Photo Booth + Thanksgiving

Have a Happy Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving Eve

This past week, I visited my bro and sis's home in Riverside, had coffee with some friends, then went to AZ to hang out with my granny, Mamoo (Actual Name: Lena).

Right now, I'm sitting with my dad in an "It's A Grind". We're on our mac's, surfing the web and enjoying our delicious drinks.

Tomorrow, we head to my Uncle Al's house in Golden Canyon to eat with my extended family.

After that, we're going to visit my mom's side of the fam.

Then, we're going back to Riverside, and then back home.

It's a lot of driving, but it's worth it to see my family.

Love you guys!

The Whole Nine Yards

Today, the phrase "the whole nine yards" came into my family's conversation at lunch time, and I sat there knowing well what the phrase meant, but curiously not knowing the origin of it. So, I am sitting in an It's A Grind Coffee Shop and I Wiki'd it. Here is the most common explanation of the origin.
"One of the most common explanations is that it dates from the Second World War, where "nine yards" was the length of an aircraft machine-gun ammunition belt, and to "go the full nine yards" was to use it up entirely. Machine gun belts were 27 feet long."
Now You know.
Here is the whole article if you want to read further on the subject.

2012

Photo Exhibit

My Nature Photography class is having a photo exhibit in the Otter Express (or the O.E.) at CSUMB. My photo is officially hanging up...I'll try and get a photo of it actually in there, but here is the original.

Pt. Lobos

I went on a field trip this past Saturday to Pt. Lobos with some people from my Nature Photography class. Here are some photos...to see more go to my Flickr.

A New Trailer For The Final Frontier

I'm A Wordaholic

NERD ALERT:
It happened on a Wednesday. My community group was over at my house and it was slowly coming to the end of the night. At one point it was just the guys and me hanging out for a little while and we were by the table. Someone had used a crossword booklet for something hard to write on...well...we found it and gave it a go. Soon, we were nailing word after word onto the page with a pen. Before we knew it, it was 11pm and we all were a bit delirious. We never finished the puzzle, but I picked up the same booklet some day after that happening and started to work my way through the first few puzzles. Now, I can't stop...and they ain't easy.

SIDE NOTE:
My dad is the crossword puzzle master, and I go to him for help on answers...I find myself constantly asking, "How do you know this stuff!?" He just smirks.

Deck & Steps

It rained the other day...

Micah at Michael's

Unfortunately, my teacher for my early class didn't show up to class again. So, I went down the road to the Starbucks, grabbed a cup of joe, and then walked to Michael's. I was looking for a black frame for an 8x10 photo, but with a white matte because my nature photography is having an exhibit on campus and we all participate (Black frame w/ white matte is what the class decided). So I was looking around in the "Frames" section (good place to look), and I found one that was 10x13 matted for 8x10, pretty nice...$10 (decent price). I took it to the counter and it was $5! Score! So I'm pretty stoked that I found it, plus I can give it to my mom or hang something in my room when we're done with the exhibit. Sweet Deal!

Question: I was looking at poster board and foam board (the stuff you do science projects on) and they are all around a couple bucks. Are these good for taking seamless white background photos?

Up

Angels & Demons

UPDATE:
If you can't see the quicktime version, here is a trailer on youtube:

Guy Fawkes Night

"Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot..."

Good Grief!

I don't care if people say it's too early...I'm listening to Christmas music, including:
and others.

Mickey D's

I rarely pay McDonald's a visit for food, but I recently did because it is the closest fast food joint near my house. Anyways, I went through the drive-thru, ordered my meal, payed, and then received my food. As the employee passed me the bag they said, "See you soon!"....wait, what? Before I could react, they disappeared behind their window and so I drove off. At first, I thought maybe she didn't mean to say it because we obviously didn't know each other, and I wasn't going to see her anytime soon. I also remembered making mistakes like that on the job; just spouting programmed responses to people despite what kind of relationship I had with the person. But, I came to learn that it is normal for McDonald's employees to say, "See you soon!" Am I the only one who thinks this is kinda peculiar? Why 'See you soon'? why not 'Have a good day!' or 'Thank you for coming!'? Oh well, I guess there's nothing else to say other than...

SEE YOU SOON!

The Speed of Darkness