my family does cirque du soleil CLASSY

you had to be there

stream of consciousness blogging.

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too much fun and too little sleep. means i'm tired at 1p and dying to skip out of work by that hour. wishing there were more hours in the day. back to loving yoga again after last week's rocky restart. now how 'bout using that gym membership i dole out $24/mo for? discovered that the restaurant supply store carries all things pastry-related and could've saved me a fortune. live and learn. baseball season is here. giants still suck. i'm still a fan. i was reminiscing on seeing the mets play at shea stadium over the summer. what fun! it's too bad the mariners won't be at home when i'm in seattle next month. property tax is due shortly. camera purchase in the works. spending money. saving money. i can't be trusted when it comes to buying furniture. i want it all! time to weed backyard again. again! tired of hearing excuses. tired of hearing meaningless "i'm sorry"s. work is same as it ever was. same good eggs, same bad eggs. easter is here shortly. time change! spring forward, fall back. tomorrow is sushi friday. new places to try. rilo kiley on the radio. wtf? good movie last night. bad movie tonight. past my bedtime. deja vu? all quiet on the western front.

six word sunday: diamonds are a girl's best friend

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fabrication

most folks know i'm in the process of buying a serious upgrade to my current camera and purchasing a dSLR.

but then, i have a great day shooting film with results straight out of the camera like this, and it makes me think, "do i really need a $1400+ camera when my little film russian toy camera kicks major ass?"

i'm thinking ken rockwell was right after all.

blog bard

i had an amusing time putting in several blogs and having them be read by the blog bard. not sure if it's the most useful tool, but definitely worth a look.

six word sunday: she thought, "this is the life!"

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stubborn as ever

my mother started radiation therapy on tuesday, the first of her daily visits for a six-week period. she had a simulation last week where they permanently marked the area for radiation, almost like tattoos. she had an abdominal ultrasound last week to try and determine the cause of her unexplained weight loss and stomach issues. she also had some unusual things come up in her blood work, most notably an elevated something-liver-related (dunno what the proper term for it is). when she meets with her primary care doc next she'll find out the results of this. despite all this, she seems to be in good spirits. she's in the beginning stages of quitting smoking (yay!) and is being aided by zyban in doing so.

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if last year was my year of travel (utah, maui, new york twice, various trips to tahoe) then this is my year of travel on the cheap. i'm going to seattle and vancouver in april for the sum of 20,000 miles and a whopping $5. i'm going with my friend matt, who will be attending a conference that is paid for by his work. yay for free lodging! i'm also going to vegas sometime hopefully soon with some tickets gifted to me by my folks, long beach in july for a wedding (driving down and free lodging) orange county for my cousin's wedding in september (more driving and free lodging) and a couple of other similar trips as well.

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i'm stocking up on polaroid film now. bastards! and just after i finally bought a polaroid camera last month! last week's haul brought me three packs at a 20% discount.

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i'm seeing more movies than ever lately, 18 last month and 17 this month thus far. in related news, i canceled my cable tv and am relying on netflix and especially its "watch it now" feature. i saw a disturbing documentary last week that i can't get out of my head. stupid me decided to watch it just before going to bed. ijit!

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speaking of movies, i called up my moms on saturday and asked her to a movie. she chose a horrid one (welcome home roscoe jenkins, as she digs martin lawrence) but it was definitely more about spending time together than what we saw. we had dinner together afterwards and had a lovely afternoon and evening together. 'course my sister, once she got word of what we'd done, thought i was conspiring against her to spend more time with our mother and thought i was trying to "out-do" her. sibling rivalry rears its ugly head, i suppose.

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i had monday off, and went to santa cruz, my president's day tradition of doing so is in its fourth year. the weather wasn't great, but i had a good time photographing the beach, boardwalk and downtown. i did some antique (window) shopping, photoboothing, and lots of walking.

too bad, so sad

ah, yes. it appears i've chosen too soon.

certainly, i knew the risks of choosing a format during the so-called "format wars." this is not to say i don't fully enjoy my HD-DVD player and its capabilities, only to say that it will likely be a long time coming before i purchase a Blu-ray player.