:01

Dinner is ready.

lunch

I need to add more protein, or serve up more snacks to keep me filled past the morning and through the afternoon. Tofu and chicken, you just aren’t cutting it. As much as I’d be down to go vegetarian for the sake of cost efficiency and health–I could totally use some red meat one of these days. Maybe I’ll see if this weekend to cook up a steak. Hate the mess it makes though.

Extra firm tofu, pork, green beans, hoisin and oyster sauce.

tam tams

Well, I thought it was entertaining… Unsalted snack crackers.

raw

strictly black and gray

I call this my lucky font.

And I call this, my serious font.

Good luck on midterms. AGL.

If I’m counting correctly, I think today marks the 7th rainy day we’ve had this Winter. That about caps it off for San Diego right? Sunny and dry the for the rest of Winter please.

toyota-thon? toyota-tron.

Accurate representation. Of everything going on in my life right now. haha. Call for pickup. That, or someone didn’t pay the bills.

these will be gone by the end of the week.

struggling to organize thoughts

searching for the glue that’ll hold together my motivations.

seeking refuge from my plethora of ideas

in wastebasket hoops. Time to ball.

35mm film

Ah, the wonders of shooting with physical film. I can’t wait to get back to work with the Voigtlander and slip in a fresh roll of expired film from back when my family owned a film camera. Reliving their passion, or just their means to capturing my youth for their own entertainment later on in life. The two images in this photograph: my family’s kitchen, looking into the dinning room and another sleeping christmas tree on the side of the road. I did some serious christmas tree searching the night before trash day. It had to be the perfect size, and it had to be perfectly horizontal–not too lopsided when on it’s side. I probably put more effort into finding the perfect trashed tree, in front of the right house, than I would probably do looking for my first christmas tree to buy. Anyways, enjoy and make what you want out of my family’s 40 year old cabinetry and light fixtures. 40 years old, that’s not vintage, nor new old stock, nor antique. It’s just… old. 40 years old. Nothing more, nothing less.

Shot on a Voigtlander Prominent 1 with Ultron 50mm F2.0, Film: Kodak Gold 200.

22/38.

35mm film

Can you see the difference? Shot at various shutter speed aperture combinations. Seeking the classic post-new years shot of the christmas tree. Lying down after a long and difficult holiday season, bringing cheer and fresh scent inside our warm, winter homes. It’s seen better days, but at last comes to rest on the side of the street, awaiting all it’s colleagues to be taken afar.

19/38, 20/38, 21/38

testing

I was really craving Yakisoba this past week, but two signs that I should probably wait until I get all the ingredients–Unable to find a premade yakisoba sauce, and only have 2 packs left of ramen. Did I really go through that much since last summer? Note to self that I need to cut the carrots and cabbage even thinner if I want them to be somewhat proportional to the noodles. Also, despite cooking down–cabbage goes a long way. Also, dont’ dice onions but leave them in slices–not sure what I was thinking with that.

Buckwheat noodles, cabbage, carrots, onions, chicken breast

:)

SmileHydrant.

pop top. Outside Mike’s place.

Lazer Genesis RD L-XL

Mike’s new Lazer Genesis RD Edition in black and white. Black and white doesn’t look too bad. He decided to pass on his Specialized after realizing the back of it wasn’t playing nicely with his rolltop bag.

Spent the rest of the afternoon in geisel struggling to organize thoughts and prioritize ideas for my personal statement. Small spurts of history essay writing and cell biology lurking got interspersed as well… Along with the occasional laugh shared with Mike–Mike found some crazy discount on wholesale toilet paper rolls that he thought I wouldn’t be able to pass up on SlickD. It wasn’t before long that the sky went from blue to grey and the library began to empty out again. Saturday at the Library.

whopper and jr.

I had to rush to campus early this morning for a pds meeting, with the intention of staying on campus to study and get my personal statement done the rest of the day. This meant having to find something on campus to eat, and luckily I caught Mike on his way to library, so we hit up PC. After much debate, I decided to get the whopper duo, dressed southern style.

growth hormones.

Mike servin’ up Keebler Chips Deluxe. Team BMC lurks.

catching up

Meant to get groceries tonight, but wound up swinging by Los Primos for a Monster Cali Burrito dinner. Caught up with Chris, Isaac and the guys over Mario Tennis, Fifa, Call of Duty, and their new ping pong table.

Friday nights are supposed to be enjoyed, no matter how your week went, Fridays are the end of the week. Period. Don’t get caught up with your schedule, it’s Friday. As wrong as you make it out to be, it really isn’t.

unexpected letters in the mail are the best. Thanks guys! CCC.

Chinese Congregational Church, San Francisco

take it all in

climbing aside, at the top–take a moment. Sometimes you just stand stunned and speechless, out of breath, with bike at hand.

Sure, you just murdered that hill, but the view takes full control of you.

Kevin and Corey

Scripps Ranch Lookout, San Diego

worth checking out the original of Kevin on both of these…

Scripps Ranch Blvd. between Mira Mesa Blvd. and Spring Canyon Rd.

Kevin and Corey laying down asphalt.

Lake Miramar–Pomerado Road

I’ve ridden in and around Miramar-Scripps Ranch area before, but I’d never ventured down Pomerado Road which is definitely the highlight of this ride. The climb is right around 11 miles, and I don’t know if that’s what made it so difficult, but sizing it up against Torrey Pines and Juan St–it doesn’t seem to compare at first. It’s pretty gradual, so I’m not sure if it’s because of the location in the ride, or if we were just all drained at the time. Pedometer says it’s roughly 500ft in 2 miles, and you definitely got that slow, flat tire feel going up the first 200-300 feet. It might’ve been that we started from a dead light as well, instead of a rolling start. Whatever, it was pretty slow going up, but well worth it at the top. Coming back down wasn’t as sketch as I’d expected, although fewer cars–maybe on an early sunday morning, would’ve been nice. Can’t wait to ride this route again.

In traffic with Kevin, Victoria, and Corey

never leave home…

never leave the office.

Cannondale Track

Feat. Stanley Wu

I think this picture says plenty… better days.

get weird friday

a familiar tune.

Arty, Matisse & Sadko – Trio

35mm

Endless Lines to follow, none of them really interest me though. Hoped to get a feel for the magnitude of this thing, thankfully it wasn’t one of those “buzzing” power lines. I can only imagine being in the next Final Destination, as soon as I pressed the shutter button and created some sort of chain reaction, resulting in the collapse of the tower. Taken in the early evening, and despite any glowing of the metal from the sun, it wasn’t warm at all.

Looking up a high voltage power line tower in Saratoga, CA. Voigtlander Prominent 1, Ultron 50mm F2.0, Kodak Gold 200.

18/35

Fun.’s album has been out for a while now but it seems to have been making rounds recently with Some Nights.

art installation at CLICS, UCSD.

March 1 Reclaim Education

No history, no self. Know history, know self.

CLICS evening drifting while trying to get through my History readings

the evening burn

six pm

Salk Institute, UCSD

brocolli.

ground turkey and brocolli, because there’s such a thing as too much pasta.

Fallen Star, opening June 2012.

cioppino with cellophane noodles

campus tour season

:E

seek simplicity, and doubt it.

My final essay for History of 20th Century Life Sciences.

Orzo, sauteed cauliflower, chicken broth, onions, roasted sunflower seeds, lemon juice, crumbled feta,

vons

I needed some Feta for the cauliflower I was going to make for lunch. Lycra run.

fresh from the dryer

caged

secret weapon in hiding.

white lamborghini gallardo