Category Archives: Photos

beach pics

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After I got off work yesterday, Dave and I headed off to the beach. We didn’t know exactly where we were going, but we had a map and headed in the general direction of the Pacific Ocean. We wound up in Newport Beach, which is not far at all from Santa Ana. We took a ton of photos, which I added today (see the link on the right) during my downtime at work, which I have a lot of these days.

After the beach, we stopped at a sushi restaurant for dinner. This was my idea, surprisingly enough. I’ve always been vehemently opposed to even trying sushi, but there’s something about being near the water in southern California… I don’t know, it made me want to try it. So I did. And I liked it a lot. Scott once told me that he thought I would like eel, and I thought it sounded disgusting, but it happens that that was probably my favorite of all the things we tried.

Anyway, this week has been much more fun having Dave around. It’s a little weird being around each other so much because we haven’t done that yet, but it’s good. I think we’re getting a vibe for each other’s idiosyncracies (i.e., he likes to watch CNN at 3 a.m., and I tend to say/do things in the middle of the night that I don’t remember – apparently the other night I sat up in bed and said “what the….?”, and I have no idea why). And considering how I tend to be pretty demanding of my “me-time”, so far Dave hasn’t managed to really irritate me (yet), so I think that’s a good sign. 

One more day in the office, then… Disneyland, baby!! More pictures to follow, I’m sure.  

pics!

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I think I’ve almost got this photo gallery thing figured out. I found a free PHP script, courtesy of SquidFingers, which I suppose I should thank Scott’s friend Gwen for linking to on her site. (Only I don’t know if she reads this or not, but just in case: thanks, Gwen!)

It took a while, but I think I figured out how to customize it for my own personal use. I’m sure it’s not the prettiest photo gallery out there, but this whole PHP editing thing is new to me, so cut me some slack. It’s better than all those individual pages with frames that I was using before. It may be some time before I get all of my photos back online, but I got a couple of photo albums to start off with. Yay!

1st post of 2004

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Hope everyone had a fun evening last night. Nate & I had a very good time, although by my standards, it was a pretty low-key (and, for me at least, unusually alcohol-free) New Year’s Eve. But it was fun. And I just added the pictures that I took last night to my photo album section.

And now I’m off to the supermarket to buy some black-eyed peas, because I’m a southern girl & this is what we do on New Year’s Day. My grandmother would be so proud.

funny pics & other stuff

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I don’t know why it has been impossible for me to clean my apartment this week. Maybe it’s because I feel like I’m coming down with a cold. Or maybe I’m just lazy. But it’s bugging me, I have several loads of (clean, mind you) laundry that’s sitting on the floor waiting to be put away. Ah well, maybe this weekend.

Speaking of which, I’m very excited that Nate & I will be having Drunk Movie Night tomorrow. A couple of mediocre flicks & a bottle of Orange Stoli, what else does a girl need on a Friday night? I am soooooooo looking forward to that after the week that I’ve had.

And now, a few funny images which I am presenting for your general amusement….

First, this one seemed particularly appropriate since Scott & I had a conversation about cigarette butts on sidewalks the other day.

This is the kind of parent I hope to be someday: Better Than Time Out

I really hope this is a joke, or maybe this guy’s family really understood his weird sense of humor. I don’t know, I just have this funny feeling that someone’s going to hell for that….

And my personal favorite – he does what???

That is all. Goodnight, folks.

Halloweenies

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Well, the spooks really do come out on Halloween. I went out with Scott and the boys last night, which was pretty interesting. First off, my costume was pretty rockin’, if I do say so myself. I don’t think the false eyelashes are too noticeable in that photo, but they were black & silver… tres dramatique. And the things you can’t see in that photo include: t-shirt that says “I Bite.” on the front, mini-skirt, belly chain, thigh highs (yep, the whole garter belt ensemble, which was not all that uncomfortable except that toward the end of the night, they kept falling down, which was annoying) and knee-high boots. Very fun. I ended up nixing the fangs because they didn’t stay on very well. I couldn’t really talk when I had them on, nevermind eat or drink anything, so that idea got scrapped pretty fast.

I took some pictures of the guys, but this pic of Scott with his friend Brian was the only picture that turned out at all. I think the bar must’ve been too dark, all the other pictures are just black. The funny thing to note about Scott in that particular photo is that he was actually sober at the time, but totally doesn’t look it.

Anyway, I found out the hard way that I’m apparently allergic to false eyelash adhesive. Woke up today & my eyes were swollen & puffy. They’re ok now, but still kind of achey. Probably won’t be doing that again, which sucks because they looked awesome.

I also noticed that this is the 2nd time in my life that I have consumed Jagermeister — technically Jager Bombs, which are Jager shots dropped in Red Bull — surprisingly yummy, kinda like cherry cough syrup with a carbonated kick. However, both times have ended with me crying at some point in the evening. I suppose that could just be a coincidence, but I’m typically a very happy drunk, so I think that possibly that particular beverage is just very, very bad for me.

Anyway, the most notable costumes I can think of from last night were a guy in a giant penis outfit (the balls started around his knees & reached down to his ankles), Roy sans Siegfried (complete with stuffed tiger attached to his back with a big bleeding gash in his neck), and various and sundry scantily clad women, which was a feat in itself because it was 29 degrees outside last night. My personal favorite was the guy who was static electricity — he had dryer sheets & socks stuck randomly to his clothes — but I think that was more because he & his friend (a sailor) were very nice & gave me directions back to Scott’s place when I got lost. (Long story…)

Hope everyone else had a fun Halloween too.