Tonight's Confessions

~ I stomp when I walk, even (especially) when I am not trying.
~ I am afraid to do many things because I might do them wrong.
~ I forget that I already have a glass of water sitting somewhere on my desk, and get a new one. Multiple times a day.
~ It really bothers me when people get lyrics to a song wrong, even though I know it shouldn't.
~ Sometimes I know what the right thing to do is, but I still don't do it.
~ I am not really offended by swear words, and sometimes think they are very funny.
~ I often don't laugh at things I think are very funny if I don't think the person I am with will laugh as well.
~ I sleep too much and get very angry at myself for it.
~ It is not easy to be very close friends with me.
~ This list could just go on and on and on, but . . .
~ I already feel quite self indulgent.

I shot the Parachutes (and others)

This is a bit belated. However, on the eve of All Hallows Eve (or whatever)
Kyle:

and
Myself:

Went to see our friends in the band Parachutes
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play a show with a bunch of other bands (Cameron someone, someone else, The Red West, and The 88) at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano.
I took some pictures. Many of them turned out cool/blurry/rockstarry.
They are here.

the tides, they are a-changin'

So as Daylight Savings Time departed from the West Coast I felt compelled to do something with the extra hour left in its wake and I made the page look different. I'm not totally happy with it yet and some of the colors are still weird, but I was rather tired of orange and grey. I guess it symbolized my city (Orange) and the landscape (pavement) or something, but whatever.
The new template is adapted from a few photos of the Oregon coast taken in the summer. Let me know what you think of it. Maybe I'll throw together another one soon -- it didn't take as long as I thought it would since the layout is pretty much set.
blah blah blog.
I've had a rather social weekend/last couple of days. Saw a few movies, met some new people, had looong (and good!) chats with some of my posse, watched a play and won third prize in a pumpkin carving contest. Hoor-yay! I also haven't bought food or done laundry in like it seems. That would have been back when I still had the pipe yard job and was still making steady money. I am slowly getting better at freelancing it, though, and a magazine job at Chapman is hopefully on the horizon.

GUESTS IN NATURE SECTION!!
Last week I got to spend some time with some people who are close to my heart, but not close to my house and who also happened to be missing Y chromosomes. Erin spent nearly a week here giving me a good excuse to get out and do some awesome stuff with her, and my Mom and our family friend Linda Ellingson stopped by for a few hours on their way to New Zealand to visit my sister! Elizabeth wrote up a brief report on her site and talks a lot about flaura and fauna. It seems that nothing except DESERT is native to California, but we do have some good imports and visitors. Behold!


My mom hinding behind a plant by some antique boutique in The Circle.


Erin and I trying to be tropical fish at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Who is more convincing?

As you can see, it was totally awesome having them both here. Um . . . there is so much stuff to talk about! But I'm also hungry and sleepy. And I'm wearing a cowboy hat. Anyway, so much more stuff will have to wait for tomorrow.
xxxooo
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PS -- I find it funny that blogger doesn't have the word "blog" in their spellchecker. It suggests "bloc" instead. And "Erin" isn't a real word to them either, although Ernst is. If anything is spelled weird, I blame them.
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