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before i post my family adventure, i should mention my other family adventure btwn dc and nm.

shelbyg's parents drove into la the wednesday after we flew back from dc.  i was so wiped out from having no break, i went straight home from my ms office class at work and crashed, unable to meet the grants down at della terra where they were enjoying dinner ( Read more... )

tim burton exhibit w/ rose, roland, spencer, and julia.  dude likes clowns.  johnny depp is tiny.  don't think i'll make it thru tim's hansel and gretel w/o being sufficiently creeped out.  he had a red and white striped shirt fetish for his characters, so i had a lot of where's waldo? moments. some beautiful nightmare imagery i would love to have ( Read more... )

My last day of work was Friday, Sept 2nd.  I picked up Shelby that evening, and we headed to the Call of Duty event that was happening in Marina del Rey.  Dropkick Murphys were the show ending the first day of the convention, so we were going to enjoy them.  It was fun, but we totally forgot our earplugs.  It was the first time they had played a ( Read more... )

after a somewhat crazed week (turning into the norm for me again), i was able to enjoy a dinela dinner w/ sweetmelliemel  and shelbyg  at world cafe in samo.  the meal was not overwhelmingly fantastic, but it was good, and the company was great.

mel dropped us back at my car, and we headed to the nuart much earlier than expected, thus securing us 1st place in line for ( Read more... )

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( all for Craigy Ferg )

Went to synchronicity space last nite to see liz play w/ her buddy height. Three white kids doing hip hop. Was actually fun, especially b/c of the charisma they brought to that tiny little stage in that hallway of an art gallery. Was good seeing her again. The tour takes them to sd tomorrow, then they bounce from city to city all the way back ( Read more... )

linking to sweetmelliemel 's account of the evening's events, and then linking to youtube goodness...

( carolina liar )

Before flying out to Vancouver, I took Shelby to a matinee @ the Ricardo Montalban theatre in Hollywood of An Evening Without Python, a cute hourlong sketch compilation show (predominantly along the lines of Live @ The Hollywood Bowl) performed by Jane Leeves, Alan Tudyk, Jeff B. Davis, Rick Holmes, & Jim Piddick.  It was great seeing this ode to ( Read more... )