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all made of stars / bit by a bad dog
We just got back to our house last night and it is all crazy unpacking, cleaning house (plus spontaneous furniture rearrangement) and getting ready for school (for Mina only) and work tomorrow, but I need to write this down lest I forget… We arrived here in the middle of a ferocious heatwave; the locals say it got so hot that water buffalo died because they got too hot and their livers burst (!). We took the kids to play at the big bounce house at Big C and basically sweated out their own body weight. Then I dropped off everybody at home because I had to change out a bad…
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Airport waiting
Time for the long journey home, boarding in five minutes. LAX does itself no favors instituting a mandatory full body search for parents carrying baby milk, and the comically serious airport policeman cruising around these hallways on a Segway makes things seem so… LA.
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nth Degrees of Mike Shinoda
We’ve been too busy to post anything for a couple weeks and that’s a good thing… It’s been too fun meeting up with family, friends, and random celebrities. In the one month we’ve been here, I’ve seen Shaq driving a convertible on the 405 (not really), Kid Rock in a bar in Monterey (not really), DJ Qbert walking into the character breakfast at the Disneyland hotel (probably not really), and became aware that I have a mere two degrees of separation from Lincoln Park/Fort Minor headman Mike Shinoda (really). More photos and stuff will follow after our return home. We’re departing on April 25 and will be home at the…
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The Children’s Museum at La Habra
This museum was about 40 minutes away from our house and had the most impressive trophy room I’ve ever seen. I mean, it was like a great trophy room with a bunch of stuff for kids to do as well. For the purpose of edutaining kids, this place gets 3.25 stars out of 5 (but if it had been crowded it would have dropped below 3, I think). Their flashtastic website is here.
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Irvine Park Railroad Ride
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Manzanar Fishing Club?
How is it I only learn about this movie just as the last sneak preview is playing?
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Fishing Derby at Mile Square Park
Although we skunked out like most on that day (in spite of 1,600 lbs of rainbow trout being stocked a couple days before), we had a great time. We met Phil Friedman and everybody around us was friendly. The kid fishing next to us picked up his sister’s pole when it bent over late in the day (his sister had gotten bored and wandered off somewhere) and he pulled in the biggest fish of the day. All in all, it was a good day.
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Visiting the Lakewood Pony Adventure / Petting Zoo
2 stars out of 5, yo. Worth a pity visit if you’re in the area.
