tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80589483451900671302024-03-04T21:10:30.737-08:00Pony VenomTara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-13139157258722927102011-02-20T10:15:00.000-08:002011-02-20T17:25:23.512-08:00Why do we wear veils at weddings and funerals?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I posted only once last year and when I look at the Mad Men campaign (which was ridiculously impossible and I knew it all along) I think the reason it happened at all was because I needed something I could pour my energies into that wasn't totally self-destructive. I found out my best friend, my nearest, my dearest first love (that one that shows you what real love is), had very aggressive breast cancer.</span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERd0T1EGVHFaGAAdMil8tWIDjcXMuaRjLA6d1cvSBs2bSYWr2YD6irgiA0ik7lufzmu8c1VNFLMAiSRgJIBC5zZ74WRno4t-hq9vnC62wlHfObmGVeiew1QBGQwbwWlx7OOwfjkL7lgc/s1600/kara2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERd0T1EGVHFaGAAdMil8tWIDjcXMuaRjLA6d1cvSBs2bSYWr2YD6irgiA0ik7lufzmu8c1VNFLMAiSRgJIBC5zZ74WRno4t-hq9vnC62wlHfObmGVeiew1QBGQwbwWlx7OOwfjkL7lgc/s400/kara2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575920153077828050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had my suspicions for maybe 2 yrs. prior and had encouraged her to seek attention but nothing shatters the mind and soul like hearing that news for the first time. On Jan. 22nd, 2010, she told me and all I could do was primally cry, "Nooooooooooo!" All is revealed and decimated instantaneously. 2010 became a death march, for none of us live forever but some of us are whittled away. What is the expression, "Death by a 1,000 cuts"? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7aMvsvIuvRr9TcqANFd0Hmv343ATcOYa-1zN0m0jxCEtuPR8cHSufr0h-8AZLdxRs5Qmx80b4qMp_pj_XaBJof3l7GaJoRSzpDr5N_zed8jb_BKgFE6KIWz_KydO8vvjwXo0sGiNGKM/s400/laughing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575920154241762626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kara Michelle Engel was loved by many people (I realized how many only in death and still think that number is rather inestimable really) but she didn't want anyone to know she was ill. She wanted to get this over with and return to her old life. This was a healthy perspective and she was very optimistic. I wanted to support and share that optimism, so no one was to know and I honored her wish.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdb__B5mn711BljVaqQbGIeIkaadgO6-bvBPLQqhGyQ7C4Zr4ay9QT11V0oOCwYwJ1JcN9HSuiW71FRey5Fih6ljvRWxCJVhkYESxsDiOp3LVxWnlxSsfXAHAkkKSsioCWFW9djG4wHc/s400/Drawing+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575919824914454642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnrfJlDoZooVAfss6LP3Mdu-FqKYFMTG-kuvzaZK8M16MyMFnhIGXboFCaESqG8P_h6unpKCQ8UAKGJxtrm-x_SCggcZzqxQ10iNKmdOiDvF95leQKvxbnzF38frQ6WiJjaubYeDM0Bo/s400/Drawing+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575919822271651666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Still, everything turned gray for me because as I enjoyed the world, I knew she could not and therefore, nothing could hold much meaning for me outside of her presence. I spent a great deal of time with her, drawing, reading trashy mags, laughing, eating healthy foods, drinking homemade juices or coffee, having fun with her iPad, not really watching movies (as was her favorite past time), talking about life and talking about death. She was in the most loving, beautiful environment that anyone could hope for, surrounded by her sister, Bob and many animals. I thought, "For all the years I harrangued her about moving back to Claremont, I shoulda been making an exit plan to move in with her." It was lush, but not overly extravagant- kinda bohemian and classy. She had her art and those of her friends hanging all around her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8zATdxT2Lu7TqFXBz71Sh64L3M2Mgovv90tyEgu57AmxCCFWMKOtbEuBLTRXCL7vhAKi3LubNHq1cpPxgrjTNq_kaqWW9xty8CZbpF7SoxnhoXA35rWbFqXata6nb5HwiVFAqb4rxpk/s400/IMG_0391.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575929902445059042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Still, as any survivor knows, there is more I wish I could have done. I mean apart from releasing her from the gilded prison of her four walls and body, I wish I could have been there even more, told her I loved her even more, or kissed like we did when we were young and had a pinkie shake or preteen bloodletting type of tryst. This is the human curse and we will all face it in varying degrees at varying times, I know that. I am very good at breaking down things analytically, but sometimes that just doesn't cut it.</span></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6z-g-aebTYpQSHEBs7cf8up1TkcLCecIXnRA9BzX47FFE8KBlzDNqU9SkJwopmhW1a3taehEKrGfOM_PFllqCtx_YHhVnFJQrht68YPXxiWxOR8uvRq-N1QMQqpPu0WpwtCkKNFSVecc/s400/kx3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575928121598773794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sometimes the core of you just will not obey the noise of your mind. I could read about the stages of grieving and hit every one like a champ, Kara hit all the stages of dying on point in rapid succession, but all it does is trivialize them. People say, "It will get better with time" and I know it has to, but I don't want it to. I don't want to extinguish her torch or somehow soften edges on something so acutely real and beautiful as her. I want to live in memories of her which I know is not a healthy disposition. My husband doesn't deserve that, he's been nothing but the best. Not a runner-up to Kara, but a true equal on all fronts. He's also very disraught over Kara. I feel his pain. If we didn't have each other, I know I'd just die of heartbreak, full stop.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpejj16MTmBqTFFcnJ4C03TXJOwsZVo0CJYIlYYAEiGLOnpXYUqL21dt_YoSgtV3r9FL4fH35PbrzXfoamVeLWtmhyMLl4zFhnaqkAkFXkm7jL1XK-elNPd0MEqwV3IVLsCSmSi9bMsUc/s400/pensive.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575920159735912962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't sleep well, even with melotonin because loops of her final hours roll through my head, often accompanied by music oddly enough. She went out in pain so extreme that my mind can not entirely comprehend it. She also was withdrawing from heavy meds because she refused them and said she had already taken them. I have known people to overdose, never underdose. Was she in a dream state, had the cancer moved to her brain, or was she simply not up for the fight and submitting to death, I'll never know. But regardless, she chose the hardest road on which to travel that divide.</span></span></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiJ6bnJJypnRvFXCKzNZWRuyxYSuthbrBSHEVhr3Jdx6goMMXVlVOtQyNEw3VFHHX48B0M8i5jBN3AGSh-CK8Vo9sBcwh8bzoIAxEo090Jzx3WOsyLM0y_6gSHXCNy9uDSUxW4F71EXw/s400/fenced.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575919829436560162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Much was illuminated in her death and in the aftermath. I have shared some of this already and some I can not share. Love is absolute, and all that exists forever even if our species extinguishes itself. We are born of it and only leave it behind. But also, there are reasons behind every mystery, some so obvious and mundane that you hafta wonder why you never saw them to begin with. Some that change the landscape of your mind, they are so profound. The largest mysteries are beyond our comprehension entirely (this I guess I always knew since I am agnostic and Taoist- anything else seems to give humans far too much credit) and my only hope is that Kara is now learning those things because she taught me so much in her life and her death. If she is not everywhere and in everything as I hope, at least she examined the complexities and loved the world fully, exactly as it was. She really was very Christlike in my mind, right up to the last. Anyone who knew her, can attest to the magnitude of her spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Staggering is all that you can really say.</span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMoEbFsWUz-UL3c4FUmySW6f2IGMARvgQDOmV0og-jTDF19VR46M7hSq-TaWoYss6mxKgB9SAlhIv__JBKuWvvj0n-zt20ehlVO6V8S4RFTMqjMviF5QJdCZ21YzwticygigyeQQx2gR0/s400/Kara.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575919841623995154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px; " /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She left with her heart shaped face, and her magnanimous heart and her first name sounding like caring and her last name meaning angel, on Valentine's Day. While she symbolized love for me on all levels, this is tragic to the point of comedic. Really? The universe really has a fucked up sense of humor sometimes. Well, she always did have a flair for the dramatic, I guess. She loved the burning Mexican hearts w/their crisscross crowns of thorns. She painted them often over the years and recently surrounded them with algebraic equations (I figured x=death or x=love, depending on your mood).</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64XKowjJiijMxleOe_wpKQu0uDQSs3znntVpAnZJ6PtxjljlSS4pIbVlyUpDiS6SmD4sGnvHadR2jaJMTQWRFNafC1pgF0kmsrMmvDNgOUDV02v27LWigqlXjUxZEI7jinNNMsouvHXI/s400/standing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575920162687035522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 400px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm listening to the church bell tolling from across the street and it's going for several minutes. Longer than usual but I wish it would never end. Wish I had taken her inside, she would have loved the mission feel of it. Sam and I went to a service there once on a lark and it’s a real hybrid mishmash (it's Episcopalian [which I was raised], but also, Buddhist, Celtic and Aztec and only God knows what else) but why is it never the right mishmash for me, I wonder. I can be such a seeker and such a naysayer simultaneously. My mind never stops battling, I wish it would surrender. I can't will it to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbYmS5wHjK_krNB5ZOLSz8DpHb4egYBUOGv0jNZfAdZ3oNYVRYVT1VO4OwE868-foJcTIPt1XMhIlVhbpsf8K2_WiTHMtignf0Xsav33QnOGAxr8oE1RaqEtAvWZvw5n8tzCbMAGySGQ/s400/contact+sheet+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575919821356165714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span> </span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since no one knew what was going on with Kara, it was very hard to look anyone in the eye, especially if they asked about her. I am better at subterfuge than I give myself credit for because it seemed painfully obvious to me, but apparently not to most people. Everyday came worse news about her state or a new emotional low for her or me or bad news about those close to her or those close to me. Close formative friends John Fornadley and Sean Davis self destructed and died. My friend Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a maniac and the country unravelled a bit more. For me personally, all of these were a drum roll, leading up to the death of Kara.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnRMNqskClIQko4f03SOczLQP0atqYiJ1M4tWm1As0cspOkqyONjtLR00TcwwP1bvd8NTdux8MawjlSCePUbrPmTu12SYlh7hnw3JlBkFc9rZCLANqZ7IEggsRWzb3Kx8o-hyzNSwOZY/s400/with+buddies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575920168545442514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When she knew she was in the fight of her life, she said it was ok to tell people and it was such a relief. Finally everyone could tell her what I had been telling her since she was 14, 'you are loved, you are beautiful and you are precious beyond compare. Stop beating yourself up.' Thom Fuhrman, Jaclyn Dierking and I organized a benefit show with Savage Republic (Kara and I's favorite live band) and set up a fund for her. Many did reach out and she said it was the best medicine ever. Better than any doctor could have given her. Many did not, due to their own preoccupations with death perhaps or from me making light of a situation in which I could not fully reveal the extent of. We never want anyone to give up on them, even if in our hearts we know the truth. She knew the truth. We'd cry together about how scared we were. She'd try to play it off for everyone else, but I always appreciated her honesty with me. How unbearably sad for her. It kills me in waves, a 1,000 laps on the shore.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWZISN3MmJkho1s7syHWHsoDDa0pKsHbpf10iL_ixWTJ9mARhwRIfKDli6MMkLOKju6QH1KTLGJi1guePMynTIerM1NKlUrT1UONsGuzHq1oTiqqRWGxtDaN_ABgSF6ECtiAUtaq3p1U/s400/kx2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575928122198877442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 400px; " /></span></div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Death has always been a specter we were ghoulishly, morbidly, delightedly, interested in. We romanticized it and worried about it and imagined it a million times together and apart since we were little teenage punk/death rockers. I think that we wanted to understand it, embrace it and celebrate it because we had more than your average share of fear and respect for it. That hasn't changed, and it may have become magnified for me after Kara. I have lost close relatives and pets. My grandmother Mimi and my cat RayRay being the most significant, if that can even be measured. She is in their league or beyond. They all have such dimension in my mind, such depth of character, beauty of spirit and symbolic significance. They are not myth, they are extremely real, but they are so rich that no one can believe how amazing they are, until of course, they know them. No shit. Really.</span></span></span></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-28536060900079422622011-02-19T15:22:00.000-08:002011-02-20T17:10:54.110-08:00Memorial Speech for Kara<div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnMHtdEY0k4HfrspID9V5u8YEARa1SQUQTyzHVCg1DMZrW9H1D1PqamAzljGT7AU8iTHWmSFo20KYyTObvqHkKaToYJ3wU2n0A4T9r7SkN2P9cPfvO8sUIZ2u9Ah0DVkk1ch7EXIzETs/s400/izone.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575917658442918562" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>I always felt Kara and I were like Heckle and Jeckle or Tom and Jerry. It was always nice to hear our names in the same breath and an honor to get called by her name which happened a lot. Over the last couple of days, some people have said that she was fortunate to have me as a friend, which seemed ironic because I have always felt that it was really MY good fortune to know her and to have her in my corner. Once I read about our zodialogical compatibility and the title was “A Transparent Interface” which to me said volumes about how easily we let ourselves be seen and understood by each other. Once I told Kara, “Dude, I have this magic mirror that has lights directly on me and I never see myself age in it.” When Kara passed away, one of the 2 lights burnt out in the mirror and I thought “This is it, 1/2 of me is gone.”</i></span></span></span></span><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><i>We met when I was 13 and she was 14 thru Shanna whose nickname for her was “Stringbean”. I, like most people, was immediatly taken with her. She pulled off a beret and wanted Shanna and I to comb thru this crazy dreaded hairball and it cracked us all up. She seemed wiser, more punk rock and fascinating than anyone we knew. As she and I grew tight over the years, she was my comrade in arms and really the only sibling I’ve ever had. I’d share anything, anyone and everything with her unquestionably. She would respond in kind. We were symbiotic. We both had similar sensibilities, interests and fell to the same side on all issues. How rare that is. As most of you can attest, it was not hard to fall in love with this girl, and I fell hard. Sincere, curious, sensitive to the nth degree, compassionate, in love with all creatures great and small, eerily intuitive, keenly intelligent, considerate, modest, spunky, artistic, talented, hilarious, generous, beautiful beyond compare, conscientious and refined in her tastes. She once announced to me, “We’re forecasters”. She definitly knew which way the wind blew. </i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><i> </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><i>I could recount many madcap adventures and quote some gems but they all vie for attention and I don’t know where to begin or end. I just know there is no one else like her on the face of this planet, and if you knew her, you were lucky to have basked in her radiance.</i></span></span></span></p></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-55597515172759942822010-09-13T18:27:00.000-07:002010-09-13T18:28:48.601-07:00Mad Men Slideshow<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yay! Finished a slideshow for the Mad Men contest and used the song 'John Reilly' by my old band Aye Aye Captain! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">♥!</span><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the links- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSraNKok_TE">slideshow</a>and <a href="http://madmencastingcall.amctv.com/browse/detail/W5LANU">voting</a>. Only 5 days left!</span></span></span></h3></span></div><div><br /></div><object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/aSraNKok_TE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSraNKok_TE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSraNKok_TE?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-58595232250461792982010-08-04T14:03:00.000-07:002010-09-13T18:37:18.898-07:00Time Eternal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURzvO6Nn3X-uV0QY86Obb0VtsNSiBruDLShGe8HG6MVFhHm4aXFIa0be1EiMY-Mn3mvOPTZn57Ljx_vGViChFr3PlNDcGXxhBBt6UGVifl0CcFNS4ysXHh5g5hgqtcqDmyW5VDmHbcuU/s1600/tara+8.jpg"></a><span><span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy_K2ExD5FSVb85hpHsyaJ0e2mkNy4fdo7xe5BvXjjlMnXdoGTgaBFZGKZCJIquCh-VlXW_uxNcZCWWfbXdRgUAH-zEgt5PGf9rgBiXAjT38EkjyNIBxJbqmAI487CZ8Ym495BTP3SVI/s1600/tara+13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy_K2ExD5FSVb85hpHsyaJ0e2mkNy4fdo7xe5BvXjjlMnXdoGTgaBFZGKZCJIquCh-VlXW_uxNcZCWWfbXdRgUAH-zEgt5PGf9rgBiXAjT38EkjyNIBxJbqmAI487CZ8Ym495BTP3SVI/s400/tara+13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501669543445314882" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpJxut2ExJL41mWjfaNGKTT6voKkykf679txZneEk-S7-6PMkXLj5CAtcyNMQws1cl9LmIN4e5ISfIoTwlbyv0MhsG8Ej6rsS8tHhLyAwFkCh6fiZ_TeQLJLkip4XQbQQd5brcp3kNNo/s1600/tara+16.jpg"></a>Hi Blog I've been neglecting! I have so much to tell you little bloggy. 2010 has been a rollarcoaster year thus far. Maybe more downs than ups, but very extreme in any case. Started w/ earthquakes and the woe got closer to home each passing day. Anywho, thankful more than ever to be alive. This isn't a greeting card, but I am thankful to all my friends and family, near and dear, near and far. The world seems smaller and more cozy with you in it. On the upshot, I have been playing a lot of music (generally getting paid in beer) and doing a lot of art (finished 2 altered books and 4 full pages are in <a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v17n8/htdocs/keeping-it-bleak-485.php">Vice magazine's August "Anti-Music" issue</a>) and I made the most of a very ruff school year. I saw Devo, Joan Jett and Rihanna! I am now mid-swing in a <a href="http://madmencastingcall.amctv.com/browse/detail/W5LANU">media blitzing campaign to be on Mad Men</a> that will go on until my birthday. My friend/hairdresser Cherie Savoie is the photographer that took the Auto Da Fe pics that were so beautiful last year. She was bleaching my hair and suggested I try out for Mad Men. She had all the info cuz she had entered the contest last year. She styled my hair in a little bouffy bob and came over with her friend Susie's camera after I had pulled out some dresses and scouted locations. She shot like 300 pics so there were bound to be some keepers. Here's a few-</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9imcvtzeMgfD8K_h-ITjVxNwuUlUazbDdGYyNeHfHjzYbx6rLQ_4m6j1PUKfHjfwhTLjwtFZITnPubGJiWvQtkM-k6-cxqMV-Ofcg2WTaNxUznE01ILyRvUTRWeUV5X-311MK3RiboQ/s1600/tara+11.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9imcvtzeMgfD8K_h-ITjVxNwuUlUazbDdGYyNeHfHjzYbx6rLQ_4m6j1PUKfHjfwhTLjwtFZITnPubGJiWvQtkM-k6-cxqMV-Ofcg2WTaNxUznE01ILyRvUTRWeUV5X-311MK3RiboQ/s400/tara+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501668661484602146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5lqpTJx1uNzfhDuSVUPGZ8264Dey8KPnlV5XCcgJ8Ywma02-G9CkUZUa8JWuFef73A5r8huqTYUJIzxPlrzxEaGPdTY1j5mB7BkcZqGTE8dDeroZaA4eizY118xkJ0HmljcZfiBFaPw/s400/tara+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501686890492187746" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2JqLyRGUcgY0WmEtxyGQQFgAP60jfg3ulnZaw8zZtEpKtAKkUeEYKoy11_EoR1NxYo6LXeqZr3lMFJeRHjsS6gCdIUKWUwsVBgYHkk4j0VeI0VpOxOmYkkrEF5u0MHfIsCepEjbNvok/s1600/tara+12.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2JqLyRGUcgY0WmEtxyGQQFgAP60jfg3ulnZaw8zZtEpKtAKkUeEYKoy11_EoR1NxYo6LXeqZr3lMFJeRHjsS6gCdIUKWUwsVBgYHkk4j0VeI0VpOxOmYkkrEF5u0MHfIsCepEjbNvok/s400/tara+12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501670985539068178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">and this one, it was just so natural-<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGO-AUbqjo1_rWS8VTtD8VPvUvwMSi09Q2a0IXOMAVm2cb3PfKiNKe_QPZh9lyohH3mfzCekiOdMrQHHtROX3achi8H-uqBpM9TD7xWnZxE1QIyqnyAyLJGqHYyjkQjhPKlfs-b9EnmA/s1600/tara+14.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGO-AUbqjo1_rWS8VTtD8VPvUvwMSi09Q2a0IXOMAVm2cb3PfKiNKe_QPZh9lyohH3mfzCekiOdMrQHHtROX3achi8H-uqBpM9TD7xWnZxE1QIyqnyAyLJGqHYyjkQjhPKlfs-b9EnmA/s400/tara+14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501670979443137170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I9ySgVk8Y-EJ-9pdks7qP3Y_W3jnRF1WNvpMyL-gTej6fqx47rcDVsQl0hb-gQyIHCtg0b0DS3T1pNogbo_j6b1v7nEX1l3Mos1K2agrZTo8boKAQzGGMnyKQt9W6dvP6ph4bOWZTUs/s1600/tara+2.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I9ySgVk8Y-EJ-9pdks7qP3Y_W3jnRF1WNvpMyL-gTej6fqx47rcDVsQl0hb-gQyIHCtg0b0DS3T1pNogbo_j6b1v7nEX1l3Mos1K2agrZTo8boKAQzGGMnyKQt9W6dvP6ph4bOWZTUs/s1600/tara+2.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_I9ySgVk8Y-EJ-9pdks7qP3Y_W3jnRF1WNvpMyL-gTej6fqx47rcDVsQl0hb-gQyIHCtg0b0DS3T1pNogbo_j6b1v7nEX1l3Mos1K2agrZTo8boKAQzGGMnyKQt9W6dvP6ph4bOWZTUs/s1600/tara+2.jpg"></a></span></span><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I posted most of these on Facebook and the one below is the one that was chosen by my friends. I figure they know better than me, since it is hard to judge oneself. It worked out best cuz there was no photoshopping needed (tattoo or anti-60's indicators). The competition is very stiff and I love some of their photos and wonder if they just live in the 60's in their mind. I heard an interview w/ Matthew Weiner (the exec. producer and ex- Sopranos writer) on NPR where he said that being from Baltimore is what really inspired him to do the show. He said Maryland had not changed from the 50's-early 60's era until the mid 80's. Being from Baltimore and having always been fascinated by this era, I have to agree. I moved to California in 1982 before the state started to shift stylistically. My neighbor when I was little, Pat Moran was John Water's fan club president and casting director. She had a bright red beehive and a house of french colonial furniture. It seemed totally normal to me as a kid. I loved going to Hutzler's department store's ritzy cafe w/my great grandmother to eat an ice cream on a doily w/ a cone for a clown's hat and a cherry nose and little raisin eyes or to the flea market at the beautiful 50's Edmonson Drive-In. I collected everything from matchbooks to buttons to tins of shoe polish because they seemed old and better designed. My best memories involved old artists that I knew as a child that lived in that 50's sort of idyll. Everything around them so used, so loved, so old. The country itself so verdant, so alive, so haunted. I felt like such a little urchin, sand always shifting beneath my feet while the old artists and musicians were all so solid and full of tradition and good ideas. I love going back every year because most of what I knew is either still there or being taken back by nature. Is it healthy to prefer the past to the frightening future? The present is the only thing we can truly cling to I guess.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQGfa6NLW-Po9toLB-d2WvT-g9WnwUPdBYisAo1b7A7KF6AiavGviBoCeGaP81nvQMRhNmIrTbO7bkOsX51RYWrVhx2sVxrfDDXdlLH__jJteIfQ_tZhN-bMJAosShhEdZ_4PZiqdjpg/s400/tara+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501671505495252146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-33994339832472138882009-10-31T17:17:00.000-07:002009-10-31T17:40:28.491-07:00Enchanted Forest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLYZIsy5q-qoJKxHsZjxYpViLeANnUMDHeYKXVaaFEYNU8TEWXcQhjHrRvFMJw_qFFIrsvj8iYRbOjH2xIlHFw99caPeQoM2FeLywLQxv0jlDHuBvlJxqozQ20UA3yFPkm3Fx737Kv8s/s1600-h/t+pix+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLYZIsy5q-qoJKxHsZjxYpViLeANnUMDHeYKXVaaFEYNU8TEWXcQhjHrRvFMJw_qFFIrsvj8iYRbOjH2xIlHFw99caPeQoM2FeLywLQxv0jlDHuBvlJxqozQ20UA3yFPkm3Fx737Kv8s/s400/t+pix+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398926148873840482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKUHDmn5iHvmIPVYeUrQ2SfvqduHqy6IqkqtS7SXNtWBIf8VRbSUxBRviJlRCtikJeVVpHvowCo65zZx4gXgZ2QTHDe0QkXivApmp_tuD0LyUKR94fqDtjEuo3b2cQaIWDVVLungdXXQ/s1600-h/t+pix+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKUHDmn5iHvmIPVYeUrQ2SfvqduHqy6IqkqtS7SXNtWBIf8VRbSUxBRviJlRCtikJeVVpHvowCo65zZx4gXgZ2QTHDe0QkXivApmp_tuD0LyUKR94fqDtjEuo3b2cQaIWDVVLungdXXQ/s400/t+pix+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398926143874548738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HxfXEBgtTY_4vgC2qtJWYXp9yyDDrokdWj451igfuUC_i9jbTqepCRAFEEZq8b0r1WGTQ5KzGGWXJsiOHiVk-CC3T0k1z7q5lsYxLqZXcVYCV6wYRVevUo6BKdqi3b4eKfc7KpyrhW0/s1600-h/t+pix+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HxfXEBgtTY_4vgC2qtJWYXp9yyDDrokdWj451igfuUC_i9jbTqepCRAFEEZq8b0r1WGTQ5KzGGWXJsiOHiVk-CC3T0k1z7q5lsYxLqZXcVYCV6wYRVevUo6BKdqi3b4eKfc7KpyrhW0/s400/t+pix+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398926139497659442" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Many blogs ago I mentioned breaking into the abandoned "Enchanted Forest" in my hometown Ellicott City, Maryland with my cousin Ryon while on tour with Amps For Christ. At one of our shows I said that Maryland had many enchanted forests and this resonated with Animal Collective's Josh Dibbs who graciously had us open for them at El Rey Theater. Being from Maryland's woodlands as I am, he understands this to be true. There are some areas of this park far to scary to explore- Ali Baba and the 40 thieves cave with boat ride and the underground train to Alice in Wonderland with a scene of her falling from above down the rabbit hole that was very similar to the lightening flash and the illuminated hanging body in Disney's Haunted Mansion entrance room. I ordered a DVD online with footage of the park as it was when I went there- Toot the tugboat, the mountain with slide, Safari ride, Mother Goose and duckling cars, etc, etc. Here's a few shots with more to come. If this kind of warped, fairytale park appeals to you, there happens to be an unrelated Enchanted Forest in Salem, Oregon which is pretty nifty, too.</span></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-43407917770898016592009-10-28T21:54:00.000-07:002009-10-29T19:15:29.965-07:00Well, it looks real nice on the looky box<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzD8-a5_WmBVWSc5Kl2jONMZ5QLD2lu1Dw60j4RT_ZNLWwBZ9kE1mg4fisrDU-LTLHTcAxnFqpDVbpB5KrWmFx5WnLb9HSoqEwXOVHu2_m63HGmTlzDjDUuVTA50CN-SFbTz8_pIyS4JQ/s1600-h/ADF+forest+flyer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzD8-a5_WmBVWSc5Kl2jONMZ5QLD2lu1Dw60j4RT_ZNLWwBZ9kE1mg4fisrDU-LTLHTcAxnFqpDVbpB5KrWmFx5WnLb9HSoqEwXOVHu2_m63HGmTlzDjDUuVTA50CN-SFbTz8_pIyS4JQ/s400/ADF+forest+flyer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397882604097332274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I worked on this for hours before I realized it wasn't big enough to go inside our record, a CD or a wallet for that matter. It was too busy on the eye anyway. Altered it to make a nice flyer at least-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFC8PX-EUKHh-AHIz1u8rpjS8HU9NBoZU-kGLtYIYo7uxDjUWn2H9PfbH2fOLkQhUFmmVrn5RudaPNiLpODd7liofN6Vv84PQWv2qhUZvSnemed89sMcf9H8KqXsnApJdFcufZCkRM6A/s400/ADF+echo+flyerbwcutout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398195410244815730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I have been deliberating on the cover art for Auto Da Fe's 2nd full length 'Emit Time'. My original drawing versus my unfinished painting versus my original idea of finishing the painting to show RayRay's eyes 'emitting time' with the trails of light coming from his eyes. There is also this unfinished owl painting for the back cover and those eyes were going to 'emit time' as well. This record has been finished since January but I have been stalled on the art for 2 reasons. First, I get teary every time I draw or paint RayRay and second, I don't want to 'finish it' and screw it up. Maybe it's easier to be satisfied with mediocrity when the alternative is overworking something into pure rubbish. Regardless, the album is great and timely considering we cover the Raincoats who are back in action. Shape up, T!!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZd8ra2WO19YVPn5S1LWhNJfQmNygZvebEgwl5CRE9wOPVF487s1dKKe-p5mumdo_0X1okZs6mHT_r6gTMdEFIPjmdSY6I1NqCf62JoPUglPJh-O37eK6CdlmYxvL8aYeDM0xOwyrP-E/s400/SNV30691.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398196635920043042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xR5CkQYoL399wvMio8JsNEXp9bYl0z8FeCU2ptcR7lyX8Ml0pAbeAeV8rGPEfJmgK-5uO_K051ToLe0eCtPaVtENY-BZuWFWzDa4Kprk6GL6d2zX4JMuEpNXKWxjw0KRHvKrSJnIpGI/s400/SNV30690.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398196644866153106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></span></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-87410507520992087692009-09-29T18:40:00.000-07:002009-09-29T19:08:33.543-07:00Zeitgeist or Heist?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the art I drew (2004) for my medically themed band Blue Silk Sutures that was on our </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">t-shirts and on our 7" split with Silver Daggers-</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa2UOV74Y9x8TJXyOMLhAgzUKQDksfEhT8SGmXW_2rH-Q6Ov03KMqrXk_mlJK0z0eBMt_WyFdXQokzatQKkekQf0ulDUonexiJU7eW32V0aPtK3O0E2e1QWRdm3fdLZzSWhK0C_DYkTA/s1600-h/BSS+Silver+Dag+lg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa2UOV74Y9x8TJXyOMLhAgzUKQDksfEhT8SGmXW_2rH-Q6Ov03KMqrXk_mlJK0z0eBMt_WyFdXQokzatQKkekQf0ulDUonexiJU7eW32V0aPtK3O0E2e1QWRdm3fdLZzSWhK0C_DYkTA/s400/BSS+Silver+Dag+lg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387073529660135250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the art (2009) for the band Antlers (aren't there enough bands w/variations on that name already?)-</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YEjMgi7rBei1_S-EhWlhBmPGWdWnd4ylmkd45XJone2K-Aff5_Qk6IFAeRrsStBYAXMyQNoGQIiVvTRiG4fSHlyULz5LEPf2RRgO9akwMafO3fZbJZri4C_EoiY4WSqjtEMkkfWOuRA/s1600-h/antlers+heist.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YEjMgi7rBei1_S-EhWlhBmPGWdWnd4ylmkd45XJone2K-Aff5_Qk6IFAeRrsStBYAXMyQNoGQIiVvTRiG4fSHlyULz5LEPf2RRgO9akwMafO3fZbJZri4C_EoiY4WSqjtEMkkfWOuRA/s400/antlers+heist.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387073190505237010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Coincidence?</span></span></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-78507674940490911402009-09-02T23:27:00.000-07:002009-09-03T00:01:22.793-07:00Recent Music Releases<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgF6TR0ysCSTB5WpryZbPfbFkIw-NcsVBSStUk1L4WYVIV233c41JmJjmzJIFY9AIE5VdGyooI0lVjYkOgIwMQDSFKPWbygYmLsLTzJlGszKFau-l_9bY-oBnqxp1l5kiQoFWM4USj80/s1600-h/cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgF6TR0ysCSTB5WpryZbPfbFkIw-NcsVBSStUk1L4WYVIV233c41JmJjmzJIFY9AIE5VdGyooI0lVjYkOgIwMQDSFKPWbygYmLsLTzJlGszKFau-l_9bY-oBnqxp1l5kiQoFWM4USj80/s400/cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377131860852140050" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4F6LUpd7IaS5mekbAmkHKAf7sG6He8jjwSTzTpMnotB82xAIAg_zxNozksAxXxPvKst-nBJ_5C7GDH4K81weIIV9RgsXCa9o3m7O_fY9rdyHdeYDzwUOzvW8sWyFfvpJo-bjmYq2L88/s400/SNV30501.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377131874418226114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9FWQfLMkej82bdOuave-KKFXUg0nUGXBXTcxE9A_GII_nVhyMPdFN6ul7gTG5YKp78z4aLHqJhnpMJIjk4_oIoA_AElM4i6KJf6W2EtqA-Rib3KgzAYaOKkkR5up6nQQ8IcAZO6MJKs/s1600-h/Blue+Silk+Sutures+Silver+Daggers.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9FWQfLMkej82bdOuave-KKFXUg0nUGXBXTcxE9A_GII_nVhyMPdFN6ul7gTG5YKp78z4aLHqJhnpMJIjk4_oIoA_AElM4i6KJf6W2EtqA-Rib3KgzAYaOKkkR5up6nQQ8IcAZO6MJKs/s400/Blue+Silk+Sutures+Silver+Daggers.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377131856661129026" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In the last week, Pukekos music blog have posted two of my former bands unreleased tracks. First was an Amps For Christ song entitled '</span></span><a href="http://www.pukekos.org/2009/08/amps-for-christ.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Empire</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">' and the second was the record '</span></span><a href="http://www.pukekos.org/2009/09/aye-aye-captain.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ahoy Mermatey!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">' by my sea shanty band Aye Aye Captain with Dame Darcy. There is also an old posting on there for 2 songs by my band </span></span><a href="http://www.pukekos.org/2008/11/blue-silk-sutures.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Blue Silk Sutures</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Blue Silk Sutures have been mixing some new songs this week and we hope to oblige you in the future. I have lost complete days of my life to music blog downloads and I encourage the ripping of said tracks (with my bands' tacit approval of course) wholeheartedly. </span></span></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-11246932767382113022009-08-25T22:21:00.000-07:002009-10-28T22:26:58.754-07:00Home is Where My (He)Art Is<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Maryland, my home state...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5iDYNXfHrgBa8F9vIFHbdjMtDisHMhvmNMG6Rm6rtxrS-2JN16neFtyFptUDq-xb5QHM3n-AK0D-0SsrXH_gA6LsDPDNvG0kuulp-NaS7Din1kM8u5HkN-xIJ0Neg2f4b8ASrwrEUzg/s1600-h/ship+n+t.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5iDYNXfHrgBa8F9vIFHbdjMtDisHMhvmNMG6Rm6rtxrS-2JN16neFtyFptUDq-xb5QHM3n-AK0D-0SsrXH_gA6LsDPDNvG0kuulp-NaS7Din1kM8u5HkN-xIJ0Neg2f4b8ASrwrEUzg/s400/ship+n+t.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374190260712947554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They don't call Baltimore "Charm City" for nuttin'.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGekbinMlRCw9KyoStG4vcsfF0rmpgVHLD2TL0QoombfIlNQLD10AOTjVmijmPwd0U5BDUurS8g5wDsjRiHcj9G9ewGS9w6MWxJ3KuWK6459ydTuTRK4GvqaYrTSq6kKm6JOindi1yxZY/s1600-h/paper+moon"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGekbinMlRCw9KyoStG4vcsfF0rmpgVHLD2TL0QoombfIlNQLD10AOTjVmijmPwd0U5BDUurS8g5wDsjRiHcj9G9ewGS9w6MWxJ3KuWK6459ydTuTRK4GvqaYrTSq6kKm6JOindi1yxZY/s400/paper+moon" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374190251808213922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It has illustrious places to visit, like the arts district on Charles St. where I got my first Chinese hammered dulcimer for Christmas when I was 17. The shop was one of those old timey music stores with instruments hanging from the ceiling in the basement. It was next to the Peabody Conservatory of Music where my mom went for ballet and my grandmother went for voice. She sang with Arthur Godfrey live on the radio in the 30's and 40's. I almost went to the Maryland Art Institute but went to Scripps instead.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WJC1nzO2RilyaeLvBjb4vHbD1AYtmiHUFNiniW2fAAvlaB2FA6xigL7UoadFpU5tGu34XP4AwvSxlJxFcmL_Yiykt44wc0JWpVBPwTHtybexi5-NlSvZpfooIlyNTmB1Tk6cUbh8WAE/s400/charles+st.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374198153594706130" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Due to Maryland's Mason-Dixon status, it was uniquely important in the Underground Railroad. I give you the Blacks in Wax Museum. There was a slave ship and a lynching room. Boy, was it a drag being all chalky white trapsing through there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDX6S2wASpKM3EXuKsdz09Gm0el4gcP90eGLFNVw2IdCAUhr6e05l5Hquwyqas9ZG4IOFJyT9khir-3Hkgo64hP_R7LxPyu-eNhQ39JitMgEH9PS01UHCkQaWWWW6vLrsr_ufrDFZ5Wk/s400/blx+in+wax.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374198533524644258" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeHnmc62VJh-195dvvvas7p3ohMrluds43A_Zahcr2IdCoQiO8qu6SbOkIV3W9WHoalV_wYBHn0_sMyB08iDDoTlskJMw-KQ9Ov4fZ48bVM8wDSIKcxYqprOlaezklDEC07ZXBLrQRLo/s400/booker+t.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374198717029071954" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The perils of inner city drug use. I know all about it although I only saw 30 seconds of 'The Wire' Episode 1 before the DVD froze up.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCs3G2NY2a8IifKB50Oknv05oJ8gaLplnS2QWBDVQ-_udBdu8hbLROLfK8w6hrJkwcxErsSigfNs2YliP-QmqFhLBTJQ-ac5i8EiS0LjFAlMVNO1jG_8EWQVPRxjy45OLCQ7nlIZKOSY/s1600-h/drugz.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCs3G2NY2a8IifKB50Oknv05oJ8gaLplnS2QWBDVQ-_udBdu8hbLROLfK8w6hrJkwcxErsSigfNs2YliP-QmqFhLBTJQ-ac5i8EiS0LjFAlMVNO1jG_8EWQVPRxjy45OLCQ7nlIZKOSY/s400/drugz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374189210007250706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The culmination of progress. Obama looks fresh.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTyI6DOP1nmZ-vq4MmG3wYBw-YJ2kKdYTQhqB3-12eorFwKXmpWjU7pbQOace-4u-j3Moq0iSdiVaTqHxIMrGTGEJD2Af3Z7VrjZFmj-byViaNU7yxUtqBg3pycNpKmx8Ky1OfFQMzas/s1600-h/obama.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTyI6DOP1nmZ-vq4MmG3wYBw-YJ2kKdYTQhqB3-12eorFwKXmpWjU7pbQOace-4u-j3Moq0iSdiVaTqHxIMrGTGEJD2Af3Z7VrjZFmj-byViaNU7yxUtqBg3pycNpKmx8Ky1OfFQMzas/s400/obama.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374189199372795970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My hometown is </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellicott_City,_Maryland"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ellicott City</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, MD. It's a mill town dating back to the 1700's. It has cobblestones and is very historic. B & O Railroad started it's first trip here. It's also insanely haunted and now hosts Ghost Tours. My aunt ChiChi has some stories about the ruins of 'Patapsco Female Institute' that she worked to get protected. My first house 'Spring Hill' (until I was 2) was written up in a few articles as being haunted and every member of my family have tales to tell on that subject. Some that even involve me. More on that when I go back to visit 'Spring Hill' next summer. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbylSewDqJaGZobKwdEeoLGf-bYoTQtDx0avh_EY7eITJWNepKEt7s0yj2Oco1WrLx7UhQdLN8K4XYhWMY51w81b_tNam96-GJlj9C-Ycv7XL27b-webcyXqO3FCv8iz2_uodLBtIBlP0/s400/photo-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374192565844457618" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's my second house, built in the 1700's by General Marriott. Mrs.Steiner, an artist, was our only neighbor. She loved to draw with me and gave me a set of lifelike little fuzzy zoo animals. Her house has been demolished and the whole area is in conservancy. Last year, I saw a dozen deer bounding all around the lawn. The lawn would get so tall sometimes when I was kid, I'd ride my St. Bernard, Duke, through it like I was on a safari. I used to love playing make believe in the woods, pretending I lived in the trees or ran a saloon or could talk to the animals. I honestly believed I was a cat in my past life without ever learning about reincarnation. When my dad would take me motorcycling, I'd see lots of deer and fox. The place did have a creepy vibe at night though.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMrYe7wFQ1_cAs0BYZgMI-tqJ6I_lyNqSL9zD6ymbqUt2dp_NCwaBF3gXik1ohQSfmmhMJC4O1BY1fP_JRwz7o8v_lYt9NrnAYrWDctw3es5Rk8Xh4mLNj8Sdat5pxM9JP9HgyMnrFX8/s400/photo-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374192542749044754" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUpSHms85b6lHVC32P_L0UxZ5tGx-PuBVkLdDE9eCZaW406IFubsWX3l9uTkBmlq7hd0jHOqGs_DF_qslFoLfuX8sGK0YCoh23dpnr0aQ-X74-PMRF0Us2JNjnuJgLnvVHyiFrDszwzE/s1600-h/me+n+chichi.jpg"></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkb2dfiD4Na4hsYEKnXcM39JLYCaHqZPffa5TDqNlwLnoZu1vO_tnNZNigiCpaIREZXwdLtrCzj_4cquecvD2amN5E6EuuyTHVnAyRLtOzaC9CoIxYlJlsRN4LH0_AvGSeRhEJ1F32rI/s400/photo-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374192549230903250" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I loved hanging on the side of my mom's VW Bug down the long driveway.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FL21J0jYqeGboNiDhFA6MAR_Vb0DSMwj578mrKwdVZaGUMcyK1mjWktNoL4pq6fV-D0rC-jW6fX5ov4OKNMA0smTaIpy0IrGnZLkFsfKOy8_KPFGywZQYbcXNEjfDfRdwZ8zcVYV1UY/s400/photo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374192558432276498" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My aunt ChiChi lives in a cabin in the woods by a lake. I love her so much, we are very kindred.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUpSHms85b6lHVC32P_L0UxZ5tGx-PuBVkLdDE9eCZaW406IFubsWX3l9uTkBmlq7hd0jHOqGs_DF_qslFoLfuX8sGK0YCoh23dpnr0aQ-X74-PMRF0Us2JNjnuJgLnvVHyiFrDszwzE/s1600-h/me+n+chichi.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUpSHms85b6lHVC32P_L0UxZ5tGx-PuBVkLdDE9eCZaW406IFubsWX3l9uTkBmlq7hd0jHOqGs_DF_qslFoLfuX8sGK0YCoh23dpnr0aQ-X74-PMRF0Us2JNjnuJgLnvVHyiFrDszwzE/s400/me+n+chichi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374189196142210402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My cousin Ryon, her man Eric and their wee one Gunnar live in my grandmother Mimi's old house. Ryon and I made a trip to my favorite place in the world a few years ago. '</span></span><a href="http://www.co.ho.md.us/DOA/DOA_PIO_KIDS_Xplore_EnchantedForest.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Enchanted Forest</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">' was a fairytale theme park from the 50's in Ellicott City, blocks from my house. I went for every birthday or any opportunity I got. John Waters filmed parts of 'Cry Baby' there. It was beautiful and they built a strip mall over it. However, there were lots of abandoned parts of it left and we snuck in. I'll post pics once I scan them. </span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIYXAlGdorDyJ6UP-22SUiKhLl6b0WEXUuQJlVzNmOPOvFKXjxPrFIZPvG7Zc9LKYbz0IPCxJg6SJKqec-abe5azhwmOD39IIQMjIeK9xnCQ6YiVS0U8Nbfj454iPF5p58fMKI4ftIC0/s1600-h/ry,eric+n+gunnar.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIYXAlGdorDyJ6UP-22SUiKhLl6b0WEXUuQJlVzNmOPOvFKXjxPrFIZPvG7Zc9LKYbz0IPCxJg6SJKqec-abe5azhwmOD39IIQMjIeK9xnCQ6YiVS0U8Nbfj454iPF5p58fMKI4ftIC0/s400/ry,eric+n+gunnar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374189187163836482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On Mimi's property I would follow the rows of pines for miles. I'd see lots of little effigies like in 'Blair Witch Project'. That movie really weirded me out when I saw it. Maryland's forests really are enchanted and haunted.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPD3m4q29iqXdvl_TTD9dqO3SXxJWs0GtvjyfxVF37J7mt0pDp1FlYD2ZR-FICtygApEwllc7yoNK6sZ6y_QnyAOck9-FEuJwU7s6xNgPMD6PSVU_2WwV8jBM3pjv5lHYW1PyVvk9AA0/s400/mimi's.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374214737668815442" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sunny Ocean City, Maryland never struck me that way. We went every summer cuz my grandparents had a place on the water.</span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgi8zRedJ-_nYjda1fUbYzMIxCIHN1m5jIWFJjLRgyLdt2utDQbWMcFO_FxbdyzbrpWzY9hVDoOXXqLFj12RmZj8VmaNJgV6AD4I-ofXoY3O6osCeYQilxhvMyBCDJzdXtvolkg8TBuM/s400/oc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374190283454532242" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In Ocean City, God...</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82RISbETjYa-51ZxPpTxOsiZQWBkmOZuSKnbKPuQh72ChDe1l9TQAA2RmgZ-QlKb5SShGJCfL7lMCxg1UqH1Rwi1g6qIXlYiG6bR0-X00vYUbHDd4nLRpjBVTdacIz2mcxZSHwNPwK4s/s400/oc+sand.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374190267079447330" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">guts and guns are what made it great. </span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBdBo2dPlqpUk4Cx-_jxJMKVMvackxRb0hhR3mV-5FJav36AK1L0fBM7T7xLWdntMPTHNTGpNxGVPJg23fzldUsCBo8RPCNlT4sQ3SrhbrfFcw_jqnJqUsBEcZz0eMe_pL_u7_yWNU98/s1600-h/tara+s+shoots.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBdBo2dPlqpUk4Cx-_jxJMKVMvackxRb0hhR3mV-5FJav36AK1L0fBM7T7xLWdntMPTHNTGpNxGVPJg23fzldUsCBo8RPCNlT4sQ3SrhbrfFcw_jqnJqUsBEcZz0eMe_pL_u7_yWNU98/s400/tara+s+shoots.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374188240584152354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nowadays, the boardwalk is chock full of bored, working Russians and tourist yahoos, like me and my pals.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYC_Y-UaG0KQDnyftkiAOR3mf29acB3RJ4pY9wdREuSXwLMYxGOORBnlxwnFBkphq-4Jib4ai3IVn2xGwKvclNtiy-5laPm3dAbaM5RRyt5CsZLALTq3TDX2gn2SwhZWdcjC9ZhNBOQs/s1600-h/oc+ali" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; 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"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvkt_emDgatT8ToupQfC6ZoAVsTx-4IplbEctE5QY1m6CLUdSZ3-ATmj9v1GlyCDAIJe7-lRm6sbrevgfb0611dbmoAw5ceg_fQmbK8SPrYDlAPjCOWZdRZe0m9a4WX9HbpOqIr35NKg/s400/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374192573340889106" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Some of Trimper's Rides are circa 1900 and they all take me back to my childhood. I got a little wistful that I wasn't taking pictures of my own kid on these rides, but not wistful enough to have one.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOmeW6woBZfQ52Av93qrZT5eKl-gbOAXow3UA7kNGAv-RKK7i3hV-uT5mOK5qS4UI5ZukNOtmmRs__z8rNbme1tlfO1P1_d31neltlcju6X4i_RshIpbWcYKLiHGpcJhf8GoATApMwQs/s1600-h/oc+tix" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOmeW6woBZfQ52Av93qrZT5eKl-gbOAXow3UA7kNGAv-RKK7i3hV-uT5mOK5qS4UI5ZukNOtmmRs__z8rNbme1tlfO1P1_d31neltlcju6X4i_RshIpbWcYKLiHGpcJhf8GoATApMwQs/s400/oc+tix" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374161610652405618" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZX4qM4M41LYngsocwnh8ZAIfNHfMYlSj5NLdZJBBcJRFabgvGce9lTri_PIekWPqYd5OPGACia1IIAA-tbaxt52pi9pBwKfb-hI7Sz4gZteRalAwrOaks_HkVCc06LlN2DJpvfx5U3s/s1600-h/merry+go+round" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtfUJgY2VPtB5P5mmvECTuaP737Yq8vD3W5HK9HGsXkXEB3VwmhouWXx9gUOgqTHWDwGc40cSl6wifQJtGfV0Wepob9x2TczEKTjflClkvkCdPDZsEOpqRo9KE3W92WyktAtBHZ6Jrtk/s400/oc+ferris" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374155272803618834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shield thine eyes children, this lady won this huge Spidy and no matter what she does, it's awkward.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaYgPxL_nuxYImSVxazwHdnz0uK6VpD4Bc42MPp5eyd3IshT-BWuVLjwFkvzpvycYpM96wdy-4xLRuyyCTmkidpSPOWcwAky1D2-dtl-06XHCiJWIh2Ky72467MtzGf5gPkWUPA2AfAo/s1600-h/spidey"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaYgPxL_nuxYImSVxazwHdnz0uK6VpD4Bc42MPp5eyd3IshT-BWuVLjwFkvzpvycYpM96wdy-4xLRuyyCTmkidpSPOWcwAky1D2-dtl-06XHCiJWIh2Ky72467MtzGf5gPkWUPA2AfAo/s400/spidey" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374146828140788466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Things got racy on the Himalaya where they pumped up the autotuned jams and spun us "faster and faster".</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj02uPsi2-jhzmmSTrkwLAzt1oeRNHzAMaGnOc1Z_shPKlQbYUew7wQW5R8OXAqSbCN0YEuRcsagrpzTMJ51ETqh2qNXUmB7EEgOlPYQi6hSLBZwtkeUHbafnQ1YJoPGlh_tRM50YG9Y/s1600-h/hima+bunny"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj02uPsi2-jhzmmSTrkwLAzt1oeRNHzAMaGnOc1Z_shPKlQbYUew7wQW5R8OXAqSbCN0YEuRcsagrpzTMJ51ETqh2qNXUmB7EEgOlPYQi6hSLBZwtkeUHbafnQ1YJoPGlh_tRM50YG9Y/s400/hima+bunny" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374146821675833970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam, the Skaritzas and I were really feeling all the garbage we had ingested at that point. </span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dGP3-T_Vs6FgrIJnRTEdQvq6V2_Ib4VRQ-Kn_v9tvIoss1Ws_DJ3lznvsoTKlDMjZ6Api3E1zaT9A9r7V0rSqQgTWPkr-Q9uwE9Drb38PLRxRqXokaKpxrXZYrVi4RWbtO7ACm3Ek_s/s1600-h/post+himalaya"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; 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height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8NOHNreIQGvBtlUJuGldu0uldO6LN7gA5WwafybFgwHMt04VODvnCbpCYQDKoL-UybX6dsWPMlb3Mf9TuaEyBpRzU71_Rm18u1Im1H-1CczaSrBaVI0G7a9UkUuiJ-vwygc1hbvWJUc/s400/crab+carnage" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374146797061971010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and all the candy-</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYIg3bO0zLXZ4Ua9Yknw6JzXYV5R6I1U9r38JEwpYPxaR-L9zTPZ-ZfAmWVQz6SiWihBHYDq4nhzE2BwyoKQXn6u80i6YPGLpemKMGmx4fOj-LZGMuqEF1XdoQMTO97m_jQKbZks-GSk/s1600-h/gummy+teeth"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYIg3bO0zLXZ4Ua9Yknw6JzXYV5R6I1U9r38JEwpYPxaR-L9zTPZ-ZfAmWVQz6SiWihBHYDq4nhzE2BwyoKQXn6u80i6YPGLpemKMGmx4fOj-LZGMuqEF1XdoQMTO97m_jQKbZks-GSk/s400/gummy+teeth" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145844332108914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvFYK8f4SQduAbY6PG8z08S6Qm5yIv9hu75_uKWlXeESJoIHfmFdId8C5lezHWwNAeWqK-KzgClQ0RG4ZEH3CFPq1fGVuAAWm7KfxOTTuHoy4JqfI_wwrpuue0wN5I2bHTbT1Vbfxw7w/s1600-h/army+gummy.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvFYK8f4SQduAbY6PG8z08S6Qm5yIv9hu75_uKWlXeESJoIHfmFdId8C5lezHWwNAeWqK-KzgClQ0RG4ZEH3CFPq1fGVuAAWm7KfxOTTuHoy4JqfI_wwrpuue0wN5I2bHTbT1Vbfxw7w/s400/army+gummy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145843467938338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkGVQnuHzKmXD5ryYVkUhHw_rOv74H_Exs6gqyYo-tW9f24q9aFX320UqxWAkGUpyNF9wi03lCL-lhAQg8N4WRuMMP9RalAJFU5AVfjKPFdryL9LnLvhTrpOe7Pp_HPBnLs0vsyLVs_g/s1600-h/tubby's.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkGVQnuHzKmXD5ryYVkUhHw_rOv74H_Exs6gqyYo-tW9f24q9aFX320UqxWAkGUpyNF9wi03lCL-lhAQg8N4WRuMMP9RalAJFU5AVfjKPFdryL9LnLvhTrpOe7Pp_HPBnLs0vsyLVs_g/s400/tubby's.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145833610962306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">now ya tell me!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBB_T5Zu8yq-K_VImmcmL98VWbDYyneNS3jPAvt9lb1inVAY09B3HjR1hZtwGobJfuhSrNmxLPQmSanloMeEiTBhct_XEWFjaFvlFCZimsltSLlgK4w7FaVLQRN2-9A7oNyKT9U2XfEs/s1600-h/poppy.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBB_T5Zu8yq-K_VImmcmL98VWbDYyneNS3jPAvt9lb1inVAY09B3HjR1hZtwGobJfuhSrNmxLPQmSanloMeEiTBhct_XEWFjaFvlFCZimsltSLlgK4w7FaVLQRN2-9A7oNyKT9U2XfEs/s400/poppy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145827359890946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Poppy loves his new recliner. It's like a blue marshmallow cloud. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fj6uxZ8IasNNnMfLyGru9BZTpnAFmqXpNLiy3-3HG-Z1HjchKHHtK4A31ZECOgjkYvLQ9LGM5tPuz1LHsnxFtmdaOnYMAY1cjx6SI1h81_D5ZS0RK6apapyEz2m7TVA55dhcjIEu6Ug/s400/book1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374403282076369906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's Poppy when he was a top turret gunner on the B-17s. Inside the book, I have yet to finish the shadowbox cut-out of the pages showing him shooting out of the turret during a dogfight. He flew 31 missions over Europe which made him a member of the "Lucky Bastards" flying club. He kicked live bombs out of the bomb bay and saw friends become human debris. This man deserves the puffiest recliner ever and nightly ice cream on demand.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4IfPZ3nbE12Og-TYEJggvTsqzBdQsFIsywJJAMZ2PJjyv2CBHPDazh8Q0AG0I1ZP_VjFQkgvSHfmc7eRSWy3F9nMS6M8mYR6m2MiWSCNCEoSV0LLb_w-M_Ea_IOv-vjOiF-i3iQIlks/s400/book+2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374403274371940114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now we say goodbye to "Maryland, my Maryland, oh how I love my Maryland" (sang to the tune of O Tannenbaum when I was in Kindergarten)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and hello to our friend Speck in Brooklyn. She has quite a view...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaJ0Pa-d1awvbEX2qMxPfyU7mT0iKKqsqqI4E73KRzaFthi6UozGEqi3Vdh2mnBY9DMkytf0dto41YvVWtrUtXK24y7iN3cx8IGoH5KSTWNIohqmwTZ6ew44uy4DgbQ1a6XQ919OInwc/s1600-h/nyc.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaJ0Pa-d1awvbEX2qMxPfyU7mT0iKKqsqqI4E73KRzaFthi6UozGEqi3Vdh2mnBY9DMkytf0dto41YvVWtrUtXK24y7iN3cx8IGoH5KSTWNIohqmwTZ6ew44uy4DgbQ1a6XQ919OInwc/s400/nyc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145815024176242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and quite a cat. Meet Pumekl. He saw deep into my reincarnated cat soul.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQj4VjFdJb26kRNFysIKpBmMX28Qw0McTetdbbGEgJfRM6BWlArtXyS0D7iOpDCjPQUXAWZnZzLSAEkeqw0yVz2fPmBR5Zh4GM1mdcmiI2n25OuZd8SzCYyVCZPE6jl-cOeTcO1uRKKUU/s1600-h/s+n+pumy.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQj4VjFdJb26kRNFysIKpBmMX28Qw0McTetdbbGEgJfRM6BWlArtXyS0D7iOpDCjPQUXAWZnZzLSAEkeqw0yVz2fPmBR5Zh4GM1mdcmiI2n25OuZd8SzCYyVCZPE6jl-cOeTcO1uRKKUU/s400/s+n+pumy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145245838939842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam and his pops in Quincy Market, Bostontown.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb6VsTBEUVRZ2txyYmBvj_2nPevQ8gCEc9KP2rovOFtOHogkV3N1xTL90o8Q-4uiGGCLDvipsBE421DdmS_1TnlD0h0kbQGQZ4uXXroHIoTXac-9YwSiocXLD4WTpyHggK-h1xLyf2-4/s1600-h/quincy+mkt.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb6VsTBEUVRZ2txyYmBvj_2nPevQ8gCEc9KP2rovOFtOHogkV3N1xTL90o8Q-4uiGGCLDvipsBE421DdmS_1TnlD0h0kbQGQZ4uXXroHIoTXac-9YwSiocXLD4WTpyHggK-h1xLyf2-4/s400/quincy+mkt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145242479148754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam and pops at the JFK Museum. Two diverse architectural marvels (buildings and humans).</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnsZVdu9w6dFocTPwtvOuiv_GkdPVzJlzZd7iA0Vtr_bsw0zUu__GlNhfbSO4NaF0Y3uchb7gDqwTd0PTeGpT6MlaUzaOBBEqC762wR9MTbwxvvbIzGjeDNv_8YelnZlz_c1GyzLr63A/s1600-h/sam+n+dad+jfk.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnsZVdu9w6dFocTPwtvOuiv_GkdPVzJlzZd7iA0Vtr_bsw0zUu__GlNhfbSO4NaF0Y3uchb7gDqwTd0PTeGpT6MlaUzaOBBEqC762wR9MTbwxvvbIzGjeDNv_8YelnZlz_c1GyzLr63A/s400/sam+n+dad+jfk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145231809544034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">O to live in the days of Mad Men...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBsQrzjzppW0C-YWim9ZR5EiIncIrV_5jJZIKDcq-sXscN8pcD9OqCDtYh5hyvk4rUMyI9LVkEPvYIqkGLmPeqeEqLIct7ONosXFd9vWLpbeAe0AaWCYXCpIxJS-cpIbnCN8rMTDbCew/s1600-h/jfk+beauty.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBsQrzjzppW0C-YWim9ZR5EiIncIrV_5jJZIKDcq-sXscN8pcD9OqCDtYh5hyvk4rUMyI9LVkEPvYIqkGLmPeqeEqLIct7ONosXFd9vWLpbeAe0AaWCYXCpIxJS-cpIbnCN8rMTDbCew/s400/jfk+beauty.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145228001183874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the era I pine for...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9v-BzEkqaO9Bp0sRcBDcHQz3R6YwIjJ-YwbcGaUUs0YNTrTvHBXzwYtdDCV2wMfVDA3hXdXdGjeXra0dmQg3ZPGn-6tgwkekdllBpsUGSx_K_rKGpJaCOLXbjgE28zuHAs3O6n8ifEE/s1600-h/jfk+clocks.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9v-BzEkqaO9Bp0sRcBDcHQz3R6YwIjJ-YwbcGaUUs0YNTrTvHBXzwYtdDCV2wMfVDA3hXdXdGjeXra0dmQg3ZPGn-6tgwkekdllBpsUGSx_K_rKGpJaCOLXbjgE28zuHAs3O6n8ifEE/s400/jfk+clocks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374145219431963634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Except for this (look at Californie)...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEZ-VeOItw2YMENS9vXGjvKjjOHPCes_Qo7XS4jQu2HO3vD4IxdevQeypdIx3i5ZQU7MhQxtIS5GstQTNT-hGA__hfWlv6e1F9ak9UCNVO2kVe0UHuYJewBX3NMGZ3WCjSCQmcuzDhec/s1600-h/jfk+map" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEZ-VeOItw2YMENS9vXGjvKjjOHPCes_Qo7XS4jQu2HO3vD4IxdevQeypdIx3i5ZQU7MhQxtIS5GstQTNT-hGA__hfWlv6e1F9ak9UCNVO2kVe0UHuYJewBX3NMGZ3WCjSCQmcuzDhec/s400/jfk+map" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374144862896439122" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie gave this platinum Lion of Judah to Jackie Kennedy.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbB_77Y4JFDHwXDkMd-ySXNZipCmdlvvNPL777ZY-fHvZJPFEIkIXMZobxV0ym4zhl9wqdA4iyNm24p22BQ41bwa_mpGRPij_uTMColorkf9NgxAFbehSfFv7S7y61jLV5bLFbrjyXVk/s1600-h/lion+of+judah.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbB_77Y4JFDHwXDkMd-ySXNZipCmdlvvNPL777ZY-fHvZJPFEIkIXMZobxV0ym4zhl9wqdA4iyNm24p22BQ41bwa_mpGRPij_uTMColorkf9NgxAFbehSfFv7S7y61jLV5bLFbrjyXVk/s400/lion+of+judah.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374144852168917602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every year we try to make it to Maine to see family and clear our heads. Here is the house Sam intends to buy when he's a millionaire.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAOVtbheW1i2GAMsA6dtUBTSC67OdTQ5RdvmH82k9M_xO4y6E2H83YIYGzT6Nmf1dsAx6ORw6LejGMjGb0z6PClPItJ-UC1e_Pqs_xUY0S-bd5M1Y93Ysnl6LBxjRTZb4gtwNcfn4G4E/s1600-h/fortunes+rocks"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAOVtbheW1i2GAMsA6dtUBTSC67OdTQ5RdvmH82k9M_xO4y6E2H83YIYGzT6Nmf1dsAx6ORw6LejGMjGb0z6PClPItJ-UC1e_Pqs_xUY0S-bd5M1Y93Ysnl6LBxjRTZb4gtwNcfn4G4E/s400/fortunes+rocks" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374144830920115778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the one I love and it's a stone's throw away. Guess it will be my art studio.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgZjy_-lSuHAZfVm_YlK4t47MIdlvbKXVX4ck3dBKYpj9qhjd8TXyGMNf3ey20NQVv92VOWaVcHRmZGbboWVj3vX2I_lfvOtfLraVw1v9U2AZ_dmE_h0LlVEjkt0Fdd9p4skTdftxtu8/s1600-h/my+house"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgZjy_-lSuHAZfVm_YlK4t47MIdlvbKXVX4ck3dBKYpj9qhjd8TXyGMNf3ey20NQVv92VOWaVcHRmZGbboWVj3vX2I_lfvOtfLraVw1v9U2AZ_dmE_h0LlVEjkt0Fdd9p4skTdftxtu8/s400/my+house" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143968485609298" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Saw this deer more than once that day.</span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5rwWyzO7CQuV0TwXUtkxJF36wFJZZAxb2e-F4H8jkq7HKocatBGDTSY0tpf8jyBA0-YHkGaS1AxrpBD_tNgGPGC8_did2zU7aVMj4iVeQMlLNBquxgjvnJjoF4CZ-7nofpgdIrnj_f0/s400/coastal+deer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374139561403199794" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7O_ynjOPgsnRqmjGNGG9xetv6H3iRpmSgcOUay6F7db-DNVbUXS9PPpj4LtbbWEPpwf254vN1O3N35fceXp_Lnr9aMq5lE13w1-5wEURW03pwlveMVoeefcZUtpbcQ_J3ZNw_WhMlqQ/s400/deer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374139565547084370" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here I am on Sam's dad's back porch where I helped move logs in for Winter.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQCoj-KcocgPxlz-HYFOFifrZoWnWdiSPw3txKDOHTbUemkkfbmKziyT_y43DKAQtDX2YJwP0YsLY_G15zxx62todv88d7NLhQDnLcGFO_4KFqbbcHS8nd1CS6y34CB8aSvdn-BlvXFc/s1600-h/t+in+maine.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQCoj-KcocgPxlz-HYFOFifrZoWnWdiSPw3txKDOHTbUemkkfbmKziyT_y43DKAQtDX2YJwP0YsLY_G15zxx62todv88d7NLhQDnLcGFO_4KFqbbcHS8nd1CS6y34CB8aSvdn-BlvXFc/s400/t+in+maine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143962611822930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We took a motorboat to Wood Island.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2PmWQA_HXNLdpqGz8ESS4Htdsu0DIR5gnV70rS3vRD7GVTpg5ut5SMdyJ4yksiWtMuM4pHUdJkAm-vYZbGlRAZa0jug4wlLrXAyQroqJYI0bh8DVFKcxnDQUnUMiFTa54JsJ9Tq8wk0/s1600-h/dock.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2PmWQA_HXNLdpqGz8ESS4Htdsu0DIR5gnV70rS3vRD7GVTpg5ut5SMdyJ4yksiWtMuM4pHUdJkAm-vYZbGlRAZa0jug4wlLrXAyQroqJYI0bh8DVFKcxnDQUnUMiFTa54JsJ9Tq8wk0/s400/dock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143930436261378" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC_E7x5y4ZBPlXHktr-XOIOQpRNhyze9jyrReA8cPCSCAUXwkhNQWhxWyuGDRfWCksMNHYiOFct5BXpnmJX_v7jACw-ijFKhY6kJMou7Adr6sT__M5y3EF8bH7QOAq9vpN2oMzjv6o4M/s1600-h/island+birds"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC_E7x5y4ZBPlXHktr-XOIOQpRNhyze9jyrReA8cPCSCAUXwkhNQWhxWyuGDRfWCksMNHYiOFct5BXpnmJX_v7jACw-ijFKhY6kJMou7Adr6sT__M5y3EF8bH7QOAq9vpN2oMzjv6o4M/s400/island+birds" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374144836815859618" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This boardwalk runs for 1/2 mile across the island and through the trees.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDfyzhoABIP7orPAUGPfBuPEyXVO-bO5EeuMD7-enf5lyEgJTBV1iaVLSFQk6TDhsmAQervhj6xrQOXc9cJQeusEiivvcNp3F9YU4Do52aCDIxfiHBN2HZ7sU-BHAw-v6mALQxVcMhvc/s1600-h/boardwalk.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDfyzhoABIP7orPAUGPfBuPEyXVO-bO5EeuMD7-enf5lyEgJTBV1iaVLSFQk6TDhsmAQervhj6xrQOXc9cJQeusEiivvcNp3F9YU4Do52aCDIxfiHBN2HZ7sU-BHAw-v6mALQxVcMhvc/s400/boardwalk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143255620133618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the end of the boardwalk is a lighthouse and its caretaker's house. Some years back, I had been pushing to move to some lighthouse on remote Galloo Island. Dash that idea. I got a real feel for how isolated and scary it could be.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPnwz90kJPGgSg_5TwSRbZfPNRmaTBftFQl59o4mBCkG2AvhRwEmQqDb4ZTv_3pqWvWfn4Kg8NOU_tIgmpS6FrSWgS2ocPaq4YdD2QEU_-Y__UbJqJ3ECkXVBzS5wWqARS48eFLO6yUs/s1600-h/lighthouse+n+house" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPnwz90kJPGgSg_5TwSRbZfPNRmaTBftFQl59o4mBCkG2AvhRwEmQqDb4ZTv_3pqWvWfn4Kg8NOU_tIgmpS6FrSWgS2ocPaq4YdD2QEU_-Y__UbJqJ3ECkXVBzS5wWqARS48eFLO6yUs/s400/lighthouse+n+house" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143246952846418" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5LLGsrXhRoY4kHtfQpn4e3pJVciR-AuWA9lfGR90noP1pUc0gUVQ38qBKKZy3GGzl45PsODnGBmdN9-KH0tN5ThvoJMl6NMGeCnH7ArHW1nhyphenhyphenvZ2vCB522xe1RgU2AK2ylZJxtm9lvQ/s1600-h/s+n+t+n+lighthouse.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5LLGsrXhRoY4kHtfQpn4e3pJVciR-AuWA9lfGR90noP1pUc0gUVQ38qBKKZy3GGzl45PsODnGBmdN9-KH0tN5ThvoJMl6NMGeCnH7ArHW1nhyphenhyphenvZ2vCB522xe1RgU2AK2ylZJxtm9lvQ/s400/s+n+t+n+lighthouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143241411193458" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam's up there waving.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqx2wFaqC-Rwfol-sT9QTbLC0YyRfRZFEmP3Ho9nuwX6GV18O5zqpGzdLmpHcQxkF0HGvdTgovjTn3TjMPgzBI41e7S-QnfbQwe-j0bCk5Yz7Vi5W1aNiW1tSIB6-W1wO7hXWjap1ESY/s1600-h/sam+in+lighthouse.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqx2wFaqC-Rwfol-sT9QTbLC0YyRfRZFEmP3Ho9nuwX6GV18O5zqpGzdLmpHcQxkF0HGvdTgovjTn3TjMPgzBI41e7S-QnfbQwe-j0bCk5Yz7Vi5W1aNiW1tSIB6-W1wO7hXWjap1ESY/s400/sam+in+lighthouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143236147139506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inside the caretaker's house were some articles about how it is haunted and the seance that had been conducted there. One of the guides was there and although she had been a skeptic, she was now a believer. She said that during the seance, the room grew cold, the medium's body temperature went down perilously, and that someone identified themselves as John, a castaway from a pirate ship that died with 10 others on the island. I definitly felt some dark presence in this house.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMV3l1YLg3QtoqowSxZzQip4fu5c0mhVRkyL5G61_pIQ4KRSryc1X6J7qZT2Lf9NcTU8WDCT2nymzstOS79I9yGUwJcSAbYTuNKWl-ScKnAtoLLVKv3IeRaABf7gLOjwiAgBWK-CBdi4/s1600-h/haunted+lighthouse.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMV3l1YLg3QtoqowSxZzQip4fu5c0mhVRkyL5G61_pIQ4KRSryc1X6J7qZT2Lf9NcTU8WDCT2nymzstOS79I9yGUwJcSAbYTuNKWl-ScKnAtoLLVKv3IeRaABf7gLOjwiAgBWK-CBdi4/s400/haunted+lighthouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374142263956566706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This closet had been identified by a former caretaker as "inhabited by the supernatural".</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfCeFG6NOG3nlUdkQUUsk7Lpph30KeSpe_hL8PvyOcxHf3yeqHNAj7wyBW2fpQEOfMRQs4pAZ3T7-NZkJTz_a8unggJz0mg6fdfjct7_KPESAagXotgGQg7ofe1RLh-4_N6Uogbqwxms/s1600-h/haunted+lighthouse+2.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfCeFG6NOG3nlUdkQUUsk7Lpph30KeSpe_hL8PvyOcxHf3yeqHNAj7wyBW2fpQEOfMRQs4pAZ3T7-NZkJTz_a8unggJz0mg6fdfjct7_KPESAagXotgGQg7ofe1RLh-4_N6Uogbqwxms/s400/haunted+lighthouse+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374142255598812242" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I ascended to the lighthouse.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxpUvdKt5k4qt1JqHYguC3dkWvqanM6GawgfrnyA5hh1K1m2H4eQMlj23PyyscOTp9FSVvkNce3QmUT41E6gBDyFZw73pooV_0O5v31SRzy9vpNTUDE-uRV-Af49QD4ib4ghWOfg5Yok/s1600-h/lighthouse+stairs.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxpUvdKt5k4qt1JqHYguC3dkWvqanM6GawgfrnyA5hh1K1m2H4eQMlj23PyyscOTp9FSVvkNce3QmUT41E6gBDyFZw73pooV_0O5v31SRzy9vpNTUDE-uRV-Af49QD4ib4ghWOfg5Yok/s400/lighthouse+stairs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374142250622189186" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6SB5LD16sHEFcDbR105381WQ_HS1zfuhTzMoPu2hyphenhyphenJt58Vozl3dVVcn48wwPULQhZHjVhXCi2-E0qi45C4egDk6-4lndF3dGx1QpwviWiojule2aBNA_J3PNTvxZh7URHxMcOS9ZGp8/s1600-h/metal+stairs.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6SB5LD16sHEFcDbR105381WQ_HS1zfuhTzMoPu2hyphenhyphenJt58Vozl3dVVcn48wwPULQhZHjVhXCi2-E0qi45C4egDk6-4lndF3dGx1QpwviWiojule2aBNA_J3PNTvxZh7URHxMcOS9ZGp8/s400/metal+stairs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374142241557632370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wood Island's light signal is green and white.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVp-_FbjSkHg2AwtIOgmBi3fsle5WZ_Q0bDDxOZyIWgEm1jmXMxAphjRSJ0aLHEa7MEw4FofQvtB6yoTjVsX8fu2dxAoWizUUpVO14vjWusROv_cerRBYz5V30Q-WCtu-NVoBbRuaTL4/s1600-h/light+green.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVp-_FbjSkHg2AwtIOgmBi3fsle5WZ_Q0bDDxOZyIWgEm1jmXMxAphjRSJ0aLHEa7MEw4FofQvtB6yoTjVsX8fu2dxAoWizUUpVO14vjWusROv_cerRBYz5V30Q-WCtu-NVoBbRuaTL4/s400/light+green.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374141024124145810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdO3W237UdRtNtlcdS39rhDjU5AEgBiRm3sitHoTW7ZJw3ysHgu-xr0NcRlGClN5jcjzPh-8QzNoaXosxGEKewHJz56cn_wh7z1PuTfEhsO_ctA6e7BFzWhyphenhyphen4jbNgCk8SGh14u0eXYuZ4/s400/view+down" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143952175927522" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSAWIHn7AIN5bgOgzv_2B0aNPH5qh0hZLgZ4LS9e6UmUx5TfWo9KcWDpsrIeBSyXW3RPfvL_AQ6hm_vizoF_wUhyphenhyphenirkKTIAfNNTwnMn1sHAACD70VI7zegH1U16nWNvg02Fj1zmvrAg8/s400/lighthouse+view+birds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374141037656313842" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5g3Oaoj4H944SngSDM5dL8sUrPcB0B9agsRtCiqE_hSen9w15u4rM0b7zYJPY46S0W701wK4atkiojPBNqAU6iKv8vkDV_kWC5Cjqn51RZji-T56hRwdzmPfm09HmXueT16MmGOdhO2E/s1600-h/birdhouse" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5g3Oaoj4H944SngSDM5dL8sUrPcB0B9agsRtCiqE_hSen9w15u4rM0b7zYJPY46S0W701wK4atkiojPBNqAU6iKv8vkDV_kWC5Cjqn51RZji-T56hRwdzmPfm09HmXueT16MmGOdhO2E/s400/birdhouse" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374141019322924706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Notice the boardwalk in this picture</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZOjXdSrrNSxmCVWnXUYGY0DP2fH-at0YUNduLf3vA39AiZh6wjOBRsHnCpHUlxfcb6OBzWjLUN9NGObQ-jdv3s2MpfuQOppQnN0-_f6yoUSZqVQ36lggy5cGVl9ru88Bb1QZl2C6OTQ/s1600-h/view+back.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZOjXdSrrNSxmCVWnXUYGY0DP2fH-at0YUNduLf3vA39AiZh6wjOBRsHnCpHUlxfcb6OBzWjLUN9NGObQ-jdv3s2MpfuQOppQnN0-_f6yoUSZqVQ36lggy5cGVl9ru88Bb1QZl2C6OTQ/s400/view+back.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374141000183393922" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inside this</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> little building, I took the picture of the house with the lighthouse and it was very forbidding. Whatever was in there, wanted me out.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6WVhQNgiT7_yMWhs8j8jC-YSn3mzw_HNMQpTPXBgJ4DgEEMqiqOZ6afY1EG4ULUyqVzJ2GHnurJRLJjVTPNisr_Fz2J5b1iWK_PAesOtUJQLGAiZ6-0ZckvYTH5VZQtM96kRX4FWKQ8/s400/lil+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143938393816066" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the way back, the evening twilight turned everything postcard perfect.</span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLhMqXtSibjcWR_KHHbBAZi4zzceWXkHu4Iv4Q7C0iIrsTFRCOPQn5PackzdJWKn9y7Pj6tZb1hEnRLtflOPXy8gZdZ_PMQizL1-dbzt2YZgkBAVGohxXWEYBGvZSdss2Nm7KTD-ncOs/s400/ME+boats.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374142235955019218" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Back on the mainland, I whiled away the days on the little beach. O Summer!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegzwBHzyw4q8Q7UbN5Sf887PiMpzD1-gEVDsOh6pAmhv5unTZTC0d410ddki5OstxWmCMEYHzqKkhKU51A2UpndP0FeQN6Ykui5aZq3Rc10GVfFSQGjs-K2Xa-uN__FSL2y5Uosbj5co/s1600-h/lil+beach" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegzwBHzyw4q8Q7UbN5Sf887PiMpzD1-gEVDsOh6pAmhv5unTZTC0d410ddki5OstxWmCMEYHzqKkhKU51A2UpndP0FeQN6Ykui5aZq3Rc10GVfFSQGjs-K2Xa-uN__FSL2y5Uosbj5co/s400/lil+beach" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374139555277952626" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvggvmlwPI1Br6-JppvIYHCUeH7xwXmr9OveMGi3N6KdHLJk4hCBShBoGqLFzEVgnh2RM0ZfZpNOcHpkyNpOn1s48ircHM9g2VScC-OxWvGRm4HIyRpl30KtJerkC78lEpK2zAKv9y4w/s1600-h/lil+beach+to+sea" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvggvmlwPI1Br6-JppvIYHCUeH7xwXmr9OveMGi3N6KdHLJk4hCBShBoGqLFzEVgnh2RM0ZfZpNOcHpkyNpOn1s48ircHM9g2VScC-OxWvGRm4HIyRpl30KtJerkC78lEpK2zAKv9y4w/s400/lil+beach+to+sea" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374139547497026274" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPfzpcjB5Ndty31-O-GcOZoV-ejLv4CdU6-EYvFlQxUl4ZOtaUb8-CbJM7-texqm5ldmhz5ekiyiNrGckzluizayKGKE0u7Vs7gBtPyVOhERC1WALocFAdrqvt5EjKdWh9s-xfzPSmas/s400/seagull" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374143264782636242" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-66798384544250480632009-07-30T01:02:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:32:04.293-07:00THE Mighty Boosh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEita_AgM5oFub-W-j4ts-RORJfg-4TqYD9RJtJ7n8wnqpIGNIwRJgLGI1FvS9sGLDtgyYDNePWlYbfcgoHjN28LP4PsOYly4K3JRzN2_uWCqCBtvgiqwx7Z69RiPKv7tuAfAe9a8bD24o8/s1600-h/existential.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEita_AgM5oFub-W-j4ts-RORJfg-4TqYD9RJtJ7n8wnqpIGNIwRJgLGI1FvS9sGLDtgyYDNePWlYbfcgoHjN28LP4PsOYly4K3JRzN2_uWCqCBtvgiqwx7Z69RiPKv7tuAfAe9a8bD24o8/s400/existential.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364170105836326866" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Existential poem 'Pies' by the Cap'n of cool- Howard C. Moon with his muse Vince Noir @ The Roxy 7/28/09</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx8o_liKTxPYGUe1y7UPfEaDL_R_UxnIH4A4PLYJc7bcw6KutrjBRo5ZFby6_IXTvfb5yEIJHV2qDGFH3BTAW1mbB0q3CHhZj6pmFVkfHqNSdQihbQZksiu5bF91XxbhCIcxm97s0EZY/s400/q&a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161770163931618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amanda and I started our day @ 3 pm by hitting the Roxy to get our armbands for our free Mighty Boosh tix courtesy of MySpace. The hitch is you gotta have Mighty Boosh in your top friends and prove it. There was some stress as my iphone moved like molasses. Like clockwork, we set off for Amoeba where they were appearing for a Q&A and swag signing. My friend Shannon did a smash up job introducing them. Witty banter ensued as a monkey bear egged them on. I learned that everyone on the show are either family or friends. I was hipped to Sweet Pete, an early project of theirs which is equally as charming. I bought all 3 seasons of Mighty Boosh on DVD and I am now marveling @ the butchery of the episodes by Adult Swim. During the signing, Noel Fielding (Vince Noir and 1000 other characters) took my hand in both of his as all of the funny things I wanted to tell him turned into a stunned silence. I gave Julian Barrett (Howard C. Moon and another 1000 characters) </span><a href="http://www.sammcpheeters.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sam McPheeters</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> zine 'Clog' and told him it was some funny stories my husband wrote that I thought he would enjoy. He seemed genuinely delighted. I asked Rich Fulcher (the sole American that plays quite a few roles) if he had ever been told that he resembles </span><a href="http://laist.com/attachments/tony/Har_Mar_Superstar--large-msg-117398189103.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Har Mar Superstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. He said quizzically that he had. Note Michael Fielding(Naboo) has a mustache. People heckled and razzed him about it all night. </span></div></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L9o7kq8_9ekdTdwVoi76oIk9eY7DsEShUc9JO05dm1Cf1d8PyS1zgTH0AzMK1LJlZNwnaWejDS6E7bNlr9UM253nSVlcRzxknAvic9vjfKE3VUnAoj5vw82pn7M_OlYARooay7dcukg/s1600-h/bob+fossil.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggr3ZyviPOy5Ni8mKZ6Gs4IUeDvOQN7JVW2fQSIzJIeMhFDasMruABlTCUiusl_M6R_hMFzLQRvu5KZI-a2lhPNsPIg44RZbV8dlQQq1P_MKx6AWm4AxkFRSEQslDYJEjw7jhdASaYPjc/s400/signing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161773372786818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Next to me in line is the winner of Amoeba's costume contest, I give you Rudy Van Disarzio and his lovely assistant Ol Gregg. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxJuQaw-CaZHDhdJK0euE0g6d1KOTNUVKTxIb3bApMDCBVcrhi69VgH0ovsLE1kJLzgmhgbleePh74KHaUJ8ZjQUPiUViKsI5xMCqgVFDsBJLHhCFbF4ZRbsfNbRRQiTn5XH4-RqhOdg/s400/Rudy+Van+Disarzio.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161778147307250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw09V12IxYjhzXpYcnDMRKAd_OMbMZT8hXQRgptzQtTa-oEzj3mS02COcLudI7UtRCKE1Pzy3yQ-IpDV0LHIAm2QEkm0uLc_G1_0BxDYrVpaMqRnGlLsLjrG8j-JAOdxjgBNH7ZDT_Tg/s400/ol+gregg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161780567534306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's another Ol Gregg taking a pic of the Moon and the guy looking at me is Sam from Freaks and Geeks (John Francis Daily). I didn't know til later and he musta thought I was trying to photograph him. Smile, fool.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKs13iZtAil4ESdx06WxvD0dP5Q8imViAvrGBVf1SFb2PMjfWGDQxqKcX4PPwMAHTf7V_ynQEkT3IUOJg_uK3MMXUJsCFWlyM5FcyNaOsqX05asrHq5Od_lenpdnJhkGH7nRJnBqe3bE/s400/moon+man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161790306856370" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Scene cut and we are @ the Roxy, the line stretches around two city blocks, past the Whisky. This is like the US Mighty Boosh victory lap tour. They let wrist banders in first and we meet some other girls by the stage. All 5 of us start coordinating a crimping dance troupe which we plan to do during the show. Little do we know, once the show would begin, we would be so enthralled the routine would be forgotten.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L9o7kq8_9ekdTdwVoi76oIk9eY7DsEShUc9JO05dm1Cf1d8PyS1zgTH0AzMK1LJlZNwnaWejDS6E7bNlr9UM253nSVlcRzxknAvic9vjfKE3VUnAoj5vw82pn7M_OlYARooay7dcukg/s1600-h/bob+fossil.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFvxiJXxLsVP4tZKZ6v-qSr_0GtiI98L1IjjcZ-P3Ke-3TOHLHT9ayMkUaDuym_GRUkmmA2M8b4O3wWjOsFkVhOIioXSRrH4zsLhf-HphbBrh31U7cHGa2IKk19ApT10JRRx6S1hSzgk/s400/t&a+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364165884882662434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Neil Fielding as Vince No</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">i</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">r-</span></span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaTeOfoMm80b-Dr2jSUZxn6LhTfXt-uoU09qLUdS92-2a6M94DUNnLc0c-GK-EEiMN9Bj1wlhdkYMSz5k9IyUll9sw6LHEzqsfoOPEhNwKmEKN91GqGYn6gIiN5N_F3KzzdpYg-xixpQ/s1600-h/noel+1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaTeOfoMm80b-Dr2jSUZxn6LhTfXt-uoU09qLUdS92-2a6M94DUNnLc0c-GK-EEiMN9Bj1wlhdkYMSz5k9IyUll9sw6LHEzqsfoOPEhNwKmEKN91GqGYn6gIiN5N_F3KzzdpYg-xixpQ/s400/noel+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364170097536401522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Julian Barrett as Howard C. Moon-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuZ8EG_S-YuvRgTeUPae_YX-QG6G_IhcmJjol0SICDmYKfkcqvo_pyL3hZ1-dBJCYZAg97ZATEfAQH4z5Mq1dYRucGGhrqYEycVphyETG7AuIpO9awvQ5DNXlEsJO2051KU1iztl8rFc/s400/shrimp+eyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364164682008167426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rich Fulcher as Bob Fossil-</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L9o7kq8_9ekdTdwVoi76oIk9eY7DsEShUc9JO05dm1Cf1d8PyS1zgTH0AzMK1LJlZNwnaWejDS6E7bNlr9UM253nSVlcRzxknAvic9vjfKE3VUnAoj5vw82pn7M_OlYARooay7dcukg/s400/bob+fossil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364170100674617106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dave Brown as Bollo the ape-</span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQFN5Y7mDB2tfc42krcVFeqwJEGg5e4SrI8NXVf0MGtv-Z8eZIVTp9FtU7voiiH1-qGyiqX283dMBjdFIW_PIvrf9inpMLJ3b0AKQ3obA12iT1NVW3tJMpogTkL2gM0_w8uXYgRQASX0/s400/bollo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364164664210705490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before the show they had a video montage of great moments from the show and between each costume change, they had new clips of the Moon.</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU-eCJ50bdULdZxYsaMS472Xgn7MCBnv9N-dVZJXBfsW-ll6k8VqOj4fq1iPqlhiYOrsmnEyJNMl0oPMHrBL_oBSE06regF3vPyGYu-RWzzu5Ne2vNyObzh60jHALaj8f8eyIg4d-Skk/s1600-h/baboushka+tat"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU-eCJ50bdULdZxYsaMS472Xgn7MCBnv9N-dVZJXBfsW-ll6k8VqOj4fq1iPqlhiYOrsmnEyJNMl0oPMHrBL_oBSE06regF3vPyGYu-RWzzu5Ne2vNyObzh60jHALaj8f8eyIg4d-Skk/s400/baboushka+tat" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364170094095198978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Look at deer Noel doing the mating song of the elk.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAQXNypy79SjAL1kQglHM9v5BzF6-YCdjhZBdmde90dcm2Cgb6uaS7VQADpG3f4iw_he7CuMYhPN-mxTNl52n5KBRwBnN8Q5YTNQsRGV_v8rS8kiC0uBiJLwed7s8Ja3uq8ge9lScMtQ/s1600-h/sly+noel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAQXNypy79SjAL1kQglHM9v5BzF6-YCdjhZBdmde90dcm2Cgb6uaS7VQADpG3f4iw_he7CuMYhPN-mxTNl52n5KBRwBnN8Q5YTNQsRGV_v8rS8kiC0uBiJLwed7s8Ja3uq8ge9lScMtQ/s400/sly+noel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364168137644572914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ol Gregg is singing his sea shanty of love</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf8gU_48Ae1DhE1seVhrji-viDQ6m2V7nMSy3FEK8xtupkM59P39d-6Ke0qf8IqVf8edmfOiLmNd8ig_vzgK7esMKWS05fxLdYov-92-zA4d3ly-J6aj2xAm6gNt8aoU40cgL9Be4gVg/s1600-h/noel+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf8gU_48Ae1DhE1seVhrji-viDQ6m2V7nMSy3FEK8xtupkM59P39d-6Ke0qf8IqVf8edmfOiLmNd8ig_vzgK7esMKWS05fxLdYov-92-zA4d3ly-J6aj2xAm6gNt8aoU40cgL9Be4gVg/s400/noel+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364168131049155906" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">People lost their minds trying to catch the handmade posters. This one says Fruit Boots and has a picture of legs w/ bananas for feet. I wanted it so bad I could taste the bananas. It coulda been that I was on my 6th day of fasting.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPVPQtnsNa41V2eFj9NuKUZY6WnjJL5ONUCGzvd-s5zVM4OnCNV7pbEZowhJQIvODFYd6-QXSKu0c6AF7nA5hY9oycro8ATJRrHx6hnm7ZqQSxSuLLF2lrIP78itFFFqZwJZP4oB4Cwk/s400/signs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364170090211315618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Is this the Hitcher or Albino Wizard?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqzWFac56BbQPyIipYjeS0ll7tBX5sYqOU2jir-p0GUZcIeTRE7TYBaHmSfqVxSYWCzEIcq3pcYBgfEzqQSQjwTU_tQrEDIPwzPa9DKgeorw49yU0tHlL9fdZagWNFMW_AXkYMKx4H0Q/s1600-h/noel+2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 327px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqzWFac56BbQPyIipYjeS0ll7tBX5sYqOU2jir-p0GUZcIeTRE7TYBaHmSfqVxSYWCzEIcq3pcYBgfEzqQSQjwTU_tQrEDIPwzPa9DKgeorw49yU0tHlL9fdZagWNFMW_AXkYMKx4H0Q/s400/noel+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364168127443855378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is Dave Brown who plays Bollo the ape (and others) and helps Julian write the show's tunes. All of the musicianship was great. Everyone played and played well. He also compiled their book.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_YgMHfyR4Az35ng4D1oosaT_GknH3qCXrUOTzsx-vOKLPZiFbvlDEQ6UbqIn8F3S7IaAqcCu1TqderzA8fN14QKW3-ti4OVdv45p_cntJN6gVAWYTT-tgoz6_QR2Chy9ZDgmwU-vKx0/s1600-h/bolo+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_YgMHfyR4Az35ng4D1oosaT_GknH3qCXrUOTzsx-vOKLPZiFbvlDEQ6UbqIn8F3S7IaAqcCu1TqderzA8fN14QKW3-ti4OVdv45p_cntJN6gVAWYTT-tgoz6_QR2Chy9ZDgmwU-vKx0/s400/bolo+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364168124912745410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Enter Rich Fulcher as Eleanor the predator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih76o-KpPwsh26D4_O4Wb5WeTZfst6ik84QbBQ1VWfxS2AizLLLmi3qiL1vlp6UAb7iyapUbg-0cOHqsslgiC-jfSBupzR6c4IXeABOvKeLmGLtQ2CNzNyQb4DtCe5heq8FLN8wXDsSas/s1600-h/bob+nana"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih76o-KpPwsh26D4_O4Wb5WeTZfst6ik84QbBQ1VWfxS2AizLLLmi3qiL1vlp6UAb7iyapUbg-0cOHqsslgiC-jfSBupzR6c4IXeABOvKeLmGLtQ2CNzNyQb4DtCe5heq8FLN8wXDsSas/s400/bob+nana" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364168123392716626" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Attack of the killer Nanas-</span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwG-f3s-qopl_ouToQxltoZwrymjBc5Jh_TldrucYdJhG4MtfOoT3wPF41R1cDrUGpGSUtEgRI9OTah_rPfBZv-fU4Wkwy3hR0nfDUcpxQFPxSTjs_nDfoTpWqgRll8O4XY7FdV0oqRBA/s400/nanas+rock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364164674795495330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqS6XlgSZc6D1kIufJcpwC1aDNB3PAQs0SxKfps0PMVcqyEK2CVR18IiHFyL3LUbfGgLEJuFrKNHlYFADjMGFmiOxzNS3d8bfU9QtyuMcAEphYU4XCNl-i11Yyr3sO_JMwfhcBtGNciw/s400/nanas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364164669972061746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimThhuCd6OAWQCcIURKsHDOvEeWVc7-WnRbx-Dou0TTLCf86sxi8WQiNdY7J0jFuLpwJuOKis_5d8T1E-2pKbQV9ZWL5q2EDKzzz2kRWeVdIuQqK16rn0tBexA9KMG92qSErCynja6FJM/s1600-h/noel+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimThhuCd6OAWQCcIURKsHDOvEeWVc7-WnRbx-Dou0TTLCf86sxi8WQiNdY7J0jFuLpwJuOKis_5d8T1E-2pKbQV9ZWL5q2EDKzzz2kRWeVdIuQqK16rn0tBexA9KMG92qSErCynja6FJM/s400/noel+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364165893127822578" /></a><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Noel's nightie kept flying up in our faces. My word, I do say.</span></span></span></div></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8EZAByn9G9kwbs_NOT8mjtuuz5vMY9UfHyMCdRrsCrvpbAjme5QARX5GvVMNVo8bXqfpn8iG_JzERzdk4l7loIR0tdWeWBlkLM4YdKqtbzgeaiLzkI5WONdHpJ7Mcx_bTHUFchEngWo/s1600-h/t+n+a+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8EZAByn9G9kwbs_NOT8mjtuuz5vMY9UfHyMCdRrsCrvpbAjme5QARX5GvVMNVo8bXqfpn8iG_JzERzdk4l7loIR0tdWeWBlkLM4YdKqtbzgeaiLzkI5WONdHpJ7Mcx_bTHUFchEngWo/s400/t+n+a+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364165892261057394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That was literally one of the best shows I've ever seen. Oddly, I ran into Har Mar Superstar later that night as he was heading backstage and he told me that he goes way back with Rich Fulcher. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I may never know. We met 'Mike the Bike' after the show. He says he plays piano in front of the Bank of America everyday. He was cool and reminded me of Donny the hobo in Crack Fox episode</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaByrDSTsIEOy4TjaVH9-JM7Iu3e-2w5k3SGJcpoCTciDWAWk-W8hrQ-hhjoOdXpqhHZQSiSb8t04XpB28tmpfbMBTCf_B9h5-eNMXGpK02Ddla-aGeqMROAPDV-hXdwmQJUXIFNIja4/s1600-h/amanda+mike.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaByrDSTsIEOy4TjaVH9-JM7Iu3e-2w5k3SGJcpoCTciDWAWk-W8hrQ-hhjoOdXpqhHZQSiSb8t04XpB28tmpfbMBTCf_B9h5-eNMXGpK02Ddla-aGeqMROAPDV-hXdwmQJUXIFNIja4/s400/amanda+mike.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364165878904971490" /></a></div></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-79744166566665869652009-07-03T17:49:00.001-07:002009-08-16T19:50:06.726-07:00Summer Daze<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">La</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">st summer I fasted for 4 days, this year I did 6 days. There is light euphoria, mental lucidity a kinda acidic, toxic feel. I drink fresh fruit and veggie juices before, during and after the fast and they become very filling as the days wear on. My main problem is the insomnia. I have way too much energy.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGDneGyNOcfMyC2jizwKB6Nu_ZemFRwwf6S4VUJjo1QDO6I1mb_NwmmQ96_f-5Xnf2siaQru_m0nyVq_t1xnwO0SJkT4Si3TkLoR-Fd8KmPYEE74WNodpWTWEw38fRwZ7T4tT3pV1IqE/s1600-h/fast.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGDneGyNOcfMyC2jizwKB6Nu_ZemFRwwf6S4VUJjo1QDO6I1mb_NwmmQ96_f-5Xnf2siaQru_m0nyVq_t1xnwO0SJkT4Si3TkLoR-Fd8KmPYEE74WNodpWTWEw38fRwZ7T4tT3pV1IqE/s400/fast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207605944795842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Summer '09 thus far- Here are Magnus and Nightstalker, defenders of the cats from butcher birds (blue jays), and defenders of our ears from mockingbirds at night-</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSl_edLRNFyOmI-Z2m6SwThU6uFaHinNEHVGYDcli23MT4fO8Dh3YlZ6KIpj7YJjBeR_NQbCOi7Ed1pCTKANzHe6GKrYLTeoLW1Fj3QLAsoByD4jUrJUiYxEkDHBBHMzb_fW5TwnkfjU/s1600-h/magnus+n+nightstalker+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSl_edLRNFyOmI-Z2m6SwThU6uFaHinNEHVGYDcli23MT4fO8Dh3YlZ6KIpj7YJjBeR_NQbCOi7Ed1pCTKANzHe6GKrYLTeoLW1Fj3QLAsoByD4jUrJUiYxEkDHBBHMzb_fW5TwnkfjU/s400/magnus+n+nightstalker+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207600784665298" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Microdot dons the ceremonial socks-</span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmqVA5GCoG2s36FlPSa6xjSnHudG8zd6z5NkQ_QMhYwU4H4uOnAGyBgu64gY2TrtatRnugDxWK8ycrFyPu0luWWd55-btgHTzfcyISmqRRW1Qgj3OHR-DSpY7WP_7kS7e5xkGlQsdgck/s1600-h/dots+socks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmqVA5GCoG2s36FlPSa6xjSnHudG8zd6z5NkQ_QMhYwU4H4uOnAGyBgu64gY2TrtatRnugDxWK8ycrFyPu0luWWd55-btgHTzfcyISmqRRW1Qgj3OHR-DSpY7WP_7kS7e5xkGlQsdgck/s400/dots+socks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207130475614802" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Microdot and Destroyer are showing some brotherly love...</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qvrOjK2YvdSp9wIjH2hZmZXLLgk7nz3AdYcK9CdQYjJMCljWFKLzd4OM8djPnsdyrOE9iIXbphyX6xLjpibMtVGtU6CIKByYjvwaFcVMxdOUzK6ovYTIIy2xW-UxKftgcdQe0aJDmrY/s400/cats.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364380699109716274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Upset the Rhythm Showcase at the Smell. The wonderful Lucky Dragons are on-</span></span></div></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-j-Ny1l30SpvO1kYR2s-LBWPiehfz6O5bDR9gt6u1HHrKgK4Z6vGys9GXX-saTg7DRkvrGDQ23FwafJejEN71YFKqlT9DRmaRiwp3gJOUlVNhNOJz2GqRER8FJUyBpyp-4cHdFroTrcE/s400/smell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207595367411762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Flames engulfed 2 craftsman houses down the street. It was started by someone w/ illegal fireworks in the garage of an apartment building. The fire spread to 4 houses via the trees.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbD7Sjmn49yiuThCWOy1N9jRktODN-y5oJKach7sYDYYJZrQ9-dcFnOGTpfX5F635mv7NP9walxvnFL7EkDE6U1CKyBlMYQkbMwDFJG5iLlie0E8expnF5KFHmqwc2_4U28m8tTHHUzE/s1600-h/fire.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbD7Sjmn49yiuThCWOy1N9jRktODN-y5oJKach7sYDYYJZrQ9-dcFnOGTpfX5F635mv7NP9walxvnFL7EkDE6U1CKyBlMYQkbMwDFJG5iLlie0E8expnF5KFHmqwc2_4U28m8tTHHUzE/s400/fire.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207125598665170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This house used to sell plants and garden fixtures. I loved these houses</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5TbHmZSTqGYmfoMT_7YkUA5aw0mJ7ouGUymaCxws0rP1tkr_GqaPYjCEWxxz9NAp_6ikYzGupKk59HVpGuFblUnlEuWNHAhJxe7LcFJsDFEeofYSBZmIU51GHXgoSDuZVZQxZg0gaC8/s1600-h/house.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5TbHmZSTqGYmfoMT_7YkUA5aw0mJ7ouGUymaCxws0rP1tkr_GqaPYjCEWxxz9NAp_6ikYzGupKk59HVpGuFblUnlEuWNHAhJxe7LcFJsDFEeofYSBZmIU51GHXgoSDuZVZQxZg0gaC8/s400/house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207121465677922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtHEF8kbqY_pni-BVbn9AkitDBZTI36H4VNbAA3jmV6i8gBk1Qz652nCi7XCILkOXuChWMbcgh1P6i1EUtUQyPp7K1XKAC1XFhQGbkOjeycxQ-XcbdrJ2MoN8PVcyh3Ohj9D6u2-Xc1U/s1600-h/window.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtHEF8kbqY_pni-BVbn9AkitDBZTI36H4VNbAA3jmV6i8gBk1Qz652nCi7XCILkOXuChWMbcgh1P6i1EUtUQyPp7K1XKAC1XFhQGbkOjeycxQ-XcbdrJ2MoN8PVcyh3Ohj9D6u2-Xc1U/s400/window.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207117188878258" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At Family Bookstore, I saw Golden Hits set up more patch cords than I've ever seen-</span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCicfzewIEk2mAIlJBpECA0TfaShGlPCbeTwZdkvJ9sXZooWRz5v8BXeTFYQc9-TqRLtSqYfG8lzs255TaywPU8HvblCfDb2Vvdxh1juAlTV7m2v5W3GtqEaobH_jKcMcDIM8hRAulc1w/s1600-h/golden+hits.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCicfzewIEk2mAIlJBpECA0TfaShGlPCbeTwZdkvJ9sXZooWRz5v8BXeTFYQc9-TqRLtSqYfG8lzs255TaywPU8HvblCfDb2Vvdxh1juAlTV7m2v5W3GtqEaobH_jKcMcDIM8hRAulc1w/s400/golden+hits.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364207111887883874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">They were followed by SF's Bulbs</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">-</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hqcAMwdNsSViLK8XULUpdgsKJuDR6Dvyo7XJ8SiLhyasRJA-1zfEdI5abArCfhyphenhyphenpIp2k4l8thwqeNzOLDoV-8KY4eS3HcTk3bkDf-S_VUytVTgBuw5k6nzx5zqs3CkPh-91aOI1qCoo/s1600-h/bulbs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hqcAMwdNsSViLK8XULUpdgsKJuDR6Dvyo7XJ8SiLhyasRJA-1zfEdI5abArCfhyphenhyphenpIp2k4l8thwqeNzOLDoV-8KY4eS3HcTk3bkDf-S_VUytVTgBuw5k6nzx5zqs3CkPh-91aOI1qCoo/s400/bulbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364206378053529778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The night's music was very ambient and soundtracky. A Bulbs member is playing in the display window</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo8DijSc7B0Z-eBD5LJjcc-gF14vpy3BnqzyPcag6vGhr6L17S7KGA62oSXC8biHBsfYQJhvHEFfOOegIKMhFRCaa3UPA1qQafAPqBjKQqvr7IOIkZRwiOjYJpBJJ6ezyPvH1QqBodN8/s1600-h/bulbs+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo8DijSc7B0Z-eBD5LJjcc-gF14vpy3BnqzyPcag6vGhr6L17S7KGA62oSXC8biHBsfYQJhvHEFfOOegIKMhFRCaa3UPA1qQafAPqBjKQqvr7IOIkZRwiOjYJpBJJ6ezyPvH1QqBodN8/s400/bulbs+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364206373614929234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">On July 11th, my band Auto Da Fe played at the Lotus Festival on the Echo Park lake and it was so fun and easy breezy lakeside. Literally and figuratively. After, we went to Brie's BBQ and she told us the story about seeing the Beastie Boys play at Diva Zappa's 5th birthday party on the diving board as they threw watermelons in the pool for the kids to dive for. Wha? We later went back to the festival to see the most colorful fireworks ever.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3NjterNQ0f49iyKDVUzKxcYchk9XTDBcNGerHfMv8lq9ZM9DLFDsEaybU-lZ-3OkIi28hlXO35GMNP0NsHhymtvJWhuAt9cNxlAdZx2pXKnYQlttC_iF-UAD9qIYTf4tPneZSQNvlfc/s1600-h/brie's+bbq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3NjterNQ0f49iyKDVUzKxcYchk9XTDBcNGerHfMv8lq9ZM9DLFDsEaybU-lZ-3OkIi28hlXO35GMNP0NsHhymtvJWhuAt9cNxlAdZx2pXKnYQlttC_iF-UAD9qIYTf4tPneZSQNvlfc/s400/brie's+bbq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364206369916404082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">On the 4th of July, my fellow 1st grade teacher Lesley married our PE teacher Jason in a beautiful Catholic church. </span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-RWkxIRHGlNwkaw-JVjSvALuzccpqbixtojAY7pdCO2RRWaclTjNEJsTo7Y4D1G83afbLuph6p3Ckr26CBCZS3G2y6tfuiKGsqpsnBsQh7cmeXMGpjOhAPE4HeFl5_4OBrqvalixoE/s1600-h/lesley&jason.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-RWkxIRHGlNwkaw-JVjSvALuzccpqbixtojAY7pdCO2RRWaclTjNEJsTo7Y4D1G83afbLuph6p3Ckr26CBCZS3G2y6tfuiKGsqpsnBsQh7cmeXMGpjOhAPE4HeFl5_4OBrqvalixoE/s400/lesley&jason.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364206364312453762" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We saw fireworks just outside their reception at the LA Fairgrounds and a group of little kids were screaming "Mich-ael Jack-son!" everytime they boomed. He hadn't even had a hit in their lifetimes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvEuRfyvxsl7DMFOv6AaG4uRd_wFrcwrMAcV05T9HJT4ZnjH0qsIezPZBKLNsMUbRVZI3ZGZhq6gOb2tg5Jm_KNZvqk6TK0yEzKbFn2EBVaGouXi1b6nKJcCi6M23jn5oyMz8c9fVxnY/s1600-h/s&t.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvEuRfyvxsl7DMFOv6AaG4uRd_wFrcwrMAcV05T9HJT4ZnjH0qsIezPZBKLNsMUbRVZI3ZGZhq6gOb2tg5Jm_KNZvqk6TK0yEzKbFn2EBVaGouXi1b6nKJcCi6M23jn5oyMz8c9fVxnY/s400/s&t.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364206363973690562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Summer '08 never really was posted due to my cat RayRay passing away. I just had to keep moving, not reflecting. This year, as last year, we went to the </span></span></span><a href="http://foapom.com/gallery/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pageant of the Masters</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> in Laguna. It's where paintings are peopled and vice versa. It's always an amazing spectacle. </span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLqNP4J8qpRWJ_TSRYJG_FeUDpwoyYAWmtkycPPqy1y9vhLXvp5RNy-v6I7CV_v9WBZO9AZ6gniMeAEOzXcMYjLpSEbeBw4vDK4bI4j0j1ObK7H5ZnvfdV5PhjgyA5QFWRtnI8qbfU60/s400/pagaent.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364372490502514898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I remember Summer '08 as being crazy hot and the Cali wildfires starting early.</span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKK_mFUT1mN09AjrU1jRy34x9lJkWgYnXSoN0DP6DUL5anOtS53AtaJfuWVjc0L139fCbVYE8m6Xyf5mtw49JkISTqsh9XD2uapS7g5RQf2rn86PA2LB5Cu7nqpfiaMU4z1m6dhZ6QiIk/s400/hot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364377980467549362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The heat was one of the reasons this guy was so incredibly inspiring. I was walking up to Trader Joe's from the Claremont village (maybe a 1/2 mile) w/ my ipod, damning the heat when this guy passes me up. He was almost to Santa Monica and had taken a detour into Claremont to use the internet. He had gone through like 50 pairs of shoes and had been walking for a year!!! I gave him $10 for his travels, as he was relying on donations, although he never asked for it. He had received some media attention at that point but his website is now down. Hope he made it, it sure was a hot summer.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lCPW-5ZP9QigfbfdIeDwpvNVGhubzIB0osnmwcOSK2JGuqI5RV518Fx0tWPLhh6tuzXmU-pMqOq0UY4Q6FhviL-ibkTEfcP2DhiRN1KBVp6_HT31d4Bil58jm3aAcubaMXJ5LYtGkWg/s400/walker1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364381984320414722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1e3uZtQrjG4N5WMDPiGibdo_bpqK0PlKruwKLkLMaNwOTSMjBrifQTCGZR3mqFevYqORjDBk2-qTyHnkBEoIxZx6JETU89pf7TpBLWhZvwfPMJRJCyVtsf3KZAyKmxAdCUd8HDv1y3Y/s400/walker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364381980314069170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bet he wished he could jump into my friend Kara's lagoon/jacuzzi. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeY0kWXYMoajw9xJLIlVJ59zMp23wGyF03l2DSiLcpXoo_0uATN5Ko_2fVpmg3p9t0mmmLhGW3ZT16VKxgi2IPvg4qoDqCvH5SQ_VQxcjnFlTyEVFBs92uNBgXxJwvIFjZ3CVAZLdw4k/s400/Karas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364372481119915218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At the Scripps secret garden, my friends Kimmy and Laszlo got married in 114 degree weather. I played my yangqin and read Rilke. A few people jumped in the fountain afterward. It was part traditional Vietnamese Buddhist and part Western. She and I were Art majors together there. It's an insanely beautiful women's college of art and humanities in the Claremont College community. We both now teach Kindergarten and/or 1st grade 2 blocks from each other in Pomona. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkF2uEYHec1ZNQsF5l7GnrBpQFq14bZcFh_UTWySBigh5rnfs9TyhvFs9hvtyypG5GlH0VduL0QEsrGN5RfoocWea5D9S0gELpfPllW2ihlFNMXw75HRSDIFh81vsViyLCN6w4LuqY7o/s400/rilke.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364374642763158706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEG0XsRRBmbnKWFU1ncrHbmeYT2ZXb9bfIsrxBolPq9wFkS93ueXxf8Jfv5WKY9a38jppS09PevBiOOIwxKE91Jyy01uPLQFBT7wOM81D73mBVit9wtKGOG3RtktNHJiG_v28W3pxH-o/s400/kim+viet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364372486230630466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', fantasy; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center;">I went to see Yaz w/ pals (Faye, Jamii, Stacey, Tisha, me and Glennda in front).</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmwifI7tcpILeT50fsxqfN35pFYMiqYc5Dl70s6fn9qaIQXlUu0gYcIvynQRzex1IRmCZHU51035Wpr3XC9wxteShGsV2tYtYsF6QGhXoMhNBzRaV2M0p1sls4ZwImwsHZUsIpb_cP0k/s1600-h/yaz.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmwifI7tcpILeT50fsxqfN35pFYMiqYc5Dl70s6fn9qaIQXlUu0gYcIvynQRzex1IRmCZHU51035Wpr3XC9wxteShGsV2tYtYsF6QGhXoMhNBzRaV2M0p1sls4ZwImwsHZUsIpb_cP0k/s400/yaz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364383238290997938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In August, Sam and I toured the West Coast. He read short, funny stories from his zine 'Clog' and I played Chinese classical pieces on my hammered dulcimer (yangqin) and showed my documentary about music in China. I had filmed it from 1998-99 when I was there on a grant doing music research traveling to every nook, cranny and corner of that country interviewing and filming. It took me 10 yrs. to get around to editing the 60 hours of footage. I guess I was inspired to do it by the outta control Chinese Olympic debutante ball of that summer. Here's some snaps of the tour. Here Sam and I celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary in San Francisco-</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45ohB47Xu62X32izbqQM27qOP124dv4YkLVjwF0ggnbIvIGqiMpDt9BYly_1BXnV2eHMKrLPE99_4550JgSvNjre5buEzIjPgTjODOL2aMDZQ0GFKQ50OKQLNLmz6yq_9KXhOg2yYuLY/s400/6yrs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364370962111885762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Palace of Fine Arts-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrDSblXhiOjvBxrJrEGhznDC73NtrI_Hq5KQYoUqzhU3Ov6EG06SUbvQ5OJEwEfI2Wxy4GbXyM0YNQhTRNsGEfET5e0rElR5rPJ3TcZuDhrg035Wzs2ZmZgIBir4HdHn22ZV2aIWuojU/s1600-h/grant.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKA_neg_QumrmN2EkDLOD9GVkikWFfVhGwHnhEAcASNiMhnLZkZhJprN3Zkq4-aQJHvsPvNYi0mTbFUZLuSFAlpELcMQsICDp68dnO7oi7DIyk3n2m7eNX5veAselV-flb0cPVK9B6ko/s400/exploratorium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364370962803973682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bus stop-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOydrb8V-hoIoziHp-f9popSCBaZjYD3Ls_S7Idom-i6qHuEo2SQvLbZd09eD2Q4cpEHb51_8miMq8fkmOZCXeaSn2QiKfqIpHjTHj3hvXj8BIEm593vaZfBWJKEmoq1hHjsneztuKs8/s400/butterfly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364380692740980434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Golden Gate Bridge in fog-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrDSblXhiOjvBxrJrEGhznDC73NtrI_Hq5KQYoUqzhU3Ov6EG06SUbvQ5OJEwEfI2Wxy4GbXyM0YNQhTRNsGEfET5e0rElR5rPJ3TcZuDhrg035Wzs2ZmZgIBir4HdHn22ZV2aIWuojU/s1600-h/grant.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKq-Kb1BiPzkyIdyld7YY9-DzunwlqhQJdizJM8m1OQzWR5qmsy5nESRjqKYqOojsklhwm5lChM92claYhbtuChGLBvTzn6Mc5nAnzCcYv4t1wKY5OJHqZdmbLJsPcPZlou36CqR0L9U/s400/GG+bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364370969584159746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrDSblXhiOjvBxrJrEGhznDC73NtrI_Hq5KQYoUqzhU3Ov6EG06SUbvQ5OJEwEfI2Wxy4GbXyM0YNQhTRNsGEfET5e0rElR5rPJ3TcZuDhrg035Wzs2ZmZgIBir4HdHn22ZV2aIWuojU/s1600-h/grant.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHS-ao0UlL4Jv9mu4voDUAm63vvL1fCjyIVYjo5kLs71B9KhzzPG1eMMfb0ocGo9BMJd-erGPRyQjc-x7VvtNpN08qhBq9MiwxZRWrLGbHQgLxcFxgJ7h6wWJDAOAhQgmt0vwsI26rSQ/s400/fleurs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364377974597383426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Klamath Falls, Oregon if you ever need to shoot your piano-</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs2BRRStO28RI4ocOzKeSwAmpBdSPW9VKkfFrAyED0BAK8PG-cCeG4A3UYZ_O9_nLz5dRxZpZHg_IL5Ki51qglS-x6eJ41mB5QItPVcr2_k_1b8h1QAfsv58tFWlMF1QQTuYo2P6NYA8/s400/klamath.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364381962388987090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Beware of the giant that guards the township of Grant, Oregon. He steals 8-tracks and sells them at the swap meet.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrDSblXhiOjvBxrJrEGhznDC73NtrI_Hq5KQYoUqzhU3Ov6EG06SUbvQ5OJEwEfI2Wxy4GbXyM0YNQhTRNsGEfET5e0rElR5rPJ3TcZuDhrg035Wzs2ZmZgIBir4HdHn22ZV2aIWuojU/s1600-h/grant.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrDSblXhiOjvBxrJrEGhznDC73NtrI_Hq5KQYoUqzhU3Ov6EG06SUbvQ5OJEwEfI2Wxy4GbXyM0YNQhTRNsGEfET5e0rElR5rPJ3TcZuDhrg035Wzs2ZmZgIBir4HdHn22ZV2aIWuojU/s400/grant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364383230624390466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Having a fine time in Olympia, Washington. This is </span></span></span><a href="http://sarahutter.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Sarah Utter</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, she's a fine artist. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9gZGoTkKlSze5U5WDL-t0V6itFIV4rasZghyfeV7sYSJUWAtEGU-Wceeigkctsz5gdseCar6NgEOs6KZLNx75y0GGXeRwuVcF-roNCXoXcE3XL5ASKFJMvjslEA2h3GTMeXJ_tnmMWk/s400/sarah+n+sam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364370951542639650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisclv587nGX0-SfAR40Ta2a2O_Te65uEw-Vzg9dpxgnlnOwLlZPe8O0jPFSqPg9PfwJFdYNz-k85Y64AHzoQJ0mgRiJ-_N3KKFwuYbemOyUxJ8CESwwU9SHNJk57t56eXolXXakNrvyR0/s1600-h/sarah+cat.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisclv587nGX0-SfAR40Ta2a2O_Te65uEw-Vzg9dpxgnlnOwLlZPe8O0jPFSqPg9PfwJFdYNz-k85Y64AHzoQJ0mgRiJ-_N3KKFwuYbemOyUxJ8CESwwU9SHNJk57t56eXolXXakNrvyR0/s400/sarah+cat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364380715034806402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKbvV8e33n0Au7lOSOCL-aqh-LbnViXzxnRDcR7I-5fz0PNwf3oM2AzjsLhO7t0jlupfcQCJPxeq6ePoxOZ4Njtq6CIwfOEEmfFeur5Y5YlccMB8RRABp2ZAzDz1v619MKPMLXNxu48/s1600-h/otis.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKbvV8e33n0Au7lOSOCL-aqh-LbnViXzxnRDcR7I-5fz0PNwf3oM2AzjsLhO7t0jlupfcQCJPxeq6ePoxOZ4Njtq6CIwfOEEmfFeur5Y5YlccMB8RRABp2ZAzDz1v619MKPMLXNxu48/s1600-h/otis.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKbvV8e33n0Au7lOSOCL-aqh-LbnViXzxnRDcR7I-5fz0PNwf3oM2AzjsLhO7t0jlupfcQCJPxeq6ePoxOZ4Njtq6CIwfOEEmfFeur5Y5YlccMB8RRABp2ZAzDz1v619MKPMLXNxu48/s1600-h/otis.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a>Meet her dog, Otis, as he digs a hole in the mud and naps in it. He can emit time from his eyes.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKbvV8e33n0Au7lOSOCL-aqh-LbnViXzxnRDcR7I-5fz0PNwf3oM2AzjsLhO7t0jlupfcQCJPxeq6ePoxOZ4Njtq6CIwfOEEmfFeur5Y5YlccMB8RRABp2ZAzDz1v619MKPMLXNxu48/s1600-h/otis.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKbvV8e33n0Au7lOSOCL-aqh-LbnViXzxnRDcR7I-5fz0PNwf3oM2AzjsLhO7t0jlupfcQCJPxeq6ePoxOZ4Njtq6CIwfOEEmfFeur5Y5YlccMB8RRABp2ZAzDz1v619MKPMLXNxu48/s400/otis.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364380708610926322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6f8NZgLquQRljOEigyQqIgGWz1IYoT5CDvJMZLgP7ZuiB3F90AI7Lz8XZKI2qZ1gg7IKEw0u6av0wAMEDToTshw_jqA7BEyIclsUa5rWhhK3GdIqv2P1pEDu99Dckp56Z358OE2QrY0/s1600-h/justin.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6f8NZgLquQRljOEigyQqIgGWz1IYoT5CDvJMZLgP7ZuiB3F90AI7Lz8XZKI2qZ1gg7IKEw0u6av0wAMEDToTshw_jqA7BEyIclsUa5rWhhK3GdIqv2P1pEDu99Dckp56Z358OE2QrY0/s1600-h/justin.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6f8NZgLquQRljOEigyQqIgGWz1IYoT5CDvJMZLgP7ZuiB3F90AI7Lz8XZKI2qZ1gg7IKEw0u6av0wAMEDToTshw_jqA7BEyIclsUa5rWhhK3GdIqv2P1pEDu99Dckp56Z358OE2QrY0/s1600-h/justin.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "></a>She and Justin put us up in their hideway in Kamilche. He can emit time, too, he just chose not to here on a full stomach.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm5jvKZKQJlSOneV4Q18tGilUvy_YRWLw4Yg5KsEinn5umKcQ-tAbrJj09q7A-X8J5e-oi47WRcLqETfG71u1VcbY5rhr95CFWgT6RlkFXpPrLJtVElbjnkx-DJyrTKa7yYFIeLUDn3c/s1600-h/tara+plays.jpg"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6f8NZgLquQRljOEigyQqIgGWz1IYoT5CDvJMZLgP7ZuiB3F90AI7Lz8XZKI2qZ1gg7IKEw0u6av0wAMEDToTshw_jqA7BEyIclsUa5rWhhK3GdIqv2P1pEDu99Dckp56Z358OE2QrY0/s400/justin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364380707068207906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sitting on their porch-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm5jvKZKQJlSOneV4Q18tGilUvy_YRWLw4Yg5KsEinn5umKcQ-tAbrJj09q7A-X8J5e-oi47WRcLqETfG71u1VcbY5rhr95CFWgT6RlkFXpPrLJtVElbjnkx-DJyrTKa7yYFIeLUDn3c/s1600-h/tara+plays.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKntjw3ciIYRKTS6zY1f0EYABJf9foLM5RF7FtxJXkWpF14s0KkExMGa1DxcC9GpJ3frDBMMs8sbgvu6Xve6UcX2nUcTCObmqueYURMudfKQSJMf5F3kLUY4wCsDWpVfYV9l6L9e8zqHE/s400/kamilche.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364532287195934194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We played at Phantom City Records and Dumpster Values. I am drumming up some sales. Hey, that's shoe business! Yuk Yuk!</span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm5jvKZKQJlSOneV4Q18tGilUvy_YRWLw4Yg5KsEinn5umKcQ-tAbrJj09q7A-X8J5e-oi47WRcLqETfG71u1VcbY5rhr95CFWgT6RlkFXpPrLJtVElbjnkx-DJyrTKa7yYFIeLUDn3c/s1600-h/tara+plays.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm5jvKZKQJlSOneV4Q18tGilUvy_YRWLw4Yg5KsEinn5umKcQ-tAbrJj09q7A-X8J5e-oi47WRcLqETfG71u1VcbY5rhr95CFWgT6RlkFXpPrLJtVElbjnkx-DJyrTKa7yYFIeLUDn3c/s400/tara+plays.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364381978115592434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sam read from Sarah's art studio above. He'd make a crummy Repunzel with that hair.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW5iVUKu1hq7brHej4sUYF2Klxah2U3K2wHMYimE-dG85HZIDWtZkIatbIZjAWvq2G6PTE6SOvdqnliNGnSEJMrBxUITYa77XECXhL7q0CyPNxEPhx8jS1xNFABW6E6qMicN6zvb1rbA/s1600-h/sam+reads.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW5iVUKu1hq7brHej4sUYF2Klxah2U3K2wHMYimE-dG85HZIDWtZkIatbIZjAWvq2G6PTE6SOvdqnliNGnSEJMrBxUITYa77XECXhL7q0CyPNxEPhx8jS1xNFABW6E6qMicN6zvb1rbA/s400/sam+reads.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364370957215262002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Who have we here? These little </span></span></span><a href="http://www.softlifeindustry.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">softies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">were made by Coco Howard at the Anne Bonny store we played at. Wow, such a great shop o' curios. She gave me a blue fuzzy guy. I love it so.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh0JaSNXcoaFzF49XR9VSUaIkAt-VJVHrhs7TmDshv6iKtSdJt7X5rqs-UKbtL8nevmz_nQRdaef3CauN7tblGLQoivY19GgUKGI7_8Zo-lF2Nd8-EfHRv4VfuKG2oWXT_exikn9oygQ/s1600-h/softies.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh0JaSNXcoaFzF49XR9VSUaIkAt-VJVHrhs7TmDshv6iKtSdJt7X5rqs-UKbtL8nevmz_nQRdaef3CauN7tblGLQoivY19GgUKGI7_8Zo-lF2Nd8-EfHRv4VfuKG2oWXT_exikn9oygQ/s400/softies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364374636982212418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Here's Coco and her lovely daughter. Congrats! Coco just got married to Spencer the shop owner!<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmo0iOOrtwxixOCASF_KArihi_ezWpy8iz2cMDzseYlpztIMIg6sWv9fHog4OuZ-qOZv66gvTkV72T7DyJMSaT8Xq5PRUpqDP6gJHyxc9LuRHXhn6oNEt5vZNXhaMZi6o3QdpGNmlZ31M/s1600-h/coco.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmo0iOOrtwxixOCASF_KArihi_ezWpy8iz2cMDzseYlpztIMIg6sWv9fHog4OuZ-qOZv66gvTkV72T7DyJMSaT8Xq5PRUpqDP6gJHyxc9LuRHXhn6oNEt5vZNXhaMZi6o3QdpGNmlZ31M/s400/coco.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364374634633039186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She has many great fluffy wall pieces on her site </span></span></span><a href="http://www.softlifeindustry.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Softlife</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbaO0xp7sZSPTh2RWYq6ALZNWjU26YWb0TI6YjqRz2VbeRcbIy32gLaZ-jdAQASJugUv2ouGA7SQrASmyBCjHP55_bAnO8_tZ9nElS_Pyi10T3Dr07KY4OvZXVb6XRwWpCyHetcq0OXU/s1600-h/coco+art.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbaO0xp7sZSPTh2RWYq6ALZNWjU26YWb0TI6YjqRz2VbeRcbIy32gLaZ-jdAQASJugUv2ouGA7SQrASmyBCjHP55_bAnO8_tZ9nElS_Pyi10T3Dr07KY4OvZXVb6XRwWpCyHetcq0OXU/s400/coco+art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364374630164764354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">For my birthday we went to see the Chinese acrobats at the Hollywood Bowl-</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8McENaaxmOSgFniIvbnV4vy6UMINaXKRyeL3mvS4Ix3OPXd7Yo2vH5tzlclAtRf3tBi2gs_AWlMbj9Jt710Xy90oOPcEh-5HeuSxBHX-OHISpAIWc1NG3B6E4hOk24j1Kr9v8ANrsFiI/s400/acrobats.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364532291419993762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And who should be lurking there, waiting to take our money, but David Leibe Hart of the Tim & Eric Show. He drew our portrait which oddly resembled every other drawing he had. He wants me to tell you that he needs a girlfriend and to contact him thru me, if interested. </span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWFyBY7_Iquc5x35LJ8J3ODVgdpHNGxzBAf96Wg5j4C9Q90QSMMmIBSLNnGtdPsr94CV-BxERwsJ51hyphenhyphen0LFFHMRpqlK7sJZY9g0Aw5vIFmtffrUQqs0yjK55tvKybb2Ebv25jPVQ4pZs/s400/david+liebe+hart" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364377971880923346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px; " /></span></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-58173052564449572972009-06-29T12:21:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:32:37.841-07:00Bridal Shower, Michael Jackson, Birthday and Bahooka!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My friend Stacy's bridal shower was a hoot! Check out her cake, it matches her hats!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamp7dPai9CaGLYZkLgF2rEa1cRxH3drMbaTLu8kkEZ54BJu9Z2MbcvdofMTAy44HIelpDjB8_kRIgp5Xgok23vGhjbh8nJnFWqS2_tLf6LoX60zW3MdX-jVtEOgbMrq_P8T8iwQ_8-J0/s1600-h/Stacy+ribbons" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamp7dPai9CaGLYZkLgF2rEa1cRxH3drMbaTLu8kkEZ54BJu9Z2MbcvdofMTAy44HIelpDjB8_kRIgp5Xgok23vGhjbh8nJnFWqS2_tLf6LoX60zW3MdX-jVtEOgbMrq_P8T8iwQ_8-J0/s400/Stacy+ribbons" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352833336218429922" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rVWoxm0JOrrs4Wbybodio8Cn-ZF47I8UL3oSulvxBlAwkbQjAjMDAYv9VK6GFaFzLJPEeoc-1rPUcc4PdIZBxB5vpcLCQHG7rxNmgRgw1szQsnMk_qjtT3UDBDtn9rPP3LXqWUx58JQ/s1600-h/stacy+lingerie" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rVWoxm0JOrrs4Wbybodio8Cn-ZF47I8UL3oSulvxBlAwkbQjAjMDAYv9VK6GFaFzLJPEeoc-1rPUcc4PdIZBxB5vpcLCQHG7rxNmgRgw1szQsnMk_qjtT3UDBDtn9rPP3LXqWUx58JQ/s400/stacy+lingerie" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352833335102876882" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUFWScqASs7TpEZTOqsMxpU3tLQ8PhjJAGaZWpAynLNyFgjzoWib4keOjTUk0aDw9hcYmUQB6yUmx3PnsVR-aC_R12_IB16W2wogcHXy1uuClhoTwf6A1AgLRKkxrqHlpd174safF0sA/s1600-h/Stacy+fan" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUFWScqASs7TpEZTOqsMxpU3tLQ8PhjJAGaZWpAynLNyFgjzoWib4keOjTUk0aDw9hcYmUQB6yUmx3PnsVR-aC_R12_IB16W2wogcHXy1uuClhoTwf6A1AgLRKkxrqHlpd174safF0sA/s400/Stacy+fan" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352833331647850962" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY61S9sIOhdlRouUr4RSGzuEHeckfks0ZzaQUVZbB0NvzE5tLgz63C9q-oFUveMIYPuQBIk-yfrLOlhWggdBn7Ub0lzuWhxMHHiiZislkX9KRPgPexCoD-Z_r9Cgg5tPYafIxpc3gUG0M/s1600-h/Stacy+cake"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY61S9sIOhdlRouUr4RSGzuEHeckfks0ZzaQUVZbB0NvzE5tLgz63C9q-oFUveMIYPuQBIk-yfrLOlhWggdBn7Ub0lzuWhxMHHiiZislkX9KRPgPexCoD-Z_r9Cgg5tPYafIxpc3gUG0M/s400/Stacy+cake" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352833331342413074" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The shower was literally down the street from Michael Jackson's mansion. What a scene. It's hard to escape the man. The day of his death, I was outside the LA Coroner's office by coincidence at midnight and no one was there, it was creepy. Also, I had just purchased 'Who's Lovin' You' as an MP3 and gotten the 'Off the Wall' CD as a gift. Coincidence or premonition? [Insert Thriller music here]</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BZO7nrbqTFqamLnz-daU-uwVQYoBpVSg4UIIOU8WKH2LGZjSADzTQo_2dFWhYQ96kHYvsAZzS90X4EGh-wkJ7_wPuBv0M0KL86KQXF6HG5dG-69YfzwSLTEs872yJOZsqxL0jE47Z4M/s1600-h/Shower+sign" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BZO7nrbqTFqamLnz-daU-uwVQYoBpVSg4UIIOU8WKH2LGZjSADzTQo_2dFWhYQ96kHYvsAZzS90X4EGh-wkJ7_wPuBv0M0KL86KQXF6HG5dG-69YfzwSLTEs872yJOZsqxL0jE47Z4M/s400/Shower+sign" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352837081508299090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFP4rAFoeOSSAbgcf-LNyZVMYzbdq8ritZ8o7sQMJwlO2LpTbGNUE8HeXr-HPyUF4JQ2IMUr-IGSMG8OpR-WDwqZ1hSM6PivkC1ekkK-I3_SBgayrmlV3hP99zVVmybluhv78QWqf2h8/s1600-h/mj+media" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFP4rAFoeOSSAbgcf-LNyZVMYzbdq8ritZ8o7sQMJwlO2LpTbGNUE8HeXr-HPyUF4JQ2IMUr-IGSMG8OpR-WDwqZ1hSM6PivkC1ekkK-I3_SBgayrmlV3hP99zVVmybluhv78QWqf2h8/s400/mj+media" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352837079542261234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjphxZVYwWJEa4KitJTpp1cTvEytAkEsqk4UiJkrZPD65ZhZqxu7zE6XJfhyphenhyphen0lHrTJqqzn-BjLQ7xFNIg3hygxhzfE52aiSgqLGUBAsKYl6EKkr97zrJBI0JekYY0j-Mbr1JtlKRbKfg/s1600-h/MJ+letter" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjphxZVYwWJEa4KitJTpp1cTvEytAkEsqk4UiJkrZPD65ZhZqxu7zE6XJfhyphenhyphen0lHrTJqqzn-BjLQ7xFNIg3hygxhzfE52aiSgqLGUBAsKYl6EKkr97zrJBI0JekYY0j-Mbr1JtlKRbKfg/s400/MJ+letter" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352837074871621042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLR4m4tptm9vSYlx7FrmgvJUqlaIcqYxqs8JY__Og31weIowEc43sL2VRhtcfrKORR9xXlaWF6uNXzvPKxUyQ3npD123IsFXhnCVWj8Pigaq-KpTENwZQLzu0yjAnMbVmUD2vzQVjAl4/s1600-h/mj+tribute" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLR4m4tptm9vSYlx7FrmgvJUqlaIcqYxqs8JY__Og31weIowEc43sL2VRhtcfrKORR9xXlaWF6uNXzvPKxUyQ3npD123IsFXhnCVWj8Pigaq-KpTENwZQLzu0yjAnMbVmUD2vzQVjAl4/s400/mj+tribute" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352837071619360866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvvfcDy2H0ELx5yxLrzz7x0faaaIo6hgfhvOH-55OkO5ogjXH75NlWzh7088iSmmrmMQbr18tHXUOC7o-ibl38o-yCuAfGOikF5JJ5_SnRVWw3vdoLFqMiuX3ImZh8L4aKa0VeO9bicg/s1600-h/mj+trib"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvvfcDy2H0ELx5yxLrzz7x0faaaIo6hgfhvOH-55OkO5ogjXH75NlWzh7088iSmmrmMQbr18tHXUOC7o-ibl38o-yCuAfGOikF5JJ5_SnRVWw3vdoLFqMiuX3ImZh8L4aKa0VeO9bicg/s400/mj+trib" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352837068189657330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On Friday night, French New Wave film maker Agnes Varda screened "The Gleaners and I Parts 1 and 2" in Santa Monica and got all directorial on this photo. Hence, her eyes ended being up closed. </span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCLaYTsRHgawDz-x-FfpG_EqW78Y4ouGSQWbLeGir1v0HuBGJNJ1zp6wjgbLBLfBY2W1-KthBTBCS546ljvoulz1H2OPM9fYaYrsCoBAjwC4q5vA3kdYsgqIiDVvF0NoWpf4GORWJOmU/s1600-h/t+%26+agnes+varda.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCLaYTsRHgawDz-x-FfpG_EqW78Y4ouGSQWbLeGir1v0HuBGJNJ1zp6wjgbLBLfBY2W1-KthBTBCS546ljvoulz1H2OPM9fYaYrsCoBAjwC4q5vA3kdYsgqIiDVvF0NoWpf4GORWJOmU/s400/t+%26+agnes+varda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352893325328855538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Some of my pals yukkin' it up at Lindsey's birthday party- Here's the bird-egg girl!</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQmRpCq0Nl6Iyp3ugzxb95WJJat-ldKFocJtvIdvhuSkIl7WbmlOK30IpIiX9z2haL9MMZJOjgxnzgMGIaFfbWd_ht9zaCRaBe2mpXrdczt_2lLpfiaVVf-v07hYugVB51PISdNAux88/s1600-h/bday+lindsey.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQmRpCq0Nl6Iyp3ugzxb95WJJat-ldKFocJtvIdvhuSkIl7WbmlOK30IpIiX9z2haL9MMZJOjgxnzgMGIaFfbWd_ht9zaCRaBe2mpXrdczt_2lLpfiaVVf-v07hYugVB51PISdNAux88/s400/bday+lindsey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352893318457830754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Paloma and Tamala- </span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZCEmmCK76izEalLzukwBJQLnvJdrMWd4cjM6i06L2qjuNiJ_n_x99FrVBvikDlnCYRTsRzB2q7j7fCOV92BaOQSdM1HFaiRh0JiOWd-d5UPCUmqXe87pWKEHAP64RMeoLnsuME8hmPY/s1600-h/paloma+%26+tamala"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZCEmmCK76izEalLzukwBJQLnvJdrMWd4cjM6i06L2qjuNiJ_n_x99FrVBvikDlnCYRTsRzB2q7j7fCOV92BaOQSdM1HFaiRh0JiOWd-d5UPCUmqXe87pWKEHAP64RMeoLnsuME8hmPY/s400/paloma+%26+tamala" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352893313823932290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kitty and Anna-</span></span></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_wYahvx0Da47hQ9tiwsBKstiDDCFw1vCQfAVYD9WQv8l1DJJQ9yuxVacf1VbqUF-htOl-3UiAIaEdIYp3wFEyx2sY-po_vKLh0IyQd0uoEP9J1pz3-bSkpRa3Lz6POnKJ5wKogwA-S4/s1600-h/anna+%26+kitty.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_wYahvx0Da47hQ9tiwsBKstiDDCFw1vCQfAVYD9WQv8l1DJJQ9yuxVacf1VbqUF-htOl-3UiAIaEdIYp3wFEyx2sY-po_vKLh0IyQd0uoEP9J1pz3-bSkpRa3Lz6POnKJ5wKogwA-S4/s400/anna+%26+kitty.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352893871450229746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">u</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">p</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">eeks prior, I took pics at the Bahooka (100s of fish tanks in a tiki maze of a restaurant, see 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas') with some of the Metalocalypse crew-</span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1a3zEQUt5ivdwSLHAxrj6NAqSWv3xgO62bkBt608S_VHenaKrWIjqIxC5_46R6yWiAFLSYT6Q8ZHr1fA7v9phEYwTkq0ooxrhif14vj768Q3P2cvTppZcmX2AQKT5g0OcxPrfIytscA/s1600-h/bahooka.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1a3zEQUt5ivdwSLHAxrj6NAqSWv3xgO62bkBt608S_VHenaKrWIjqIxC5_46R6yWiAFLSYT6Q8ZHr1fA7v9phEYwTkq0ooxrhif14vj768Q3P2cvTppZcmX2AQKT5g0OcxPrfIytscA/s400/bahooka.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352900395460143330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is Rufus the 34 yr. old fish that eats carrots for kicks-</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrSInXIDPvWKkAXXsNcBiYgS-uK9TMXVa0CnCqRmhYrczgRAmpP92sILcHU2PayX-1wzGaeX2_59R8pBpUjWB1canLhz-NYtyp-fg5jh2WLem0QTutsa7fmGtiwyjf6G9-IdE60WcUTU/s1600-h/rufus.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrSInXIDPvWKkAXXsNcBiYgS-uK9TMXVa0CnCqRmhYrczgRAmpP92sILcHU2PayX-1wzGaeX2_59R8pBpUjWB1canLhz-NYtyp-fg5jh2WLem0QTutsa7fmGtiwyjf6G9-IdE60WcUTU/s400/rufus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352900390560230754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">An optimistic grad carrying a big cat-</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNodSlgkWloDX2AbODyP9HQYg0Qk9rAo8R01xsGLFiJOJi1wqdS9tgBcBIZQJJWLKPWF5VxuJBgLO5le8nNDweEyl0Bx7C_yKXKTvtHaX2pp_G8oRs58BdJ1-Z-2x0UwgAtJKDF9MvKY/s1600-h/girl+n+big+cat.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNodSlgkWloDX2AbODyP9HQYg0Qk9rAo8R01xsGLFiJOJi1wqdS9tgBcBIZQJJWLKPWF5VxuJBgLO5le8nNDweEyl0Bx7C_yKXKTvtHaX2pp_G8oRs58BdJ1-Z-2x0UwgAtJKDF9MvKY/s400/girl+n+big+cat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352900387502333474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why is this walrus brushing his teeth? What is Jamie doing down there? So many of life's great mysteries go unsolved. Inquiring minds want to know...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0t_VJ6F8hKDjgFbGQgMFggb5N_7yWwZZxUBevmG6yxwPJhybyb-9Dg7JOhUvcPxiQHdAZ0-rs1DtuB3cKEMxAEan2YpTFuLEMr-r2WRLYfugjdq9pZui1GrA6RvX9RVGBoeAXtyTgegg/s1600-h/walrus.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0t_VJ6F8hKDjgFbGQgMFggb5N_7yWwZZxUBevmG6yxwPJhybyb-9Dg7JOhUvcPxiQHdAZ0-rs1DtuB3cKEMxAEan2YpTFuLEMr-r2WRLYfugjdq9pZui1GrA6RvX9RVGBoeAXtyTgegg/s400/walrus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352903295526568738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamp7dPai9CaGLYZkLgF2rEa1cRxH3drMbaTLu8kkEZ54BJu9Z2MbcvdofMTAy44HIelpDjB8_kRIgp5Xgok23vGhjbh8nJnFWqS2_tLf6LoX60zW3MdX-jVtEOgbMrq_P8T8iwQ_8-J0/s1600-h/Stacy+ribbons"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamp7dPai9CaGLYZkLgF2rEa1cRxH3drMbaTLu8kkEZ54BJu9Z2MbcvdofMTAy44HIelpDjB8_kRIgp5Xgok23vGhjbh8nJnFWqS2_tLf6LoX60zW3MdX-jVtEOgbMrq_P8T8iwQ_8-J0/s1600-h/Stacy+ribbons"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamp7dPai9CaGLYZkLgF2rEa1cRxH3drMbaTLu8kkEZ54BJu9Z2MbcvdofMTAy44HIelpDjB8_kRIgp5Xgok23vGhjbh8nJnFWqS2_tLf6LoX60zW3MdX-jVtEOgbMrq_P8T8iwQ_8-J0/s1600-h/Stacy+ribbons"></a></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnF9OsXBA6OYOhXS9b6Mr0ZMGfLgnlVQ2z7p4-ekmSQebAdjRafNZreWAum10PYg-Tv2O9UbMsXKbRlHkqeo16zHYRRGud-oid77etIHF6fmD2U9bIegVMjWO9A7ipRmT5gfrvVsTTVU/s400/jamie+at+Bahooka.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352900376785536834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-38945277535715019792009-05-14T20:30:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:32:51.123-07:00O lovely ladies, you take the cake!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JDxIdX4elZsQ5MO4-l41-mGBsjwZa-Ov8OJkBPKAZvqsyItX-dvnn8fMZfQRLIDsHRxgLhKMqA-Wp1ubK9ubt_c7ER7qCYugwCnr751MTb9uwsLfqd0PmWmCAXjqVyntlIfwptON928/s1600-h/lea+velvet+cake"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JDxIdX4elZsQ5MO4-l41-mGBsjwZa-Ov8OJkBPKAZvqsyItX-dvnn8fMZfQRLIDsHRxgLhKMqA-Wp1ubK9ubt_c7ER7qCYugwCnr751MTb9uwsLfqd0PmWmCAXjqVyntlIfwptON928/s400/lea+velvet+cake" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335888634969455682" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My bandmate and pal </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.garmentthread.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Leandra Gil</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and red velvet birthday cake courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/automaticsweetheart/224542780383"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Renee Valenzuela</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! Salivate suckas!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRD7K6GL0Tf7SVUEHO7zR-APK3lW4lQTGFL0N4uCsa2CyEA8bbWdoL_uSVkbQeTL6-qpfcdUVYyodJp5FY5uZ46n2-bjuYj7hsRjhGXKmM3BOPMx5uIboHCvJJiTYonyb3U5RvGGQZ2U/s1600-h/sweety+pies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRD7K6GL0Tf7SVUEHO7zR-APK3lW4lQTGFL0N4uCsa2CyEA8bbWdoL_uSVkbQeTL6-qpfcdUVYyodJp5FY5uZ46n2-bjuYj7hsRjhGXKmM3BOPMx5uIboHCvJJiTYonyb3U5RvGGQZ2U/s400/sweety+pies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335888635901773874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Renee and Leandra and my birthday pavlova cake and a watermelon! Again, salivate!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxm85vtP2eVjQbLfR-47VfCqxdGt8Poh3Ij2GqycR6zuVslzm2Q3mLJ4WSJgBhIIY_ZUkBSxEIPYQoy8wbs5lyJvL1778dEtkTqLGIl5DsOO5jhjf_jYC9KzdjHq48I6NFR65IKkPmWE/s1600-h/cececedar"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikxm85vtP2eVjQbLfR-47VfCqxdGt8Poh3Ij2GqycR6zuVslzm2Q3mLJ4WSJgBhIIY_ZUkBSxEIPYQoy8wbs5lyJvL1778dEtkTqLGIl5DsOO5jhjf_jYC9KzdjHq48I6NFR65IKkPmWE/s400/cececedar" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335888629833404914" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cecelia sedar repleat w/ chocolate fountain and fruit in all shapes and sizes! Need I remind you to salivate?</span></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-71445449919833873272009-04-15T23:35:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:31:44.340-07:00Auto Da Fe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkgbvkbEkLcLUe2A9Zu3yxd4cymr9KPty6TOAgSv5M08zDe_FoGTB237qi3PBceR0eYWuZ4y73kodIpJCNtsFMlN1cRKsspgD8xOHK-AYeTVzlsy71UQ70-y9Eld0s4s97DNe_AngZE4/s1600-h/trio+woods" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkgbvkbEkLcLUe2A9Zu3yxd4cymr9KPty6TOAgSv5M08zDe_FoGTB237qi3PBceR0eYWuZ4y73kodIpJCNtsFMlN1cRKsspgD8xOHK-AYeTVzlsy71UQ70-y9Eld0s4s97DNe_AngZE4/s400/trio+woods" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325463814594661858" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RaOSDxTn0-BLwnhHijlCd2kZa6je48WbSuabtYGKI5Rhxo_8I0x-NOHlSzZ-UWDuhxctVtNmzTlGFdlgkDyzvuZ91jz9d5_KUBNseIgqJNDQtad4D7CIArFjmnLy0y8GycWvitO36vc/s400/leandra+flowers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325181796243899362" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW9tbiufneahwUY2J5fLZ1PYtPQefvnpURE3IxEsnoqDOA-X3OY4nEay_ievkLiClAVKEZK_Pf5o6tVcecWu8-l5O60G69MMPafqQONW6uGl4OkSFsIo7J0TpCRuRX3ABurJ0TKihFoo/s1600-h/t3+trees.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW9tbiufneahwUY2J5fLZ1PYtPQefvnpURE3IxEsnoqDOA-X3OY4nEay_ievkLiClAVKEZK_Pf5o6tVcecWu8-l5O60G69MMPafqQONW6uGl4OkSFsIo7J0TpCRuRX3ABurJ0TKihFoo/s400/t3+trees.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325181795270595858" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQjb9Ir2GFCH9bIpQHRlt72MNh-T3Lf9ZyCmR4IIFLTK8QHgHFN_bC4P9_rQvklWeYLbAlqbJb12HaaDyi3-N_kTWKFDO3E6RmXXUC1lHmje0kH-sa0dK47kvg1HY1byBEnoJ6r01ADU/s1600-h/marz+web.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQjb9Ir2GFCH9bIpQHRlt72MNh-T3Lf9ZyCmR4IIFLTK8QHgHFN_bC4P9_rQvklWeYLbAlqbJb12HaaDyi3-N_kTWKFDO3E6RmXXUC1lHmje0kH-sa0dK47kvg1HY1byBEnoJ6r01ADU/s400/marz+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325181793290210050" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqLVw3MeTr3P1kpxjsROyvhVoJSI7P3fQ_bhywZW4EBywhbaYwKoofcUfja_n4KOP79DBaOH-NDXlP-LzlU3KW7Uu4gmBK375jzSdeg0pGbZ6rqVfF2PayY7JQ1rbqa5q3d7yPpRangY/s400/LA+trio+flower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325183538047997106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZSQbHVabUDct-7jJvhW2y5_aahnb6WigONOBjbA4wcYqAlSiNbV74MH8G6VlHfovitTgVnFMPvHfguZBIvt4fESl6NFWk-zZAcZdVg5cFCehLnv7SW55HBaMJWR4rWilZspKZ11NOsU/s1600-h/tara+umbrella" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZSQbHVabUDct-7jJvhW2y5_aahnb6WigONOBjbA4wcYqAlSiNbV74MH8G6VlHfovitTgVnFMPvHfguZBIvt4fESl6NFWk-zZAcZdVg5cFCehLnv7SW55HBaMJWR4rWilZspKZ11NOsU/s400/tara+umbrella" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325181791029050674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n mid-March, Auto Da Fe was photographed by Cherie Savoie in downtown LA near Chinatown and Claremont's Cobalt Canyon for our next LP 'Emit Time' which will be released on Secret Eye Recordings as soon as I finish the art. </span></span></div></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-38207774507490624092009-03-05T18:24:00.000-08:002009-07-31T02:54:50.305-07:00In Case You Were Wondering...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRh-_h1ltn1TE5YvCireY7CM0pz4bFJS61mXavpcVW6cOo74uf5eyf_LMwOMKD3BV8qn95IdQjkUxQW7dxcGLNgrRgz20k29-keiPGz_c6F2SAIKFySOCb5bUL8J7DSBKuTUR-h-Xyx8/s1600-h/photo.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRh-_h1ltn1TE5YvCireY7CM0pz4bFJS61mXavpcVW6cOo74uf5eyf_LMwOMKD3BV8qn95IdQjkUxQW7dxcGLNgrRgz20k29-keiPGz_c6F2SAIKFySOCb5bUL8J7DSBKuTUR-h-Xyx8/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309895889704015538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">This may explain the economy and the last 8 years. The ALMIGHTY is simply just not that into us, I geuss.</span></div></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-33574207383205197142009-02-09T18:24:00.000-08:002009-07-31T02:56:32.094-07:00Inauguration Madness<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDf8emlD87VnM-9kkPKUFfMFn5b11BcEe4f8RNNJc8tUE2kf2cVFiuW37cwEsGi6Y8Qa9ZK6YeMFICBCQO9aky4fYnioWqHQOBJY6QIMZJBPrrNCNxuFFYaHEcDBjCvOQhQis1xdb2Gw/s1600-h/elemental+O"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDf8emlD87VnM-9kkPKUFfMFn5b11BcEe4f8RNNJc8tUE2kf2cVFiuW37cwEsGi6Y8Qa9ZK6YeMFICBCQO9aky4fYnioWqHQOBJY6QIMZJBPrrNCNxuFFYaHEcDBjCvOQhQis1xdb2Gw/s200/elemental+O" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300999981286363314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">O<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bama is on the elemental table y'all. When's the last time you'd checked?</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg57xIy0RfM-d0Nii_4Di6ybIrILky0FukYt67F5KSN_eq9hPVZWj1DE1sKy5qW7XRrKrTgi5fW3YjwqQTDSBKTTmhvlsO5sCmInRxuCG0_SjOTPNhsBKm5gJrg8kOTMKY_QQtNKQ5Pg/s1600-h/super+O"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg57xIy0RfM-d0Nii_4Di6ybIrILky0FukYt67F5KSN_eq9hPVZWj1DE1sKy5qW7XRrKrTgi5fW3YjwqQTDSBKTTmhvlsO5sCmInRxuCG0_SjOTPNhsBKm5gJrg8kOTMKY_QQtNKQ5Pg/s200/super+O" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300999980338015682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">We got this shirt for Adam but there were so many good ones to choose from.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaclEEn-FlHC3a9kA54Ajp3PTUQ8QarersHxmt_vS7uI9v6VCIqygXI4KD1bJ9a0sUlO0TyTd48VlDrvqSxJUC0TBL8zR-JFUD5jp7P0VM3T_MYIGbNvfooGqvSmwxmnL0mgr3Cf6y-0/s1600-h/o+cologne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaclEEn-FlHC3a9kA54Ajp3PTUQ8QarersHxmt_vS7uI9v6VCIqygXI4KD1bJ9a0sUlO0TyTd48VlDrvqSxJUC0TBL8zR-JFUD5jp7P0VM3T_MYIGbNvfooGqvSmwxmnL0mgr3Cf6y-0/s200/o+cologne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300999974876190178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">This man was selling Obama cologne but was not offering free samples so I'll never know- does Obama smell like Hawaii ocean water or Chicago wind tunnels?</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WLLgsHDS9ohnUkAJrXSZ38jYfG2yFTvAkI8fzlEuvHrhx7CqTy1dP7FZDY7EY1LYpFisyZs4zCRTHc1BbYsG8tnaYQsJBZMYU5llEzykpPXEIbIerZrTLRgDxwZdMhWPoXEbkbfMr68/s1600-h/bye+bye+bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WLLgsHDS9ohnUkAJrXSZ38jYfG2yFTvAkI8fzlEuvHrhx7CqTy1dP7FZDY7EY1LYpFisyZs4zCRTHc1BbYsG8tnaYQsJBZMYU5llEzykpPXEIbIerZrTLRgDxwZdMhWPoXEbkbfMr68/s200/bye+bye+bush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300999976587886482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">My favorite part came as everyone looked up and the Bush family flew off into the sunset like the flying monkeys in the movie "The Wiz". Everyone around me gave them an appropriate "salute" but all I could feel was relief. Now I could tap my heels and return to California feeling more optimistic.</span></div></span><a style="text-decoration: none;font-family: verdana; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkCLHeKPLFDKLj65xkr7AyuK1V2MojTSoy9huIKoAmA0o3B7Ye0LSvRhdmGCyW4Shn8rPxIMAZHensH4RNlDsRBoUVSGqjA1nBNkY0zKWt8KwJtIhvfCQv4bdm6CFgAABdzGw9nEEHkA/s1600-h/inaug+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkCLHeKPLFDKLj65xkr7AyuK1V2MojTSoy9huIKoAmA0o3B7Ye0LSvRhdmGCyW4Shn8rPxIMAZHensH4RNlDsRBoUVSGqjA1nBNkY0zKWt8KwJtIhvfCQv4bdm6CFgAABdzGw9nEEHkA/s200/inaug+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300994668972912354" border="0" /></a><a style="text-decoration: none;font-family: verdana; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChEo8uXHgQp3ADBGLSu03vk6oAxV7hyth5TyzK3kNS2N8leGRuReR4oTsAQ69qZropbXz-oVp_dSFF-7LiZmrm4f2zwuTyqR_gXQxUTOeJz0_KqLPAQ9c2PYM8HHEM8lNSCCpUWsHWxg/s1600-h/capitol.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChEo8uXHgQp3ADBGLSu03vk6oAxV7hyth5TyzK3kNS2N8leGRuReR4oTsAQ69qZropbXz-oVp_dSFF-7LiZmrm4f2zwuTyqR_gXQxUTOeJz0_KqLPAQ9c2PYM8HHEM8lNSCCpUWsHWxg/s200/capitol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300994662336655970" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65QPTkoX5ucNlHfQZAe8C0XYtQPREXidhKxgFHcR7ZQvRF-ugMGWUfZb_QwjeqBQApvCsF_FcFXULmsjaX2gD1BRz1cYr24N7GFA7be6L_HaPiXcaVHC-8TTbnc9SMx15uH1yJ9Nf2fs/s1600-h/tunnel+slug"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65QPTkoX5ucNlHfQZAe8C0XYtQPREXidhKxgFHcR7ZQvRF-ugMGWUfZb_QwjeqBQApvCsF_FcFXULmsjaX2gD1BRz1cYr24N7GFA7be6L_HaPiXcaVHC-8TTbnc9SMx15uH1yJ9Nf2fs/s200/tunnel+slug" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300994664828917266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Still sick with a cold but in high spirits, I assumed that although everyone was jumping in line willy-nilly in front of us, it was not a problem because we were all going to get in. There was literally no security monitoring anything and the line quickened until everyone was running in a free-for-all to the gates, taking over the streets. The gates were locked, so once everyone reached them it became a herding pen with some people weeping, some screaming they couldn't breathe, some mobs chanting "Let us @#$&! in!" and it was almost noon. Cops were upset when even they could not squeeze through the throngs with their billyclubs raised above them. They demanded the gates be reopened and with much ado, everyone ran for the security tables and magnatrons. The security took all of two seconds, much less than at the airport and everyone ran at full force about an 1/8 a mile to the "Purple Section" only to find it completely full and any view blocked entirely. (I found out later that since no security was there to direct people, there were many sections nearly empty but it was bottlenecked to get to them) I climbed up a wall and under bleachers and finally emerged with a view of some trees and the Capitol Building. I could hear everything but not see much of anything.</span></div></span><a style="text-decoration: none;font-family: verdana; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xMRiEc8TK2ungPIf1fredq9q_e07avayQ0gradu_8IEQbMYeAASKgLWpp-WcSxEdkDVCyv8AChi8ez6paN-BC7WLBWzon0jMI6kP6kD1TFZYAUyL5P7sd-zq0iua2bow60b_SoCUfhU/s1600-h/cold+tunnel"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xMRiEc8TK2ungPIf1fredq9q_e07avayQ0gradu_8IEQbMYeAASKgLWpp-WcSxEdkDVCyv8AChi8ez6paN-BC7WLBWzon0jMI6kP6kD1TFZYAUyL5P7sd-zq0iua2bow60b_SoCUfhU/s200/cold+tunnel" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300994664033472594" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAlfNAzjyYQeZjXA5afIGv9UQdkemRemUW56WyDANhz3s7dy4VKB3bIHD4vTLKFE8na9j5C6xEms2iXHO5ORw98yR4ackAu7g30Mker6oLdszP7s6ZdGMs4oYiOrtmZwXKuHFfGijPbc/s1600-h/scary+tunnel"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAlfNAzjyYQeZjXA5afIGv9UQdkemRemUW56WyDANhz3s7dy4VKB3bIHD4vTLKFE8na9j5C6xEms2iXHO5ORw98yR4ackAu7g30Mker6oLdszP7s6ZdGMs4oYiOrtmZwXKuHFfGijPbc/s200/scary+tunnel" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300994660664546466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Now, here's where the tuff get going as the going gets tuff. We took a bus from NW DC to 16th and H St. We walked at a swift pace to 1st and Constitution Ave, which is about 25 city blocks. Once we got there, this line down the tunnel greeted us. It took us 20 minutes to reach the end of the line. It reminded me of the zombie scene in 28 Days Later. Luckily, earthquakes aren't really an East Coast concern, just terrorism.</span></div></span><a style="text-decoration: none;font-family: verdana; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W1FCUzlxNSd2yOJeL_hDzXcRAv2a6AHUtSNG0OYAIgN5i6q6HqEo07Se5Pd9GYZb37rR61vtPQ74hkUNe-vUcY-KXOdXBbsnQ8ZIUCJyOQvaDH1na8Ed5rMNvB2Q1PEs00Q4ShGraSs/s1600-h/inaug+tik+bk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W1FCUzlxNSd2yOJeL_hDzXcRAv2a6AHUtSNG0OYAIgN5i6q6HqEo07Se5Pd9GYZb37rR61vtPQ74hkUNe-vUcY-KXOdXBbsnQ8ZIUCJyOQvaDH1na8Ed5rMNvB2Q1PEs00Q4ShGraSs/s200/inaug+tik+bk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300992489214114002" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrG-7rKsgVY1UWGAlfN4LnvE0fiQwixsq9MTJ16RxOYnBtRqupat6g7RtxIFuQkQgImQeLlRYvvEuFOkPu0_sTWWmxiOQus8AQzGeyPFQ7uWpLcgFzuj4npB3_X4xwRtExQriw6a_7ILA/s1600-h/inaug+ticket"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrG-7rKsgVY1UWGAlfN4LnvE0fiQwixsq9MTJ16RxOYnBtRqupat6g7RtxIFuQkQgImQeLlRYvvEuFOkPu0_sTWWmxiOQus8AQzGeyPFQ7uWpLcgFzuj4npB3_X4xwRtExQriw6a_7ILA/s200/inaug+ticket" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300992488462137762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Here's the Willy Wonka ticket and it was on very fancy cardstock and embossed with some presidential seal for authenticity. On the back, you can see where I was to be located.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtpTq01of20LVe7ttVQikPpo_i2V7kotun-01tIlomg5ZNo_FE8hk2mnvuVEiO5OSCqTN4m1oxt90TRgpZvYrlecfnuk7muRoGqJK-3o_NGwwWifDpbax9iPvXj2ZVPE0fMtBL75MTqU/s1600-h/magic+tik"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtpTq01of20LVe7ttVQikPpo_i2V7kotun-01tIlomg5ZNo_FE8hk2mnvuVEiO5OSCqTN4m1oxt90TRgpZvYrlecfnuk7muRoGqJK-3o_NGwwWifDpbax9iPvXj2ZVPE0fMtBL75MTqU/s200/magic+tik" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300992488257839474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Adam gave me one of the tickets and you can see that I am very excited. I'm usually not so toothy a smiler.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSQ26XF48DIIAyexQSiakiWybo6rSHb2nRigBicgBEO3oYblJzG715WkCoZTxwuHvK0iQ9SVoPrBrXROrm8iA_2EhV_OPWpeEYAXoaPH8wnRkG0gzVKMxGCEpcFz2FzJLvZrwcurTA08/s1600-h/b+boys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSQ26XF48DIIAyexQSiakiWybo6rSHb2nRigBicgBEO3oYblJzG715WkCoZTxwuHvK0iQ9SVoPrBrXROrm8iA_2EhV_OPWpeEYAXoaPH8wnRkG0gzVKMxGCEpcFz2FzJLvZrwcurTA08/s200/b+boys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300992475122708162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">We went to see the Beastie Boys in DC. Never having seen them, it was really fun. Even saw some old friends there.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnK13ZxFh4tSL52K990yvSH1Mc-_uf8dMDPaj1RbNmjhwneI-12JxdDTNXm5C7EkJF0gK1qBOpVKfLS8cIj2vj46atr4yy99Kdhqita1Iqx7Cq2-JfEYcOZDXbxzEA1YnAOaViJmSgpM/s1600-h/Ellicott+City"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnK13ZxFh4tSL52K990yvSH1Mc-_uf8dMDPaj1RbNmjhwneI-12JxdDTNXm5C7EkJF0gK1qBOpVKfLS8cIj2vj46atr4yy99Kdhqita1Iqx7Cq2-JfEYcOZDXbxzEA1YnAOaViJmSgpM/s200/Ellicott+City" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300992472865184034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Here's my cousin Ryon in Ellicott City, my hometown in Maryland.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPBBFWEBoVDl2gECwFUXPLPfMyKFl8y2l27bkyTfXWUFDYDiBrgb8e5iOud_BK22obzg0jVVOeVm462jnopT-qxw65fohncSR5ynv_3pCnjAVJ3BwgAsp9Dv3GOYLUIN64ucLs6yg-UA/s1600-h/ChiChi's+froz+lake"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPBBFWEBoVDl2gECwFUXPLPfMyKFl8y2l27bkyTfXWUFDYDiBrgb8e5iOud_BK22obzg0jVVOeVm462jnopT-qxw65fohncSR5ynv_3pCnjAVJ3BwgAsp9Dv3GOYLUIN64ucLs6yg-UA/s200/ChiChi's+froz+lake" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300989707862542642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">My Aunt ChiChi lives in a cabin by a lake and as cold as it was outside, it was cozy inside.</span></div></span><a style="text-decoration: none;font-family: verdana; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkKvzbJQOgA2Es8K8bSSCCC-YeBYhEIIpUd_QqXsl1WQzIgrfMIrMMxkJV26karFnp7Z4jieaPAC50gW0MA5fgLKRVJt4EyAmMM8CxDQUgbSKtfDTEpNv0InE5kh7Z6fBnjZxR5Jp3vo/s1600-h/Dinner+w+Chichi"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkKvzbJQOgA2Es8K8bSSCCC-YeBYhEIIpUd_QqXsl1WQzIgrfMIrMMxkJV26karFnp7Z4jieaPAC50gW0MA5fgLKRVJt4EyAmMM8CxDQUgbSKtfDTEpNv0InE5kh7Z6fBnjZxR5Jp3vo/s200/Dinner+w+Chichi" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300989704464266482" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys7PGYxDAOdqy1qxPAnT6UANlZEZwAGGvhCcc_C1if2zbcXUSvD0Rr_E2QhA-wPU9GNVPA4eksAJfI5RfudZy2EeFc-C0rZ1HpautRU7X0laCrddEKSgj9ukKspQ5F7MedALgcgUQLG4/s1600-h/I+love+my+family"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys7PGYxDAOdqy1qxPAnT6UANlZEZwAGGvhCcc_C1if2zbcXUSvD0Rr_E2QhA-wPU9GNVPA4eksAJfI5RfudZy2EeFc-C0rZ1HpautRU7X0laCrddEKSgj9ukKspQ5F7MedALgcgUQLG4/s200/I+love+my+family" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300989704214516402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">We visited my family in Maryland, staying with my aunt ChiChi and then my aunt Debbie.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqW2d67kZmCDxnu3RUVzkqNrh-95IXMJpCaOsX3O7aqf58zgCzVYGtTu5G0WL9RWZTpH8ukNwKJOMvuQafSYij7Bv0J7v4lpSzfzBlRaLlSYzMpRGKtOxKEzU_XYdegqyXEOCvx3OKDM/s1600-h/neil+bonnet"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqW2d67kZmCDxnu3RUVzkqNrh-95IXMJpCaOsX3O7aqf58zgCzVYGtTu5G0WL9RWZTpH8ukNwKJOMvuQafSYij7Bv0J7v4lpSzfzBlRaLlSYzMpRGKtOxKEzU_XYdegqyXEOCvx3OKDM/s200/neil+bonnet" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300989703608959938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Bonny Neil. Sam and I, not so clear as a Liberty Bell. My thin Cali blood immediately lowered my resistance, so my time on the East Coast was punctuated by endless sneezes and sniffles.</span></div></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c_wWTI8UQl4Py97iTsC1iLP3eNsi3LZmU52ubcSfGI59I9LS3TAEDHqqeiDWzdljMswb3Xw98GjJb5su71ITVlBZhw8j9DluGcFnhE_GXGbZ-luw9LjbL3_hLXkGKjZcpBNQcxzZ9UU/s1600-h/not+so+clear+bell"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c_wWTI8UQl4Py97iTsC1iLP3eNsi3LZmU52ubcSfGI59I9LS3TAEDHqqeiDWzdljMswb3Xw98GjJb5su71ITVlBZhw8j9DluGcFnhE_GXGbZ-luw9LjbL3_hLXkGKjZcpBNQcxzZ9UU/s200/not+so+clear+bell" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300989697963058562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">We started our trip in Phili, visiting Neil, Noelle and the Liberty Bell. Also, spent some quality time with their black cats: Barnacle, Pepito and Angus.</span></div></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-40026533749480630002009-01-16T21:54:00.000-08:002009-07-31T02:59:32.221-07:00Baboushkas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfNallqFMomPiqE1wv2PwOaJz4AQf-71ps2hJ7cO9Bv92sOV52f850CscgVz8BCQtzX3QZwlwb9d81DZr86xswD7AmBpAmr7CgILZyluhPp_SVGeuUi-I2Jv8uhw8z2mtCk363In-8WE/s1600-h/egyptian+t" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfNallqFMomPiqE1wv2PwOaJz4AQf-71ps2hJ7cO9Bv92sOV52f850CscgVz8BCQtzX3QZwlwb9d81DZr86xswD7AmBpAmr7CgILZyluhPp_SVGeuUi-I2Jv8uhw8z2mtCk363In-8WE/s200/egyptian+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292160587098692146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lnjmr6pCDVkPS1O1nabI30k5204N95Ln0tJ7MxdNUFmd0RORT4WLfSvVAfC_I5PJyx3FXY55cqH_7822paZizoWW09Y1JrjLNlkv-3cX082_M1URBCaDnZORXYuUbB_3mVjR7SOjlEQ/s1600-h/baboushkas+snuggling" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP0ffhyUoi9qZzV0kCOnZPD9-0T3FLSDXHNp3R9DmqB7ModIOd7jucRu-B9k2ryMF2G3w2YDujlJoghKawkfDoaXBsBRmn-hWMY1j58dI4ybcxvz3GeCkO543pBXaFlr2LloNFrpBDP4/s200/tasco+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292158836995588178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs3ptaUf2XK-HKsICEUeahzu8cKIJ2X7JqkVMdMz6dM9fiRsKYHz9WXYp3dX10pzY5v4WectdPr7vNry0kQqIV0KMO21iXKE4kxAXJNHf4wAiWl6Hjp1GRY11Ab8v0lFI1YDhjarR5bg/s1600-h/inaug+t.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs3ptaUf2XK-HKsICEUeahzu8cKIJ2X7JqkVMdMz6dM9fiRsKYHz9WXYp3dX10pzY5v4WectdPr7vNry0kQqIV0KMO21iXKE4kxAXJNHf4wAiWl6Hjp1GRY11Ab8v0lFI1YDhjarR5bg/s200/inaug+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292158836584861410" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, fantasy; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Went to my friend Jamie's annual "Nana Olga's Borscht and Perogies Thanksgiving" party last Saturday and it was a hoot! Saw some serious baboushkas there! I wore my favorite jewelry from high school and a Russian hat (not pictured). Tonight I am in the throws of packing for a trip to the Inauguration! I had to try on some East Coast outfits because it was 86 degrees today and our thin blood will be a disadvantage in Philly (where we stay w/friends Neil and Noelle and see the Liberty Bell), outside of Baltimore (where we will stay with my family-yea!) and DC where we will probably need to pull an allnighter in the cold because all streets and bridges going in will be closed. I will be wearing one of these snuggly outfits so look for me on TV with the tears of inexpressible joy! I will actually be in the ticketed area thanks to my friends Adam and Kathleen who belong in the eternal pantheon of awesomeness. Sam is writing an article for </span><a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n1/htdocs/the-troublemakers-515.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Vice magazine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, so he will be out in the crowds, getting the street beat. Every year I teach my primarily Hispanic kindergarten kids about Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. I always have pangs of regret telling the children about racism when they may have never had any idea of it, since they live in such homogeneous neighborhoods. They are always shocked and saddened. This year was different. In November, I had them vote for the U.S. president in our class (I did not bias them at all, I merely gave them photos and asked if they had seen the candidates on TV). Obama won by a large margin, although a few girls voted for McCain because they saw a female V.P. and said they liked the idea. I missed 2 days of school during the elections due to food poisoning. I dragged my shaking body up to the Korean church and voted nonetheless. I cried when Obama won. I had been a fan since reading an article about his family in Vanity Fair well before he ran and I followed his deft campaign doggedly. The obvious ramifications and implications of his win were not lost on me. However, when I returned to school 2 days later, the kids were SO excited that it blew my mind completely. For them, they were shown that they could be or do anything with no limits. I feel like this is some sort of inverse 9/11 sea change and things will be forever changed for the better for everyone. Of course, I am not alone, DC will be swarmed on Tuesday with believers. Which brings me back to MLK who also brought so many believers to DC to hear about his dream that he might have seen realized had he not been killed in the pursuit of it. I taught about the signifigance of this particular MLK Day, the signifigance of the Lincoln Bible that Obama will be sworn in on, we sang a song and read a book about Obama, we wrote a paragraph about the 44th Commander in Chief and I told the kids to look for me at the Inauguration crying tears of joy with the multitudes. I told them I will be seated and waving a lot to them with my fluffy cream colored coat. Sam and I decided to go before anything had fallen into place. I had written all of the senators, congress people and superdelegates that I thought might send an inspired teacher but to no avail. I had been saying just a few nights ago, that maybe we would get lucky like when Charlie found the golden ticket gleaming in the sewer in the original Willie Wonka movie. We were lucky that the Beastie Boys were doing Obama Benefit concerts and Adam was so amazingly generous. While I am in DC, the substitute will read them the story "If I Were President". They will watch the ceremonies on TV in class and I will be like their "Where's Waldo?". Even if they don't see me, in their wish fullfillment fantasies, they will be convinced that they did. Afterwards, they will draw a picture on baby blue paper of Obama and his family at the White House or of Obama doing his job as President. I can't wait to get back and see their visions of the future.</span></span></div></span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-56246173924472838292009-01-04T13:35:00.000-08:002009-02-01T16:09:40.489-08:00Tattoo Con<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjR1Vh-IjJVvRjvYFXSEpvgOLu7y_UkYoz2mwKABHtXwh4AlW3iruVGa-BGxaQmtSiU0vjU-68b-O0lloy9hmYrq27rYKI69VMLzA__yZp20JXXsty5ng5-CLOyo3-FFmZqv9-FGSVZo/s1600-h/ship"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjR1Vh-IjJVvRjvYFXSEpvgOLu7y_UkYoz2mwKABHtXwh4AlW3iruVGa-BGxaQmtSiU0vjU-68b-O0lloy9hmYrq27rYKI69VMLzA__yZp20JXXsty5ng5-CLOyo3-FFmZqv9-FGSVZo/s200/ship" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287658667129687554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPK3RDaIXc25RA6ZC49Qsorkyqq3TvjwitW1cl14bPrnko5UTZj13xTZ_JcMfogYxAViOvz5Z3hcDlt1KZSL90DdZp6Eb72mmk0byuST7AaA7oFUiJPrY8Rd9qqmXPZVY9ZIMrVRtMRNY/s1600-h/mustache"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNLwDk7u64s9RyVf3gPvL3KK4kJY9rAtErTbbW6irwB3Gm4Jabo4NS8rXrYEieTu3AVzGKjNk-CvizQaSkIREwvc0SkWsyqXth4XPY51SkM2KYlwjzgWRAe_-Ox1Qqc50ssvH7Zv8C6I/s200/mexico+back" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287657028980895618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MRGuOzMbNP1zyQKs2jwivx9YMEMuRexQH4650X0Eq7ddZpPoNJ_222mUFffODoRw74wLCc2AKAUePFsJokxaumAgiZFZySPY5Tq8f5_5OPADN91SWCIbpPOcd4Ra9q0rNxDe0K0zIz4/s1600-h/face+tat"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MRGuOzMbNP1zyQKs2jwivx9YMEMuRexQH4650X0Eq7ddZpPoNJ_222mUFffODoRw74wLCc2AKAUePFsJokxaumAgiZFZySPY5Tq8f5_5OPADN91SWCIbpPOcd4Ra9q0rNxDe0K0zIz4/s200/face+tat" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287657012360685970" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">LA Fairgrounds in Pomona seems to hold a Tattoo Convention every 6 months and I've always been curious about it. I decided to go, half hoping to run into an old friend from high school, </span><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=119148272"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Corey Miller</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">, who is now on the cable show "</span><a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/la-ink/la-ink.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">LA Ink</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">". He's kinda the "</span><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5MzQ4MTU0MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjgwMjI2._V1._SX420_SY323_.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1771608064/ch0038256&usg=__lMRXRCzyJu8uR50T6xMysl-2rX4=&h=323&w=420&sz=31&hl=en&start=6&sig2=2H40OeWuRgP1TWKTLHkrsw&um=1&tbnid=l1ntXhLszPOlGM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=125&ei=fYxhScegKpWUsAPJ0r2ZDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDwayne%2BSchneider%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Schneider</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">" of the show (since he is surrounded by females). We sat next to each other in Photography class and one day he came to class with these amazing fingernail tattoos of skulls that would just grow out naturally. When Kristen decided to be Upland High's first punk rock homecoming queen in 1985, I partly attributed her success to Corey's masterly Olde-English/spiderwebbed picket signs. After High School in like '88, an ex-boyfriend got a tattoo in Corey's living room, back before Corey had a shop of his own. When we went over there, Kristen and her punk rock friends looked like they belonged in a secretary pool (down to the acrylic nails) and were like, "You're still into that stuff?" At the time, it was a surprise to me that they were not eternally punky. Corey still has his shop Six Feet Under in the old Upland town square. It's funny, whenever they show Upland on the show, it's implied it is some rural podunk. They even have montaged images of tractors in there. I can't even imagine where there would be a tractor in all of Upland- the citrus industry died there in the early 80's as it became a serious bedroom community. The Inland Empire is an insane, sprawling extension of LA, buttressed by mountains that are unreal in stature and catch on fire often. I expected the Himalayan mountains to make </span><a href="http://www.ibd4you.com/Inland_Empire_Photo_of_Mt._Baldy.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Mt. Baldy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> look like a knuckle, but quite the opposite. Anyway, I always regretted not having Corey do my first tattoo as he had offered way back when. So, I was wondering what the likelihood of getting on his show would be and was going to ask him if my story was compelling enough to plunk down $100 for the chance. Somehow, I doubt the idea Sam and I had (of getting inner lip tattoos that both say "Zip it" so we could silently argue) would sit well next to firemen getting 9-11 memorial tattoos. I am refraining from commentary on the Tattoo Convention, only to say I was sorry not to see anyone get the dyn-o-mite J.J. tattoo.</span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-79036371767656303352009-01-03T17:49:00.000-08:002009-01-04T21:47:35.899-08:00Floats and Savage Republic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7tDrNxM4kYluVnaLWSzKcoYx9amL0MOR6IYcQo8HmdfOOJPJ0ypvU9ZBkYoEBAIwYhz6GY179ztE51cOa6k5LG0kVdFPRU6YdtqaIAF8uwxhj2aQ1tBrHDxLrkfuyjJENCOBdbwX99o/s1600-h/rad+robot"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7tDrNxM4kYluVnaLWSzKcoYx9amL0MOR6IYcQo8HmdfOOJPJ0ypvU9ZBkYoEBAIwYhz6GY179ztE51cOa6k5LG0kVdFPRU6YdtqaIAF8uwxhj2aQ1tBrHDxLrkfuyjJENCOBdbwX99o/s400/rad+robot" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259879651570450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuZ4thhgWeBsz5Vb6FbyvM7Ldgg-Qz1ULW9lOXuqfARh9gPrKhVaO2jKEvC5Pin-aiWRApxhyphenhyphenyEPIWsmR9ZNqNbPw6FawaLXCISRKtWwUE6vpc1A1CKk1ZPpES7qsdXjFV5lzvCUEcU/s1600-h/flowers"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuZ4thhgWeBsz5Vb6FbyvM7Ldgg-Qz1ULW9lOXuqfARh9gPrKhVaO2jKEvC5Pin-aiWRApxhyphenhyphenyEPIWsmR9ZNqNbPw6FawaLXCISRKtWwUE6vpc1A1CKk1ZPpES7qsdXjFV5lzvCUEcU/s400/flowers" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287260403625804914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today Sam and I went to see the Rose Parade Floats. They are covered entirely </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">in flowers, leaves, bark and seeds. </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6bE1UV2G5hsFJGf6bwBO4EZc0kC6ndVnYFtTrauOKmNoVAagDCKn4ZWtmxApweDf1pEvL_vuUY0FOV4jVDevIe8m_bV_Yj4P5Qhaf7Lx_DA3U3dyPisRLxI16C6ncdLhmkmf3HHKr2w/s1600-h/trees"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6bE1UV2G5hsFJGf6bwBO4EZc0kC6ndVnYFtTrauOKmNoVAagDCKn4ZWtmxApweDf1pEvL_vuUY0FOV4jVDevIe8m_bV_Yj4P5Qhaf7Lx_DA3U3dyPisRLxI16C6ncdLhmkmf3HHKr2w/s400/trees" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287260397476891362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now I know people in other parts of the world think that LA is all this...</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8z2pVPhNGBNACJJ6lbCKfPP6sHET1kKyquRYPpCURgjUVesTT6Vq4gZ2W3EuhfcQioZ5BgU7BBhyphenhyphen5pUdWPIJdoU-ycV44C6YH-Yr3CQt4fLNtc69_SR3ZSkb_IxUN21DDUdOJzPwtSw/s1600-h/hollywood"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8z2pVPhNGBNACJJ6lbCKfPP6sHET1kKyquRYPpCURgjUVesTT6Vq4gZ2W3EuhfcQioZ5BgU7BBhyphenhyphen5pUdWPIJdoU-ycV44C6YH-Yr3CQt4fLNtc69_SR3ZSkb_IxUN21DDUdOJzPwtSw/s400/hollywood" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259872214441506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">and this...</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdNPsvTAy7TH-6PQp2VLIceyuFJVHdSZIJodScRN6LnP_Ah8Wf0jHfQr0h-Vui1N75b8E9L9XJgiba65f04UGUiFF1D8uxPy48BBtMTL6DzyKMdHY_VQLy82TZL-Y5iarfOi9H3VS0qA/s1600-h/LA"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdNPsvTAy7TH-6PQp2VLIceyuFJVHdSZIJodScRN6LnP_Ah8Wf0jHfQr0h-Vui1N75b8E9L9XJgiba65f04UGUiFF1D8uxPy48BBtMTL6DzyKMdHY_VQLy82TZL-Y5iarfOi9H3VS0qA/s400/LA" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259267134754274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">But you are just as likely to see...</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73sbAAwww_-moFBsXB2Oz2ZrNup8V4XX1xUqFusTjZKAvcmXS3uQzQMvkhOMISYKR5nv7FN9kDESIIVanrJPCibMFprDXglbCKPhGZ5uB5fRIyyv66aY_J2ticaqVv06ZwwSZkTlKXNg/s1600-h/humanity"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73sbAAwww_-moFBsXB2Oz2ZrNup8V4XX1xUqFusTjZKAvcmXS3uQzQMvkhOMISYKR5nv7FN9kDESIIVanrJPCibMFprDXglbCKPhGZ5uB5fRIyyv66aY_J2ticaqVv06ZwwSZkTlKXNg/s400/humanity" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258748990681074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">the crush of humanity or a bomb squad with dogs</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM7lmUkD5RAR06u7ofES0SlWI8yIVpo3yW-EjogUct7ZRYM4d4thieuPZJIVMUzzH0fz2JkptaXhdjkQT-v2ziQnOfY7cFs2n3kErjURVeyK1gmMYgrrMCvjlauJ34WvpYJS_YOONLqE/s1600-h/bomb+squad"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM7lmUkD5RAR06u7ofES0SlWI8yIVpo3yW-EjogUct7ZRYM4d4thieuPZJIVMUzzH0fz2JkptaXhdjkQT-v2ziQnOfY7cFs2n3kErjURVeyK1gmMYgrrMCvjlauJ34WvpYJS_YOONLqE/s400/bomb+squad" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259272629827218" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgewWYMhVWIfoC_cCnm1oBDL_VEKe7h5opINPeJjdp_HNudeLmaokjjZme6JtIe-BMUk9F6CqNo6461NRWz_5NeO6NQV2gy8iDUIueWrfVpXaSJya6Q8pbJGkt6a-AoD2NWxCjHYnVnU/s1600-h/3D+bombing"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgewWYMhVWIfoC_cCnm1oBDL_VEKe7h5opINPeJjdp_HNudeLmaokjjZme6JtIe-BMUk9F6CqNo6461NRWz_5NeO6NQV2gy8iDUIueWrfVpXaSJya6Q8pbJGkt6a-AoD2NWxCjHYnVnU/s400/3D+bombing" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259284466704626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now who would ever want to destroy such an amazing float with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola">coke</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola">d</a> out King Kong and octopus and a box of good candy?</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_TsQVVDoZDN4Od4O3zFU8xFWNaJT-Trws-a2X0VGfsRE9nPxkdyREV0NxBkvrvzKbzQ0LFf4neh19kn1Gftkc8xP6C6AhCGw7vNOo7L6k2zbytxYm1zxhzmTY3qL7i9LUuTWKJjJv9g/s1600-h/good+candy"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_TsQVVDoZDN4Od4O3zFU8xFWNaJT-Trws-a2X0VGfsRE9nPxkdyREV0NxBkvrvzKbzQ0LFf4neh19kn1Gftkc8xP6C6AhCGw7vNOo7L6k2zbytxYm1zxhzmTY3qL7i9LUuTWKJjJv9g/s400/good+candy" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259869221849970" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHr-UvkJZ0pCn73U9mXaxsu5G_DkpFIkqn3U-pqoNAPyXc9iXl3_sg5tux6BqpEhmRmRsrsnWPsJ2m2oj86u30W7Mlk9BYzydeDaR9aXH5UZtUqrqQ6opMUn0Rg6FKTM8hJdlShIfxAQ0/s1600-h/octopus"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHr-UvkJZ0pCn73U9mXaxsu5G_DkpFIkqn3U-pqoNAPyXc9iXl3_sg5tux6BqpEhmRmRsrsnWPsJ2m2oj86u30W7Mlk9BYzydeDaR9aXH5UZtUqrqQ6opMUn0Rg6FKTM8hJdlShIfxAQ0/s400/octopus" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259290360920834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some assume that these guys would want to...</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCmwymO7sqFlFL9VUl7-DNRXV9Tmh9dQxCW_0_z_u_JvItw-DpkflhZ2xuZOx06u2ZgJLDPTQ013ZRn_SMiKY3Z73F2dIr7bDBHBEyAa0QN60yDVXF2bG-1U3Wp7zBT-Hto0oFIPvvLY/s1600-h/ali+baba"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCmwymO7sqFlFL9VUl7-DNRXV9Tmh9dQxCW_0_z_u_JvItw-DpkflhZ2xuZOx06u2ZgJLDPTQ013ZRn_SMiKY3Z73F2dIr7bDBHBEyAa0QN60yDVXF2bG-1U3Wp7zBT-Hto0oFIPvvLY/s400/ali+baba" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259859702740130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">But look at all these people, it could be anyone...</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xGwxZXEkxPryNY16090vaKVo2C0Tkh3kHsRUuvFyY13UL00rxdkcEmOYGbsa0VE71GV13iCSH_oLbn32c4LAjZrHBY4BS8M7MfH85dBri9nDaK-1kU7oWivEcj_g8pwY75qYFDilk2Q/s1600-h/America"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xGwxZXEkxPryNY16090vaKVo2C0Tkh3kHsRUuvFyY13UL00rxdkcEmOYGbsa0VE71GV13iCSH_oLbn32c4LAjZrHBY4BS8M7MfH85dBri9nDaK-1kU7oWivEcj_g8pwY75qYFDilk2Q/s400/America" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259277487585586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I suspect these wierdos...</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dzRgq5XSlduCyi0lsQf8Hcg782y4vTk1Ifrx1DRZMm2rspatltRpIDAyofq4Iv8z6o-brrZoqgGrjEKXfhGTKL_2Ur2v477oF0O2dUuB80ofjK5d_vZoIGFtW32J-K85JbQjyHkQjQw/s1600-h/what%3F.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dzRgq5XSlduCyi0lsQf8Hcg782y4vTk1Ifrx1DRZMm2rspatltRpIDAyofq4Iv8z6o-brrZoqgGrjEKXfhGTKL_2Ur2v477oF0O2dUuB80ofjK5d_vZoIGFtW32J-K85JbQjyHkQjQw/s400/what%3F.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258747912119954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">or this guy...</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8pqPvZ60jWfSKChDpMp2JLqrePxoDVqs_6APl0KVBkPX91b_1P7d2dzOJi3vGheZhGcdXaDGfBR1y7hxEVR95b4Ml7HFAmXVgztolYOqfCbcZhlP6Tr9HIF9UvwNHetwaEWQM3P-9fc/s1600-h/s+walrus"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8pqPvZ60jWfSKChDpMp2JLqrePxoDVqs_6APl0KVBkPX91b_1P7d2dzOJi3vGheZhGcdXaDGfBR1y7hxEVR95b4Ml7HFAmXVgztolYOqfCbcZhlP6Tr9HIF9UvwNHetwaEWQM3P-9fc/s400/s+walrus" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258742622798450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">or the crazy float driver.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4oj3c8qi0Zvo6fvrCzJZ7koFED4e20X6JyMoVi28sW7swQRqCYt_yRb5sWwcubFsmBxJ8J5t_0KDTDNtyZb_A33s45iiEMEGOF0osr4U4K6Jz17sHn-rHjvvh2oMj_nNJ9fAKtuypV8/s1600-h/float+driver"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4oj3c8qi0Zvo6fvrCzJZ7koFED4e20X6JyMoVi28sW7swQRqCYt_yRb5sWwcubFsmBxJ8J5t_0KDTDNtyZb_A33s45iiEMEGOF0osr4U4K6Jz17sHn-rHjvvh2oMj_nNJ9fAKtuypV8/s400/float+driver" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258744563468562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wouldn't it be rad if Bootsy Collins had been riding in this float?</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaSxFGrOYJnxgNtYiVUMUspXuvDNMNsbv4hrtxq4Uzw4uWP23LfgWsYEfHHKadfJbBdLLxWW7b3qvTZkmC7kjbMWNyVhFRdFvt4iGhRPdPef6lcOxXFWMBFu25bhcVBJ9PVr1guDryf8/s1600-h/pharoah"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaSxFGrOYJnxgNtYiVUMUspXuvDNMNsbv4hrtxq4Uzw4uWP23LfgWsYEfHHKadfJbBdLLxWW7b3qvTZkmC7kjbMWNyVhFRdFvt4iGhRPdPef6lcOxXFWMBFu25bhcVBJ9PVr1guDryf8/s400/pharoah" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287258737938556258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I would only want to see flower elephants doing tricks.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjdIkZ4nw5ET5HyEZ8P0oCxP5SlwfZpO56SXYA29-OMtfacnYAsAP-5s8pgQ4OhQdidkLbmH6sSJ97K4mLYGKLGuERhXOFWdpZXvk5_y-0wFbLQ9X7ckA3RU2-4NUpjgtCM9ZxN5syJE/s1600-h/elephants"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjdIkZ4nw5ET5HyEZ8P0oCxP5SlwfZpO56SXYA29-OMtfacnYAsAP-5s8pgQ4OhQdidkLbmH6sSJ97K4mLYGKLGuERhXOFWdpZXvk5_y-0wFbLQ9X7ckA3RU2-4NUpjgtCM9ZxN5syJE/s400/elephants" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257860526715234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Michaelangelo was such an overachieving jerk.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYEVFrytWJiKVsZk4Lcca-hIdzbtPCfFte-jKlw0JST3TLF899USYLtAWdzhK0YhPNT8Vglx03ZZaDselih_6099mYwzLDl142WTW6c4YxPDyfZVNYXTPw9273TKwIN_AqGp2NMW8fGg/s1600-h/Michaelangelo"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYEVFrytWJiKVsZk4Lcca-hIdzbtPCfFte-jKlw0JST3TLF899USYLtAWdzhK0YhPNT8Vglx03ZZaDselih_6099mYwzLDl142WTW6c4YxPDyfZVNYXTPw9273TKwIN_AqGp2NMW8fGg/s400/Michaelangelo" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257859606573394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Down the rabbit hole-</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b9Tz6bRX6mT9rLV5hzwA-Dpz9Y27RFzUnZ8MmMDXwLXR60cF6L8jR5gTNsVvApY1cMa6QxXav2tWcrqAZxDgjze-X7RLmuxMWZfS2HyGZKecEBcDehMMPRii05sH-nhDzGUbjRajJAY/s1600-h/flower+swirl"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b9Tz6bRX6mT9rLV5hzwA-Dpz9Y27RFzUnZ8MmMDXwLXR60cF6L8jR5gTNsVvApY1cMa6QxXav2tWcrqAZxDgjze-X7RLmuxMWZfS2HyGZKecEBcDehMMPRii05sH-nhDzGUbjRajJAY/s400/flower+swirl" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257849885611122" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA89uDKmX2q3glASHdb76p3Qwtg8-KWZ18jmocaZV6Df0TBT2Lkl2u8f2hb1kVg70xYHzcO1eQxw-28DN-w2kmaeK6N7GmQG28rcY2a9Eq_HUt77hERty7f3oU8RX1wll6Xv05D7E_aLA/s1600-h/white+rabbit"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA89uDKmX2q3glASHdb76p3Qwtg8-KWZ18jmocaZV6Df0TBT2Lkl2u8f2hb1kVg70xYHzcO1eQxw-28DN-w2kmaeK6N7GmQG28rcY2a9Eq_HUt77hERty7f3oU8RX1wll6Xv05D7E_aLA/s400/white+rabbit" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257851127316290" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BpebffeO6fImUxkF8j0eYvwmztsIugeDsqpFsbmJ-8NObqh7UUSEM8BiQkTYMgDz3xpYl9mR7pWUg58qqyP77dk-qYE017NG0nGhjbT9K8PmkrVRM3qd2X3ADbCfcr-qSAQIt-pES0o/s1600-h/t+bunny"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BpebffeO6fImUxkF8j0eYvwmztsIugeDsqpFsbmJ-8NObqh7UUSEM8BiQkTYMgDz3xpYl9mR7pWUg58qqyP77dk-qYE017NG0nGhjbT9K8PmkrVRM3qd2X3ADbCfcr-qSAQIt-pES0o/s400/t+bunny" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257842465416146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I feel this rabbit can read my mind somehow. ThunderSnail below!</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Krk9LQGLwqg8Pr7v8m6nYhX8bUWev9bRm-VO-11WwRVKHOksCiRFBALTk31tYmm7PBdjjXHrxlyfpejjVLQQT3IV5gp3RmLqPlVj8tYbNZizo7HSZHGYXhAspuAuNFq8EIMTorh_2Q/s1600-h/thundersnail"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0Krk9LQGLwqg8Pr7v8m6nYhX8bUWev9bRm-VO-11WwRVKHOksCiRFBALTk31tYmm7PBdjjXHrxlyfpejjVLQQT3IV5gp3RmLqPlVj8tYbNZizo7HSZHGYXhAspuAuNFq8EIMTorh_2Q/s400/thundersnail" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257007154876498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sometimes when I explain that I am in a band, this is how I imagine they see it and it is so embarrassing.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDbsVUsJMhxAAL9khxucaViH8QHlvcWID-G9qs72K-JMcaDi3Fr3dY99_w3sOjb5HwouAZS7CPuSHHYjiD8gzR_tc77xarX62a2pH39cb0eT8VC7eA4IWy6YxjUfnGruBoHDPnkNVZ8c/s1600-h/band"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDbsVUsJMhxAAL9khxucaViH8QHlvcWID-G9qs72K-JMcaDi3Fr3dY99_w3sOjb5HwouAZS7CPuSHHYjiD8gzR_tc77xarX62a2pH39cb0eT8VC7eA4IWy6YxjUfnGruBoHDPnkNVZ8c/s400/band" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257008588453154" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTi3YpeTmJhsfwB3eabHgLWTkwZpr0VB4KtzA0DLg9v4Gdrx1rxJO9d8hdZnNM-7vCLpQeP7zs_LytXrNB2pSZAexszc5iKAsxFFqiLgLfg-NMx9y3_rSQPIc0_N3edLqQHXtEpy_4ak/s1600-h/wiley+t"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTi3YpeTmJhsfwB3eabHgLWTkwZpr0VB4KtzA0DLg9v4Gdrx1rxJO9d8hdZnNM-7vCLpQeP7zs_LytXrNB2pSZAexszc5iKAsxFFqiLgLfg-NMx9y3_rSQPIc0_N3edLqQHXtEpy_4ak/s400/wiley+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287260392306487538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">One of the things I love about the "Why so serious?" sweatshirt that I bought on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD is that it is so hastily done that they left the silkscreen registration mark (on my right shoulder). </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yf7IwtPgzkbzArPsp8BIUyDRI2u0XqkvdVXw0U5Vw62968URet85xGJj8uh9D3UUKNAx1hvGy-exnJIERXKU1Xnfkn8rc2OLIpdeJ4bkYkF-K-mL2EbYAPykrTAUeh03EewBnx_E9xI/s1600-h/wiz"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yf7IwtPgzkbzArPsp8BIUyDRI2u0XqkvdVXw0U5Vw62968URet85xGJj8uh9D3UUKNAx1hvGy-exnJIERXKU1Xnfkn8rc2OLIpdeJ4bkYkF-K-mL2EbYAPykrTAUeh03EewBnx_E9xI/s400/wiz" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257006321360642" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4Ywt_iBDbtj18bz6Qew0C1EpN5argpNGyDI0KMUs615xTDcGEsvmBVyPYg0-7LrMd8nL9IfhfFl6n5t5ojCsIpXJoYHvG93bJA3Oj_SkjKYbmE9FLvEW6uGUSO6nnjHuDSFV-KSGc9M/s1600-h/knights"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4Ywt_iBDbtj18bz6Qew0C1EpN5argpNGyDI0KMUs615xTDcGEsvmBVyPYg0-7LrMd8nL9IfhfFl6n5t5ojCsIpXJoYHvG93bJA3Oj_SkjKYbmE9FLvEW6uGUSO6nnjHuDSFV-KSGc9M/s400/knights" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287259870254224770" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK2r_F6rFWjrWpVz2eOk_Hizb5OzKT8taqKgZVSLV1kjDrfcJWoOp2cO3w5QSIP29cRW0LHahZ-UNU46U8rFDf2MefKQ3u_zwLDUInqlnayAyQqpfrDQhjZpSJWhoZ1yVmIIu7k53E3o/s1600-h/zoo"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK2r_F6rFWjrWpVz2eOk_Hizb5OzKT8taqKgZVSLV1kjDrfcJWoOp2cO3w5QSIP29cRW0LHahZ-UNU46U8rFDf2MefKQ3u_zwLDUInqlnayAyQqpfrDQhjZpSJWhoZ1yVmIIu7k53E3o/s400/zoo" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287256999961125394" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnJehrHcR2nEgA1jfgZlnOSpF14yoMJCrZ5ns-VLOi0iMFdgmQArG8a13-IfIuVjRWZFqGY-q5hcTqU20qi-pXFwGliiBO3SgKNbkt_fYRKz8JidN50wKZN7QoOJ3vBOLXOAL-g4CyA4/s1600-h/monkeys"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnJehrHcR2nEgA1jfgZlnOSpF14yoMJCrZ5ns-VLOi0iMFdgmQArG8a13-IfIuVjRWZFqGY-q5hcTqU20qi-pXFwGliiBO3SgKNbkt_fYRKz8JidN50wKZN7QoOJ3vBOLXOAL-g4CyA4/s400/monkeys" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287257001935480258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">OK already with the flowers, I get the point.<br />Lucky for us local yocals, every time <a href="http://www.myspace.com/savagerepublic">Savage Republic</a> go on a European tour, they do a precursor set in Claremont or Pomona, since this is where they originated. They have been one of my favorite bands since the mid-80's. I was honored to play Chinese hammered dulcimer on the last track "Peking" of their last album, "1938". Greg Grunke, the bassist, was unable to tour this time, so Kerry sat in and kept it solid sounding. I apologize in advance for any audio distortion.<br /><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzIJtmMNTDeMO1K0m6rd7OhmLplf553h6Ell4qadx2F9X2i0E11GnXUx5C9Foj4kI_sE_MobTgrmU_-0FCv2Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's some stills-</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_L2VT9_TiIujoevxqnuEuBC5dvp9qSXiOIDO1XIky3tiK3bfE8Pu_kH6EbS6vKInMeaIkHJNj7lPJADGBwivb8PKXF3kNfUrN0FUMHOXdweW-9m5xbqjv3y_JZjaR1TMpfuFbDvV_NTY/s1600-h/SNV30101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_L2VT9_TiIujoevxqnuEuBC5dvp9qSXiOIDO1XIky3tiK3bfE8Pu_kH6EbS6vKInMeaIkHJNj7lPJADGBwivb8PKXF3kNfUrN0FUMHOXdweW-9m5xbqjv3y_JZjaR1TMpfuFbDvV_NTY/s400/SNV30101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287548207798173922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC-uL9wP6lXaiuMBXzDuUuPFiGC3spL024SRReU4XiPAH_ciFslb9uBnjIy1r5FtVlEy3t5DqQ7kQqiGnuFeBKb-WHZ9fSN_K_5f9LkBghhwV_QQ86QHxL_rXCi0KKp5KguMoUdIndNQ/s1600-h/SNV30100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC-uL9wP6lXaiuMBXzDuUuPFiGC3spL024SRReU4XiPAH_ciFslb9uBnjIy1r5FtVlEy3t5DqQ7kQqiGnuFeBKb-WHZ9fSN_K_5f9LkBghhwV_QQ86QHxL_rXCi0KKp5KguMoUdIndNQ/s400/SNV30100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287548198108247794" border="0" /></a>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-26980675787408381392009-01-02T16:07:00.000-08:002009-01-02T20:25:40.932-08:00End of the Fashion Line<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVSJSVtA9ZbXU9vPsxkO6TCEqrwyjEB9RfPrkd1T8WrA5yfRGafcOg8-azSNfwCyECdXDirjaB5q-y73kNr9xUCWtdZAr1dhi-LhPX5SFuQMeyXLNTDMLSzDnsvObwWCBY6SYp7I35Bs/s1600-h/dressy+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVSJSVtA9ZbXU9vPsxkO6TCEqrwyjEB9RfPrkd1T8WrA5yfRGafcOg8-azSNfwCyECdXDirjaB5q-y73kNr9xUCWtdZAr1dhi-LhPX5SFuQMeyXLNTDMLSzDnsvObwWCBY6SYp7I35Bs/s400/dressy+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286856856801322306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is the last day of the "amoxicillin fashion" portion of my blog. It takes a lot of effort to do this daily and my hat is off to those who can keep it up. I am really a dirtbag at heart. I still like to wear things for multiple days. I just caught a segment on "Tim and Eric's Awesome Show Great Job!" called '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CyLGS6sbg">Kitty Cat Man</a>' with Michael Cera and Don and Pat Jankiewicz as his brothers. When I went to Upland High School they were known as "The Jankiewicz Brothers" because there were 4 of them there. All four are friendly giants. If they had started a band it would have been terrrifying. Steve worked at Rhino for awhile and wore these baby blue dolphin shorts. 'Nuff said on a public forum. Pat acted in K-Pax, Beethoven 2 and may be the tallest. Don was a Klingon on Star Trek and Tom wrote the original screenplay to "</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119229/">Grosse Pointe Blank</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">" which John Cusack changed a few words on and tried to claim as his own screenplay. That didn't fly in court. That movie is about an assassin sent back to his 10 year High School Reunion and judging from the screenplay it is directly based on Upland High. All the Upland High stereotypes are in there and the local college station would have been </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kspc.org/">KSPC 88.7</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in Claremont. Arguably, the best station on the planet. Props to Erica Tyron for keeping it truly independent, diverse and awesome.</span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-29941567474853797662009-01-01T23:19:00.000-08:002009-01-03T19:26:50.776-08:00Boomers Bonanza!<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZjzS3-0mUJt3XFxR3CRN6kIEA3IwXHD65yqMeD9ExD668_RsLefyZFVwiC79prqzXe3lNv5F6STdWjCySOrc52BM3065ar6Rq-pxfSJF6chExqMNlfqYbo7-eZAPJFN9ZPfgPxx_uAw/s1600-h/wakey+t"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZjzS3-0mUJt3XFxR3CRN6kIEA3IwXHD65yqMeD9ExD668_RsLefyZFVwiC79prqzXe3lNv5F6STdWjCySOrc52BM3065ar6Rq-pxfSJF6chExqMNlfqYbo7-eZAPJFN9ZPfgPxx_uAw/s320/wakey+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286617950943529746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks to Jamie and Matt, I woke up to a homecooked meal and nice cup of coffee. It's a satisfyingly soft beginning to 2009. 2008 started with a plop and quickly made itself known to be a cruel and kind year. We lost RayRay. Sam and I went on tour up the West Coast. Obama won the election. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwz3t7F5SzscSyzAhb6nzx5t1IvgD95DO0680">Obama's bodysurfing pic</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in the Palm Springs "Desert Sun" newspaper today will inspire me to hang loose throughout 2009 like my new, tiny lizard friend, Leo.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qks6qzslJGZuDws3b2tyVRQACQikpjfbrsIPx-rYm9ozu60oYcmK_Jmv7D9I0IIhzcGlo1xQRoeDiIWKyuALJNGvUutFVHhl4YOJNvhCJ7eBXLMqbmUCDqrS8MxpQn4-TmAJcwilT-c/s1600-h/leo"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qks6qzslJGZuDws3b2tyVRQACQikpjfbrsIPx-rYm9ozu60oYcmK_Jmv7D9I0IIhzcGlo1xQRoeDiIWKyuALJNGvUutFVHhl4YOJNvhCJ7eBXLMqbmUCDqrS8MxpQn4-TmAJcwilT-c/s320/leo" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286624716516147026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">To start, I put some liquid oxygen into my water to counter the effect of last night's Pernod and water. I soaked up a lot of sun and positive ions by Steve McQueen's Mickey Mouse shaped pool. I brought my 3-D Mickey Mousey glasses out for the occasion. I like the shadows in the pool.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t4_gdESXsa-QDkXtkByKXcR3T9hWf4a3fw4WA0T8H1rnGhbNnqUuxxqTV3rEmdGnhpIvGZv1f8B-AuBvD4AZfewEEX0JVLRzjyLNVSHWhXRkbTYgYxDkgp7FiOPyD-5VFxXNB5oW_Lo/s1600-h/pool+t"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t4_gdESXsa-QDkXtkByKXcR3T9hWf4a3fw4WA0T8H1rnGhbNnqUuxxqTV3rEmdGnhpIvGZv1f8B-AuBvD4AZfewEEX0JVLRzjyLNVSHWhXRkbTYgYxDkgp7FiOPyD-5VFxXNB5oW_Lo/s320/pool+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286619670521353010" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_kiCHbgvesmcM3LSuwrEhbq8rTxeB8Fe0rAcjwSPjxDh3QO1B_yN0SN-GYBFYQ_X5uNs8OfLpmQ9RGgrbBKEzQx6QnyeEgQE-gULUJkPsFvrXWUnlIDqspOFGUxS8Xl9sHbp7yie6hs/s1600-h/mickey+mouse+pool"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_kiCHbgvesmcM3LSuwrEhbq8rTxeB8Fe0rAcjwSPjxDh3QO1B_yN0SN-GYBFYQ_X5uNs8OfLpmQ9RGgrbBKEzQx6QnyeEgQE-gULUJkPsFvrXWUnlIDqspOFGUxS8Xl9sHbp7yie6hs/s320/mickey+mouse+pool" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286619678827336466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Brie tries to make sense of the 3-D candle.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX1LTS74VGbACw8HM2sZL7WoLitYUDOjDHmxq8I-xTPwfa17M_xUQJWUQuVJYxWBzptOE6Y8Egs51em5Hx6uuH1_DI1Ofc5MUfdfKnpZGSMAwZejSqdp_gFJg_eK-c9zdu_-8hWTZzyc/s1600-h/brie+in+3D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX1LTS74VGbACw8HM2sZL7WoLitYUDOjDHmxq8I-xTPwfa17M_xUQJWUQuVJYxWBzptOE6Y8Egs51em5Hx6uuH1_DI1Ofc5MUfdfKnpZGSMAwZejSqdp_gFJg_eK-c9zdu_-8hWTZzyc/s320/brie+in+3D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286624724010094802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Are-Pod and Bear-Pod get ready for their (Z)Ionization of the I and I nation.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC65ReZt0n1TH3hyphenhyphencUJwBj_VyZ1i8Jw563HcVl0sBDMzX8rVggE_saxLfQNkIGRK3XT-_yGd1ntQRMB7ERGWzWacdly0yZGSa5bWTr8Wbw4wOe9Z2Tst4alyg5LMiytifvQDc6hhsX0L8/s1600-h/Are+n+Bear+pod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC65ReZt0n1TH3hyphenhyphencUJwBj_VyZ1i8Jw563HcVl0sBDMzX8rVggE_saxLfQNkIGRK3XT-_yGd1ntQRMB7ERGWzWacdly0yZGSa5bWTr8Wbw4wOe9Z2Tst4alyg5LMiytifvQDc6hhsX0L8/s320/Are+n+Bear+pod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286624722366020674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's where Bear-Pod pops into 'Mad Jester' mode.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bOUVzxygw75gTy15m_3ffDUUEtKkbjtavnHtb2RewLFKD4suN2kRpbDSAQYegjAdwYyjicvTG5d8bvmv-y-b4-6tLU8HgyKevlabSzzYPFSjUg3-s0xyZLITxq1Mj-2q9yZaeF9k7yY/s1600-h/Mad+Jester"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bOUVzxygw75gTy15m_3ffDUUEtKkbjtavnHtb2RewLFKD4suN2kRpbDSAQYegjAdwYyjicvTG5d8bvmv-y-b4-6tLU8HgyKevlabSzzYPFSjUg3-s0xyZLITxq1Mj-2q9yZaeF9k7yY/s320/Mad+Jester" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286624731335195202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We strolled around pink sunset in downtown Palm Springs and I bought a portable <a href="http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Search-Show?cgid=S_ARTIKEL">Playmobil</a> dollhouse for my classroom.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyaqbIgq3ogP7snS6PY5KOXiJYbD9-a3lmdWUFkybI02BqIiLl4sCQLTEw_UuDUr2l5tVp0YpI_csIITvuUuiVEYiEUBXRsnngepsObiS-Tmx_JOPTJdEjddtPhj8DcnhyNavxZlr7bs/s1600-h/ps+sunset"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyaqbIgq3ogP7snS6PY5KOXiJYbD9-a3lmdWUFkybI02BqIiLl4sCQLTEw_UuDUr2l5tVp0YpI_csIITvuUuiVEYiEUBXRsnngepsObiS-Tmx_JOPTJdEjddtPhj8DcnhyNavxZlr7bs/s320/ps+sunset" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286628275974831250" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJbUIaEq19s87tjKR2IDiZknvGl5Lc3cVBEsCFF6CkjPGOVkkWxaoQf4IQXFs-ZPmORwuLBFIl7xPYhD4aKvA3L1eXycXwoK69_Mn6sDTR2ruuDcI1t3HYJuVbG9k_-kSeMi8ZcUiOfI/s1600-h/PS+I+love+u"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJbUIaEq19s87tjKR2IDiZknvGl5Lc3cVBEsCFF6CkjPGOVkkWxaoQf4IQXFs-ZPmORwuLBFIl7xPYhD4aKvA3L1eXycXwoK69_Mn6sDTR2ruuDcI1t3HYJuVbG9k_-kSeMi8ZcUiOfI/s320/PS+I+love+u" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286628267394390434" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQ7AsiGUR9y-oMidICk7q7fkBkdLvuYzxMCFOvrAeUS2yb6lqJx5JwqYK75dD9GYFzV-K4Gf0rR9T4EiVgYPQDvmqOYuYEbzVvjtfhFbloNAO-BQyEz4anpDM5rFBpNE4VQ6zauA7VlE/s1600-h/palms"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQ7AsiGUR9y-oMidICk7q7fkBkdLvuYzxMCFOvrAeUS2yb6lqJx5JwqYK75dD9GYFzV-K4Gf0rR9T4EiVgYPQDvmqOYuYEbzVvjtfhFbloNAO-BQyEz4anpDM5rFBpNE4VQ6zauA7VlE/s320/palms" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286628260902608706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We headed to Boomer's. No one was sure why. Lindsey and Quinn raced in the derby.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQKx7T2MbLdrHB0vRYpTbSftRpM1pCOyc1raAOFjjS30_i1r3juC5Lp7V2dIiSdamZQWMEl0PNxtkxWBybdLXRfMZctIjRonFF3TC9lRlpEpl9hndWmm3Ju6xdgRrcq51vB2okwzXLT0/s1600-h/q+n+l+race"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQKx7T2MbLdrHB0vRYpTbSftRpM1pCOyc1raAOFjjS30_i1r3juC5Lp7V2dIiSdamZQWMEl0PNxtkxWBybdLXRfMZctIjRonFF3TC9lRlpEpl9hndWmm3Ju6xdgRrcq51vB2okwzXLT0/s320/q+n+l+race" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286633896714648722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We played speed golf with 6 people sharing two clubs and lost our 2 golf balls like 5 minutes in. I couldn't resist peeking into the mini- golf structures. Here's the exterior and interior of the Gingerbread House.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx5i4kinKFfbtd-DPvVS84isbutj2QQMWWCAwttSMa_DLJK3ub1pot-eyhAttKWJCiUHRC14oMTdsYRtjGTdSeSR9mkukQ7anKc4sYZxbLhc-YrnRzKlsLzJYh5QKl2IKcx27LfpEQxI/s1600-h/gingerbread+house"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx5i4kinKFfbtd-DPvVS84isbutj2QQMWWCAwttSMa_DLJK3ub1pot-eyhAttKWJCiUHRC14oMTdsYRtjGTdSeSR9mkukQ7anKc4sYZxbLhc-YrnRzKlsLzJYh5QKl2IKcx27LfpEQxI/s320/gingerbread+house" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286632934839395090" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2VWappcryEXR31aPiFXw1YmHeKxcWELjmGq9DR_BReFtAneWuideyO3Cx8NSkmyKedVr3i1S_kDLMd_WTzM9DWvRsj0GSEGxBjRC5vsLW5NRekQrgd_8I168ATHZ6EeZiCj-PzPdoCc/s1600-h/inside+gb+house.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2VWappcryEXR31aPiFXw1YmHeKxcWELjmGq9DR_BReFtAneWuideyO3Cx8NSkmyKedVr3i1S_kDLMd_WTzM9DWvRsj0GSEGxBjRC5vsLW5NRekQrgd_8I168ATHZ6EeZiCj-PzPdoCc/s320/inside+gb+house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286632932698950066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's the Haunted Victorian...</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx2WoSDmLr5QAAzdZ0fnr3yE_dDoQW0hLaBWJ8Tea7K_7PEHZffJlGq4QjjoN-gQfpPOn2nzUd-ghnOFPLKEC-84iad6Qg47mGHfWBKcQdpu_JFVIWoXdfrdktRYxQGRttSCDKeHOojM/s1600-h/haunted+house"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx2WoSDmLr5QAAzdZ0fnr3yE_dDoQW0hLaBWJ8Tea7K_7PEHZffJlGq4QjjoN-gQfpPOn2nzUd-ghnOFPLKEC-84iad6Qg47mGHfWBKcQdpu_JFVIWoXdfrdktRYxQGRttSCDKeHOojM/s320/haunted+house" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286632927467707730" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo0DMO9VGa749rm1Qfh291cLv0Ai2PDVEgfmzhah69-xJDTs2m8YuE6m-a7dMl01kJt6DgRe6c4h8mVtXKswhc82J-AqEpJKVNtTcefzC48rHnJggxRvb84YHkPgLAgsk8OFlI6h5p3I/s1600-h/inside+haunted+house"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo0DMO9VGa749rm1Qfh291cLv0Ai2PDVEgfmzhah69-xJDTs2m8YuE6m-a7dMl01kJt6DgRe6c4h8mVtXKswhc82J-AqEpJKVNtTcefzC48rHnJggxRvb84YHkPgLAgsk8OFlI6h5p3I/s320/inside+haunted+house" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286632926377955666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> It reminded me of some of the decrepit and decayed things still at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/defekto/sets/582337/detail/">Enchanted Forest</a> in Ellicott City, MD. During the Amps For Christ East Coast tour of 2003, my cousin Ryon and I snuck into that abandoned theme park that defined my childhood in Maryland. As a kid, I went for any special occasion I could conjure up and at one point, I lived right around the corner. To me, Maryland is the enchanted forest. Palm Springs holds a different enchantment entirely.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8i7v5W-Zrx0coZEKmB8MXHldNO4fyYGCtgCS13EkpwJ9bA4CutXW0U4HNOI0emQ4q9NSU6_Azm46v1_X6cuiKFRnUEsFw0xB6BVZTWoyqaJtLtaD8h2exFRfgH7bgyWqWi1Z-mBZr7U/s1600-h/PS"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8i7v5W-Zrx0coZEKmB8MXHldNO4fyYGCtgCS13EkpwJ9bA4CutXW0U4HNOI0emQ4q9NSU6_Azm46v1_X6cuiKFRnUEsFw0xB6BVZTWoyqaJtLtaD8h2exFRfgH7bgyWqWi1Z-mBZr7U/s320/PS" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286628266026114690" border="0" /></a>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-35373720084952806412008-12-31T14:15:00.001-08:002009-01-02T00:53:04.585-08:00Ring it in- a -ding- ding!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrqjKuSafQTsTF3H1oGdyvk4oGyPfdCN5Qg9SuhL9gTN5ab7L4JCcBqcRpBXLbChwMLGF78WQEfWW8_Ocicy7blliFKmsNCN0itm5nqXVLqViN8_yirlMXAO7R7clyAeFKGxLS6Qg8vY/s1600-h/houndstooth+t"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrqjKuSafQTsTF3H1oGdyvk4oGyPfdCN5Qg9SuhL9gTN5ab7L4JCcBqcRpBXLbChwMLGF78WQEfWW8_Ocicy7blliFKmsNCN0itm5nqXVLqViN8_yirlMXAO7R7clyAeFKGxLS6Qg8vY/s320/houndstooth+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286600118154387074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today we are heading out to Palm Springs with our pals to stay in Steve McQueen's old desert get away. Here's my New Year's Eve daywear. Rockin' the bells w/ houndstooth from head to toe. The closet's ripped apart as I pack my green suitcase.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When we arrive, we all share an amazing meal made by Miss Mindy Le Brock who made our trip to Mr. McQueen's come together. Yea Mindy! </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeUHo-ASieF61ze0PO7vWi86MPWGa4ndHUnZTFH8XP7jk6ICUko9lGWU9B6CRvZ64WF1L9m3fbSbGhzMncQu9Ibm7ViYhGmHW1NSyTcmVQbLDqhk6jD2DuB6WXTCoy97RU0PAc17QEaQ/s1600-h/mindy+n+ant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeUHo-ASieF61ze0PO7vWi86MPWGa4ndHUnZTFH8XP7jk6ICUko9lGWU9B6CRvZ64WF1L9m3fbSbGhzMncQu9Ibm7ViYhGmHW1NSyTcmVQbLDqhk6jD2DuB6WXTCoy97RU0PAc17QEaQ/s320/mindy+n+ant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286604078620778178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the living room</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnpaj1nVeuDn90CjrID75lz7HIFPSCGDbRsZfYYQguwZpC8RYZoDQAz-b7u5kXqCAxPfJpUCWoVdu9Avxnr_zrbdprYD3wKDPpyd09pkw9_QPiZD0w_mLcF7Aa-ks-vhJqk_G9DLXkms/s1600-h/smq's+pad1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnpaj1nVeuDn90CjrID75lz7HIFPSCGDbRsZfYYQguwZpC8RYZoDQAz-b7u5kXqCAxPfJpUCWoVdu9Avxnr_zrbdprYD3wKDPpyd09pkw9_QPiZD0w_mLcF7Aa-ks-vhJqk_G9DLXkms/s320/smq's+pad1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286604082181324834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">and this is how it felt.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1swoitX344WlEeuIedaw8e59-u4uOY2naGwG2ASNHxTKEgmO5MHbD1a0IbQKSjAyFZOVpXUJN2PI-Af7JrnwIpF19PJemVdNCthmr3q_8Rf3CE6JtrKfFMt5zPmkziljdi5l_M7310c/s1600-h/smcq's+pad"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1swoitX344WlEeuIedaw8e59-u4uOY2naGwG2ASNHxTKEgmO5MHbD1a0IbQKSjAyFZOVpXUJN2PI-Af7JrnwIpF19PJemVdNCthmr3q_8Rf3CE6JtrKfFMt5zPmkziljdi5l_M7310c/s320/smcq's+pad" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286602989476944562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know I already wore this dress on Christmas Eve but it finally made it out of the house... </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIATxfZVtefR6uX5Zd8NsnXbigA4TOQb08Ax2ZJ4JxioYuAlNL_2dOIeKtutyNlrCMIpj9w57PKFj8Z1iz4C65vmIPMCr2g_AadpB2bOPQP5gplBYWpAzOl1DRLuAZbm-Wh5491tPwD4/s1600-h/nye+t"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIATxfZVtefR6uX5Zd8NsnXbigA4TOQb08Ax2ZJ4JxioYuAlNL_2dOIeKtutyNlrCMIpj9w57PKFj8Z1iz4C65vmIPMCr2g_AadpB2bOPQP5gplBYWpAzOl1DRLuAZbm-Wh5491tPwD4/s320/nye+t" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286608661261158482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">and Sam and I break in 2009! I love this man more each year, if that's even possible.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVOmjTQW-BHiTeRa-hLYLGsFOUia4Sfk673ph9TWmQaou8zcxQa2ZVb59legtEuDM_hoa3yvr9g8CyiDbxKUT7z_gfJlpDNpwCsGOTChHBvSI-m36jeFvodf2L53jpYo45VvTEaCGor4/s1600-h/s+n+t+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVOmjTQW-BHiTeRa-hLYLGsFOUia4Sfk673ph9TWmQaou8zcxQa2ZVb59legtEuDM_hoa3yvr9g8CyiDbxKUT7z_gfJlpDNpwCsGOTChHBvSI-m36jeFvodf2L53jpYo45VvTEaCGor4/s320/s+n+t+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286608664476589090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meet Jamie.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LDXfgS4i6V5SWAeSvJZD6yhWUD4k72ZdYXIuWN7Ix5cq9QliYlDVb5UWc-g09UjEHYwp2Ra_CWPLFqccxns-laF_fWjDtSNsxvN07-KktMqXqRIZUiJATx5JOnn0-3sSK4lgVQ6SpCQ/s1600-h/jamie"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LDXfgS4i6V5SWAeSvJZD6yhWUD4k72ZdYXIuWN7Ix5cq9QliYlDVb5UWc-g09UjEHYwp2Ra_CWPLFqccxns-laF_fWjDtSNsxvN07-KktMqXqRIZUiJATx5JOnn0-3sSK4lgVQ6SpCQ/s320/jamie" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286613246109745474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">See Jamie bodyrock it into 2009. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-cEalHvb-tdMN23f6t0q2euFwHFGweXCdgwhhRByQpCxMLbGoO5s7ALKbOd99o-KdnLsjX4bpiago52iCL-qKdoB9RPyJvmrAJyLUFYoXM2erHDMGFHkmMJw-xpl2nwgUR2bg5thl18/s1600-h/bodyrock+j"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-cEalHvb-tdMN23f6t0q2euFwHFGweXCdgwhhRByQpCxMLbGoO5s7ALKbOd99o-KdnLsjX4bpiago52iCL-qKdoB9RPyJvmrAJyLUFYoXM2erHDMGFHkmMJw-xpl2nwgUR2bg5thl18/s320/bodyrock+j" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286613242716653458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Matt breaks it down in 2009.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgql4cs96Spmp5uxh2gVnlx1ilIWz3IF69kot53ngUTSDDDHXwGwBJfBUmdksbwSemSHM2g5FbnloB63eN2_RHO3ICNRYV8tnIYkcS1ql7KrdqdtzynrqCXWmJ8YoKzUFkzClanB9MI7Pg/s1600-h/breakin+m"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgql4cs96Spmp5uxh2gVnlx1ilIWz3IF69kot53ngUTSDDDHXwGwBJfBUmdksbwSemSHM2g5FbnloB63eN2_RHO3ICNRYV8tnIYkcS1ql7KrdqdtzynrqCXWmJ8YoKzUFkzClanB9MI7Pg/s320/breakin+m" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286613248901806050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lindsey dances interpretively into 2009 in a "dance" sweatshirt. Thank you, you summed it up Lindsey.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo4M3D4d2uaujSSqgEuGMZ8NRP3P6CW-_XwP6cbqez363EeJQyzSc7-mWR5PWLRuN4FMeyqC70971wtUaVmTbj_Ba3d6BSIoHDYeNHntP8lFYb79kNJiyIU7SEqz-qfat0fUCrrqcik8/s1600-h/dancing+l"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo4M3D4d2uaujSSqgEuGMZ8NRP3P6CW-_XwP6cbqez363EeJQyzSc7-mWR5PWLRuN4FMeyqC70971wtUaVmTbj_Ba3d6BSIoHDYeNHntP8lFYb79kNJiyIU7SEqz-qfat0fUCrrqcik8/s320/dancing+l" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286614924419458866" border="0" /></a>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-18186515134765791342008-12-30T21:42:00.000-08:002008-12-31T14:12:51.066-08:00What blew our way today<span style="font-family:verdana;">Kara and I went into LA to go to galleries, eat at Millie's and generally just let the wind decide our direction. We walked around Sunset Junction and I talked with Laura Howe (who I had not seen in years) about Cuba. I was inspired by her creative drive. She is an artist and now also an amazing fashion designer for her store </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.matrushka.com/main.html">Matrushka</a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">where all clothing is altered to fit. I didn't dare try anything on for fear that she might make it fit like it was never meant for anyone else. I am operating on a $20 budget.<br />Next we tried to go to the Museum Of Contemporary Art and found no affordable parking and then we headed off to MOCA's Temporary Contemporary only to find it permanantly closed. Dang, end of an era. Kara used to work at Beck's mom and step-dad's Cafe Troy across the street and my ex-boyfriend used to be an art preparator at MOCA. Beck worked in the gift shop there where his co-worker Moises told him how to say "Soy un perdedor" or "I'm a loser". MOCA was the epicenter of our young world and I hope it manages to continue with as independant a spirit as ever.<br />We then dropped in for a visit with another special friend that spans back to those days. Back in 1990, there was a strange convergence of artists on the most industrial, dead end in Downtown L.A. It was Hunter Street, where Mac trucks loaded and unloaded pallettes next door to artists' shimmy shack, Peewee playhouse loft spaces. Some spaces had no bathrooms, and bags of doodoo had been tossed at the Amtrak trains just in back. Our friend Steve had a pond in his floor space filled with mosquito eating guppies and antique refrigerator doors hanging like trapeze artists serving as a white picket fence. Upstairs there were the beautiful, light filled spaces that are what one might think a conventional loft would look like. This was pre-downtown regentrification and the spaces were cheap and filled with limitless possibilities. We had many Icelandic friends. Our closest were</span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.stelladottir.com/">Stella Dottir</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, a fashion designer extraordinaire and Friedger Helgason, her son, a talented artist/ photographer/chef. She and Friedger had spent many years, as many of our old downtown friends had, living in New Orleans. They are back and her store is at 430 S. Main St. in downtown L.A. Friedger's incredible b &w photos of Iceland are gracing the walls. Her clothing is indescribably luxurious, the materials very silky and plush or diaphanous and sheer. The styles mix vintage with medieval and modern. She's a haberdasher, too! She dressed me up like a doll and knew what I would like even before I had a chance to find it. These kittens assisted me in the dressing room with their cuteness.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsRvOa-QXTP3KWG7lmwPFnV3QNpOgKx1eSHBSctTeg0AbddELR2MOgl8hxophLoK9HKnI5fS389YqpEBslqcgCgNvA3KimKiT6xYf2VB-v8BKBD9SNJbqkwyiK1tZJ79tXRre4AnZNoY/s1600-h/kittens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsRvOa-QXTP3KWG7lmwPFnV3QNpOgKx1eSHBSctTeg0AbddELR2MOgl8hxophLoK9HKnI5fS389YqpEBslqcgCgNvA3KimKiT6xYf2VB-v8BKBD9SNJbqkwyiK1tZJ79tXRre4AnZNoY/s320/kittens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285854354185561522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stella and Kara (in one of Stella's hats) </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTuG1C2FV2-r28Lz4X3WprwZbAJRWP6Np6NuKVytll3uMN7Doe99G7gnGjpJIp1Obe3SOXWRMIOVWLpwCNda3sq6ahXdU4_vf2R1mzMeEFOT2W5al0Pp7tk8UZIVvELtUv4yG0jayc_U/s1600-h/stella+n+kara.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTuG1C2FV2-r28Lz4X3WprwZbAJRWP6Np6NuKVytll3uMN7Doe99G7gnGjpJIp1Obe3SOXWRMIOVWLpwCNda3sq6ahXdU4_vf2R1mzMeEFOT2W5al0Pp7tk8UZIVvELtUv4yG0jayc_U/s320/stella+n+kara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285854600686358002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_wAgjGnblBzljmGDg_9WUATpk4cd3xYoR3MYSsnB0n-6Jj7E_x6tBST2LYRllOT3H4I0mv0p0oHcErzbG_9LpuhB2k2vwM8ctDElBTptsDVf4pl7oS5PfcwbUl3lw1elTNKB4sSKiE4/s1600-h/riding+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_wAgjGnblBzljmGDg_9WUATpk4cd3xYoR3MYSsnB0n-6Jj7E_x6tBST2LYRllOT3H4I0mv0p0oHcErzbG_9LpuhB2k2vwM8ctDElBTptsDVf4pl7oS5PfcwbUl3lw1elTNKB4sSKiE4/s320/riding+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285855102889463426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetIYQDsVl7_R4u8wszHRhCAbcDFnO6JCVLDeHy18e51g6ooXZU5yWgFiTdXh6QuAucoz97K6BVAJaCTIXI9VVUiVbP28tfgnlA6KtExo9LMaDbANOlEQoi2Jn_HgSpHlcJrNv0juY4yA/s1600-h/t+twenties+hat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetIYQDsVl7_R4u8wszHRhCAbcDFnO6JCVLDeHy18e51g6ooXZU5yWgFiTdXh6QuAucoz97K6BVAJaCTIXI9VVUiVbP28tfgnlA6KtExo9LMaDbANOlEQoi2Jn_HgSpHlcJrNv0juY4yA/s320/t+twenties+hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285855104648286498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC0u8-lnhJ7eZzPvNekRnogWBGrVQHKkcjeA99ADEvHqD9Gdk1AgKMAIJOz23JbUgCOwzCT-2OrICD1lgEXUlF5rEosiqEzQwcjIoo4GK8lV_HxqRfvEby25w2Tk42TJ920_JvFIh-0g/s1600-h/t+veil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC0u8-lnhJ7eZzPvNekRnogWBGrVQHKkcjeA99ADEvHqD9Gdk1AgKMAIJOz23JbUgCOwzCT-2OrICD1lgEXUlF5rEosiqEzQwcjIoo4GK8lV_HxqRfvEby25w2Tk42TJ920_JvFIh-0g/s320/t+veil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285855103730895138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYh5sy_5H6eqUtn4XlKBuKiufUxI-9aRcm6hjyZXB_NNYehxtTUEfRVGR8qE6k2F98pYVaVpCgna4C3AJSStGZmP8KwGXRpLNKST-sw8eM-53H5A2zm9soyxOihJT0a5r5xI8dHrmcZ4/s1600-h/t+black+hat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYh5sy_5H6eqUtn4XlKBuKiufUxI-9aRcm6hjyZXB_NNYehxtTUEfRVGR8qE6k2F98pYVaVpCgna4C3AJSStGZmP8KwGXRpLNKST-sw8eM-53H5A2zm9soyxOihJT0a5r5xI8dHrmcZ4/s320/t+black+hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285855109653016786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We then went on to Chinatown and I thought I'd toss in my own boring outfit to illustrate that I should stick to art, music and teaching. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWoCrDg-kUsUXvZyOpsr3z2V6nPcrWKDKvPUBf50YAe-bT4ewAdOK-BbFE5duAI08qSI5u5x24sWFV8IAtVhPD1jbyCnKjZ3VrbEJ0ggwyaKILX3QyU2_apcTYDAijlL4JlzgVm4tTXM/s1600-h/benevolent+association.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWoCrDg-kUsUXvZyOpsr3z2V6nPcrWKDKvPUBf50YAe-bT4ewAdOK-BbFE5duAI08qSI5u5x24sWFV8IAtVhPD1jbyCnKjZ3VrbEJ0ggwyaKILX3QyU2_apcTYDAijlL4JlzgVm4tTXM/s320/benevolent+association.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285858088088937298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mXkG2J7eXk8g66v5pnZk1Wtta1k9KlDw5_Iv7HMQ7O2rC1eDtf00OPoddJVFgPtcv2kNAL5-rmg_9w1SJ6OiDWZ0PATN4osHP8ZaiZ9IF4_aZyQykfdPSoP83ZRZPDJz7houHS1nnZU/s1600-h/gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mXkG2J7eXk8g66v5pnZk1Wtta1k9KlDw5_Iv7HMQ7O2rC1eDtf00OPoddJVFgPtcv2kNAL5-rmg_9w1SJ6OiDWZ0PATN4osHP8ZaiZ9IF4_aZyQykfdPSoP83ZRZPDJz7houHS1nnZU/s320/gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285857403039721842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGTP_pTy25GQwGP8vCrBHkpq_1OHmsVrivmu5MeyPVBaviGu5GEa4J-6oDq83-bIPU9YXQlb2kTF79o7cza_sMSm7CAEzWw4IZurabeIB5EJa3DHvR8HWqdDnHwW-XsUQoMBeLmlGPTM/s1600-h/t+chinatown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGTP_pTy25GQwGP8vCrBHkpq_1OHmsVrivmu5MeyPVBaviGu5GEa4J-6oDq83-bIPU9YXQlb2kTF79o7cza_sMSm7CAEzWw4IZurabeIB5EJa3DHvR8HWqdDnHwW-XsUQoMBeLmlGPTM/s320/t+chinatown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285857407249321682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This adorable girl and her bronze pal have really got it going on tho.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNS384z2AqdcBLE9bMX_K5MFWoLvQTldprnXd2R0SzFNKAg4Yn1immPZMQDEcPr-SyRMIrMuWFlfkwNv0_U8HpyynodJ-9RiQLfE_5JrTpUuRtrKKdj3-GHLbowLjhG863Wedq5uyXImY/s1600-h/pals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNS384z2AqdcBLE9bMX_K5MFWoLvQTldprnXd2R0SzFNKAg4Yn1immPZMQDEcPr-SyRMIrMuWFlfkwNv0_U8HpyynodJ-9RiQLfE_5JrTpUuRtrKKdj3-GHLbowLjhG863Wedq5uyXImY/s320/pals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285857413638610370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1-F5uTsuAtRfZc_uKd7gJLS9oW6u4KVA3kDwbMkhw1dspdKz2mdyGhWk06obaY3pszUxK7KaYr0FPwVm2BLBHOTnSax15r5Vwdb2IgrepH8xoKnINoqhG06RmwINt4wINhqOHiZeQdU/s1600-h/pals.jpg"><br /></a>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-16731401834080865682008-12-29T23:03:00.000-08:002008-12-30T00:55:21.100-08:00Arbuckle rules the roost!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaD8qoup6Uhz7JyWzQpdQinN0tnQqwxmhwv1J4LX6pzRjmT4SSlzO4JkZCacD3FgixrQZ_U5PiqTCQ5cHk93WpkubpdDTDjiCtf1RcJJP-Yb-yjxeQNbcDyQvAmCZjsNPd-Mzf3nU7LY/s1600-h/bucky+ruling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaD8qoup6Uhz7JyWzQpdQinN0tnQqwxmhwv1J4LX6pzRjmT4SSlzO4JkZCacD3FgixrQZ_U5PiqTCQ5cHk93WpkubpdDTDjiCtf1RcJJP-Yb-yjxeQNbcDyQvAmCZjsNPd-Mzf3nU7LY/s320/bucky+ruling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285501793687116370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOkeUNKRaheHHkRJPHRIqnRnSfzwqpMSJe-MjR5g8PoE3LHzZEvW-fpukTf4S2twRpMj1wMpJRzM1fXfmSpR3rgvNfGGH1ti-ftZR0ZQQKp3_1-uMZO1thLaXgsxlMJkRne_qKp5k3S4/s1600-h/cozy+t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOkeUNKRaheHHkRJPHRIqnRnSfzwqpMSJe-MjR5g8PoE3LHzZEvW-fpukTf4S2twRpMj1wMpJRzM1fXfmSpR3rgvNfGGH1ti-ftZR0ZQQKp3_1-uMZO1thLaXgsxlMJkRne_qKp5k3S4/s320/cozy+t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285501787291497042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Admittedly, the cats are upstaging this outfit and rightfully so. Today I just hung out and drank coffee all day with my oldest friends Kara and Owen. This is what you'd call the comfort foods of the clothing world. Flannel, felted wool, corduroy and a cozy sweater. Ahhhhh...</span>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058948345190067130.post-51984942992494306812008-12-28T23:49:00.000-08:002009-01-03T19:39:27.873-08:00<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnPNaV-Jxfud6Yuqit11gh_yqiJIJBQbrGMzz43WxgWXOVq1USsA-eSyH5fEu_wtoC1bXLo1n8S1BngKEc1j9B_I1u30w6_l_z9RSZY0l3LQ8AwqVKt-0cDMK3NmPT6c_NPOESJbqHZg/s1600-h/SNV30136.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnPNaV-Jxfud6Yuqit11gh_yqiJIJBQbrGMzz43WxgWXOVq1USsA-eSyH5fEu_wtoC1bXLo1n8S1BngKEc1j9B_I1u30w6_l_z9RSZY0l3LQ8AwqVKt-0cDMK3NmPT6c_NPOESJbqHZg/s320/SNV30136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285136749007087922" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWd7F_J6wt75WzMQhFKt3t3PWwVhoy6M-M0Vboc7J2hggM6ldj-84U9IB33hEyNjvdhImjKGKPR0b-HdwueaUL65wJUxDeIJiF3G5AjCbUaK0QwPmxZt8Mw2BYbxDad5j8SR7BkHWRz4/s1600-h/SNV30080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWd7F_J6wt75WzMQhFKt3t3PWwVhoy6M-M0Vboc7J2hggM6ldj-84U9IB33hEyNjvdhImjKGKPR0b-HdwueaUL65wJUxDeIJiF3G5AjCbUaK0QwPmxZt8Mw2BYbxDad5j8SR7BkHWRz4/s320/SNV30080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285136744844102514" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7Lh3QQugLbWn47c_A1jmqJN3i_KIKYyOacsOf3xUzbToHZDoL0hknQp3Bu7jYa99m0tNCIPUqY6vbv82wR3rx61nf9IYIf6clKVREghyphenhyphenE7Fz7H5bwx7Fw3vSvQZyXh1j9R47PVK3CM4/s1600-h/tminotaur.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7Lh3QQugLbWn47c_A1jmqJN3i_KIKYyOacsOf3xUzbToHZDoL0hknQp3Bu7jYa99m0tNCIPUqY6vbv82wR3rx61nf9IYIf6clKVREghyphenhyphenE7Fz7H5bwx7Fw3vSvQZyXh1j9R47PVK3CM4/s320/tminotaur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285136736943093762" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Tb4wf1Y_SJZBKzO3QErakHeuBSAntdv0_RsVl7pcymq-XmXGCEdOHJMrooO2bQ81DIcd_ZC2KeFfTk-dMgIQ05aFWkRoQfyP_7InZ0haZqWfAvixRpLGEHhdqx9NnR53pP0QQlhSOFI/s1600-h/t+hitchhiking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Tb4wf1Y_SJZBKzO3QErakHeuBSAntdv0_RsVl7pcymq-XmXGCEdOHJMrooO2bQ81DIcd_ZC2KeFfTk-dMgIQ05aFWkRoQfyP_7InZ0haZqWfAvixRpLGEHhdqx9NnR53pP0QQlhSOFI/s320/t+hitchhiking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285136735615676802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's tha 2 live crew [Microdot and Destroyer] and me on Day 5 of my "Fashion Prescription". Saw Gran Torino. Yea boy. Lady at the theater thought my legs were tattooed. Ate spring rolls at VIET w/ Mindy, Anthony and Kirby and drank pennywort green juice. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Watched <a href="http://www.myspace.com/electrocute">Electrocute</a> or otherwise known as "Electrocutie" on <a href="http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=whiodBT6IxE">Yo Gabba Gabba</a>, the most demented show for children ever. Electrocute were playing music in outer space and seemed to be enjoying it. Yo Gabba Gabba had Cornelius on a while ago doing their counting song and it was neat. Tonight on YGG, we watched Money Mark counting robots and Paul Williams on a psychadelic adventure singing The Muppets' "Rainbow Connection". I loved that Muppets album when I was a kid. That combined with Mork fever earned me a rainbow bedspread w/ sheets and a pillowcase, a rainbow headband, watchband, barrettes, stickers and unfortunately, suspenders.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> And yet, I still wasn't particularily into unicorns or ponies. </span><br /></div>Tara Tavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09703102435848789767noreply@blogger.com