FishFest 2007

Saturday I spent the day with one of my favoritest people for breakfast at Mimi's followed by a day of fun and sun at FishFest 2007. After a super yummy breakfast, MC and I headed to Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

After a lot of waiting, a lot of sun, and a lot of uphill walking, we made it up to the lawn seating where we copped a squat close to center stage.

Jourdan and Joanna joined us a couple of hours later. I miss them! Since this was our second year in a row that the four of us have attended FishFest, we decided to make it a yearly tradition. =)

The music was awesome and it was great to put a face to the songs we hear on the radio and sing in church. The performers that we watched on the main stage were Jesse Daniels, Aaron Shust, Kutless, Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me, and Third Day. They definitely "Rocked my face off" ...hehehehe... I loved that there was a random mix of people taking in fellowship. For the first time they had a special message from Pastor Francis Chan. He's hilarious, I like his preaching style - entertaining, informative, and relatable.

The four of us did a lot of talking, laughing, and picture taking with LuLu. Actually Jourdan did most of the picture taking. Thanks for the pictures and photography tips, Jourdan!!!

Left vs Right

Right now. Its all about work. Its all about overtime. Its all about numbers, databases, property tax bills...its all quite BLAH. All day (and its a long day that starts at 7 and ends at least until 6...yeah I know...) I'm using the left side of my brain. For a long time this side of my brain had been the dominant one. Crunching numbers, being professional at work, working with a left brained boss where all things that slowly but surely put the right side of my brain to sleep.

This is where LuLu comes in, my new Canon Rebel xti. I love her! I've forgotten how much I loved photography until she came along. Its my newest obsession and my newest outlet for my creativity. This camera has revitalized the right side of my brain. The giggles, the creativity, the intuition, the emotions, the day-dreams are in full gear. Now if I can just get the two sides to work together....

This morning my brain was hurting, especially the right side of my brain. It felt like an ice pick was stabbing me through the right eye, up into my brain. It was horrible! I believe this is because the right side of my brain is trying to reclaim its rightful dominance in my head.

Its funny, I haven't used an SLR in a long time but on Sunday I fell right back into it. I've gone back to keeping both eyes open when taking pictures and I use my left eye to look into the view finder. Also, I'm back to shifting the subject matter towards the bottom right side of the frame. (see my artsy fartsy pictures below) Yep, I'm back to doing my thang.

Of course, I have to relearn the aperture settings and shutter speeds. That will come back to me in time. =)

First attempt at being "Artsy Fartsy"

On Sunday, I took "LuLu" out on her first picture taking adventure. Xtine wanted to return to the scene of her engagement picture session, so we headed down to the San Juan Capistrano depot to take some pictures with our Rebels in hand.

Here are the artsy fartsiest of the pictures I took...

Fighting to keep the past where it belongs...

I found myself crying uncontrollably yesterday. Not about the present or future, but about the past. July had been the worst month for me the past 3 years. Its the busiest month of the year at work. Its one of the hottest months of the year. Its the month that he broke my heart.

I'm doing much better than last year, and yet yesterday, I found myself crying uncontrollably. It was the ugly cry, you know, the kind where you can barely talk and every hole in your head is dripping something. It's stress, heat stroke, uncertainty, and fear. It's too much change in a short span of time. It's too much future in my face all at once. It's not even my future, but everyone else's.

I want that, I want my future.

So, I'm fighting desperately to keep the past where it belongs so that I can have it and so that I won't be left behind.

aka...Lucy Aliante

Would it be so wrong to give a different name when you encounter a creepy guy? I've decided to use the alias of "Lucy Aliante".

Lucy is sassy! Lucy is the one who, when I was in Vegas and asked by some creep, "Where's the party at?!" as he ogled my cleavage, responded with "Not down there!" hehehe. Okay, granted I did wear my Vegas shirt...but I was in Vegas...and that's my Vegas shirt...

It was Lucy who wore that shirt, not me.