X-Men Movie Ruled

Barry & Shannon Visit

Picnic In The Park

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So this post may be a little heartbreaking for some of you gals but it is no way meant to be mean spirited...just an observation. Like many country stars, Kenny Chesney always wears a hat and now I know why....

Kenny Chesney with hat...

Kenny Chesney sans hat...big difference huh?!?

I'm still going to enjoy seeing him in concert cause I don't care how he looks, he makes really great music!

Nothing makes it feel more like summer than a good outdoor concert and in two more weeks we'll be seeing Kenny Chesney at the Home Depot Center. From what we understand you can take cameras so hopefully we'll get some pics of the event. This will be my first "official" country concert but Kenny Chesney is more pop than country in my opinion.

Speaking of super cool movies, the new rendering of The Omen comes out this Tuesday which is of course 06.06.06. Agghhhh! The end of the world! LMAO!
    
Wonder how many idiots will be waiting for the rapture to happen on Tuesday? Or thinking that somewhere in Eastern Europe the Antichrist is being born?

We saw X3 tonite and it was really good if not heartbreaking on so many levels. Let's just say there are a lot of casualties in this one and it pretty much rules out any chances for another X-Men movie. Maybe that's why it's called "The Last Stand." I left the movie theatre feeling a little deflated not because it wasn't a GREAT movie but because I hated to see some of my favorite characters get killed or have "other" things happen to them. Having read X-Men comics as a kid I guess I have more of an attachment to them than the general public. I guess that also makes me a nerd! Ha-ha!

UPDATE: Apparently there is a extra scene at the very end of the credits (which we didn't see) that completely changes everything and opens the door for another X-Men movie. So for those of you who plan on seeing the movie, stay until the very end! I already found out what happens in that scene thanks to the internet...still wish I'd seen it though.

Friday - Summer finally showed up this weekend with clear skies and temperatures in the 80's during the day and warm ocean breezes at night. After being cooped up in the house all week I was dying to get out of the house on Friday night so we hoped in the car and went to...where else?...Best Buy. We picked up a few DVD's that were on sale and looked at lots of other "toys" we wanted.

Saturday - It was an absolutely beautiful day but we had no choice but to do laundry after putting it off for over a month. Despite having a high tech laundry mat minutes from our house and getting all our laundry done in less than 3 hours, we still dread doing laundry more than anything else. Judging from the warm glow on the horizon it was probably a gorgeous sunset which made it even more dreadful to be doing clothes but that's what we get for putting it off so long. After we were finally done, we headed to California Pizza Kitchen for a late dinner and then crashed on the sofa to watch the 40 Year Old Virgin on DVD. I love that movie!

Sunday - It was another warm day so we laid out by our pool most of the afternoon getting started on our summer tans. We normally already have tans by this time of year but the first 5 months of 2006 have been the most dismal in all the years we've been out here. Maybe things are back to normal now. After getting some sun we went out to dinner and a movie. See next post for movie review.

So that was our weekend.

Happy Birthday wishes going out to Karen Dixon today! Hope you have a great day and that Mike does something special for you! Sorry we can't be there to celebrate with you but we will be next year!

Happy Birthday! Love, Jim & Kim!

This was the last week of photography class and like the VH1 Show, it was my Best Week Ever. The line between technical and creative shots had started to blur at this point and I can truly say that I have learned some amazing stuff. For all you camera aficionados out there, I'm hooked on F2 in Aperture Priority Mode! Best of all, the teacher pulled me aside after class and told me that he had selected me for one of the upcoming "Student of the Month" showcases in which 10 of my works would be displayed in his store gallery. Woo-hoo!

So back to the assignment...they all turned out so good this week that I'm giving you bigger versions with explanations under each. Hit F11 on your keyboard and you'll be able to see them better. Enjoy!

1. Outdoor portrait in harsh sunlight using diffused fill flash to reduce shadows and a small aperture to reduce the background. Kim @ The Park :: [ Shot at F2 in Aperture Priority Mode ]

2. Shoot a subject using narrow focus with a long depth of field placing said subject within the rule of thirds and reducing the background. Baby Crow In The Park :: [ Shot at F2.4 in Macro Mode ]

3. Shoot a landscape image with a foreground subject using medium focus to slightly reduce the background. Surfing Monument @ The Pier :: [ Shot at F5 in Aperture Priority Mode ]

4. Shoot a deep focus landscape image where everything is in focus from the foreground all the way thru the background. Weekend Sunset @ The Pier :: [ Shot at F8 in Aperture Priority Mode ]

There was an ultimate fighting event on pay-per-view Saturday night so I headed up to Art & Casie's to watch along with the rest of the gang. We bet shots on who would win and since Matt Hughes pummeled Royce Gracie, Art & Dan had to drink up. We even discovered that Royce Gracie lives in Torrance and jogs in Hermosa which is cool to know. Maybe I can bump into him sometime soon and challenge him to a fight and you can all say nice things about me at my funeral. Ha-ha! Kim showed up a little later and eventually Art & I started watching classic metal videos and acting silly as seen here. We're playing guitars and shaking our "arses" along with Steve Clark of Def Leppard in the classic Rock of Ages video.

We headed up to El Segundo today to enjoy a picnic in the park with Tuti, Casie, Mike, Janice, Katie, Dan, Jen and the rest of the Lopez clan. We cooked out on the grill and enjoy being outside on a sunny day even though it got a little chilly once the wind picked up. We took our cameras but we honestly didn't take many pics but we'll have more from tonight's get together so check back on Monday.

(Janice...I emailed your picture to you...that'll be $19.95...ha-ha!)