By The People: The Election of Barack Obama

Two posts in one day...crazy!

I just had to recommend the new documentary by Edward Norton called "By The People: The Election of Barack Obama". It was very well done and totally made me cry, again. (Seriously, I never used to cry, what is up with this??)

Edward Norton and his crew were given unprecedented access to the entire campaign, it shows the behind the scenes stuff we have never seen before. I especially loved the vigor and emotion from all of his young staffers around the country. Another cool moment? A glimpse into Obama's hotel room when the election was called for him and the reactions of all of his staff at that moment as well. (Including Plouffe, Axelrod, Favreau ect.)

It premiered on HBO last night, so catch it on re-runs if you didn't see it the first time around. Well worth it.

So my new resolution is to post more...

but I know that you have heard that before! To be honest, I used to post most of my blogs from work in any spare moment of downtime I could find. Now Blogger is blocked (as are all blogging sites) and I do not have the option anymore. When I get home from work the thought of blogging is usually the last thing on my mind!

My hope is to try to update this blog at least once or twice a week from now on, as there are many things in my crazy brain that are just dying to come out.

For now, all I will say is this: BOOOOOO Maine. Why is it that every time we take a step towards equal rights in this country it gets ripped right out of our hands? ::sigh::

On a lighter note, my sister turned 16 and my husband and I celebrated 3 years of wedded bliss. THREE YEARS. Holy crappola. That flew by.

And happy One Year since the day Obama was elected. He still has much to prove to all of us, but I will continue to hope that the change he promised will come. That is all we can do, right? (well besides call our senators and representatives ;) )



In posts to come: Our trip to LA with my sister, our anniversary trip to San Diego ect.



The Husband and Shannon outside of the Echo Park Time Travel Store aka 826LA (a writing workshop for inner-city kids)

Motorcycle Accidents, Fires and Pageant of the Masters

I mentioned in my last entry that we were going to see Kings of Leon in concert last weekend. That never happened...

We were getting ready to go, when our neighbor told us that there was a fire right by our apartments. If you know us, we live in wildfire danger zone, right up against a canyon full of dry brush. 2 years ago we actually had to evacuate as a huge wildfire burned right up to the property line of our apartment complex. Scary. So naturally we were concerned. We went outside and watched it for a little and The Husband took some pictures:



We determined that it wasn't bad enough to cancel our plans, so off we went. After being on the road for about 20 min we witnessed a horrible accident involving a motorcycle. The 2 people on the bike ran into the rear end of a car and went flying into the air, at least 25 feet. We were right behind them so we stopped and called 911. By some miracle there were THREE off duty paramedics at the scene who got to the victims within seconds. And by another miracle they were both alive with seemingly minor injuries. We stayed at the scene for a long time and gave our police statement, and after all that, we just weren't in a concert mood. I was REALLY shaken by the whole thing. So home we went to watch a few silly movies to take our minds off the nights events.

On a much happier and lighter note, last night we were able to attend the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. It is a great art festival that includes an orchestra playing music to live re-enactments of famous masterpieces. This was the second year I attended and the first for The Husband. We had a great time looking at the artwork, had a yummy meal with live jazz under the stars then got to watch an awesome show. Here are some pics:











Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from the actual show, they do not allow photographs. If anyone has a chance to see this show I would HIGHLY recommend it. It is really an amazing evening.

Today we relaxed and went and saw Inglorious Basterds (I will get a review up on my review blog) which was a great way to escape the heat. It was in the high 90s here today! Tomorrow we are hoping to get down to the beach and pay a visit to my grandma, so it should be a nice, relaxing Sunday :) Hope everyone else is having a good weekend!

I stink as a blogger....

Sorry I haven't posted in ages, my only excuse is that it has been a busy, crazy and fun summer so far.

To recap, we went here:


Stayed in these condos on Lake Travis:



And had a ton of fun doing things like this:

University of Texas

The Alamo

Texas State Capital

Water skiing & Tubing

Waterpark

Barton Springs

Capital Dome

Duck Tour

San Antonio River Walk

Congress Street Bridge Bats

Austin City Limits Tour

LBJ Presidential Library


We went to a wedding of a lifelong friend (Congrats Pete & Amy!):



We had a blast for my birthday at the San Diego zoo:






We celebrated the 4th with family and fireworks:
Ed & Char


Mom and Dave

All of us with Sparklers


After that my best friend's son turned 2 and we celebrated with a big party at the park:
Blowing out his candles

Pinata!

Birthday Boy

The birthday boy's little brother


And last but certainly not least, we went to Comic-Con in San Diego and got into the LOST panel! It was such an amazing experience, we are certainly planning on going back next year. Here are some highlights:

The LONG line to get into the LOST panel


The full Panel

Jon Favreau

Gene Simmons

The Husband and The Sister

The Simpsons Panel

The Husband and Bumblebee

Fringe Panel

True Blood Panel!


Superhero Costumes


Best costume of the day


Last weekend we were in Palm Springs for our annual weekend getaway thanks to my parents timeshare. We always have a great time just relaxing by the pool. This weekend was our first real weekend with down time, so we stayed home for the most part and got lots of chores completed around the house. Last night we had dinner with my Family at Peppinos, and this morning we had brunch with The Husband's family at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, which is always super yummy. And filling. Yes, I feel like I may explode. My eyes were MUCH bigger than my stomach!

That pretty much catches me up to speed. I will try to be a better blogger, though I make no promises!! Next weekend is the Kings of Leon concert, and I cannot wait. Hopefully I will be able to take pictures!