Key Key!!!

Ok. So I know this is getting random.

Forgive me, I'm still trying to figure out how I really want to do this whole thing.

Anyhow, here's the kitty that inspired the fluffies from yesterday. I forgot that I still have a picture of her on my laptop :)

I pinky swear -- the next post will be something a bit more interesting.

Furry Excuses

Did I tell you my cat died?

Yeah, I know. I didn't. It was a sad, sad day though. She was 14 years old and I'd had her for exactly half of my life.

So. It's 1:30 in the morning and I forgot to post any pictures today (surprise, surprise!). While there are many factors involved in this negligence, there is ultimately only one real explanation: I'm still not done editing. Anything. Ughsh.

Lucky for all of us, I've a couple of shots from last spring to revisit!

Here they are - some furry animals from a trip to the zoo, inspired at this late hour by my kitty (who I miss).

Eeek!

So. I've been seriously negligent.

No excuses beyond the usual whirlwind.

The second half of the summer was every bit as crazy as the first half. I've got a few hundred pictures as proof -- and I'll be making a point of posting a few of them in the coming days.

Oh, oh, oh! I should mention, cool stuff on the horizon :) Will be keeping everyone posted.

Meanwhile, today's posts are a couple highlights of a recent trip up to San Jose for my cousin Lorena's wedding. The above is a close up detail of one of the beautiful mats that were used as decoration for the ceremony. Below is a picture of my auntie Anna (right) and her sister. I love this photo, if only because apparently I've become my auntie's personal photographer - and that amuses the crud out of me.



And just a taste of what's to come:

The Swing of It

As a kid, summer always meant boredom. Sure, it was great (for the first couple of weeks) to stay home from school, watch cartoons, hang out with the neighborhood kids.... but that glamor always wore off much faster than I expected it too, and I always found myself, about a month into the stretch, feeling bored, missing my other friends, and really...missing school. To be fair, I was a bit of a super geek - not with the horn-rimmed glasses and pocket protectors, but definitely in the teacher's pet sense (seriously. I found out years down the line that several of my teachers would stick me next to the "bad" kids, hoping I'd rub off on them. Ha!).

These days, well, really not a lot has changed; three months of "freedom" would drive me nuts. I love the pace I work at, even when it's particularly hectic -- which it has been. This past month has been busy, busy, busy with a lot of cool things (that I'll be posting more about as they come up).

Here's a few shots from the middle of the whirlwind :)

The first bunch is from my cousin Stephanie's wedding in Northern California. The last bit is more from San Diego.

Imperial Beach

Last weekend, I headed down to San Diego. It was time for a tiny little get away trip, and it was beyond time to see my best friend, Rick, who lives in Imperial Beach with his wife Lili.

These are a couple of favorites from an evening spent walking by the pier at sunset.

The Start of Something New

Big Bear Lake, Sunrise, September 2009