Spent Saturday afternoon shopping for alenxa's parents' birthdays. Not terribly exciting, though we did go to Javier's for lunch. We've never been there for dinner, because they're always terribly crowded and they won't take reservations for only two people. But we've always walked straight in for lunch. Sunday was mostly spent with the previously- ( Read more... )

One of our neighbors has a phone that, due to the way the building is constructed, always sounds like it's ringing in our apartment.

This has been another... Useless Fact.

Spotted a pair of ducks standing next to the swimming pool this morning. Classic mallards, one male, one female. They were standing with their feet just on the edge, as if they were trying to work up their nerve to jump in.

1. When I got out of bed, alenxa said, "Hey, there's fog out there!" A half an hour earlier, when she'd gotten up, it had been clear. By the time we left for work, all that was left was just enough haze to maximize glare and make the broken sun visor and lack of sunglasses a problem. We did get a great view of one of the ex-marine base blimp hangars ( Read more... )

1. Smoothie-and-sushi, while an excellent combination under summer and fall weather conditions, is less than ideal for a cold, wet day.
2. Even if you're convinced that it can't possibly start raining enough to warrant an umbrella in the next 45 minutes... bring it anyway.
3. Check the soles of your shoes once in a while so that you discover they no longer ( Read more... )

Since about 7:15 (barring a break to bring in laundry), I've been out on the balcony with the laptop, doing Net stuff I've been meaning to catch up on. It's been quite nice outside today, except in direct sunlight, but there's been a light cloud cover most of the afternoon. But we just can't seem to get the apartment cleared out ( Read more... )

Odd... when I pull up my LJ Friends page, alenxa's epic about the bizarre drive home from D&D last Saturday doesn't show up.

Edit: Apparently backdated entries don't show up on Friends pages, even if they're only backdated 30 minutes.

So everyone, go read her post. It was a strange experience.

All the "meadows" (i.e. weed fields) I noted a while back have been mowed down and just look like dead brown grass. The one where I stopped and watched birds and butterfies has a few flowers that have popped up since then, but is otherwise pretty much dead.

Speaking of dead grass, the traffic island where I took the picture of the Grass Under ( Read more... )

At lunch I stopped by the bank to pick up some rolls of quarters for laundry. (The next time we move, a washer/dryer hookup will be part of our criteria.) For some reason, the teller was acting really nervous. When I asked to withdraw two rolls of quarters, she stammered that I should swipe my card while she went to get them.

This in turn made ( Read more... )

Yes, you really do notice different things on foot than in a car. For instance: after the heavy rains this past winter, all the empty lots in the Irvine Spectrum area are full of weeds. But in spring, when the weeds are green and in bloom, those fields look an awful lot like meadows ( Read more... )