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You’d think there would be more going on for a Memorial Day holiday weekend, but it’s pretty tame. Maybe it’s just tame in comparison to the previous weekends of the last month or so. Last night we just did an abbreviated version of the bar loop, heading to Bourbon Street and then to Rich’s to dance for a little bit. Today we are headed to a pool party at a friend’s house, which usually proves to be quite reckless (alcohol+hottub+half naked people). I’m always leary of taking or posting any pictures from those parties because I don’t really want any evidence that I was actually there. No, it actually ends up being a good time.

This weekend our friend Tyler is in Colorado. He’ll probably read this so I’ll say we miss him terribly! He gets back tomorrow though and Monday is a holiday, so WATCH OUT HAMBURGER MARY’S!

I took the picture below several weeks ago but I liked it and I thought it was a good depiction of how I feel this weekend. It’s just one of those weekends when you just want to lay down in the grass and take a nap.

Lastly, as a veteran myself, on this Memorial Day, take a moment and remember those who died in the service of our country. Also say a prayer for those who continue to serve and fight around the world.

In a poem by Moina Michael, she wrote,

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.

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This was roadtrip weekend. It was long, tiring and a lot of fun. On Saturday, Dylan, Tyler and I jumped in the car and headed up to LA for a night out on the town in West Hollywood. We hit The Abbey and a few other bars, the names of which I don’t recall. It was fun with the exception of the pretentious LA crowd. I mean that in the sincerest way. I’m sure they are very nice and they are certainly well put together but on the whole, they just seem to be out at the bars to be looked at. This isn’t really a surprise. I’ve been to LA before and everybody knows the deal. It’s just that the guys there are completely different then the ones you find in San Diego. In LA they just sort of position themselves in the bar and try to look good and don’t really talk to anyone. In San Diego, everyone says hi to everyone and it’s a very relaxed and laid back scene. LA is just a bunch of walking resumes. But I still love it.

On Sunday we drove back south to Laguna to stop by a friend’s house who was having a college graduation party at his parent’s place. He is Latino (Mexican) so there was tons of family, food, drinks, tequilla and a mariachi band, no shit. We stayed there for a few hours and then headed back north a bit to hit Long Beach pride, the first one of the season. That was a ton of fun. It was a lot bigger then we expected. It was right on the water and the weather was perfect, about 72 degrees. The DJ’s were great and it was relaxing and fun just dancing outside all night. We hit the road again at about 10pm and headed south, home to San Diego. It was a great weekend. The nice thing about southern California is that you can hit several really great cities like LA, Long Beach, Laguna and San Diego all in one day, driving with good music and the windows down. There’s nothing like a sunburn on your driving arm.

I posted a few pictures below.
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If you’re still trying to get your head around what this whole RSS craze is, then here is a cool article with a few tips to help you out.

15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away) - Tim Yang’s Geek Blog.

Technorati Tags: rss, blogs, syndication, feeds

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La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, CA, opened on February 11, 1928. It was one of the first movie theaters to show talking pictures. Today the theater shows movies as well as live stage performances of plays and musical groups.

I took a few shots of the interior today for a magazine feature article assignment. I was told that the reel projector they still use today is also very old.

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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!

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Via Yahoo! News.

Speakeasy, Inc. has launched a new wireless broadband service for businesses. It uses the new WiMAX technology, which is basically WiFi on a much stronger and wider scale.

WiFi hotspots already saturate Seattle but the problem is you have to be within a few hundred feet line-of-sight to the origin of the signal.

One of the broadcast stations for the new signal is the top of the Space Needle.

I’m not sure what the maximum bandwidth capacity of WiMAX is.

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