and another one...

you may remember my earlier celebrity look-a-like post

apparently now i look like this guy...so much so that i "could make some money off of it..." according to someone i recently met.

you might remember him from "can't hardly wait" fame where he co-starred with none other than jennifer love hewitt. if you read the earlier post, you'll see i just can't seem to get away from j-love....

a pilgrimage observed...

3 years...7 months...and 9 days....

since i rolled my little uhaul trailor into pasadena in search of theological treasures...and yet one sight has eluded me.

since it was under renovation to add even geekier exhibits, the griffith observatory had been off-limits and therefore i was unable to live out my dream...

the first...

the second...

and the insipidly late...

and to all, i gladly say "mooooo"....

flights of fancy...

my arms just now recovered from my heroic jaunt over the beaches of los angeles, or i just decided to upload the photos--pick whichever version works best for you.


here are the shots that made a man into a mouse...






"must. suppress. bladder. must. not. fold. like. house. of. cards."

the instructor made me sit sumo-style and reflect on how i would soon be one with the sky.

i felt like such an idiot.

this is my security check...a little snug in the crotchular region...

final lesson before take off...

take off from the bunny hill...

"wait a second...what's that fin i see popping up in the water?"

at this point, the instructor lets me know landing is easy and i can "figure it out" on my own...

one down...much to go...

as i wrote before, booyeon and i headed off to the big trash can of the east otherwise known as new york for our first year anniversary. i returned home with a swollen ankle, a pounding headache and lots of good memories.

we trounced around remembering the fancies of our long-gone youth and chasing after fond memories. we bounced from restful nostalgia to complete exhaustion---and somewhere in the middle we were blessed to talk with old friends, soak up the energy of the city, and feel the resounding thud of the door closing on our time in new york.

here are the shots you need to see...and check out boo's summary of the party events

ah, the city so nice no one who lives there has enough time to name it twice...

the wine we brought over from italy....as i always say "why eat 1 year old cake when you can have 1 year old chianti"---or something like that....

get ready for "baby tour '07"

sarah and jason

monica and dan

the mandatory trip to soho for iced coffee...

the rock star-turned-author makes an appearance...

heading down to philly...

anniversary night...big time at the mob spot, florio's...