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Three Hours in Balboa Park (2)

3/09/10 •

Went to Balboa Park (in San Diego) ostensibly to visit the Museum of Photographic Arts there. They had some nice photos inside and, naturally, you’re not allowed to take any photographs yourself while there. Hypocrites.

I don’t think I’d ever been to Balboa Park before, though, aside from going to the zoo.

Crossing the Pacific in 1945 (A Letter My Grandpa Wrote) (0)

2/23/10 •

My grandpa was in the Navy at the tail-end of World War II. A couple days ago, my brother sent me some page scans of a “letter” (it’s not a letter, but I’m not sure what else it is) my grandpa wrote while on board the fast attack transport USS Clinton. I’m not sure it [...]

Movie Review: District 9 (1)

2/13/10 •

Best Part: The first hour — nice occasional squickiness and the reveal of the backstory was, like, *interesting*.
Biggest Question: Did the dude really think that he’d just fly up to the alien’s ship, get his hand fixed, then fly back home where everything would just be back to normal?
Too Long By: 30 minutes. The last [...]

Origins: Family Photos from Before My Time (5)

2/11/10 •

When I was back up in the Greater Seattle Area over Christmas, my dad was in the throes of a scanning-old-photos bender. So I ended up seeing a lot of old photos while I was up there. It’s interesting to see what your parents used to look like long before you ever knew them. Sort of makes the rest of the story to-date make more sense seeing what the beginning looked like.