have you ever stopped talking to someone.. and not really known why? it sucks. so you try to avoid them, and they try to avoid you and everything gets really awkward. it starts to affect your dreams and you have this feeling that you really need to re-establish contact. so you do it. you reach out. you feel like a jackass because you're not even sure what the problem was in the first place. well, the other person feels just as much like a jackass as you do. and you feel better now that you've made yourself vulnerable. and they feel better because it's been weighing them down too.

sorry...

LA Auto Show

Went to the car show with Dad, Charles and Tracy and their 5 kids. Josh, Andrew, Daniel, James and little Katie. Of course the oldest child got lost - twice. but for the most part it was a good time. I'm not really used to hanging out with kids all day, so it was kind of challenging :) Gotta love the Lewis family..

Thanksgiving with Mom

Mom and i hung out at my condo and cooked an awesome lunch together. It was reallllly great to just do something normal with her. usually we have to plan something exciting like a trip to the museum or arboretum or a hike.
Thanksgiving used to be all about the process of cooking the meal and serving it to 25 friends and relatives. It was such a fun family gathering where everyone had a blast. Now it's about spending time with the few relatives that are left in California, no matter what we do...

M. Ward

Scot took me to see M. Ward on Saturday. It was completely awesome.. inspiring, smooth, kinda deep.. not my usual genre, but i'm extremely glad i went :)

Pictage Girls - and Nathan!!

Here's me, Lisa, Nathan and Emily taking a break @ work. Nathan Holritz is our Chattanooga PUG leader and was in town on official Pictage business. Great to finally meet you! Lisa and Emily are my partners in crime. An hour does not go by where we don't have each other rolling about thermometers or something similar.

what kind of drink are you?

You Are an Appletini

Most of the time, you're a typical party girl / guy. But when you get super sauced, you really up your sex appeal.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

Rhino's bday

We went down to Irvine for the 80's cartoon character party at the Sato house. whoa, so odd that now they're BOTH Satos! Lots of awesome costumes - shaggy, flinstones, mario and luigi, care bear, wimpy.. etc. Japanese people are the BEST! Stacey, Mariko and i did our best to fit in =)

Halloween @ Pictage

heh.. my costume
our PUG-kin
the transformer

we had a pumpkin carving contest at work. OUr PUG-kin lost out to the transformer :(

Mom sent this over

that's what i'm talkin about

Thanks to Scot, i'll never look at this scene the same way

your hands are in my hair,
but my heart is in your teeth

Palm Desert

what a great weekend! i got to hang with my pal scoty! again for the first time in years. He took us up to Pioneertown (yea, i've never heard of it either) to see a kick-ass show/ halloween ball at Pappy & Harriet's. The main event was Gram Rabbit - which i must say ROCKED. Sunday was all about baseball.. which normally isn't my thing... but i must say i enjoyed the hell out of it. thanks buddy.. :)

Henry & Nikki's birthday

Love these guys!

Monrovia

i miss this place. Got to hang with Mandy and Kelly just like old times. 211 wal-NUT. Mandy and i went out with LeeAnn to this Black & White party. whew.. did we ever party, i haven't danced that much to that many songs in a row with that many different people in .. well, probably ever.
When mandy and i got home, we decided to wake up kelly by jumping on his bed at 2am. i think he appreciated it though :)

how unique

hiking back down through the clouds.. eeeerie



What a rad hike! The clouds rolled in on our way up the hill and Ian and i had to hike back down through them. This time the great views were different - to the extreme.

Miramar Air Show

ohmygah. heaven - simple. This was the most awesome show! Mom, Tiff & i explored the military aircraft before the show, which was amazing. My cousin Tiffany and her boyfriend Randall showed us around the base and gave us the inside scoop.

Planespotting

L - A - ex

finally one actually took off...
Manitoba
Dockweiler Beach

I've been wanting to check out this spot on the hill in El Segundo for a LONG time now. There were some hardcore planespotters up there talking technical about the airliners and taking photos with their telefoto lenses. I didn't really fit in, but i snapped a few shots anyways. Now i'm officially in the nerdy plane lover club.

the brewery

This place used to be a real working brewerey that has been transformed into living and studio space for local artists. Thanks Mike for inviting Stacey and I! twice a year the artists here open up their studios and show off their stuff :) i took home this sweet piece by Kaleb Higgins.. Just a 17 year old kid! He paints on records & skateboard decks. Lots of other extraordinary artists too : Dave Lefner - (block printing) and Kevin Flint (sculptor, painter) probably the most impressive.

did we go to The Hop last night? Ian and I danced as if.... we actually knew how to dance. who knew that bars hired dance photographers to set up backgrounds and take pictures of the drunkards? and who would have thought that becky would think a polaroid was worth $10?!? (it kinda was)

yep