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My sister's friend's room. She asked me to take pictures of it.

She has blue hair, doesn't quite come through on b&w. :p

In their backyard.

They also have goats. One waddles when it walks.

Previously, her Mom's studio, but it's empty now.

Printed this one on RC paper, thinking of doing it again on fiber.

Later, at school.

Full moon. Looks a little eery when there's clouds around.

Note: my amazing composition (street light coming out of her head).

I guess I had a small thing for shooting the moon. This was also at school.

Back at school: happy birthday slut face.

More from Thanksgiving.

Very affectionate dog.

And... another self.

Trying to blow a conch shell. It's harder than you might think.

Back at home.

Cheap sushi place (note what's at the top of the menu).

Wasted the last shot.

I had a roll of film I started at EI 2500, which I decided to finish. Streets of LA,

He moved quite a bit for being a living statue.

I saw Amanda Palmer at the Henry Fonda Music Box. The Builders and the Butchers opened. They were pretty good. Not sure I liked the singer, though.

They passed out maracas and this single drum for one of the songs.

That's Neil Gaiman, over on the left, reading about Amanda Palmer's "death."

She wasn't really dead, however.

This is the amazingly beautiful Zoe Keating.

Ms. Palmer wailing her heart out.

Lookin' serious.

Was a little surprised she played Coin Operated Boy.

And even more surprised she played Half Jack. The buildup before the song was awesome. I think I enjoyed it more with the violin and cello than I do with drums.

Not sure many other cellists play hard enough to strip the hair from their bows. I tried to get a shot of some of the hair dangling as they were playing but I was too slow. Zoe yanked it off before I got a chance.

Umbrella. Ella. Ella. Ella... (song is definitely annoying)

But made for wonderful photos.

Can't decide between the two above, both have their little charm.

This is not Katy Perry.

And Amanda Palmer did not, or has not to my knowledge, kissed her.

Off came the clothes.

And on went the dresses. Out came the couple?

And up came the sign! Fuck Prop 8, indeed, fuck it right in the ass.

Ms. Amanda Palmer herself, at the merch table.

Snow on our mountains, a rare occasion.

Ate at a Japanese place that serves Shabu Shabu. There are pans of boiling water on every table/seat. They serve raw meat, vegetables, noodles and you cook it all yourself. The slices are thin so it only takes a few moments to cook fully (if that's how you like it, or just a quick dip if you want it still red).

Needless to say, it was delicious.

Handed the camera over.

Thought this would have come out better, but oh well.

Louis Vuitton bags! Er, I mean, another self.

Beach. (Hermosa)

Lovely flare.

Delicious coffee (this is my uncle).

I didn't realize the roll I had in my camera was 24 exp so it was quite a surprise when I couldn't advance any further. I rewound it a little, thinking it got stuck, advanced with my hand over the lens to around 32. and took a last one. They just ended up overlapped. And I couldn't advance again.

I very much like this last one regardless of the mess up.

Thanks for viewing.

Maybe it's because I'm older, but this Thanksgiving was one of the best spent. Truly thankful for the family I'm surrounded by and the people I was able to share it with this holiday.

I don't remember where I took this photo or when I took it.

Hallway at school before class.

Editing room. We're working on a 5 minute short for the class. They have us editing on Mac Mini's that are slow as molasses. It's kind of shitty.

In Hollywood, I was buying tickets for Amanda Palmer. I'm really looking forward to the show.

180 degrees around.

Part of living in LA is being amazed when there are actually clouds in the sky. I love staring at a sky full of clouds and can't keep myself from taking a picture.

My scanner fails (or maybe it's me) at scanning them, though. I have to edit them fairly heavily to get them looking near how I would print them. Of course, the prints would look 10x better than any scan. :p

The "I don't want you to take a picture of me"-look.

My uncle passed away. Unfortunately, it's events like this that bring a family as large as mine fully together.

The last time I saw all of my cousins, uncles, aunts, and grandparents together was earlier this year when my grandfather passed away. And, before that, I can't recall.

I thought this would make a cool photo. Inside in the hallway, looking outside, reflection of the inside of the hall as well as outside.

And... Gas is under $2.

For reference, this is only 3 months ago:

It was actually raining here.

Cutting the turkey with electro-powered-saw-thing.

Lovely dust, am I right?

My sister and mom have gotten used to me taking pictures of them at random times, so they never look at me and smile unless I say so. I expect that from the rest of my family (in this case my uncle and cousin), but they both stopped what they were doing (finding music to play for dinner) to look at me.

My grandmother.

There was a table for the adults and a table for the "kids." Needless to say there was a lot more laughter at our table compared to the other one.

I love how busy this shot is, and everything that's going on. :)

Posed photo, but I do enjoy the way it looks.

Back to eati-- I mean

We went to the park right next to their house and attempted to throw boomerangs. I failed horribly the first time I tried, it's much harder to do properly than it may seem like.

Right as the sun was going down. And there was clouds in the sky.

Oh, hey, that's me. Taken by my cousin.

The boomerang in the upper right.

One of the boomerangs got stuck in a tree. "Hey, guys, I'm throwing this one back at you."

My cousin and his friend played a song for my grandmother before she headed home.

He said he had written the song 3 days prior.

It got too loud for her. :P She loved it, though.

It was a very good performance.

Cool reflections.

My cousin.

My cousin and her husband.

I found a cat. Surprisingly, he posed for me.

And, a self.

I still have 2 rolls of film to develop. More from my Uncle's funeral. More from the holiday. I'll post them as they are ready. Thanks for viewing.