A brief interruption: I’d like to take this opportunity to say “SCREW YOU MRS. MENNA” for achieving a 6 on the IB SL exam: granting me 4 units of credit in Spanish and ensuring that I never have to take Spanish again. Score.
I’ve been kinda busy the last few days and just got back from the beach yesterday where I fiddled around with my new Canon A75 camera and took well over 200 videos and pictures. And my computer is finally fixed after a couple of days of work (wasn’t the power supply, damn it!). So here’s Ari’s photo journal of his trip :).
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Packed!
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Reading on the way there, along with Relativity (which I finished there).
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San Onofre nuclear power generator.
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The “Go” of the “Go Navy” sign outside Camp Pendleton. Oops.
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Our room.
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Mom and grandma.
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Beach!
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Pier with accompanying Ruby’s.
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From left to right: Mother, grandma, aunt Denise, with cousin Courtney in background (refrigerator stealer!)
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Ice cream!
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T-shirt mart (cousin dragged me there).
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On a walk with cousin and aunt.
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Just a nice shot of the pier at night.
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Hi mom! You have a crappy camera :D
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My brother’s “yurt”. He sleeps in it. Outside on the deck. Cold.
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More beach!
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Saving our lives :).
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:) :) :) :) :). Welcome to Flesh Fair 2004, Ari style!
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…like I said, with your host Ari Wilson.
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The police. Nobody died this year and they were out in force (took over part of the pier), so I guess they did a good job. There were some sexy female cops too - yummy!
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Off the pier, down the strand.
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Other side.
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That don’t look like no fishy!
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Birdy!
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Looking down the pier.
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Way out in the middle of the air.
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The strand.
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The flesh of fallen angels.
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The Millenial Fair.
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Stage where some acts were going. Pretty cool stuff.
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The “hot” factor, in black and white!
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This girl was -sizzling-.
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-enter Great Gatsby closing lines-
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Artsy.
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A Bum! Well, it took a while to get his picture at least.
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Little Christian band with punk 12 year old singer. Whoops.
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Happy 4th!
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A little artsy.
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Metal detectors rock!
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From left to right: Cousin Steven, cousin Courtney, brother Hunter, aunt Denise.
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A busy 4th (but not too busy).
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Classic California.
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Oh stairs, you are my eternal enemy.
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House Photo #1, with random dude obscuring picture and sunlight blockage. Wait till the next one.
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The view out the balcony.
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Yay better photo.
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Fireworks time!
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Going home!
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My cousins (left to right) Jennifer and Jessie.
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Navy again.
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Camp Pendleton sign.
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The twin tits :D.
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And to reward you (or punish you) for getting this far…uh, well, I tried :).
I caught Fahrenheit 9/11, Spiderman 2, Harry Potter 3 (for the second time), and 28 Days Later last week. Pretty good stuff to round out the photographs :).