Loading ...So my friends are what you might call the perfect storm of planning r-tardation sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, I love them like family but sometimes they do things collectively that are at the same time completely awesome while being totally retarded.
Case in point, this past 4th of July it looked like no one had any kind of group activity planned. No BBQs, no parties, no get togethers, hell not even a trip out to go see a new movie. In other words, pretty damn bleak. There had been a potential prospect for a party to go to, but my friend whom knew the people throwing it decided not to go and I wasn’t one to try and worm my way into a party where I didn’t know anyone.
So starting on the 4th of July I get an invite on MySpace for my friend Jim’s birthday, to be held on Saturday the 7th in the evening. Good, right? Well my friend Jason Bender had gotten a hold of me like a week and a half previous and let me know his birthday was going to go down the same night at The Edison in Hollywood. Conflict, right?
But wait, theres more! The next day, the 5th I get another invite to a birthday party for my friends Alia and Irene….on the same day and time. Great, so now there are four birthdays spread across three different locations on the same night. At which point I talk to Adrienne and she tells me that my friend Rich who is getting married is doing some kind of party that same night!!!! Whom I then ask about what is going on, only to find out that event is cancelled.
Except the next day I then get an invite for Rich’s birthday dinner on….you guessed it…the same freaking night. So we now have five birthdays in four different locations, three of which are in Orange County and the last which is up in Hollywood. So I decide to stick it out down in OC and hit all the parties I can so I can see people I hadn’t seen in quite a while. It was sort of like a bizarre triathlon of some sort, but overall it was a fun experience.
Now, onto the photos from the parties and other events recently!
Everyone who made it to Rich’s 31st birthday party at the teppan house they picked in HB. All the July birthday party photos are here.
On Friday and Saturday I spent a few hours getting tanned/lightly sunburned while getting some photos of surfers and hot surfer babes from off the HB Pier at Main St.
Friday’s photos at Huntington Beach
Saturday’s photos at Huntington Beach
Last but not least are some older photos I had neglected to upload. First we have a few shots I took at sunset near the Seal Beach Naval Weapons base not too far south from home here. I really like how the colors in the sky came out that particular day, just awesome light.
Finally we have photos of the Friday night Big Bang fireworks show at Angel Stadium in Anahiem from back in early May when I went to see the Angels kick the White Sox a new one. I didn’t have my tripod with me so I was having to hand-hold these shots so they didn’t come out as good as I wanted them to, but it gave me some experience working on my handheld technique. This particular photo however I thought turned out not half bad:
In movie related news I can recommend anyone go see Transformers, especially if you are a big fan of the show. Michael Bay somehow managed to make a truly kickass movie with my childhood franchise memories. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you should do yourself a favor and go out and see it right away.
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