not a fan of this particular field — fences go allllll the way up and there’s no good perfect vantage point at the game… i had to poke the camera lens through the fence for those shots

photos

jeff and matt having a catch

his lyrics are pretty sick… actually, i dig this site cuz there are a buncha references i don’t get

video

bonfire

heartbeat (conan)

looooove what he says at the end of the song… nice work, buddy

music

this is the first track i heard of his… it’s got a kanye hook to it so, yea, i immediately loved

other tracks, from the cd:

great game for matty’s padres! 6-5 w (come from behind victory). great fundamental baseball and only three kids cried!

— Joey Hernandez (@gorirrajoe) May 12, 2012

matt’s pitching line: 2ip, 1er, 4k’s, 2bb, 1h. batting: 2/2, 1r, 1sb – absolutely crushed the first hit

— Joey Hernandez (@gorirrajoe) May 12, 2012

video

this is the first time i took video with the lens… i dunno if i’d do it again — i dunno, what do you think?

photos

jerabek park

like father, like son

all pro stance -- he switches between two diff stances

good eye!

hit 2 of 2

team huddle after a great win

thanks to ana for taking a few of these shots!

westside!

the marina

convention center

elevator ceiling fun

rawr

the bridesmaids

moms and pops

jay cuttin' it up with the groom-to-be

frustrated, i give bayareafastrak a call and i get results. the dood was able to dismiss my two pending violations, flag my license plate so the system won’t just automatically send a letter to me, AND they’re sending the violations to the right person. hells yea!

maybe now that other license plate guy will pay his damn tolls at bridges. $4 toll but a $30 ticket. this guy has been doing it once a month.

hopefully this is the last i’ll hear from bayareafastrak!

so for the FOURTH time, i received a notice from bay area fastrak that i didn’t pay a toll in san mateo… so yea… it wasn’t me.

the license plate looks REALLY close, but the driver has a I [HEART] JDM license plate holder and the heart part bumps up into the license plate, making it look like “XIJ” — i’m guessing his license plate has “XTJ” but the damn computer keeps seeing my plate number!

looks pretty damn close, eh?

notice of toll evasion

this is what i wrote the third time (i’ve started to just copy and paste my response and making updates):

The car that was pictured is not mine. I have never been in the San Mateo-Hayward area and definitely was not there on 12/12/11. I was currently in San Diego on that day — it is also where I reside. My vehicle is a black 2007 Honda Accord. This is the THIRD time this has occurred. The license plate in question is “5XTJ454″ — the bottom portion of the license plate in question makes the “T” look like an “I”.

a couple days later, i’ll get this:

We have reviewed the image in question and found that it was originally reviewed it in error. We have corrected our error and apologize for any inconvenience, confusion or frustration this may have caused.

it’s corrected, but not in the long term!

what ticks me off is that this guy (assuming it’s a guy) is getting away with it. my guess is he thinks he has a valid fastrak toll tag so he keeps on driving through these tolls, thinking he’s paying…

…unless he KNOWS he’s getting away with this… then it’s time for vigilante justice

wonder when it’ll happen again…

oops… didn’t realize it picked up so much of the wind in the mic

anyway, it’s sooooo beautiful here. away from the traffic, away from the pollution, there’s a gem in the countryside of rionegro, about 30 minutes from the city. this is ana’s uncle’s countryhome, affectionately named “aragon”

photos

tikka

canelo

the beautiful house

my room for the evening

lunch on the patio with the family

ana and diana

storytime and snacks

chicharon y arepas

where the hobbits stay

in the middle of the mall is a park with a forest. it has a place for kids to play: a ferris wheel, a long slide, and one of those bungee jumpy acrobatic things…

it’s a HUGE mall… like you couldn’t walk around it in one day…

this was at a random roadside eatery in medellin, colombia

the whole museum was actually pretty cool — a bunch of different interactive modules all centered around water: the science, the usage, etc.

best of all, the museum is free… actually best of all, the museum was air conditioned!