February 2008

 

Monday February 4th 2008 12:38 PM PST
still have not gotten around to it


Tuesday February 5th 2008 04:03 PM PST
Did 50 cent say that he fears a black president will be shot?! Hasn't he been shot like 7 times. I figured in 50's eyes that would be at least worth some street cred.

Well i guess not... he decided to back Monica Lewinsky's X-Boyfriend's Wife.


Monday February 11th 2008 10:14 AM PST


Sunday February 17th 2008 03:17 PM PST
By nothing but shear dumb luck Jen and I made the best possible trip to the Los Angeles Zoo that I could have ever imagined. I thought that the zoo opened really early on a Sunday and there was going to be crowds no matter what we did. Well its a three day weekend, so I was actually thinking it was going to be a "zoo' at the zoo.

we get there and the exit for Zoo drive is lined with cars parked for the soccer fields. No real traffic, but cars everywhere. The parking lot is a little full, and we end up parking about 3 rows back. and when we walk up to the gates, there is a bit of a line, but they've got a table set up to the left side with 20 clipboards on it. There is nobody waiting at the table so we walk up and pick up a clipboard and fill out our information. About 3 minutes later, we've already got an annual membership pass, and we walk through the membership entrance while having to wait for one couple that's in a bit of an argument.

I really didn't think much of this. I thought the zoo had been open for hours. Jen's been every year with her class, so I figured she'd say something. We just start walking and head for the animals way into the park. We quickly get out of the little crowds in the entrance road, and in many areas have exhibits almost to ourselves. There were a couple spots where it got a little crowded, but that was usually around new exhibits where you can get 2 feet from an animal behind a huge wall of glass. The gorillas especially, everybody was crowded around.

But honestly we got through all the areas we wanted to and by 11:20 we were already deep in the zoo and ready to head back out. So from the back of the zoo we take one of the outside perimeter roads thats nothing other than a nice walk. There are no animals on them at all, and the tram is actually the only other thing we see as we make our way to the entrance. Then it hits me. The road joins back up with the main artery of the central zoo and there is a HUGE crowd. The wave of people is all moving directly at us, and we realize the Zoo in fact is extremely crowded. The hardest part now is staying to the side of the main road to move against traffic.

When we finally get to the entrance, there is a HUGE line at the main ticket windows that stretches through ropes cutting back and forth, and then down the side of the road into the distance of the parking lot. The members table we had gone to now has 20 people filling out clipboards and a line of what looks like another 40 people.

I can't stop laughing. We're absolute morons and buy some stroke of luck we managed to make the perfect Zoo run on what looks like a crazy day.


Sunday February 17th 2008 03:28 PM PST
Oh, and Grayson... you kick ass!! Thanks for my "little" present. Its awesome. I tried to call today, but i think we're doomed to playing phone tag a couple more days before we actually contact each other. I'll keep trying, but i think now my messages are being sent to a blackhole message service.


Tuesday February 19th 2008 05:30 PM PST
“Photography is a form of expression which is entitled to First Amendment protection just as the written or spoken word is protected.”

Judge Mark H. Summerville from a Boston Municipal Court actually has his head in the right place. The legal ramifications of this point of view are incredible. Not only is the photo itself a form of expression but the act of making it is as well.


Wednesday February 27th 2008 04:22 PM PST
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

thanks ricardo for the link