Novato

Novato, CA

John and I went on a little road trip tonight. (Check out the map) We stopped in Novato for dinner.

Bowling

Antioch, CA

I was feeling depressed and John was feeling stressed - so we went bowling. Nothing like beating the heck out of a bunch of Red Necks to improve your mood.

The Scores were Sean/John:
103/93
106/51
93/91

That's right - I won every game.

(Beyond the Cut)

Random Thoughts from sean

Johnny Daimon is a traitor. Still.

Looking for work does not build character. It's just frustrating.

If you are not guilty, don't plead guilty. This recent Larry Craig episode is so annoying. Larry Craig is an idiot and thankfully won't get reelected.

Closer, My Boys, Mad Men almost fulfill my need for the Office, but not quite yet. I'm anxiously awaiting the return of the Office in September.

I'm very tempted to travel to San Fran on Thursday. In California (with 12 million plus people around the bay area) sometimes pollution gets so bad that they have "spare the air" days. On those days all public transportation is free in the morning. So I could literally go to SF for free in the morning and as long as I left The City by 12:30pm, I could get home for free as well. I could take all the pictures I wanted and see all of the sites as long as I was out by 12:30 PM. Very tempting.

I don't understand it when I get rejection letters that say that I am qualified for the position, but they don't want to interview me. Why the hell not?

I kind of got a job offer today. I got a letter from Marin county today telling me that while I had applied for the full time position, I had been put on the on-call list as a drug counselor assistant. When they need me I'll get called in to help clients in a residential setting. I'll help them with their daily activities, help with intake and help observe unitary tests.

Running a photo a day blog is hard. Some days (like Thursday) I may take 100 pictures of San Fransisco, but I can only post one of them. Then the next day I may totally forget about taking my camera with me and at 11:45 PM I'm taking pictures of my fridge or be taking pictures of wood carving projects I've been working on. And then on days like today when I'm grumpy and depressed, I still have to take a picture and I feel a sense of duty to do something at least some what entertaining. Then there are days where I see the perfect shot, but I'm gong down the freeway at 75 miles per hour and I have to miss the shot because there's no way to pull over and take the shot. Then there are the problems with my camera...the shutter problem, the broken LCD, and the lack of detail allowed in the shots. I desperately need a job so I can afford a better camera so that I can take pictures of insects up close or of belt buckles or even belly buttons. I love the camera my dad got me, don't get me wrong. It was a nice step up from the throw away cameras I was using. But in true family form - I just have to have the next better up gadget.

I don't date smokers for reasons other than my religion. Recently I was talking to a friend and we saw this really cute girl and I was noticing her (Just noticing her Nina. Hi Dear) when suddenly we saw her smoking. I said Oh well and moved on. My friend said that as a Mormon that was the only reason I didn't care about the girl. This is not true. My religion has nothing to do with whom I date. I would have dated non-members in Rexburg if there were any that weren't also clients of mine at the same time. No, actually, the reason I don't date smokers is because I consider smoking to be a cancer stick. And I refuse to voluntarily watch yet another loved one go through cancer. I have watched cancer destroy the lives of so many loved ones - I refuse to go through that again. We ALL know that cigarettes lead to lung cancer. It is a preventable thing we can all do to avoid cancer. DON'T SMOKE. And if a girl is willingly saying "I don't care if I get cancer" - well then -I don't want to date her.

On the cancer thought - Skin cancer runs in my family. If you see me at the pool and I've got my shirt on - it's not because I'm trying to hide the rolls of fat I have. (You can ask any roommate - I proudly show those off.) It's because I don't want skin cancer. I don't care how much it slows me down in the pool. i don't want skin cancer.

I think that does it for my random thoughts this week. I swear - as soon as the research is done, I will write the next installment in the dead animal series. Please just have patience.

Moon

In the universe somewhere (picture taken in Antioch, CA)

Evidently yesterday was some big lunar event. I wouldn't know. KNJ & I spend almost all of the 2 years we spent dating having very different opinions on which was more important: Space Exploration or Oceanography Exploration. I really truly believe that the cure for every disease on earth is on earth. If we cut NASA's budget by a third and put that money instead into the search of the ocean I think we could bless more people.

But either way, here is a picture of the moon for you.

Crosses for Iraq

Lafayette, CA

These crosses are on a hill in Lafayette. The hill is right next to a BART station and a major freeway. Each cross represents a soldier that has died in Iraq since we invaded. There is a controversy here over the meaning behind the crosses. The conservative Californians say that is an Anti -war demonstration. The California liberals say that it is for the good of the country as it reminds people of what the war is costing us. Oh and that this (Free speech) is what those soldiers are fighting for. The owners just say they are looking for a way for people to remember our fallen soldiers.

You can find more info here and here.

(A note of why it is blurry: I have been having increased trouble with my shutter. I'm not sure why the problem is getting worse, but I promise one of these days I'll be employed and I will be able to go to e-bay and buy a new camera. In the meantime, every now and then you'll have a blurry shot. Sorry)

Autograph ball

Antioch, CA

My dad got me an autographed baseball. My dad is my biggest hero, so he could have signed it and I would have been happy, but instead he got Rollie Fingers to sign it.

Beyond the Cut - I never intended to use it, but there is a self portrait of me on my other blog.

I'm feeling vain

I went to get my hair cut this morning. I've had the same stylist for a year now and it was really weird to have someone else's hands in my hair that weren't Molly's. (I think I will have the same problem once I get a massage. I had Hannah's hands all over me for almost 2 years.) Molly was spectacular and worked with me to help me figure out what works best for me. In High school I used to shave all three sides of my head to avoid the feeling of hair. While KNJ & I were dating she told me that I needed to grow out my sideburns if people were to take me seriously. Molly worked with me to help me see that I had sideburns that didn't irritate me.

Today while getting my hair cut the lady asked me if I wanted to trim my eye brows while I was at it. This brought back a memory from when Nina and I first started dating. I don't remember how it got brought up (I think my crazy roommates were doing something with hair removal.), but Nina made a really good point about my eyebrow situation:

Sean - What's wrong with my eye brows?

Nina - Well, Sean, most people have two, not just one.
(And she smiled that adorable smile she gets when she's being flirty and sinister at the same time.)

I denied the lady cutting my hair an opportunity to trim or shape my eyebrows, but the whole ride home got me thinking - do I need to do something with my eyebrows so, like KNJ said, I can be taken seriously? How does one go about trimming and shaping his eye brows? Waxing? Shaving? Lazer? Plucking? Nuclear Bomb?

I've got a lot to think about. I guess my top priority is to decide whether or not I need to have two eyebrows or just one. What do you think?