Box Wars Pt 1

Box Wars in Delores Park. Always entertaining.

Yes, that is the Nesquik bunny giving out Nesquik at Delores Park.

Time Tested Warrior

"When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire."

I think the biggest advantage of having a DSLR camera is the control that you have. My favorite setting to play around with is the shutter speed because it makes such a drastic difference to how a picture turns out. For this series of pictures I used a very fast shutter speed with a low ISO to highlight a light source on an otherwise dark day (except for the last one).  I did a bit of color enhancement on a few of these pictures mostly adjusting the levels using GIMP.  

Ashley Visits + Fleet Week

Ashley was in town this weekend. Always good to get a bit of company. I explored a lot more of San Francisco and went to an alumni bar for the Texas game. It was a blowout, but on the bright side OU still sucks. Fleet week was this week as well. I really wish I had a telephoto lens to capture some pictures of the planes.

The legendary Ashley

The infamous John

And then there's Amol.

Writing in the sky. How does it work?

The ever super coordinated Blue Angels

Stealth fighter hovering above the bay.

Acrobatics

Delicious

I hate the "hipstomatic" effect, but it seems so appropriate in this picture.

Remember?

Sausalito

Went to Sausalito on a bike with my cousin and a few of her friends today. The bike ride is beautiful, not too long, and I highly recommend that everyone do it at least once.  I did about 15 miles total which I'm pretty proud of. 15 miles doesn't seem that long, but throw in a few hills, and it can get pretty tiring. I still hate hills, but I feel more comfortable on them now that I've pushed through a couple.  Thanks to Carol and Tim for guiding us around!

Started off a bit cloudy today.

Betty and I.

Clouds cleared up later, weather was beautiful today.

Dog training outside on the field!

Carol, Betty, Tim

View from on the bridge.

Wish I had a boat

City from across the bridge.

Ate at Fish.. 

Fish.'s fish and chips made from Halibut. Delicious

Alcatraz on the Ferry.

Finished Reading: Slaughterhouse-Five

Finally finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five today. So it goes. It's been on my to read list ever since I read Cat's Cradle.  This book was a lot different than Cat's Cradle, and it threw me off at first. I'm not a huge fan of anti-war books (not a supporter of war, but I find anti-war books boring), but Slaughterhouse-Five was extremely enjoyable because of the added sci-fi element. It had a generous blend of sci-fi, anti-war, and philosophical themes.

Overall the book is rather depressing and morbid, but there are moments of optimism in the book that speak to the resiliency of the human condition. I highly recommend that everyone read this book at least once. It's only 214 pages and should be a nice quick read.

Kopi

I need more things to take pictures of.