‘Cause they are happy to tell me to take the receipt, but they never bother to remind me to take my CARD.

I left my card in the machine.

Again. In the same machine as before.

This happened to me on a day that sucked overall. Work is not good. Not like “oh i’m so stressed” – but more like.. Shit.. fan.. feces everywhere.

I can’t go into it on here – ’tis not appropriate and all.

BUT let’s talk about something FUN.

Say .. for example… SEA RANCH! or PRINCE! or VEGAS!

September and October are lookin’ to be pretty damn spiffy months (in the Recreational Fun-n-Shit category.) I’ll update more later…

I read about this little nugget of cheesiness in the latest issue of The Wave Magazine: Pokia cell phone attachments.

The Peckham Cottage

I’d love to see the look on people’s faces when, as your phone rings, you answer it with a retro receiver.

Ok so I changed my site a little bit.. again.

I’ve been fiddling with the code for this damned thing for the past few hours.

However, if you’ll notice – nobody can leave comments. I will figure it out later. Until then, just telepathically tell me what you think of the change.

Oh yeah and the links page is still formatted to the “old” look. That will change sometime soon too.

Many times, while aboard Light Rail in the wee early morn, I am witness to an unfortunate event.

No, not a car crash.

Nope, nobody is hit by light rail either.



No what I am talking about is the frightening realization that you have lost your VTA pass. Sometimes people are faking it. They’re looking around.. “Gee I must have it somewhere…”, searching through their backpacks, purses, and man-bags. I just watch and ‘tsk tsk’ them in my head. Silly people! Don’t over act – they won’t buy it.

Ah but karma often bites the proverbial ass right?

Guess who left her monthly pass at her apartment.

So there I was, one of those people searching like mad through my purse. I checked each spot twice. Shook my notebook several times. Checked the pockets just once more… and looked pitifully at the VTA Officer. At the next stop he asked me to step off of the train.

I’m going to get a ticket – it’s going to be a huge-ass fine. I cannot believe this.

So he asked why I didn’t have a ticket which is when I started to explain that I HAD a ticket. It was just at home. I could describe the ticket in detail – I mean come on man, I knew the color! The color changes each month!

I showed him my July pass that I still had in my purse.

He then asked me when I usually buy my month pass. I told him, “around the first of the month”.

“Then why do you have several day passes?”

…

He noticed, in my searching frenzy, that yes – I had several day pass ticket stubs in my purse. So I explained that sometimes I don’t buy my ticket right away -usually because I have to wait till I am paid.

I was ready to tell this guy my entire life story – ANYTHING to save me from the Big Evil Fine ($250 to be exact).

So he said that it looked like I tried to buy a ticket as often as I could and that this ONE TIME he’d let me go (with a written, documented warning) but that next time if I’m caught I could.. “blah blah legal mumbo jumbo big fine maybe court and a larger fine blah blah have I scared you enough?” Ya know, the stuff they’re supposed to say.

Of course, he had to witness me buying a pass for the remainder of my Light Rail journey (thank gawd I had $1.50 on me) and with that he was on his way.

And since I used my last $1.50 for the three whole Light Rail stops – I had to miss my usual bus and get change from Walgreens… and then catch another bus to work.

So on a day that I left early for work I ended up being almost 30 minutes late. Thank goodness I have very understandable employers.

And my August Monthly Pass? It has a new home – taped to the inside of my wallet.

While waiting for my Java Chip frappymocha at Starbucks, I just had to take a few photos of the gianormous flowers they had on display.

Adam and I saw Garden State tonight. I enjoyed this movie immensely – it was worth the $10 to see it. (Dude what’s up with AMC? $10??) It’s a quiet, well-written story about a guy who just wants to come to terms with .. well some issues (I don’t want to give it away now..) and begin to feel again. It might seem to some as your typical a-b-c plotline… but it’s done in a very beautiful way. Zach Braff is amazing — knowing that he not only starred in this movie but he wrote and directed it… he’s showing us he’s much more than the goofy and loveable JD from NBC’s “Scrubs”.

Go see this movie!

Congratulations to Kendra and Dave! They’re ENGAGED!!

::throws confetti::

Check out the ring… Kendra tells me it’s a yogo sapphire in the middle. Apparently they come from Montana.

Now check out the cute couple!

Congratulations!!

It always strikes around the time I need to go to sleep.

Sleep does not interest me right now.

I’d rather research lenses and filters for my camera.

.. Or peruse photoblogs and web photo magazines.

.. Or work on my scrapbook.

or paint. Ooh paint.

I have a new venture regarding painting. The moment I finish my trip scrapbook — whooo boy am I going to be a paintin’ fool or what. Thanks to my super-cool uncle Mike in LA, I might have a teeny tiny little side business going. But we’ll see. I might paint really crappy stuff only crazy goth kids would want.

You know, to burn while they chant and stuff.

But hey, that could be a totally uncharted market. Hmm.

OKAY. I need to sleep.

Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to go to sleep…

360 Days

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Slowly updating with photos from this weekend (Matt’s BBQ Part Deux and a trip to Bonfante Gardens) but click below for what I’ve already uploaded!