Christmas in California

We spent Christmas in California with family. Not much to say other than everything was great. I'll let the pictures tell the rest.


Demon Dog

We went to Big Bear Lake with my mom and my sister. We stumbled into a great old-school arcade where we played Skeeball and other classics such as this.


Mario Bros.

Actually, this deserves a little back story. We went down this Alpine rolling sled ride; and where I went so fast that I slid off the side of my vehicle and scraped the track on the sharp curves, Katrina actually went too slow and the girl behind her (who started after the customary ten second gap) actually caught up and bumped her. This picture shows the frustration and disappointment felt by the poor girl who spent four dollars to ride the Alpine Sled only to get held up by Katrina, the frightened little slow-poke.

Penelope the dog

Another Classic

The Classics

Discs of Tron

At Big Bear Lake

Salvation Army Salvage

A recent trip to the local Salvation Army to donate some clothes before our move to a new apartment yielded an awesome find for me; a Mitsubishi!

VCR!

Not just any VCR, but an S-VHS VCR. It's a higher-end, slightly more professional machine with S-Video outputs which are more useful in this digital age than regular old composite outputs. Also, one of my two old VCRs had developed a weak stomach, in that it can't seem to keep anything down. Well, certain Sony tapes, anyway. Like many weak stomachs, it may have an aversion to Japanese. And though it's still an analog format, the HS-U780 will come in handy when digitizing VHS tapes for burning to DVD. Oh, and the VCR was only $16.00 and it works like a charm. Not bad since I found the same model (minus controller just like mine) sold for $105.00 on eBay last month!

Our trip to the S.A. thrift store also yielded these neat pictures.


Check out the mind-numbing array of switches on this Baldwin organ.



This piano looks really old. Notice there are no pedals. The bench is equally ornate.



I came this close to buying this.

Ah, Texas...

I spotted this on the way to work yesterday, and I thought it demaded a little research. So I found this website.

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/

If this doesn't get the kids out there to vote, nothing will.

Pikcher Fone

Here's a few pictures from our Thanksgiving break. I didn't have a nice camera or anything. Just the one that came with my new phone. When I signed the new contract, I asked for the cheapest phone they had since my old one was all screwed up, and they sold me this one. Even the cheap phones have cameras in 'em, now. Here's a few sample shots.


Katrina strikes a stunning* pose. This is actually here at our apartment.


This is Josh. We've been rollin' since nine-seven. PUC style.


Stew (not sleeping). We've also been rollin' since tha' Purdizzle Daze.



Chicago's Sears Tower from the window at Katrina's mom's condo.




Again, here in Houston. Katrina actually made the Princess Leia joke before did, but I snapped the picture.




Gilda Grace Rivera in her "Suddenly, Grace!" pose.



* For the remainder of this post, I'll be using the term "stunning" as a replacement for "zombie-like." Thank you for your time.