July 2010 archive

Spain Wins World Cup Final Against The Netherlands

With Sylvia I watched Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 in the second overtime of a pretty ugly and physical game to win the World Cup in South Africa.

Breakfast At Family House With The Tapias

Had a really good breakfast of french toast, an egg and some bacon at Family House in National City with Sylvia and Rodrigo.

Lunch With An Old Friend

Met my old friend and past co-worker Tim for lunch at Lucha Libre which was featured on “Man vs. Food” on the Travel Channel. I enjoyed the Surfin’ California Burrito.

Second Day In A Row At Multi Image

Went in to Multi Image to work on the EDC Annual Dinner presentations.

Across The Street

Spent the night across the street house-sitting and taking care of three dogs and eight cats for the neighbors.

Client Review at Multi Image

Went in to Multi Image (twice) today for a client review of three Powerpoint files Terry had created for an EDC dinner next Tuesday.

Giant Beetle!

I have never seen such a giant beetle outside of a museum collection or zoo.  My mom found it in one of the flower pots in the backyard.  It seemed like it was very old and possibly dying. I transferred it to a larger pot and took some pictures. It did its best to hide …

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Yet Another Earthquake

This one was at 16:53 local time and originally set at a magnitude of 5.7, then upgraded to 5.9 and finally downgraded to 5.4. Centered 15 miles northwest of Borrego Springs.

Spain Beats Germany In South African World Cup Semifinal

Watched Spain defeat Germany 1-0 (in a game well officiated by a Hungarian referee – woohoo!) at the Carvajals’ house in Chula Vista. They were all rooting for Spain while our friend Burkhard in Germany was obviously hoping his team would win. Spain now faces Netherlands in the finals on Sunday, while Germany plays against …

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Netherlands Beats Uruguay In A World Cup Semifinal

Watched the Netherlands defeated Uruguay 3-2 in the first of the World Cup semifinals. Good game for the most part, but also unnecessarily ugly at other times.

Did Some Bathroom Remodeling

Helped out the Tapias with some bathroom remodeling. Got some delicious rolled tacos for it.

Celebrated The 4th Of July, As Usual, In The Tapias’ Backyard

Had an all-American burger dinner and then took some blurry, hand-held firework shots through the overcast.

World Cup Quarterfinal Matches

Watched Germany beat Argentina 4-0 (so long and good riddance Maradona), and Spain beat Paraguay 1-0 in another very questionably refereed  match.

Another Day at the San Diego Zoo

Spent the day at the San Diego Zoo (my 16th so far this year), most of it with Heather and her daughter Lauren. Here are my 4 four favorite animal photos as well as some lunch pictures. There’s Frank, the under two year old Western Lowland Gorilla, a Flamingo chick and it’s mom, an Orangutan with a …

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Back at Multi Image

I went back to Multi Image to go over some work for the first time since May 12 of last year. It felt the same but different.

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