Food and Fun

Although not as crazy as other weekends, this weekend still ended up pretty full. Friday we went to a poker party. Hmm... no pics. Saturday, we went to Andy and Belinda's housewarming/Halloween party where we ran into some killer clowns. Andy made some awesome noodles that I couldn't stop eating. We had a lot of fun playing with their puppy, Fatima and their kitty, Sylvia. They have another kitty that didn't come out to play at all. =( No big deal. Sandy and I were kitty enough! Check out pics here.

Later that evening we went to a performance of Balinese Dancing at El Camino College. The percussion was really amazing and although I felt that the synchronized choreography could have been a bit cleaner I really enjoyed the show. All the moves look really difficult. I wasn't able to get any pictures, but the above is from their website.

We began Sunday with lunch with my parents (pictures here) followed by a trip into Hollywood to go see Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D with John and Miki. Nightmare pics here.

Popsicle Stars

We went to Joshua Tree to camp and watch the Orionids meteor shower. Joshua Tree is up in the high desert near 29 Palms. When we got there, the weather was nice and warm so we decided to go for a drive to explore the rest of the park. We found some really cool boulders to scramble up and down on.

Upon further exploration we found a lonely, but photogenic tree. So we included it in our socializing. Antonio and Ben brought their puppy Franklin. He's a black cocker spaniel about 5 months old and he's sooo cute! He's one of the mellowest little pups I've ever met. He never barked and he wasn't at all hight maintenance. Maybe I just liked him cause he would sit on my lap and just snuggle up. =) The meteor shower itself was a bit thin and it got crrraaazy cold and windy at night, but we still had a good time. We saw a couple of really bright trailer shooting stars. The next morning was just as windy so we leached a little power to run the coffee maker, had breakfast and then packed up to go home. Definitely a fun trip. Check out the pics here.

How to turn yourself into an Anime character...

You know how people go to ComiCon and Cosplay all dressed up like video game and anime characters? Their outfits are always wicked awesome and have incredible detail... except for one flaw. They never get the eyes right. You can dye your hair and add leather and sequins and chrome all you want, but how the heck do you get those freakishly huge eyes?! Like this!!

I think Ana was taking a cue from the kitty clock...

okay, really... NOT Star-Chicken!!

So the other day Ana got the (crazy) idea to buy a chicken head costume for her kitties. The went totally ballistic. Click on her blog (Ana-Banana-log) to the right to see the result. Yesterday, she was kind enough to loan me the chicken head to see what Vash would do. It was kind of anti-climactic. Maybe it was just too early in the morning for Vash to react normally. I dunno. Anyway, she was pretty good about sitting thru the pictures. I even put it on her head on three separate occasions. She still looks pretty pissed... and maybe even a bit confused.

This past weekend

Last Friday, Mike came to DRI to be a subject for us. So afterwards we went to lunch at Bankok Sapphire for Thai food. Yummy. As you can see, Ana thought that whatever Jim was saying was pretty damn interesting.

I had a play date on Saturday with Craig to play Wii. Yay! We played DDR and the crazy rabbit game. I dunno what it's called, but it was fuuuun! Craig was concentrating really hard.

Catching up...

Yeah yeah... a lot has happened in between the last post and now. Here's the quick summary:

June - visited Spain and Portugal. Pics not up yet. I have 2000+ to sort thru!
July - 4th of July Block Party, pictures already posted. Dave's birthday, pictures posted.
August - Tons of August Babies birthdays... including me! Pictures here!

September - Dave and I just got back from Costa Rica with his parents. We had such an amazing time. The locals treated us fabulously and although typical Costa Rican food isn't fancy, it's pretty tasty. They're also really good at making international cuisine. Checkout the fun and food here.