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I’ve cut back on so much this year.
I kind of want to go back to eating Fado & perusing cakes at Café Intermezzo.
I also want a Canon 5D Mk II (or it’s successor, by that time) and a few good pro lenses.
And a trip to another country doing something like the stuff on epicthrills.com.
I am sooo done with the house/suburbia phase of my life. :)

Photography

Races

If you already shake your head at the fact that we love us some NASCAR here in the south, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
PIG RACES, MOTHATRUCKA

 

 

Totally classy Sunday morning outing. Hecks yeah.

I also totally apologize for not posting! I’m working feverishly through two sets of wedding photos AND working on a small project for another business while working full time and trying not to be fat. Sometimes my little blog is one of the few corners I cut. I’m going to try to be better though!)

More pictures from my latest adventures are in your future!  :-]

 

 

Just For Fun

Fall

I’ve never seen a comic so easily sum up my feelings about fall 95% of the time.
It’s a little crass but sooo accurate.

( from theWAREHOUSE, one of my fav webcomics )

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Ru Sans

After another unsuccessful attempt at purchasing something important that we would really like to have had by now, J and I felt a little down.
Thankfully in the next building was Ru Sans, a sushi joint. We both love sushi so we went in and splurged a little.

 

Actually, we splurged a lot. I was so stuffed I could barely breathe. So, that’s not really a good way to deal with stress but whatever. I could concentrate on feeling full and not on how good it would feel to punch in the saleslady’s face.

/life

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hummingbird

I found a hummingbird on the concrete outside my work. It wasn’t dead but it wasn’t able to fly. Instead of leaving it there to be trampled, I brought it home. It’s weak but not so weak it can’t sit or fly for a short distance. It flew from my kitchen and landed on the couch, albeit awkwardly. I left it out on my deck on an empty hanging basket. Hopefully it feels better and will fly off. I got some photos before I said goodbye.

I have to leave for a while so I hope it’ll get better and fly away.

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Good luck, little guy.

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Tunnel

There’s a tunnel in Los Angeles from Little Tokyo to Santa Monica beach. It’s long and circular unlike most of the rectangular tunnels on the east coast.

I’m getting an itch to travel again.. but I’ll have to hold off until next year. I have a trip planned to the other side of the world this December that I used all the remainder of my vacation for. I am a little apprehensive about the journey. I’ll be flying to London first, taking a 24 hour layover and running around the city in that short time and then I’ll board a really long flight to Chennai.  Since I pretty much hate winter it’ll be a nice break from the crappy American weather.  The average high in India at that time is 81 and the low is 70.  That’s their ‘winter’. It will be slightly amusing to see the part of my family there all sweater’d up because it’s  ‘cold’ and I’ll be sitting around in short and a tshirt, sweating.

I’ll also be taking about 20 bajillion photos because I’ll be attending two weddings while I’m there. They’ll be much grander than any wedding I’ve been to here.

I’ve still got to do a few things, like get my Visa for the UK but the tickets are bought. This was a pretty plane-tastic year. :)

Photography

Koi

I got a little bit of gentle flak from a friend this morning about my inconsistent posting. It’s true. I’m inconsistent. But I’ve taken on SIX paid projects outside my day job and I’m SOOO swamped! But.

That’s no reason I can’t spend like 20 seconds digging through my photo archive and share something with you guys!! :)

This is a koi tank near the Flamingo casino in Vegas.

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CATZ

So.. You get your cats on a new food, say Fancy Feast , for the sake of their health.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO.

First, they will miss the hell out of their dry food.

And then…

Every morning is now a headbutt-until-its-food-time morning.

Every time I come home both cats are waiting at the door just ready to escort me to my proper place of  FEEDING THEM ALL THE TIME.

 

 

But after seeing their coats increase in shiny and their energy levels boost and their cuddle factor go up by a factor of 10, I’m more than happy to cater to my little fatties. :)
After all, it’s the least I can do for the little beings that make sure I never use the bathroom alone.