Red Robin Is Yummy.

But In N Out still wins for the best burgers ever. Hands down. If you disagree, I'll stab you. Just kidding. Sort of.

"Contemplation" 2/28/08

Although I agree with the concerns, it can be very hard sometimes to convince parents that you're merely capturing daily life by photographing their children. I've taken photos of peewee football games, little league games, and even just went to the park for inspiration, as seen above. And oftentimes, various parents will approach me and interrogate me on the subjects of my photographs. No, I'm not a pedophile. I won't be selling any photos. Yes, I post a few on the internet, but mainly as an expression of an art form.

I usually have to reassure them that I'm there for either someone else, or merely for the sake of trying to take nice photos, then give them my business card. If they see anything that's distasteful to them online, they can email and I'll gladly take it down. Once again, its not that I don't understand the concern, but it's just the amount of parents that continually hound me and hold me suspect of crimes I have no intention of committing. Oy. In other news, I like this picture. Hopefully you do too.

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Well, my weekend started early this week. No work tomorrow, which is great, because I'm waiting for a package to arrive tomorrow in the mail. And we all know how suspenseful it can be to wait for something you know is coming. I'm just waiting for a new light stand and a new radio trigger, but anytime I get new stuff, its exciting. I'm like a kid on Christmas morning when it comes to camera equipment.

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Although I don't normally watch tv, I've been following "America's Best Dance Crew" on MTV the last couple of weeks. Mostly because my good friend, Allison Vicencio, is a member of one of the crews, Kaba Modern. Here's an interesting observation I've made about the show and all the internet talk that its spawned lately. Mainly, the top crews in the show, Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern, are top two for good reason: they're from California.

Now before you go assuming, let me explain. Dance crew competitions have been going on here for decades. Most teams are formed at the collegiate level/age, so if you've ever gone to a Cal State or UC, chances are, you've gone to a school with a dance crew. Even USC has one(although theirs isn't particularly good. Hey, they have to be not good at something, right?). The particular styles of dance showcased in ABDC are among the usual routines of these dance crews. All over the LA/OC, in SD, and up in SF, dance competitions are held all the time. So Jabba and Kaba have had lots and lots of practice already doing these types of things. Almost every other dance crew that's been eliminated, has been from the east coast, and in my opinion, its due to the fact that they don't have the types of competitions that we do here.

That being said, I'm pretty sure that the top crew in the end will either be Jabbawockeez or Kaba Modern. And before anyone instantly declares Jabbawockeez the winners, consider this: two of their members were former Kaba Modern dancers.

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In other dancing news, I hope Patrick Swayze beats cancer. I mean, seriously, he starred in Dirty Dancing. That makes him an instant 80's movie idol. Right up there with Molly Ringwald (Sweet Sixteen, The Breakfast Club) and Sean Astin ( The Goonies, Rudy). I'll honestly be sad if he doesn't make it. He practically reinvented what it means to do "The Lift".

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Okay, I was gonna do a Youtube video, but out of necessity it's gonna have to be a Myspace video. I just wanna show you all how much I love my cousins (well, for the most part they're my cousins, long story...). Here's a video of Rachel (on the right with the guitar), and our mutual good friend Tori (on the left) singing their version of Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning":
Sunday Morning

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Wow, aren't they good?!??!!? I love my family!!!