Coin BAHHHD!

I got about one foot away from this bird. he was very cooperative :-)

California

Huntington Pier is so photogenic : )

the infamous ''Huntington Pier,'' see that building at the end? that's Ruby's on the pier, where Missiz Joni and i first hung out. watchin' seagulls fight the wind and eventually give up, good conversations, walking along the beach, swimming in the ocean, that day was really great. =D

This is a hotel (at least i think it's a hotel :-p) on the other side of PCH from huntington beach.

''California'' with sea weed on the ''o'' but that's okay. i heart it just the same :-) i took this picture from h-bomb pier, each letter is about 5 feet tall. so yeah, that seaweed is huge

this bottle is filled with shells and ocean water from huntington beach. you see, California, i'm taking you with me. and that's final ;-)

O.O a sand dollar!! so what if it's broken? that's okay with me. today is thanksgiving. i know one thing i'm thankful for is California. i know i'm going right back to Missouri, where i started from, but before i left, i didn't have all these experiences i now have, didn't have all these new friends i have, the work experience, i'd like to think i've grown as a person, i've found God again, and i've seen such beauty out here that Missouri can't provide in the same way. So detour as it may have been, it's been an overflowing of blessing to me. But i know that i can't stay out here forever. i have goals in life that can't readily be reached from here. yeah, i'll be sad to have left it, but just like my first visit here, i'll be even happier that it happened, and even more hopeful, since i know it's not the last or greatest beauty i will ever see. California? thank you : )

A Simple Microcode

If you take every 50th letter in the Torah, it spells out the name "Elohim," the name of God, 147 times.

today's title is ''Chilli Mash''

it all started a long time ago, when i was talking on the phone with Missiz Jóní ...last night.

i said ''ugh. i'm so hungry. there's nothing to eat here. oh you know what i hella want tho? some mashed potatoes! that sounds soooo good rite now....''

then she sed ''oh, i had mashed potatoes earlier today! =D''

then i sed ''i wonder if instant mashed taters are good...i bet they're watery enough to drink..*drools imagining such a feat* ''

then she sed ''ew. i actually had instant mashed taters today. they were actually pretty good.''

the conversation ended shortly thereafter. then later she henceforth-thusright-whenceforto-herein and so forth, called again.

i said ''you know, i hella want some fresh french fries...''

then she sed ''omgz i'm totally at in and out rite now! =DD''

then i sed ''that's b/c we got that shiz on lock.'' wwwwhat? wo-okay! yeeeeaah :-)

so today, i get the instant mashed taters, i pour them into the hot water and stir. thinkin' to myself ''oh THIS won't end well...'' as the little flurries swing around in circles in the bowl and then all of a sudden it's MASHED POTATOES!!! no longer was it nasty ol' hot water and flakes, it was REAL mashed potatoes, rite in the bowl! i was shocked! how did they do that?! they're sooo good, too. i mixed them with a roughly equal amount of beef chilli with beans. ohhh yeah. this is what mum would call a ''stick to your ribs kinda meal'' and it works out to 1000 calories, 58 grams of protein, so it's almost good enough for a complete meal! :D

At some point, you have to give up...

If your kids ignored you, did things you hated and wanted nothing to do with you, at some point, you have to give up on them. That point is death.