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Saturday, July 26, 2008
minae was able to get passes to comicon through work and, coincidentally, one of her friends from her ADF internship was representing her publishing company there. we all met up this this morning and tried to get into the heroes / lost panel, but believe or not, the line was already greater than the 5,000 person capacity of the auditorium!
canon ef28-70 f/2.8L + canon ef17-40 f/4 + canon 5d
canon ef28-70 f/2.8L + canon ef17-40 f/4 + canon 5d
Thursday, July 24, 2008
canon ef50 f/1.2L + canon 5d
Continue reading pr | downtown san diego.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
i can't really get to sleep tonight so i figure i'd play with my friend's zoom lens i'm borrowing for the week. full moon's out tonight, and since i recently watched a discovery channel documentary on the missions to the moon, i figure what the heck. with a 1.6x crop factor, i'm getting an equivalent of a 320mm reach at the long end, which isn't nearly as long as it should be, but for a blog posting should be good 'nuff. i really ought to just fashion myself an extension ring, but that's too much work... even for an insomniac...
canon ef70-200mm f/4L + canon 40d
canon ef70-200mm f/4L + canon 40d
Saturday, July 19, 2008
watchya doing? i dunno, stuff... what kind of stuff? just some projects. aren't you gonna tell me? nah, i'll tell you later. okay. are you serious about doing the stuff you said you're doing? i think so. hrmnm.. well i figure what the hell, let's do this shit! well dang girl, good luck! mmyeah, thanks!
canon ef50 f/1.2L + canon ef17-40 f/4 + canon 5d
canon ef50 f/1.2L + canon ef17-40 f/4 + canon 5d
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
wow... these guys do an amazing job! click after the jump!
Continue reading hybrid medical animation.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
man, i love korean pastries. they're distinctly different from american or european pastries in that they tend to be a little less sweet, and a whole lot lighter... they're kind of more like what the idea of pastries should be realized in an actual pastry. in any case, it's more my style. i also love going to coronado island, especially after i found out that it has its own name spelled out on the sand when i was perusing google earth. korean pastries and coronado island, both my faves! so, umm, yeah...
this is me having my moment. mom would be proud!
canon ef28 f/1.8 usm + 400d
i just got off the phone with a buddy i haven't spoken to in quite a while. told him all about quitting my old job, packing my bags and heading out west after ten years of living in the south, and how minae and i are both absolutely loving it here. it's hard to believe we've only been in san diego for eight months, and even harder to imagine going back to life in north carolina. and to think i almostchickened chick0ned out a couple times, cuz it meant having to leave a safe, albeit unhappy, life
back east. unhappy because of work, because everyone i knew eventually
left, and because everything was always the same even when things
changed. safe,
because it's what i had planned from the beginning of grad school and even though it
wasn't what i imagined, it was always there for me. hell, i even bought a house there thinking i was gonna stay there forever! or for at least another five years. but if there was ever a
time to just say fuckit and go for it, it was then. i guess it's all about risk versus reward.
and so now i'm able to eat korean pastries on a beach on an island that only takes twenty minutes to get to. plus trips to las vegas every two months! sweat!
canon ef28 f/1.8 usm + 400d
i just got off the phone with a buddy i haven't spoken to in quite a while. told him all about quitting my old job, packing my bags and heading out west after ten years of living in the south, and how minae and i are both absolutely loving it here. it's hard to believe we've only been in san diego for eight months, and even harder to imagine going back to life in north carolina. and to think i almost
and so now i'm able to eat korean pastries on a beach on an island that only takes twenty minutes to get to. plus trips to las vegas every two months! sweat!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
with the right combination of food and friends, taking repeated shots of this 40 proof rice vodka can be quite a treat. but before you go off downing shots of this stuff, there are a few things about the etiquette of drinking soju and it goes something like this:
canon ef28 f/1.8 usm + 400d
- Soju is usually drunk in group gatherings while eating, unmixed and portioned into individual shot glasses.
- It is against traditional custom in Korea to fill one's own glass. Instead, it must be filled by someone else at the table. This promotes a spirit of thoughtfulness and camaraderie.
- To pour a drink, hold the bottle in the right hand with the left hand touching the right forearm or elbow; this peculiar arm position originated from the practice of holding back the sleeve of the hanbok so that it wouldn't touch the table or the food. When receiving a drink, rest the glass in the left palm and hold it with the right hand, perhaps bowing the head slightly to show additional respect.
- Koreans say "one shot", a challenge to down your glass in one gulp.
- A glass should not be refilled unless completely empty and should
be promptly refilled once empty; it is considered rude to not fill
others' glass when empty
canon ef28 f/1.8 usm + 400d
- Some special rules apply when drinking with someone of much higher status, i.e. greater age or rank.
- When drinking in front of elders (people older than you), you should always turn away from the elder first. Drinking the shot while directly facing the elder is disrespectful.
- If an elder gives an empty soju shotglass (usually his/hers) to you, it means that the person is going to fill the glass and wants you to drink it. You do not have to drink it bottoms up, but at least you have to act as if you are drinking it (sipping is okay). If you do drink the entire glass, then return the empty glass back to the senior who gave it to you. You are not supposed to return it immediately, but holding it for a long time is considered rude.
- In Korean culture, using two hands to offer and accept items is considered an act of great respect. Accordingly, if one's glass is going to be filled by a superior, one should hold the glass with both hands. Similarly, when pouring soju for an elder, one holds the bottle with both hands.
- Among friends of equal social status, it is not necessary to use
both hands while pouring or receiving a drink, but may be done out of
habit or politeness.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
sarah, peter, minae and i all went down to the la jolla coast to watch the fireworks. the great thing about san diego on the fourth is that there are so many places that host huge firework displays that at any given spot you can see two or three of them going on at the same time. i was quite impressed by the la jolla shores' display, but off in the distance we could see the del mar county fair's version, and it looked like they outdone us. nevertheless, the evening was fun, and snapping photos of them was a blast! (har har, pun intended!)
canon ef50 f/1.8 + 400d
canon ef50 f/1.8 + 400d
check out more photos after the jump!
Continue reading happy fourth!.
Friday, July 4, 2008
a larger city typically means a larger cultural base and better artistic venues. i'm a bit surprised at myself in having not explored more of these places such as the museum of modern art here in san diego, or listen to groups like the san diego symphony or the la jolla chamber music society. the latter is coming up with a couple of nice programs in august celebrating brahms with piano trios and quartets, so i'll probably be going to check them out. the symphony is also a video game music performance where they'll be playing music from mario, zelda, halo, etc... some old-school tetris, anyone?
canon ef50 f/1.8 + 400d
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