Sunday, July 25, 2004
Behold, the greatest blog update of all time...ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...
Apartment-Tour 2004
Yes, friends. Two things have happened in rapid succession. First, and most importantly, my parents got me a digital camera as an early birthday present! Yay! My birthday isn't until September 5th, but I'm going to Hawaii then (woot, again) and they were kind enough to make sure I could document the adventure. How kind!
The second thing that happened is that BlogSpot (the people hosting this mess) have allowed us to post pictures. Pretty shnazzy, yes? So since I need some practice with taking pictures, capturing them, and then doing something useful with them, I thought I'd make an apartment tour for those of you that can't come see the squalor in which I live. So lets get to it, shall we?
First off. A shot of my room from the door. Computer on the left, needs to be replaced with something *much faster*! Bed on the right. Where I get my sleep on! You'll note a severe lack of any recording or audio production equipment. I'm working on it!
Same room, this time from the computer. Chest-of-drawers, my shelf-o-incense, and plaque-o-honors from my freshman year. Dad had it made for me.
My ugly steel shelf! Whenever I go shopping for furniture again, this is going to be the first thing to go.
A view from my window. Nice 'n green, and pretty private. I usually keep the shades drawn, though. Too much sun = too much hot.
On the way out. My bathroom is behind the door. No I'm not going to show you my bathroom! It's all bathroomy! Completely non-descript. And you can see the hideous darkness emanating from within. That's not a strange reflection from the flash on the doorway, that's a magical ward designed to keep the evil creatures therein from escaping.
The dining room. Things of note. That tube on the table is someone's fishing pole that I found on the road when I came home. It was on the asphalt when I came back, and I parked and went out to pick it up, just in case something cool (or dangerous to tires) was inside. Turns out it's a fishing pole, and the guy's address is on the outside. I'll see if I can contact him to send it back, if he even wants it.
Also of note, we have two refrigerators. Works out pretty well, actually.
The living room! Schnazzy Ikea-brand furniture and video games be here.
The kitchen! You can see the blender that Sandy and I got when she was here. I have fallen in love with the smoothie! Fruit + Yogurt + Juice = Happiness.
THE COOLEST THING I OWN!
SUPERCOUCH, TRANSFORM!
FORM OF...
TWIN SIZE BED! And it has storage, and it's blue...oooooh. So neat.
Behold! This is what passes for our 'entertainment center'. Not bad. It's got the prerequisites for coolness. Got the TV, got the PS2, and with the addition of Derek's stuff, I've got stereo sound!
Pointless artistic PS2 Photos!
The Weaponry:
We keep the swords and the like by the door, so if anyone ever breaks in, they have the weapons with which to do the damage *right there*. Though I wouldn't worry, they're much more decorative then practical. Note also the nunchaku. While nunchaku are illegal in California, these are made of foam and plastic, and you couldn't hurt anything larger then a mouse with them. So these actually are legal. No worries.
White board. Back towards my room. Just another picture. Moving on!
This is Derek's Room. That's not Derek. That's Chris, Derek's brother. He's staying with us for the week. This is Derek:
Pointless transition shot...
Our enormous and completely unused balcony. First shot facing south, second shot facing north. We use this area to practice our kicks. We have a balcony big enough to practice spinning hook kicks, and that's saying something.
The view from the balcony. That's Lincoln Park across the street. Not to be confused with Linkin park. They're a band.
Look at the puny balconies everyone else has. Spinning hook kicks? I don't think so!
Our pool. Frolic, kids, frolic!
Out in front of the apartment, facing south. That's LAX over there. If you're ever landing on a flight on Alaska Airlines and you're seated at the right hand of the plane, try to spot my apartment, most Alaska flights land on the runway right near where I live. Not so close that the sound is too annoying, though.
Here's the same street, but looking north. Two important landmarks here, Otis College of Art and Design and the Furama Hotel. You can see them from landing planes too. I had to stand in the *middle of the street* to get this shot, so be grateful!
Just a couple more shots to wrap up:
Goatee experiments resume! I call this one...nothing, really. They don't have names. I like it, though it's a tough one to shave. I would have included some other shots, but they all made me look *hideously* ugly.
I don't like my hair. I'm always hemming and hawing about growing it out and trying to get a valid haircut or just shaving it off, but it always starts to get unruly when it gets even a little longer then long, and my *huge* forehead is beginning to show some age. That's why I tend to keep it short or shaved.
And lastly:
This is Austin. He's a co-worker who had a birthday this weekend. Went to his house today, hung out, took some pictures, few of which turned out well. They had some *crazy* big bunches of food for the eatin'. Lordy. And one of those obnoxiously big chocolate cosco-cakes. And his girlfriend, also in attendance, put those clever little paper umbrellas in everything. The margaritas, the cake...there were three in the Hummus.
Okay, future posts will *not* contain this many pictures. I'll probably post some more of my friends, though, just so you have a mental image of what they look like.
Also coming soon, my website! I'm going to put together a quick little site where you can download random pictures, music I've composed, and some writing too. Should be up before too long. It'll be simple, but it'll be about the content, not the style. I'll post the link here when it's ready, but it'll probably be noel.zerothpower.com. That's where I'm hosting the images by the way.
Oh, and if the images prove too much of a strain on our Web Server, I'll take them down. We have some pretty good andwidth, so it's not likely, but just so you're aware.
Okay, thus ends the longest blog post in the entire universe. Enjoy! Tell me what you think!
Ta, ducks,
-N
Apartment-Tour 2004
Yes, friends. Two things have happened in rapid succession. First, and most importantly, my parents got me a digital camera as an early birthday present! Yay! My birthday isn't until September 5th, but I'm going to Hawaii then (woot, again) and they were kind enough to make sure I could document the adventure. How kind!
The second thing that happened is that BlogSpot (the people hosting this mess) have allowed us to post pictures. Pretty shnazzy, yes? So since I need some practice with taking pictures, capturing them, and then doing something useful with them, I thought I'd make an apartment tour for those of you that can't come see the squalor in which I live. So lets get to it, shall we?
First off. A shot of my room from the door. Computer on the left, needs to be replaced with something *much faster*! Bed on the right. Where I get my sleep on! You'll note a severe lack of any recording or audio production equipment. I'm working on it!
Same room, this time from the computer. Chest-of-drawers, my shelf-o-incense, and plaque-o-honors from my freshman year. Dad had it made for me.
My ugly steel shelf! Whenever I go shopping for furniture again, this is going to be the first thing to go.
A view from my window. Nice 'n green, and pretty private. I usually keep the shades drawn, though. Too much sun = too much hot.
On the way out. My bathroom is behind the door. No I'm not going to show you my bathroom! It's all bathroomy! Completely non-descript. And you can see the hideous darkness emanating from within. That's not a strange reflection from the flash on the doorway, that's a magical ward designed to keep the evil creatures therein from escaping.
The dining room. Things of note. That tube on the table is someone's fishing pole that I found on the road when I came home. It was on the asphalt when I came back, and I parked and went out to pick it up, just in case something cool (or dangerous to tires) was inside. Turns out it's a fishing pole, and the guy's address is on the outside. I'll see if I can contact him to send it back, if he even wants it.
Also of note, we have two refrigerators. Works out pretty well, actually.
The living room! Schnazzy Ikea-brand furniture and video games be here.
The kitchen! You can see the blender that Sandy and I got when she was here. I have fallen in love with the smoothie! Fruit + Yogurt + Juice = Happiness.
THE COOLEST THING I OWN!
SUPERCOUCH, TRANSFORM!
FORM OF...
TWIN SIZE BED! And it has storage, and it's blue...oooooh. So neat.
Behold! This is what passes for our 'entertainment center'. Not bad. It's got the prerequisites for coolness. Got the TV, got the PS2, and with the addition of Derek's stuff, I've got stereo sound!
Pointless artistic PS2 Photos!
The Weaponry:
We keep the swords and the like by the door, so if anyone ever breaks in, they have the weapons with which to do the damage *right there*. Though I wouldn't worry, they're much more decorative then practical. Note also the nunchaku. While nunchaku are illegal in California, these are made of foam and plastic, and you couldn't hurt anything larger then a mouse with them. So these actually are legal. No worries.
White board. Back towards my room. Just another picture. Moving on!
This is Derek's Room. That's not Derek. That's Chris, Derek's brother. He's staying with us for the week. This is Derek:
Pointless transition shot...
Our enormous and completely unused balcony. First shot facing south, second shot facing north. We use this area to practice our kicks. We have a balcony big enough to practice spinning hook kicks, and that's saying something.
The view from the balcony. That's Lincoln Park across the street. Not to be confused with Linkin park. They're a band.
Look at the puny balconies everyone else has. Spinning hook kicks? I don't think so!
Our pool. Frolic, kids, frolic!
Out in front of the apartment, facing south. That's LAX over there. If you're ever landing on a flight on Alaska Airlines and you're seated at the right hand of the plane, try to spot my apartment, most Alaska flights land on the runway right near where I live. Not so close that the sound is too annoying, though.
Here's the same street, but looking north. Two important landmarks here, Otis College of Art and Design and the Furama Hotel. You can see them from landing planes too. I had to stand in the *middle of the street* to get this shot, so be grateful!
Just a couple more shots to wrap up:
Goatee experiments resume! I call this one...nothing, really. They don't have names. I like it, though it's a tough one to shave. I would have included some other shots, but they all made me look *hideously* ugly.
I don't like my hair. I'm always hemming and hawing about growing it out and trying to get a valid haircut or just shaving it off, but it always starts to get unruly when it gets even a little longer then long, and my *huge* forehead is beginning to show some age. That's why I tend to keep it short or shaved.
And lastly:
This is Austin. He's a co-worker who had a birthday this weekend. Went to his house today, hung out, took some pictures, few of which turned out well. They had some *crazy* big bunches of food for the eatin'. Lordy. And one of those obnoxiously big chocolate cosco-cakes. And his girlfriend, also in attendance, put those clever little paper umbrellas in everything. The margaritas, the cake...there were three in the Hummus.
Okay, future posts will *not* contain this many pictures. I'll probably post some more of my friends, though, just so you have a mental image of what they look like.
Also coming soon, my website! I'm going to put together a quick little site where you can download random pictures, music I've composed, and some writing too. Should be up before too long. It'll be simple, but it'll be about the content, not the style. I'll post the link here when it's ready, but it'll probably be noel.zerothpower.com. That's where I'm hosting the images by the way.
Oh, and if the images prove too much of a strain on our Web Server, I'll take them down. We have some pretty good andwidth, so it's not likely, but just so you're aware.
Okay, thus ends the longest blog post in the entire universe. Enjoy! Tell me what you think!
Ta, ducks,
-N
Comments:
Very nice Noel! Always go to be able to associate actual images to the things you tell us :) Never know what we might dream up on our own! (And I'll look for you when I'm flying into LAX next)
Always a pleasure!
~ Lori
Always a pleasure!
~ Lori
# posted by 
: July 26, 2004 at 4:57 PM
: July 26, 2004 at 4:57 PM
Yay! Lori read my blog! That's some good news right there. spunkrake.blogspot.com. Your one source for all of your up to the...week...Noel news.
-N
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