1. I took my dad on one of those three-hour cruises out to the Anacapa Islands and we had a blast taking photos and seeing all the pelicans, sea lions and dolphins. No whales, but we found something even cooler. My dad met a gentleman on the boat who is 96 years old, has been married for 77 years (his wife was with him), and he actually served under Patton. What an honor shaking his hand just days before Veteran’s Day.
All in all a great day out on the ocean!
2. I just finished reading a book where the man’s wife dies, and later in the story it was revealed she was really alive. I hate fiction with story lines like that. It makes it hard enough to let go of someone you love who has died, and this just feeds that false sense of hope that it all could be a terrible mistake.
If anyone could have pulled this off, my mother could have. See she actually worked at Rose Hills Mortuary…so you can understand how my mind would figure out how she could have pulled it off. Even to this day…
3. One of the aspects I love about Facebook is that you can reconnect with people you haven’t seen for literally 20 years but now feel like you’re a part of their lives, even though they live no where near you, and you probably won’t be seeing them for another 20 years, if that. I can private message as if we’ve been in the middle of a conversation. I love it!
4. From my awesome headlines file:
Fake podiatrist sucks women’s toes
Giant Anteaters kill two hunters in Brazil.
Okay, so I read up on the anteater story because, “really?” And it turned out that there were two separate incidents! Apparently these guys have front claws that are as long as pocketknives. So you just have to get in their way.
As for the podiatrist story? It actually ran on CNN.
5. Is calling a man “adorable” a bad thing? Or calling him “cute”? Does it make men feel less manly or slightly effeminate? I wonder because there are certain men I consider that way, and others I think of as artsy, or handsome, or that they are a manly man. Love them all, don’t get me wrong, but I hesitate to say, “You are so adorable!”
6. I’ll be honest, I’m on the fence when it comes to Man Buns.
7. This above satellite image of Ventura City Hall was brought to my attention by the crew I work with at City Hall because Google Maps had captured us during lunchtime sometime recently. Clearly, this is a satellite photo of the guys doing their cross fit training on their side of the court, and me on the other side shooting hoops. How freakin’ funny is that?
8. I finally figured out how to Skype from my home computer. I have one of those mini video cameras hooked up and I got the audio to work and everything! But now, I feel like someone is always watching me even though I’m not connected. To take care of that nagging feeling, I always make sure I have the lens covered up…just in case.
9. Have you ever walked into a bar or music venue and thought to yourself, “These are not my people!”
(Thanks for photo Maggie) Halloween last week was okay. I really wasn’t planning on going out but I was slightly pressured to do so, so I put my hair up in a ponytail, put on a baseball cap and wore a safety vest. I was a construction worker! It came in handy when it started pouring rain and I had to run across the street to avoid getting more drenched. Cars saw me a mile away!! The photo above is so bright just from the flash, so you can imagine getting caught in someone’s headlights!
Side note: I asked this gal to use my Canon camera to take a photo of us at The Watermark. It took her FOREVER to figure it out and this is how it turned out! I just laugh every time I look at it wondering just how drunk was she? Way too much head room!!
10. I had my first dirty martini on Halloween. YUM!!
11. I read an article about which foods make you tastier to mosquitoes. Included on the list are pickled foods, dairy products, Alcohol, Beer. Yeah, I’m screwed.
12. From my favorite quotes file, “For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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