
For the life of me, I couldn't get her initials. It just wasn't happening.
Nothing fancy here, just moving the camera around for 3.5 seconds. I wonder how many people out there actually see this when they are driving home?
You like my long exposure art?
I don't like this hill, and I've never felt this tired on one of those stair/tread climbers in the gym. Only time I do use the machines is when I'm waiting for one of the racquetball courts to open up and then it's a mad dash to see if I can get a court. As you can probably tell, I just use my LA Fitness membership for the racquetball. :)
the 1Ds Mark III, then 5D (Full Frame)...then 1D Mark III, 40D, and Rebel Series, in the separate line-ups. Anyone of these will get the shot you want, it's which one will do the task within your available budget. Let the drooling begin.
I was tired so I took an uncharacteristic nap, and I put the cell phone to wake me up (30 minutes) so that I wouldn't sleep too long. Last thing I need is to stay up all night.
Do they have a name for this? Something similar to the "Farmer Tan?" Yes, those are my feet!
I was running out of time to do this for the day, so as soon as I got back from my run, I snapped a shot in the guest bathroom. It looks like the flash bounced around pretty good in there. Even with all the light you can see that I have really light brown eyes.
Dropped off Heather's softball stuff at her house for her tryout, then I headed over to get some pancakes. People think that I have an unusual way of eating them. I start by making a little hole in the center down to the bottom and filling it with warm syrup. I eat outwards until I reach the edges, or eat them all.
Went to go see a movie, and the person that selected it is soooo banned from picking another for a long time. I'm embarrassed to admit what movie it was, it was super bad...I mean really bad! :)
Had to mow, edge the lawn, and Cortez just happened to be doing a house inspection right across from my house. He comes over and we chat a bit - softball no doubt. I cleaned out the garage, and finally washed my car. As I was doing this the real estate lady from across the street came over and started talking to me. Maybe 10 minutes pass, then she gives me her card. The neighbor laughed at me since the lady said "bye" about 5 times.
This time I put less of the tire stuff on so that my rims wouldn't get all "dusty." Went to a party but left early because I just wasn't feeling social. That's it!
Do you think I eat my pancakes weird?
If someone knocked on your front door and you went to look, and didn't see anyone; would you open the door? You'll see why I ask in a second...
I was testing the 3200 (H) ISO setting on the camera, and the phone rang in my hand! What a trip. The number said "Restricted," and by the time that I took the picture, and put down the camera, the person chickened out or decided that maybe it was a little late and hung up. I won't normally answer a restricted/blocked call unless I'm expecting a call from someone I know.
Well, good night. I'm taking Heather's softball stuff to her house so that she'll have it in time.
So, do you answer restricted/blocked calls?
Day 4
A friend was over this evening watching "Zodiac," and I bumped the DVD tower. On my lap fell this little vending machine character that I'd gotten from a taco shop many moons ago.
I haven't been running No excuse, and no reason - I just haven't. Today, I got my shoes on and headed out the door. Yes, I put on my shoes at the door. :)
Since it was still light outside, I did the Water Park, Coors, hills and around back to Palm Ave (5 miles). The run was pathetically slow, but it won't take me long to get back into it. If it's dark then I'll run around the block.
Do you like to run?
un-timed, Day 3
This serves two purpose tonight. I wanted to try one of those multi composite images and do my 365. Both accomplished.
I had previously mentioned that I'd been asked to participate in the 365 project and I said that if I did do it, that it would be after Nationals. So, the first thing someone did was call me on it.
I'm organizing my photos and find these from August 2002. Check out little miss Heather leaning on my shoulder. The one of the left was taken at the Bronx pizza place from when we lived downtown.
I saw this on the net somewhere but can't remember where. A click here and there and I got lost.
Doesn't this look like fun? Jumping on the bed is always fun. This is at the Hampton Inn, while we were at Nationals.
I received an e-mail earlier asking for help cleaning the snack bar and putting everything into storage. I responded that I'd help. What a sucker, huh?
We cleaned and took out everything except the frig, soda machine, and the steel table. Everything else was moved into storage. Three people responded in addition to the snack bar coordinators, but one left early.
I saw two little boys holding up signs that read: "Puppys for Sale." Then I saw this guy standing there with the puppy in his arm. So, would you buy a puppy from a guy standing on a corner?
I went to the store to return something, and if you're a regular reader then you know what it was. The only problem was that it had a 15 day return, and today was the 16th day.
I got into the return line and looked over the people that would be handling the returns...Hmmm, how about Bob, the guy with the frown and looking like he hates his life. Or, maybe Tom over there, that looks like today is his first day on returns and he is gonna look for that low return rate. But over there, Susan is still smiling at 3:00 p.m.
Susan looks over at me and says, "I can help the next customer!" She examines every last detail and the product is perfect no blemishes, nada. But, she notices the 16 day. She looks at me and then talks to her supervisor, then a second later, its complete. Whew...
I look around the place and look what I found while going through the book section! Yes, it's what you think it is...I was looking for someone to take a photo of me holding it with that "Look what I just got for Christmas grin! :)"
I think the buyer for this store had some fun and said, "what the heck!"
El Patio was good. Wanna go with me sometime?
Would you buy this gift (Candi the Pole Dancer) for someone?
I bought "300" today on my way home. I think this might be the first DVD that I have purchased for myself ever! The rest have been gifts for other people.
Tonight was poker night but I got the weekly text message late so I hadn't planned on it. By the time, I did get messaged, I was was already watching the movie.
You get your copy yet? Or, did you get it on DVD Tuesday?
Three of us decided to walk down to Hazelwood on the bay for lunch since it was a really nice day. I got my sandwich, potato salad and drink paid for me, and I was told that I had to take them to Ruth Chris Steak House on Sept 14th, which is across the street from Anthony's.
Uh...did I get the short-end of the stick, here?
A new Commanding Officer takes over the base tomorrow and since the pier is all goobered up, they are doing the ceremonies on the USS Midway. Funny thing is that when I was kid, I spent some of my good-grade money on a model of this aircraft carrier, and then sailed it in a lake. I waited until it got to the center and then sank it with my Crossman 760. It shot pellets, bb's and darts.
I've been working down in this area on and off since I was 17, and the 
None of these were here when I first started as a kid, except for that train station.
The police have given plenty of jaywalking tickets on this street.
I snapped this at a stop light on the way home today.
Seems like each time I go back to the Blood Bank, they have a new form to fill out. Now, they fit you in a private little booth and when they draw the sample to test your iron, you get dragged into a closed door room.
They made an error and asked me to wait, but I told them that I had to be somewhere.
After a second, the lady comes back and tells me they can do my double donation in a second. I had 15.4 iron this time, down from 18+ last time.
I noticed that they got a new machine. Sophia was laughing at me for 
taking pictures of the machine. The interesting part is that no blood touches any part of the machine. Here it is all clean to the left.
At the right, she is entering all my information: 5'9" 180 pounds. Yes, I gained 5 pounds at Nationals. Not too bad :) I expected 10 but I'm not complaining. You can see my blood type there. Universal Donor.
They got new squeezy things too. I'm getting better at taking pictures 
with my left hand and not looking through the viewfinder. In case you haven't noticed, cameras are right handed.
There was another guy smiling at me because he saw me taking a lot of photos. I actually have a little video somewhere when I did this several years ago. The blood looks really dark because there is very little plasma in it since it's all been taken out.
Karen on the left - she did all the pre-work. And Sophia, the lady that did the sticking and all the other stuff on the machine.
I love that clock. The numbers are huge and it's an atomic clock.
The lights above it are attached to a button in the bathroom. If they light then someone pressed the emergency button. The red one is for the women, and the other one is the mens.
At the end, they laughed at me because I was told to apply pressure to the insertion point with my left hand and raise my right arm up. Sophia then said, "Let's see you try to take a picture now!" That's so messed up, even the guy started laughing!
They depleted my supply down to 35%, so I can't go back for another four months.
