One Day Photo Project

courtney's one day of photos

2009-07-01T10:51:00.000-06:00

A little late...I am such a procrastinator when it comes to getting photos off of my camera!

On June 13th Chris and I were at Arches National Park.

The drive down:

Eeyore, who has lived on my rear view mirror for almost 10 years:

At Balanced Rock:

At Delicate Arch:

Pics from our campsite on the Colorado River:

June 13th in Seattle

2009-06-20T20:15:00.007-06:00

Ok. This will be a bit boring. I didn't have the drive to make it out of the house. Here's what I do have though.

I like to spend some time out on my balcony.

What a view. You're all jealous, I can tell.

The pussy pics. She's so precious.

Yes that is a leaf of catnip, or as I like to call it "kitty crack".

And just like that, it's gone.

She is so jonesing for more. She's limited to one leaf a day though.

This is my garden.

Yes that is the source of the catnip. I grow my own. It's purer that way ;o)

This is the indoor garden.

I spent the rest of the day making these. I ran out of yellow rings so I couldn't finish them, but when they get here I've got more. I'm going to try and sell them. Any takers?

And that is my day. Riveting huh?

$teve's Juneteenth

2009-06-15T20:12:00.014-06:00

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

To be honest this was kind of a slow day...but here you go. It started out at the first edition of the Farmer's Market, conveniently located across the street...

"BIIIIKE!!!"

Then I did manly stuff...like laundry & vacuuming.

Indoor Neon - Almost as cool as the other kind...

Then as it has done for the past week or so, it rained...

Then I watched some movies...but you'll have to check out my blog for that...and the next day has even COOLER pictures. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Have a great day!!!

Rain Rain Rain

2009-06-13T22:02:00.002-06:00

I wish the weather had been better today. No photos :(

2009-02-22T22:00:00.004-07:00

Lilie's Friday le 13th

Well, it started as the usual gloomy day going to work,
awaiting the excitement of what is my job...

As I sit by my desk, I read the words on my calendar
to get inspiration and strength for the day...

The phone rang an unusually large number of times that day...

When I left work, I wanted to decompress. I knew I didn't have time to go home, change and walk on the beach - so I thought I would take a scenic route instead.

Saw lots of really cute homes on the beach... someday? :)

I called this place that was for lease, it's $2400/month for a one bedroom...

And that was my day! Until I got a phone call around 8pm from the BF saying that he's at the Long Beach airport.... Surprise! No pictures of 8 PM on, but certainly the best weekend of my life, including unexpected surprises and an engagement ring :)

2009-02-19T22:45:00.000-07:00

Apparently, I'd forgotten what the flier said. It's "I'd rather perish in this snowstorm than I'd rather perish...."

Friday

2009-02-19T21:45:00.011-07:00

I awakened early for no good reason. I decided this was an excuse to begin taking photos.

As I left my house, I considered the route I should take. I see the same thing every day, it's time for a change on such a sunny morning.

I tried to document the homeless-ish man dressed as the statue of liberty hanging out with his buddy on the job. I think the people behind me hate me today.

After I got to work, I remembered one of the creepiest places in my building. There are plenty who take place in this blog who would recognize this area, but it's so much eerier this way.

These chairs seem absurd in their numbers. There is plenty of room here to stack fewer together.

So, to make call center employees feel even more like high school students, they asked us all to rearrange our desks. They said it was so we got to know our team. I think it's mind control.

I documented my desk as I moved out and McKenzey moved in. Stephanie commented that packing your things into a box at work while someone else waits for you to finish, also holding a box, gives you the feeling of being fired.

I agree with Stephanie.

The rest of work did not get photographed

Matt and I took a walk down for dinner at Red Rock.

One of my favorites of the day follows. I really think so, too.

Matt and I found a few instances of the flier that follows. The one we found initially was behind the plexiglass of a news stand and we couldn't get it to photograph and depict the words. I bring this up because the two shots we have are after fifteen minutes of trying different things.

The words are still not clear here. It says "I would rather be caught in the snowstorm than I would rather be caught in the snowstorm than...." and repeats.

We ordered this great bottle of trippelbock that Red Rock had on special. It was tasty and beautiful.

We walked up 300 South to the bus

It was a nice evening. I love the dirty city.

Day at the Zoo

2009-02-14T23:35:00.005-07:00

As a state employee, I am forced to not work every Friday. It's alright though I guess. This weekend is particularly nice because we get President's Day off as well, so it's a pretty nice weekend.

To have something interesting to post, we decided to start this year's zoo season in February. We habe a membership for the zoo and I imagine we're going to spend quite a few more days there. Especially once the bird show starts again. We wanted Ruth's Diner for Lunch, but they seem to be closed for renovations right now, so we continued up Emigration Canyon and maybe three or four miles up the road is "Sun and Moon Café", which also provided us with some good food (no pictures of that, sorry).

We decided to pretty much skip most of the zoo and go more or less straight to the Asian Highlands to see if the Tiger was a little more photo-cooperative today. As we would find out later, the Tiger was not even out, but oh well. We came across this little guy, who seemed a little out of place.

Right past the kangaroo is a building that has some reptiles and small monkeys (not together in the same cage, that would be scary) and birds. We found this little squirrel monkey enjoying all the visitors passing through. He would run to his food, grab a little piece of carrot and run up to the window, holding himself up while eating his food. After finishing, he would run back and get more. I think he had fun looking at all the people. He didn't seem to understand the concept that we were there to see him and not for him to stare at us. Oh well. I'd probably be bored too.

Right outside the reptile house was the gray wolf, but he didn't want to pose and as soon as I was able to get a shot past or through the fence, he would walk off into the upper hills and hide. Past that is the Amur Leopard. There are only about 35 or 40 left in the wild. Zoos across the world are doing their part to keep them around a little longer. I hope they are successful.

Magpies love the zoo as much as they love any other part of the valley. This was on the southern edge of the zoo. There's not even any exhibit yet. Thought the magpies are interesting enough though. A lot of people don't like magpies because they steal eggs and young birds and eat them, but I like them. They are smart. With some patience, they can even learn to speak.

Right across from the zoo is the "This is the Place Heritage Park". If you are mormon, this might be worth a visit. But if you are mormon, you probably already know about it. If you are not mormon, it's really not worth a visit. Supposedly Brigham Young stood at this place and on the edge of the valley and decided "This is the Place" to build a city. Right on the edge of a salty lake. But California was already taken, so you got to take what's left. But in the end, Salt Lake City is a pretty nice place to live, so thanks Brigham, for picking this.

Erica.

Acara is the daughter of Eli and Eve and was born at the Hogle Zoo May 7th 2005. Like every 3-and-a-half-year old, she likes to torment her father by pulling his hair and hanging from the ceiling and kicking him. Here, she's pretty peacefully eating a playing card.

Coming out of the primate building, we found this peacock. Peacocks run around all of the Hogle Zoo. I wonder if they can fly. And if they could, why they don't just take off. But maybe they just like it there too much. I suspect they can at least jump very high because you sometimes find them on top of the buildings. Anyways, this one was on top of a fence, enjoying the sun. He let me get up to about 6 to 8 feet close, watching my every move to make sure I wasn't getting too close. It's only the male peacocks that look so good. Females just have a little green against what is mostly gray, but nothing like this. Somehow in human evolution (yes, evolution, I said it) this got lost and it's the females wearing all the color. Weird.

Aflac! But in those ads, I think it's a goose, not a swan. But this expression made me wait for that annoying quack.

The pelicans were just getting fed when we were there. One of them was a little weird. He caught all the fish in his beak and then dropped them almost like he didn't want to eat, but again catch the next one that was thrown. Weird little guy. I don't think it was this one though. This one seems to like the fish.

More pelican-fish-interaction. Not really all that interactive for the fish though. If you look closely, you can see the eye of the fish pushing against the skin of the bottom part of the beak. I don't know what it's called. Pouch?

For formatting reasons, I made the images here a little smaller then they really are. You can get a 500 pixel version by clicking on it. They are also on my home page photo album and I am going to also put some on my flickr.

$teve's Friday the 13th

2009-02-14T10:52:00.010-07:00

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

This morning started out like any other during the week...early. Then I went to work...and then I cooked dinner...and then I watched some TV...and then I went to bed. Happy Single Awareness Day everybody!!! To prove that I really am this lame...here is photographic evidence...

"This is the dawning of the angel Aquarius..."

How many men can say that Bettie Page watches them get dressed?

RIP Miss Page...

...and Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Got this painting in Barcelona. Loves it.

Going down? Hahahaha...I wish...

At work, I have a phone AND a muffin

This is the crew that I work with

See if you can guess which one is me...

It's snowing pretty good. Let's retreat to high ground.

There we go...

Proof that I do have cookbooks

A coworker's new baby fridge magnet, a postcard

from Filly and a bottle of Tequila Bar-B-Q Sauce.

A quick five minute meal of a turkey burger with reduced

fat Cheez-Its...and ladies, it's nearly QUARTER the fat of a

regular burger and fries with all the flavor. Cuz that's how I roll...

Oh...and I do have a fondue pot...ladies

Watched celebrity game of NBA All-Star weekend...

...between commercials of Casino on AMC

Mac: And what are prisoners?

Charlie: Hard?

Mac: That's right...we need to get hard...and this a chance for us to show my dad how hard we can get. Don't you wanna get hard?

Charlie: Yeah, I wanna get hard.

Mac: Do you want to shove heroin into your ass?
Charlie: Dude, I don't want to shove anything in my ass!
Mac: Alright! This is the perfect opportunity to prove how hard we are, and not have to shove anything up our asses!

Again, Happy Valentine's Day everybody!!! Go get hard!!!

Lilie's Day

2009-02-08T14:57:00.008-07:00

Well, it took over a month... but I finally found out why I couldn't download my pictures on my computer. Here's to future One Day Photo Project where I'll post on time.

To celebrate this day, I had yummy cereal with fresh bananas and blueberries:

On my way to work... $teve, you have your own parking lot?!?!

At Work, my lucky bamboo plant from Vanessa greets me...

Then I stare at the apple I'm about to eat as my 10 AM snack...

Leaving work, I see the tall city buildings in the dark (left late that day... again...)

It still cracks me up how there's still traffic at 6:30 PM...

I see my plant at home and realize I need to feed it... it's like a pet...

My Carbon Monoxide Detector decides to stop working...

Oh well, it's late, time to put my hair up, get in my PJ's and relax.

The only inauguration I watched was during lunch in the cafeteria... and I didn't bring my camera down, so I apologize. Still, a fabulous day for a brand new President in whom I have complete faith will change our country for the better.

11 days ago - esther's january 20th 2009

2009-01-31T19:42:00.002-07:00

hello! sorry to be late, but it's fashionable, and i am a superficial bitch so the timing of this post suits me.

inauguration day! in celebration, i took the day off of work to revel in the fact we have a new president. besides, if i would have gone to work, i probably would have cut someone.

see ya later evil dick cheney! srsly, who looks that evil in a wheelchair? dick the devil cheney.

i was so happy. i cried.

afterwards, i went to get my learn on.

the shuttle was so insanely packed that day i had to awkwardly hang over an even more awkward guy. and the driver kept giving me dirty looks.

it's queer theory with genius/professor kathryn stockton. she is so cool. a friend of mine has a theory that she's into asphixiation, hence the mock turtlenecks. i think she is just really cold.

after class i visit my friend irene. i secretly think of her as my mentor.

she had this amazing... THING hanging from her ceiling. 1000 cranes she made for her daughter's wedding. she told me when i got married she would make them for me too! now i have to get married, if only for that gift. put that on my list of things to do...

take a very empty shuttle back to my car.

this was my picture of the day for the 365 day photo project. one of my favorites.

bleh, haze.

jessica and i went to sage's market.

men's pocky. it's bitter. like men. ha!

this is the logo for a freight company - i always see their trucks around my work and LOVE it so much!

we go to a park and eat our goods in bitter ass cold.

to kill more time without losing our toes, we go to toys r us.

now they're manufacturing board games for girls. pink monopoly! you can be a chihuahua, a cell phone or sunglasses. the boutique edition also comes in a pink carrying case reminiscent of a jewelry box. my god, are gender roles being so threatened we need to reinforce them like THIS?

jessica and i duel with stuffed animals. i won. totally.

lolz, jessica.

sup.

we left, and i bought the high school musical version of mystery date for $4.40. SO GOOD! WHO WILL PLAY WITH ME?! we went to pagoda and i ate my favorite thing ever, chicken tats. so delicious, not to be confused with tater tots (bleh).

a light in my tea cup!

that's not vague at all.

then i went home to find my textbooks had arrived!

played some video games, read a little and went to bed. pretty good day.

I'm a bad photo person

2009-01-30T19:30:00.001-07:00

I left my camera at home. My camera phone sucks. Next time I'll do better I promise.

2009-01-23T18:51:00.004-07:00

Having Lost some photos from my camera, I was able to just give a skeletal impression of this smoggy workday, but here it is.

Another Tuesdee...

2009-01-21T18:40:00.003-07:00

Good evening everyone,

Here is my day. Once again, since it started in my room, I decided to take some close ups of some more wierd crap that I have. Also, it was an excuse to play with my macro stuff on my camera, which I don't do too much, and should do more of. The practice would have made these pictures better:

Then outside, some nieghborhood dogs got loose, and this guy had it under control (phew!):

Then it was off to school (again), and here are some pictures outside the math building. They are pretty blurry, but I liked them though:

And I came home to From Russia with Love asleep in my bed. Aaaawwww:

~M.S.

yessymika's january day

2009-01-21T02:42:00.001-07:00

i tried to wake up early so i could watch the inauguration on tv. as i don't have one, this would have required going somewhere. which was too much effort at 9AM. 9AM is too early for jessicas. so i lay in bed and listened to it on npr.

i was feeling very hopeful. about the future. about the present. about the country. everything. later on in the day i started feeling a bit hopeless again, but i had a nice wallow and a good cry, and felt better afterwards. now i'm choosing to have faith, that things will improve.

i tried to go to work. but they didn't want me. so i came home again, and as i was waiting for esther to come over i wandered around behind my apartment. this is my garage. i love the texture.

my neighbor has been counting down bush's last days in office on her little christmas board. i loved coming home, walking pass her door, and seeing "5 days!" "3 days!" "1 day!" and finally... ta da!

esther and i drove over to sage market for some tasty snacks. i did not buy a bag full of garlic, but i did buy some little bowls with pigs on them, and shrimp chips.

we went over to the fairy park, sat on a bench, drank some very cold sodas (brrrrr) and decided to write a pamphlet called "social consciousness for dummies." also, i found a hat.

to warm up, and for lack of any other ideas, we went to toys r' us. we tried to find some $5 gifts for each other, but failed. toys r' us sucks. also, PINK GAMES? do girls really need every game remade in PINK?! what's the point of pink monopoly? or jenga?

last we went to pagoda for some tasty chicken tats. we did not eat sushi. a man came and sat at a table near us. he was alone and consumed a large amount of california rolls by himself. he stared at us the entire time, and drank a beer.

came home and watched Zombie Strippers. because nothing says "history" like naked dead girls.

the end.

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$teve's Obama Day

2009-01-20T21:20:00.006-07:00

Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen,

Well, I kinda forgot that today was Photo Day (cell phone problems for those who don't know) but I think I made up for it later in the day...so sorry, no shower pictures this time. Though with my new cell phone, I thought I'd break in the camera a bit...and this was all I came up with...

My keyboard...in negative

I like how this makes my hand look like a creepy talon

After work, I went home. Isn't that what you do? Then I walked around town a bit because I wasn't feeling well...and my response is usually "Walk it off" whenever that's the case...and it was still in the 50's after the sun went down...which isn't what you would expect mid-January in Denver, Colorado. Anyway, here are the pictures...

Lobby of my apartment building...

with free (included with rent) coffee and breakfast

Elevators...with a Poltergeist III theme

My living room...with new serpentine lamp

What's that out the window?

Have I mentioned that I love my view?

My version of the Rocky Steps...

the gym is at the top of them

Watched a bunch of History Channel President Specials

My building - Can you guess which light is my apartment?

Big hole in the ground

Not sure where they keep the cows

The 9th Gate...er, 9th Door

Sip Wine Shop - Much more high class than my idea, "Gulp"

Well, that's about it. I have a picture or two of my bedroom with a special red bulb glow for the ladies...but that's only for a special few. Wanna see it? Come visit Denver...but more importantly, have a great day!!! OBAMA!!!

december prizes

2009-01-17T16:39:00.002-07:00

Steve won the Denver for the Holidays and Mocking the Blog Boss awards.

Miss Lilie won the Warm Climates Are So Much Better Than Snow award.

Tony won the Black and White and Grey Textures All Over award.

Esther won the Bokeh is Hard Than it Looks and the This Looks Eerily Familiar awards.

I gave myself the Breaking My Own Rules award. Because I can.

Randy won the It Doesn't Do This in Seattle! award.

Thanks you all for participating! I heart you.

tuesday

2009-01-17T16:35:00.003-07:00

January 20th is Photo Day!

Mark your calendars!
Set your clocks!
Charge your batteries!

And give me greatness people. Greatness.

Oh, and um... something else is happening that day...

Some guy... taking office...

History, man.... whoa.

My day several days later or weeks. Who's counting?

2009-01-09T19:42:00.005-07:00

Snow in Seattle? Believe it or not it's a rare experience. I thought I left snowy Sundays in Salt Lake. The jokes on me I guess.

Ahh, the breakfast of champions named Randy. Yummy!!

My new shoes. They were only $15 bucks. Great deal right? Not so much I think I overpaid. By the end of the day they had a hole in them. That was day 2 of wearing them. I'll be taking them back when I get a chance.

Downtown you see the Macy's Star. It's REALLY bright after dark.

Not enough snow plows plus several days of snow toss in some very steep streets that are closed and you get people acting like children

It's a snow woman. You may ask how I know. She had boobies, they were small, firm and icy.

See I was right the star is much brighter at night. The tree was pretty too. Then it started to snow again.

Lights in the trees. Just like home.

Then I headed home, got stuck at a park and ride and had to walk home 3 miles in the snow. A good samaritan stopped and gave me a lift. I was so cold and tired he could have had an axe next to him and I would have gotten in. So you see I took my life into my hands to get these pictures.

yessymika's december day... guest starring esther kim

2008-12-25T20:46:00.006-07:00

good morning! er, afternoon.

i spent a good portion of the day being a geek. a literature geek. i alphabetized my books. it ended up taking me days. days. that's a lot of books. steve mocked me. and the kitty "helped" by... well, she was there for moral support.

met up with esther, and dropped off the many, many, many, many books she'd used for her final papers at the marriott library on the u of u campus. it was very quiet there. the sound of thousands of students sleeping is silence.

next? sugarhouse! on the sunday before christmas! my god, the humanity. the humanity.

after shop shop shopping (i found a red tube top for $1.99!) we went to blue plate for some well deserved fries and veggie sausage. mmmm, veggie sausage...

and then more shopping. at brickyard, my old stomping ground. ross dress for less smells funny. and i found purple gloves. esther did not buy this bling.

next i made esther drive me down 300 west to take photos of all the neon i drive passed on a daily basis. it was glorious. glorious. and cold.

i love this sign. and i didn't get shanked while taking this photo.

next? the temple. why? why not. there were pretty lights. and stereotypes!

and then... it was cold. so we went to nostalgia for some coffee. it's pretty great there. you should check it out.

they also have a giant chess set. giant! esther checked me. then mated.

while taking this photo some guy inside thought i was taking a photo of him. which i wasn't. egoist!

the end!

oh, and yes, i'm aware that i broke my own "maximum of 15 photos rule." i'm the blog boss. i do as i please.

as always i took too many pictures. you can see them all here.

thanks for playing!

esther's december 21 - guest star jessica lee

2008-12-23T21:11:00.003-07:00

it's another one day photo post! but in a much more timely manner. i swear, the things you can get done when you're not putting off homework.

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one day photo project
december 21, 2008
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the first productive thing i did that sunday was make holiday themed treats for co-workers and friends alike.

rice crispy treats with fruity pebbles in a vague starlike shape! general consensus - delicious.

3 hours and too much sugared rice cereal to mention later, i clean myself up and get ready to go out.

my newest threadless tee shirt - the graphic on it is so huge my boobs look frightening.

i pick up jessica and we go to the library to drop off many many many many many books used for research.

time for holiday themed consumerism!

the anticipation of an overcrowded old navy frightens us.

while we were there, we saw my dad! he's so awesome.

jessica noted how expressive he is, but he doesn't like having his picture taken, so you'll just have to imagine it.

he was there looking for the same thing i was - gloves! but we couldn't find any and i vowed to buy him some that night. we measured hand sizes and his are just a little bit bigger than mine, which means either he has lady hands or i have man hands.

but first, to eat.

jessica and tabasco at the blue plate diner. i don't claim to understand it.

we went to tjmaxx afterwards and i found gloves for my dad! $9.99!

jessica has a thing for neon. i chauffered.

peterbilt girl

yo elect! my favorite sign of the night.

on to temple square!

srsly, vegas for mormons.

i'm going to assume you've already read my racist nativity post so please enjoy these photos while i quietly fume.

jessica, her devil head and the nativity. speaks for itself, doesn't it?

bokeh!

reppin' my caricaturized pan-ethnic peeps.

kiwi. argh.

we escaped the bitter cold and oppression to nostalgia coffee shop for warmth and easy listening jazz.

breakfast at tiffany's cupcake ala mini's (?)

jessica and i play a rousing game of chess. i checkmated her.

i'm sitting next to santa claus if he went on atkins, took up hiking and ran an internet business.

then i went home, exhausted. but when i tried to go to sleep all the sugar from the three ultra sweet cokes i'd had at 5:30pm at dinner (yes, dinner at 5:30, i am 65 years old) i couldn't so i just stared into space until i woke up the next morning.

x-posted on lj

Quantized pictures of Tony's Solstice

2008-12-22T22:55:00.006-07:00

Well, the day started out rather boring. My day like every other started out in my room. Here are some of those sights. they include: 2 odd mask faces that I found in a surf shop in Cali, and a globe I got as a white elephant gift:

From Russia with love and I had to run around some, and I snapped these of a construction site and some traffic:

Then I had to go to work. So here are some bland pics of the office on a Sunday:

Our new break room:

Is that the surface of the Moon?!?!? No, just snow... my Kryptonite:

These were ones that From Russia with Love took. Here I am getting into my pocket after a rinning phone:

And here are her cute eyes in the mirror:

And that's the show folks! Untill next Month!

Lilie's Day

2008-12-22T21:39:00.005-07:00

Hi everybody! Here goes:
First greeting of the day (and reminder!)

I finally get up - and see this magnificent view from my living room window...

Thought I should start cooking soon...

The flip-flops I wore to the beach that day... while everyone in Salt Lake was freezing

Wrapping up some Christmas presents...

Bought a bunch of towels at Kohl's... now I have to wash them

Another fun view of the poluted LA Sunset.

That was my day! Short but sweet. See you next Photo Day!

$teve's Winter Solstice

2008-12-21T20:19:00.007-07:00

Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen,

Here are some pictures from my day. Please enjoy!!!

Sunrise from my bed...and a Dreamcatcher

"Good morning World!!!"

Off to the 16th Street Mall to do some Xmas shopping...

Admit it. You have NO IDEA what's in those.

I'll spare you any pictures of me cleaning my bathroom.

Instead enjoy some of the posters I finally hung up...

The sun's setting...

"Time Bandits" on my movie screen

Let's go see the Christmas lights downtown...

Teddy Roosevelt & Jack Dempsey

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!

Peace on Earth!!!

and Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus!!!

one day- december

2008-12-06T19:20:00.004-07:00

I hope everyone had fun last month.

This month our "one day photo" day will be: Sunday, December 21st.

And now... a few November awards:

The "I'm Unoriginal and Did the Same Crap Again This Month" Award goes to... Tony! Who also won the "Welcome to My Secret Lab - Don't Touch That!" Award. (Oh, and I'm not being mean, really... he told me to type that).

The "I Live at a Higher Elevation Than All of You Suckers" Award goes to... Steve! I'm also giving him the "Viva La Revolution... via Broken Sign" Award.

Randy is this month's recipient of the "Kissing Up To The Blog Boss" Award (well done Mister Randy), and "Cuddling with the Kitty" Award.

The "W.O.W. Geek" Award, and the "Violators Will Be Shot" Award, goes to Courtney.

Esther is the recipient of the "Dead Critters on the Asphalt" Award, as well as the "Freakishly Fast Clouds Montage" Award.

Congratulations everyone! I know these awards mean the world to you.

the november 13th of esther

2008-12-02T15:22:00.002-07:00

it's late, but here's my day.

god, i hate this font.

<3/esther

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i was running late so there was no time for prep photos, just a straightaway out the door. my dad's hat was on the table and i had to take a picture of the clip on the brim. it's a character from a korean card game we used to play, the red circle denotes the highest value. it's so cute. to the west, the drive-in. to the north, some road. to work!

i was running so late there was no time to tie my shoes, which seems to be the norm these days. my giant boss, shane, thinking deeply. and me with a surprised/vapid look on my face. i'm working. sort of.

lunch time! i'm off to partake in good old fashioned american consumerism!

i bought a new cell phone! yes, i was as happy as my face reveals. a picture is worth a thousand words folks. later that night, i dropped it and scratched the hell out of it. :( i get back to cover the reception desk and spend the hour watching the shiba inu puppy cam. so adorable. and then jessica comes back and makes that weird face.

and then i leave work!

not only did i risk my own life but the lives of others taking this photo. if you can't read through the blurriness, the bumper sticker reads 'my other car is an autobot'. nerdtastic.

i head to sugarhouse and pass an enormous adirondack chair. some day, i'll sit in it. i park across from a pretentious auto with wipers on their headlights. really, are those that effective, specifically in rain? snow, i get, but rain?

look, a bunch of white kids immersed in manga!

i leave with a birthday gift (not shown) and spot this sad sight:

dead bird! and not just dead, but bloody squished. poor little thing.

on my way up to campus. can someone tell me what's strange about this photo?

i took this series of photos at a red light

those clouds were booking! comparable to a slow moving train!

it doesn't take much to impress me. obviously.

i meet up with my aasa peeps and we bowl the fastest game of our lives.

catherine!

when my team plays, we become a revolutionary. a bowling revolutionary.

actually, i think one of us broke 100. maybe. total points? 200ish?

afterwards i settle in and continue reading 'killing rage'. it makes my brain hurt, but i like it.

i see irene and help her set up a table for some high school thing and we discuss academia because we are better than you.

i leave to prep for studying. yes, i had to study to for tutoring.

this guy was really into his sleep in the student lounge.

and then chris came and tutored me in math! thanks chris! i did wind up guessing some of the answers, but felt generally more confident afterwards. also, i had a test a week later and got an 80 when i was sure i would have failed, so epic win!

on my way to my car, i dropped my new cell phone and scratched it all up. :( the rest of my night was uneventful. i think i watched the office.

courtney's day

2008-11-26T23:31:00.000-07:00

check out courtney's photos on her blog

2008-11-16T15:22:00.004-07:00

The dawn of another day. It begins as most of the rest of mine. In my bed. It's a nice bed. A little rumpled, but still nice.

Then there is the showering, the shaving, the eating, and the getting ready for work. Really boring stuff.

Then I get to work. There's a problem. My coffee, it's so far away. Can't reach my coffee. Can't function or concentrate. And no, it's not Starbucks. I haven't had a Starbucks coffee since I moved up here. It's been Seattle's best, or homebrewed.

Ah, my workstation. Here's where I make the big bucks. OK mostly big bucks. OK, OK enough to get me by.

I'm such a smart ass. In my defense it was an odd, and prime number. It was 11.

So I headed from work to the gym and after the gym I realize I haven't been taking any pictures. Ooops. This is on my way home from the gym.

Nordstroms is getting ready for Christmas. Gee, it isn't even Thanksgiving yet.This reminds me of Jessica and my baby sis. How great is this? This is part of my commute home. Sometimes I can even see the sound between the buildings. When it's light out that is. Beautiful full moon. It lit my way home. The picture quite doesn't do it justice.
The cat and I wish everyone good night.

$teve's November 13th

2008-11-14T18:27:00.006-07:00

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

Here are some pictures of my Thursday. I apologize that I couldn't really take any pictures at work...or the gym (I was disappointed too...you should've seen this Pilates instructor) but alas, here they be...

First thing I see in the morning

The view from my bed at 6:45 AM...ladies...

A little later in the day, I got to walk around to

pick up pizzas for my new job - Delivery Boy

Ms. Pac-Man Tabletops

The gym that I go to...is in that skybridge

My apartment's up there on the right near the top

(Not in the Darth Vader Tower)

My lobby

My elevators

My view and a Paper Moon hangin' over a cardboard city

This is boring, let's go walk around LoDo

In honor of the Mad Scientist's Halloween costume,

The Che Factory - Crankin' out 1000 Revolucions per minute

YAY!!! Christmas is coming!!!

Well, thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed it. Here's my real blog.

Tony's 11/13

2008-11-14T14:45:00.004-07:00

Well, as I spent most of the day doing homework, there was not much to take a picture of. I did snap a couple while I was out and about for a little bit. Oh, and a couple at school. I do not have captions for some of them, as they, well, do not need them.

Snow. My Kryptonite:

The Electronics lab:

I have no idea what this crap is. And, yes, it is right-side-up:

Some of our out dated equipment:

Some one did not realize that yes, the windows do indeed open:

Outside the Physics building:

Just a lamp and a tree. I thought it was like fireworks on Valium:

Thant's all for my day folks!

~Tony

yessymika's november day

2008-11-14T14:29:00.005-07:00

woke up at 6AM. early. too early. particularly having worked until midnight the night before. too lazy to really do my hair. thank god for hot rollers.

sun rises are pretty. not pretty enough to make 7AM an everyday thing for me. but still. pretty.

at work, leading like a leader. and can i just say: our keyboards? ewww.

around noon. home again, home again, jiggity jig. this lives behind my apartment building. we don't take kindly to folk who don't part correctly around here.

i was having one of those "don't really want to be around people" kind of days, so K-filly and i went for a little drive.

we stopped by The Best Little Phone Booth in Utah. it's pretty amazing. around 300 south and 300 east, near The Bakery.

our drive took us out by the Great Salt Lake, near Saltair. it's pretty brilliant. there's a place with an old building and train car covered in graffiti, and pieces of old waterslides. garbage and broken glass everywhere. it's like a post-apocalyptic wonderland.

a refrigerator full of condiments and no food. how embarrassing.

this chair sits are the edge of the lake. it is full of bullet holes and broken glass.

sea shells? no, something better. and more violent.

some of the wonderful graffiti we found. it makes me think of ingrid michaelson's song breakable: "we are just breakable girls and boys." but, you know, creepier.

pie is 3.14159265358979323846…

"i think this belongs to you," she said. "it's your treasure."

continuing on our drive. somewhere near tooele, utah. i think someone shot the "no hunting" sign.

after we got home we made some ramen with eggs, and then K-filly's buddy B called from New Orleans. she was a happy, happy girl. see the smile? happy.

Tomorow!

2008-11-12T23:05:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow is photo day.
Be sure to charge your batteries.
Looking forward to greatness.

One Day In November (and a few awards)

2008-11-01T17:18:00.002-06:00

Hi. Thank you to everyone who participated last month!

The award for Best Shots from a Car goes to Ruben, who also won the Best Shot of Two Feet Award.

Tony won the Terminal Velocity and Duck on a Keychain Award, as well as the Black and White = Awesome Award.

The Award for the Most Puppies goes to Joey and Geoff (and Cobbler). Geoff also won the Finger Up the Nose Award.

The Disney-est of Awards to go Randy, who has also earned the title of Honorary Goofy.

Steve won the Sheer Number of Photos Award, as well as the Party Animal Award.

Our "one day" this month is November 13th.

2008-10-30T23:04:00.017-06:00

My day just happened to coincide with Disney Gay Days 2008. It's not an official event, but the Gayest place on earth, Disneyland, is overrun by thousands of gay men in red shirts. I pity the random straight man who by mistake chooses the clean red shirt from the cloths hamper.
My day started as most do. In Bed. I love beds.

There was showering and eating, and then

We wait for the shuttle to the park. Introductions are in order. On the left with the knockers my baby sis loves is my sister-in-law, Leslie. Next to her, the TALL one is Leslie's son Thomas. He's going into the Navy, this is his last hurrah before boot. On the right is my oldest friend Dave. AKA Big Gay all. AKA the infamous pirate, Lodi the Dove.

Leslie made a joke and had to hid from me. I found it quite funny that she could hide behind her son.

The banner says it all. "Where we meet old friends for the very first time"

My ticket to the Happiest place on earth. Yay!! First on our list was a scavenger hunt. We got there just a little bit early so we decided to channel some of the Disney character bronze statues in front of Cinderella's Castle.

What do you think, twins separated at birth?

The scavenger hunt was lots of fun, but it also involved LOTS of running around. Take my advice don't try to run and snap pictures. It's dangerous! (musical tones) The more you know!

After the scavenger hunt we headed to Critter Country. We got fast passes for Splash Mountain. Dave loved the sign, but we lost track of him afterwards. Funny enough we found him "just around the river bend"

This is the aftermath of Splash mountain. It's the only dry spot on my body. I was dripping for 15 minutes and wet for most of the day. That's the last time I sit in the front of the log.

A whale of a tale!

It may be noted in this picture that Thomas bears a passing resemblance to a certain actor who was in a certain Disney movie about Pirates. Too bad he's technically my nephew.

Lodi the Dove and Captain Jack Sparrow.

Define irony: Two gay men in a giant teacup.

The great fake mountain of Disneyland. I miss the sky tram that used to run through the mountain. The Yeti would wave at you when you went by.

Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

This used to be the 20,000 Leagues under the Sea ride. It's been updated to a "Finding Nemo" theme.
Goofy Vader. hhhhssss, paaaaah hhhhssss, paaaah

And that is the extent of my pictures. It got dark and my camera doesn't do well in low light situations. We ate overpriced "park" food rode a few more rides, and then went back to the hotel. We crashed big time. Enjoy!!

my photo day and stuff

2008-10-11T17:06:00.003-06:00

Geoff and I both took photos, but we used my camera, and I uploaded them so they're under the same post. This first one is a book that also includes a c.d. to help YOU unlock your psychic abilities! We listened to the c.d. in the car while running errands.

Geoff reviews the book on "Ghost Cake" check itunes to download the podcast:)

Here is Geoff with a lovely wigbox at "Consignment Circut"
We also went to the Planetarium to get Geoff's brother a birthday present.
I love this dude. Check out how blocky his feet are..
This is Cobbler Obama Wobbler, my Brussels Griffon. He's the best dog ever:) Currently he's napping in my lap.
Geoff never could keep his finger out of his nose for very long...

Back at the planetarium, I have a super spongy creepy alien wig thing! It attacked me while I was on the phone with my sister Emily.
Cobbler and I pose for a photo:)
Bringing Bob to stay at my house. He is Molly's, but she's letting me borrow him to help me with my anatomy homework. It helps that it's nearing Halloween.
That's about it. I like this game:)

reminder

2008-10-07T15:23:00.002-06:00

i hope everyone had fun on saturday. i can't wait to see all of your photos! thank you ruben, mister scientist, and steve for already posting.

just a reminder: please limit yourself to 15 photographs on the blog (unless your name is Steve, and then you will be forgiven... but only because you're moving away... cheater!).

also, for everyone who participated, and even those who didn't (but really wish they had): should we make this a monthly thing?

$teve's Day

2008-10-06T09:25:00.011-06:00

Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen,

The day started like any other day. I arose from my luxuriously appointed king-sized bed, showered (sorry, no pictures available), and walked about my apartment...which I really can't wait to move out of now that I'm officially moving to Denver. Here are some pictures...

Yeah, I'm in mid-move...otherwise you'd see

my degrees and awards in the display cases.

Including my soccer trophy with a misspelled name...

Damn I love my bed. It's so comfortable.

Yes, there's a TV & stereo in my closet...

and don't mind the camcorder pointed at the bed

Reason #1 that I can't wait to move out

My landlord hasn't fixed this in three years

My work desk / dining room table

Yes, that's Marilyn Monroe as my wallpaper

There's also a 5-foot cutout of her slightly to the left

Don't judge me!!!

After breakfast, I decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood despite the fact that it was the first good rainstorm in a long, long time...but I love walking in the rain...and I even open up my windows to let the rain smell in. The reason that's really weird...is my nose is pretty much for decoration only because I've broken it so many times...but I really love the smell of rain. Anyway, here's the walk...

The Poor Man's Maybach

Please notice the slightly opened windows

House for Sale + American Flag

Sadly, see this sight too much nowadays

Do the quotation marks make

Raymond Poole the ironic choice?

STOP!!! In the name of Dr. Love.

Mormon Crossing? Why is the stereotype

always a really tall guy with a suitcase

with a teenage girl in a miniskirt?

James Dean is there to greet me at the door

"Welcome back playa."

I'm also more happily greeted by Scooby Doo & Bettie Page

"Relcome home, Revie!!!"

"Where have you been, maggot?

Get upstairs. It's spankin' time."

During the day, I watched some college football on my projector TV...because honestly once you watch football on a giant wall, you really can't force yourself to go back to a 27" TV or something. I could get people hooked and charge a five buck cover charge...and ten bucks for nachos or something like that. Eat your heart out, Iggy's!!!

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Then I took a nap...because I was feeling a little ill

Oh...and the red lightbulb is for special guests

Back to football...

"OH MY GOD!!! SNAPPING TURTLES ARE

ATTACKING WALL STREET!!!" Bored...

"Somebody get that giant dog off the field!!!"

Then it was time for the party. To be honest, I was doing more meeting & greeting than picture taking...but here's what I took. Big thanks to Boss Man B for hosting the party.

Ashley, the head of James, the Mad Scientist, & Cat

JL Clyde

Cool, I'm in the mirror

(Notice the Eagles shirt)

Mad Scientist & From Russia with Love

They're too damn cute...

Esther, Birth of Man, & JL Clyde

Cat & the ever camera-shy Lilie

Great times!!! Then around 3:30 AM, I went home and slept...alone. (Sigh...)

Generic Day- in glorious B&W

2008-10-05T22:52:00.007-06:00

Lilie's apple

My homework:

Our fountain:

An empty work station:

Our lights:

A tree on the way to work:

The horse in From Russia with Love's car:

RC Willey back lot:

Abstract out the window:

Our plants at work:

Out the windsheild on the way to work:

Fron Russia with Love's key chain:

Yes, they are... Thank you!:

Amazing clouds and mountains:

As you can see, they day was somewhat average. Just a closer look. I do have photos from $teves party, but From Russia with Love took most of them- and mine were not that great, so I decided to post these.

~Tony

yessymika's day

2008-10-05T19:31:00.005-06:00

"the moment i wake up, before i put on my makeup..." tony says it looks like i'm screaming, but, i promise, it's only a yawn.

walking down first avenue in the rain. it was really pretty. and just in case there wasn't enough water, i found another source.

continuing my walk in the avenues. i really love this house. it's so... yellow.

lds parking services. for all your parking needs. i found these babies while walking down south temple.

taking the train out to the holladay, utah area to visit with my mom and brother. it was his birthday, and we were going to eat some tasty grub at the porcupine grill. i think it was this guys first time on trax. he was really nervous, and asked several people if he was going the right way.

my mom has owned these pumpkins for as long as i can remember. once they come out, you know it's fall. they're cheesy... but they're mine.

say hello to frank. or saint francis of assisi if you want to be really polite. he lives in my mom's backyard. i'm not sure why. she's not really catholic.

my mom and stepfather moving furniture. they do this every few days it seems. they really like change. i just thought it was a bit strange of them to do it during a birthday party. but some people juggle geese, so i'm not going to judge them.

so... for future reference... it's a really BAD idea to walk around downtown during lds conference. particularly near the temple. a really, really, bad idea. these people had no regard for others. they came at me in waves and nearly poked my eyes out with their umbrellas.

i laid down, just for a minute, and woke up an hour later to find my cat sitting on my chest. i think she was plotting something. something evil.

my dad took us to tucci's at trolley corners (NOT trolley square, which would have been a really, really bad idea) for my brother's birthday. and, just so you're aware, tucci's is terrible. worse than olive garden. which is saying something. my cousin ordered some mac 'n' cheese for her son (pictured here... isn't he cute?) and they gave her KRAFT mac 'n' cheese. classy.

went to steve's going away party. he's leaving for denver. bastard. kidding. i'm happy for him. i'm just going to miss him... a lot.

this is diana. she's neat. and makes funny faces. see? funny.

in the middle of the party esther and i decided to go for a little walk. it was getting really hot inside the party house, and sometimes you just need to step away from the beer. we wandered about and found some really neat stairs. i heart stairs.

steve, tony, and james. this has to be my favorite photo from steve's going away party. i mean, look at it. it's awesome.

around 2AM esther and i decided that it was time to leave the party. we'd played rock band, hugged a bunch of people, talked to even neater people, had some tasty beverages. but all good things must come to an end. and the best way to end the night is at the belgiun waffle house. with eggs. and hot chocolate. and claw machines filled with creepy things.

the end.

i of course, being the geek i am, took a lot more photos... a lot more... too many. i kinda have a problem, and am currently seeking help. if you're curious, and would like to enable me, you can check them out here.

and remember to check out the flickr group for more one day photo fun!

My Day

2008-10-05T15:42:00.005-06:00

I decided to post here instead of Flickr, just because it's easier to decide the order things are in.

At Weightwatchers this morning it was time for me to switch from shorts and sandals to jeans, socks and shoes, and I blame the roughly 6 pounds difference compared to last week on the additional weight of my clothes.

We went to Hopper's for lunch. A good place to eat, both for lunch and dinner. They brew their own beer, but I didn't have any today. At the top right you can see my favourite lunch item, the Turkey Cranberry Wrap. I substitute a side salad for the fries that usually come with it. I was already half way through my salad before I remembered to take another photo for the project.

After lunch, Erica had to get her nails done. I settled in for a long afternoon alone because her nail-lady takes forever. A new set usually takes something like four hours. I imported more CDs into iTunes and put them into my music database on my homepage.

We've got this one hanging from Erica's desk probably since Monday, April 23rd 2001. If you knew Erica's mother, you would get the reference.

Time for Halloween decorations. I'm not into celebrating witches that eat little babies (alias Sarah Palin) too much, but Erica loves decorating for Halloween. And I keep my mouth shut and let her do what she wants. This guy literally hangs out on the back of our couch in the living room before he's hung up in front of the window.

It's time to go to Steve's going-away party at Brian's house. On the way we had we decided that wanted to eat some dinner before. This is the sunset over the western mountains (duh western, where else? By the way a good question for the What If game: "What if the sun set in the East?").

Our trusted TomTom guides the way to Brian's house. Erica got annoyed with the voice announcements so I turned off the sound.

More of the sunset.

Erica's new nails. Worth the four hours, I think. In case it's not quite visible on the photo, there are spider webs and spiders on them.

We had ... anyone? anyone? Chinese food. This little guy (or is it a gal?) hangs next to the entrance.

Our restaurant of choice for today's dinner. Rice King on 7200 South and somewhere east of State Street in Fort Union. Good, inexpensive place and they have the second-best Hot&Sour Soup in the valley, best being at Indochine.

We were stopped at a traffic light so I decided to take this place of Hopper's, where we had breakfast that morning. The whole left side of the restaurant is their brewery. They are located on the corner of Fort Union Blvd and 700 East.

and

On I-15 going towards I-80 East on route to Brian's house.

My Beck's. The world's best beer. A little more than three dollars a bottle for the 24 ounce. But well worth it. Erica thinks it's too bitter. We arrived at Brian's house. A very nice place.

Chandelier with real candles in the room's dim light. Lit from the right by a TV.

Steve, who's going to move to Denver to work at a Ritz-Carlton there. Good for him. Denver seems to be a nice place. I've not been there. But after we give Steve some time to settle in and explore good places to go, I am sure we'll visit him.

Brian, who hosted the party at his house. Very nice of him to do this for Steve.

Jessica and Ester.

Erica's and my feet. The table in this room was very interesting. It had something like padding around it, so that your feet felt ok when they were on the table.

Over time, the pile of shoes by the door built up quite a bit. Some people even tripped over my shoes. Oh well. It's not like they would have been able to not see them. They were the biggest ones there.

Those are Jessica's legs on Erica's legs.

Once I was done with my Beck's, Jessica gave me one of her beers. Mickey's Malt Liquer. I don't think it actually said "beer" anywhere on the bottle. It was alright, but nothing too spectecular.

Tony, who also brought his camera as a participant of Jessica's project. He also brought beer, which he showing of proudly here. It's Guiness. In a bottle. Brilliant!

Jessica.

Jessica hiding behind Erica (well, not really hiding, we just all sat on the same couch). I think it was at this point that Jessica was complaining that I took pictures only of her.

Jessica putting on her shoes.

suggestions

2008-10-03T21:12:00.001-06:00

so the idea is that you just take photos throughout the day, but in case you'd like a little more structure here are a few suggestions:

*take a photo every hour, on the hour, regardless of where you are
*take a self portrait every hour
*take pictures of the skylines or scenery at every place you visit
*find things of similar colors or textures
*make the ordinary something extraordinary
*pay attention to things on the ground
*are you seeing things that you see every day? take a picture!
*go on a walk and see what you find

remember, you can do whatever you want with this project! just have fun.

The One Day Photo Project

2008-10-01T18:19:00.002-06:00

Interested in taking photographs?

Do you delight in catching glimpses into the lives of others?

Are you compelled to share information about yourself online?

Good. Then here's the plan:

On Saturday, October 4th, 2008, we are going to document our day with photographs and then share them with each other.

Hurray!

You can take pictures of whatever you want: scrambled eggs, your fancy new shoes, friends, family, coworkers, your dog, people on the bus, the grocery store. Whatever you want. Anything and everything. It's up to you.

And feel free to do whatever you'd like with the project. If you want to pick a theme, great! Take pictures of everything purple you see, or portraits of all the people you talk to.

The purpose of this project is to simply document and show your day, and you can show it in any way you like.

Take as many photos as you choose over the day, but please limit your postings on this blog to 15.

When describing the photos, give as much information as you'd like, but as a minimum please:

*post them in the order you want them viewed
*include where the photo was taken

Thank you everyone for participating, and have fun!

(There is a sister site for this project here. If you're interested in joining the Flickr project as well, please let me know!)