Escape from LA
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on December 19th, 2008
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| Escape from LA |
Shots of the plane trip out of LA to NYC.
More LA
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on December 14th, 2008
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| Los Angeles 2008 |
OMG photos!
Time to write is short, and I’m lazy, so not too much is going to be set down in pixels here, just enough to fill in what the photos in the album are showing.
The wonderful night-time shots of the city were taken from Griffith Observatory, in the hills of LA. From that vantage point LA looks like a sea of lights, it stretches as far as the eye can see. I was reminded of Lord of the Rings where the ork camp behind the gate is shown. No eye of Sauron here though.
Shots of the flea market we went to and a school band that was practising for the big game due the next week.
The Getty Villa is here. Built by a rich guy as a copy of a wealthy Roman villa, it also serves as a museum of pieces from Greek and Roman antiquity.
A topiary dinosaur vomiting water.
The Griffith Observatory again, this time the inside.
The shiny ball is a pendulum used to demonstrate the rotation of the earth.
Some dark shots in the carpark! If you look closely, you can see a coyote! The animal was smaller than I thought it would be, like a medium sized dog that looks fox-ish.
Pecan pie!
Raw/Vegan treats in LA market
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on December 10th, 2008
This post exists just to make Jeff and Meg jealous.
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| From Raw/vegan stuff |
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| From Raw/vegan stuff |
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| From Raw/vegan stuff |
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| From Raw/vegan stuff |
Los Angeles
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on December 9th, 2008
I’m in the USA again!
Our plane trip was fairly uneventful, short delay, a brief patch of turbulence and then some fitful sleep. We arrived at 07:30 on Saturday morning, which was about 5 hours before we left by the clock’s reckoning. Our hosts in LA, Wildsoda’s mother and her husband, picked us up from the airport and immediatly proceeded to guide us into some typically American culinary fair with a trip to IHOP for breakfast.
IHOP is the International House Of Pancakes, though it does not have franchises outside north america, nor does it have an internationally themed menu, so it’s choice of name is a mystery to me. One very filling serve of wholemeal pancake with fruit later and we were off to the house Ali and I would be residing in during out stay in California, there we had a nap, freshened ourselves up after the flight and then set off for an early dinner and an evening show. Dinner was at a rather tasty Indian restaurant whose staff attempted to compensate for the very soft lighting by turning up the music.
Our entertainment for the evening was Harry Shearer’s Christmas show, which was full of songs and special guests.
The next day went to see Ali’s friend Kerstyn, game designer and all round cool geek. Besides having on the the coolest console collections, that can be claimed on tax, Krystyn also has one of the best jobs I’ve ever heard of anyone having. Jealous just isn’t the word.
We all went to the Pasadena flea market to cruise through the piles of junk the locals decided to try and sell. For the most part it was just the same as any trash-and-treasure in Aus, more fob-watches and hunting knives though. I was given two Scrabble pieces (my initials) as a gift from a stall-holder, which I intend to turn into cufflinks when I’m back. Of course I’ll have to buy a shirt that needs cufflinks now, but that’s besides the point.
There’s a lot more to wire, and pictures to put up, but I’m limited with time at the moment. More soon.
Popasaurus
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on December 1st, 2008
Some time ago, I had described to Wildsoda a popcorn machine that resembled a vomiting dinosaur, complete with paws clutching stomach in pain and a worried expression on it’s face.
Well, she found one for sale and bought it!
So, here it is, the Popasaurus!
In it's natural habitat
I WILL CONSUME YOUR KERNELS
Coming soon; Action shots!
Movember: Day 28
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on November 27th, 2008
Well, it’s certainly been a while since my last ‘mo shot.
Here’s one I took today of an almost month-long growth.
I’ve been getting quite some compliments about the fuzz, which makes me rather proud but cannot induce me to keep it.
Movember: day 16
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on November 15th, 2008
Looks like a real mo’ now.
Feeling manly and dashing.
Also, I’ve been eating a lot of free burger courtesy of Grill’d, so that helps me feel good about the lip fuzz.
UAC – PDA
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on November 11th, 2008
I did a search today for an iPhone wallpaper based off the PDA in Doom 3. Alas, were found. Plenty of pics of “cool” looking monsters or guns, but not the wallpaper I was after.
So, after about 5 mins with a picture editing program, I give you this
Movember: Day 11
Posted by Sutter in Uncategorized on November 10th, 2008
A more stylised mo’ for a dashing look.
I’m not sure how well I did with the shape, but it’s certainly looking a lot better than it did before.
