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Month: September 2010

  • video: outake

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQomotAm-A

    up until this weekend, i was about two months behind on stitching together videos — and i’m starting to understand how people end up with stacks and stacks of mini-dv tapes piled up on a shelf, collecting dust.

    but, before you watch any of the rest of the videos, watch the outtake above. laugh-out-loud funny. in hindsight.

    • stairs — sparklet is moving up and down stairs like nobody’s business. of course, we don’t have any, so we have to borrow the stairs at the playground.
    • baby/birds in a bucket — the full session that produced the (hilarious!) outake above.
    • bubble gum — two rules, do something cute and don’t eat the camera. did okay on the first. not so much on the latter.
    • sparklet’s first film — it’s a little avant guarde. or maybe just weird for the sake of being weird. but who am i to judge?

  • guestbook: chris & sean

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    See All the Photos on Flickr:
    guestbook (2009-10)

  • camp: cunningham state park

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    everyone’s favorite groomsmaid is in town this weekend, camping with her family. drove up for the morning, and snuck in a little swimming. hopefully next time we’re in a campground, we’ll actually be spending the night.
    See All the Photos on Flickr:
    cunningham state park, thurmond, maryland

  • “hey, baby … come here often?”

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  • video: stairs

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNoKIyCGMM

    sparklet is moving up and down stairs like nobody’s business. of course, we don’t have any, so we have to borrow them from the playground.

  • hike: stony man trail, shenandoah national park, virginia

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    trail information:
    Trailhead: 38.589168, -78.374405 (Google Maps); Length: 1.6 total miles; Elevation Gain: 320 feet; Trail Type: Loop; Skill Level: Easy.
    See a Slideshow the Photos on Flickr:
    stony man mountain, shenandoah national park, virginia

  • proud papa

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    the lions at the zoo just had babies — four of them — and not knowing anything about animal husbandry, sparklet and i wandered up to the exhibit to see if they’d be out running around yet.

    no babies, but dad was there.

    which brings up a good point — if the lady sparkler ever comes home with four babies, i’m taking papa lion’s lead by running into the back yard, climbing on top of the highest point, and hoping for the chaos will subside without my active participation.

  • video: road trip

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqc9XgNbjeM

  • accident vs. incompetence

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    soooo, i rear ended someone today in our (somewhat) new (to us) prius. i’m fine, and *certainly* wasn’t at fault, but it reminds me how much i hate driving on the wrong side of the river.

    here are the things that the driver (from Virginia, natch) did wrong (with a photo illustration in case you get confused):

    1. he was coming from alexandria, so in order to be where he was he had to illegally cut across at least one lane of traffic to get there.
    2. he ignored a “circle traffic must stay in the circle during rush hour” sign, and pulled out into the flow of traffic.
    3. he cut across four lanes of traffic — four! — including three lanes with solid white lines.
    4. he cut me off, and then immediately slammed on his breaks for a pedestrian in the crosswalk.

    the only good news is that he stopped, and didn’t hit the pedestrian (who was emerging from behind a big lumbering passenger van).

    that’s when it got fun.

    he blamed the van driver for “letting” the pedestrian use the crosswalk, and then eagerly blew off the damage to his car (you can make out the outline of my license plate on his rear bumper) to get the heck out of dodge.

    i double checked The Prius soon after i started breathing again, and no damage to my car — or me, for that matter. he did give me his information after i took a picture of his license plate, but strangely didn’t seem interested in waiting for mine.

    wonder if he’ll do that little stunt again.