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Murder Mystery at the Paramount Casino
Hit up the grand opening of the new Paramount Casino. It will filled with lies, bribes, thieves, and a death. It was quite a shindig.
My sis-n-law threw a murder mystery dinner for my brother’s birthday. it was fun. I played Hustling Hailey. I was a thief, cheater, and murderer in love… with money…. and only one person suspected me.
I even bought marked cards. took a man for all he had saying I could guess any card he picks from the black jack table. i did. too bad it was only 10 chips. so i ended up robbing the house of all its chips. no one noticed as i snuck the case away, stole the chips, and put it back.
it was pretty fun. :) now people are gambling for reals, drinking, and karaoke’ing.
see ya!
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The Jelly Belly Factory Tour.
it’s a pretty cool tour and recommend it to everyone. it’s in fairfield and it is best to go on a weekday. The factory doesn’t run on weekends. It smells delicious in there and it was cool to see how they were made. I wasn’t allowed to take photos. I’ve never seen so many jelly beans! The tour brings you through the many stages in the making of these beans. The shop sells “Belly Flops”. These are beans that didn’t pass inspection. So I can get the biggest buttered popcorn flavors (my fave - what’s yours?) — it was like 3 beans fused together. The shop also had a sample bar. I tasted the new pomagranate flavor and the 7Up flavor. Pretty good. We ate at the cafe. They had jelly belly shaped burgers and pizza. I’ve wanted to go since I was a kid. It was fantastic. It was good, quick tour.
If you don’t like Jelly Bellys there is a budweiser factory down the street.
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Me and my grandpa
Originally uploaded by october13th.
he’s 82 - a farmer and cowboy from Mountain Home, Idaho. He joined the Navy when he was 19. A dryland farmer joined the Navy. He served in World War II. He ended his tour Dec. 27, 1945. When they docked in San Francisco he logged 48000 miles on his ship. Crossing the equator 13 times. Bringing tanks to the next invasion and bringing POWs after being free from Bataan in the Philippines. He was off the shore of Japan watching kamakaze planes fly overhead aiming for the carriers to stop US planes from taking off. His ship tried to shoot them down before they could, while battle ships behind his blasted the mountain side. He watched when the flag was put up in Iwo Jima. One of the most famous photos of WWII.
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it’s almost next year!
2007 is upon us. can you believe how quickly this year went? what happened to you this year?
me?
Photography became more than a hobby to me. I invested in a great camera, took some classes and even one a $1k photo contest. A few friends (linked to over there >) got together and decided to put on our first photography gallery show together. it was a great feeling and the show was a success. i even made some money. it really showed me how much my family and friends support me. it was so exciting!
one of the biggest things that happened to me this year was getting a new job. after (almost exactly) two years with chuck i decided it was time for me to go back into media and explore what else was out there for me. it was a big decision to make. leaving a corporation, steady job, great benefits etc. had to decide to leave that. then i landed a job at ziff davis media as producer of PCMagCast – its online seminars focusing on cosumers and small businesses. it’s affiliated with PCMagazine. going back to the small start up feel. reminds me of my zdtv/techtv days. in fact i’m working with a few alums. overall it’s been a great experience and i think a decision that worked out well for me.
worked hard on remodeling my dad’s room while he was away on vacation in the philippines. he was happy!
uhm.. it’s only really been the last month that things have been kinda rough… my uncle suffered a stroke and is still in the hospital recovering. he’ll have to go through quite a bit of physical and speech therapy. also a former coworker at techtv passed away. hopefully things start picking back up in ‘07.
reminds me. need to think of some new year’s resolutions. any suggestions?
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a fight in flight.
Originally uploaded by october13th.
superman knocked doomsday into a pole which gave him time to tackle doomsday into a chain reaction. soon the police came and put doomsday in a high security prison. (to be continued…)
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doomsday destructon grip…
doomsday destructon grip…Originally uploaded by october13th.
superman’s alarm sounded telling him there was a fire in Star Labs. he flew there and found out the cause of the fire was doomsday. and then there was a battle. superman found himself in doomsday’s grip. (to be continued)
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perfect tee
my nephew got this for christmas from my dad. it’s a pretty funny shirt. another shirt he got was one with a stick figure of a boy and his little sister on the front. the little sister was saying “blah blah blah.” the caption says “Problem.” on the back is the sister in a rocket shooting through space, with the caption “problem solved.” my niece doesn’t appreciate that one.
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