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posters in hand,
phil buonadonna awaiting
our flight to san diego. he knows a lot about nuclear fission.
ask him about it sometime.
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eric fraser was also there.
he actually had some real responsibilities to attend to though.
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| after nearly a month of
idle time, my digital camera is finally back in action! i'm sure these
people were quite excited about that. |
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| i wonder what this guy's head
feels like when it rains. |
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| or when cold air is blasting
on it. |
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| she looks awfully cheery distributing
these peanuts. |
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| as do some of the people consuming
them. |
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| a photo from 'how to eat peanuts
for dummies'. |
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| the peanuts knocked fraser out. |
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| which was a good thing since
our flight wasn't very exciting. and finally, we arrived in sunny san diego.
it seemed a lot warmer than 64 degrees for some reason. |
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| heading to pick up our car from
the oh-so-sleazy fox rent-a-car. i'd do a search for their web site url,
but i don't think that will be necessary. |
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| the weather in san diego was
far better than what it had been in the bay area. |
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| our rental helped us get
around to enjoy some of that. |
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| once we got past these guys
that is. |
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| drive thru mexican food
with cellular phones and pagers! what a combination! |
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| where phil and i "stayed". i
didn't even see our room until 5 or 6am the day we left. |
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| once we'd checked in, we
decided to start things off by heading to ocean beach, a short drive
from the mansion phil once stayed at for a year. |
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| a very san diego place to eat. |
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| eric and phil examining the license
plates on the wall. |
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| which are unreadable in this picture. |
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| this menu is actually rather
complex compared with the minimalism of in-n-out. |
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| the creativally named
ocean beach. |
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| another shot. |
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| the surf was actually quite good that
day. use the people on the walkway above for scale. |
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| phil and eric doing a beach shot. |
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| we then decided to amuse ourselves. |
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| outfit and gun color coordinated. |
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| air hockey, baby! |
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| fraser wanted a shot at the
title and so i gave him one. it was 3-1 at this point. the game
ultimately ended with a score of 7-3 as i retained my air hockey
championship title. :) |
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| phil wanted to buy a new
mountain bike. |
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| and so we checked out the
mountain bike warehouse. |
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| but didn't get anything. |
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| outside. |
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| i love
aquariums and was delighted to find an interesting collection of specimans here
with very little overlap from aquariums i've been to in the past. |
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| eric trying to bridge the gap
between live and canned. anchovies. they have neat little mouths that
sort of resemble that of a basking shark or a sea bass. |
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| fishes from the pacific northwest. |
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| more of that area. |
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| a fantastic jellyfish. |
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me in front of my future
home aquarium.
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| and now without the flash. |
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| phil would probably enjoy
coming over to my house. |
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| and allowing me to photograph
him. |
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| wish there was a nearby kitchen. check
out the size of these fish! |
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| a nurse shark according to phil. |
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| an interesting collection of fishes
which i didn't have enough time to read about. |
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| a beautiful collection of coral
in a colorful and well-lit aquarium. |
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| another shot of that wonderful
arrangement. |
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| phil's friend was once stung
by a lionfish. as he lived to tell the tale, apparently they're not
that venomous. (although he did have to go to some toxic
emergency thing or something like that.) |
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| a view of the pacific ocean
from outside the scripps institute of oceanography. |
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| fraser enjoying that same view. |
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| there was a tide pool outside
with artificial currents. |
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| the aquarium wasn't very crowded
either inside or outside, so that was nice. |
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| inside, there was a museum
with various exhibits, each telling a tale that was somehow related
to the ocean. this particular exhibit allowed you to scan bar codes
on an item and discover what role the ocean plays in the making of that
item. |
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| lipstick apparently . . . |
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| relies on oil and seaweed. |
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| jumping many hours ahead past the
npaci meeting and our brief journey to tijuana, we were back at our sleazy
car rental joint again. |
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| which is conveniently located
next to a palm and tarot card reader. |
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| they sell useless mexico
insurance here. |
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| which we didn't buy. phil conducted
most of the negotiations. |
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| in the meantime, i sat around
and thought about chicklets. only m&m's here. damn. |
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