Archives for the month of: May, 2009

This was supposed to be a celebration for Terry’s return to gainful employment, but her freelance gig was cancelled at the last minute. It was a perfect day for the park – not hot at all and no lines (except for the X2). We had a lot of fun even though Terry briefly passed out on a rollercoaster. She waited a few hours and rode another and was fine though, so hopefully it was nothing to worry about. We had Johnny Rockets for lunch and Cold Stone in the afternoon. Alex and I rode all of the open rollercoasters in the park, and we all rode the pirate ship twice in a row right after lunch, which may or may not have been a good idea.

just finished the 101 cheap eats issue of los angeles magazine and i’m ready to try some new restaurants!

today i went to the JPL open house and got to see the deep space control room, the mars science lab mid-assembly and lots of robots and scale models. pretty great nerd stuff, and the whole thing had a very science fair-y vibe. scientists with tables set up – from photos and diagrams on poster boards to a model of orbiting stars and an actual model of an interferometer outputting data to a big plasma screen. my favorite part was actually the big shop where they manufacture parts for the probes and satellites.

…i also had a really good giant burrito.

carrots! medicinal carrots! personal use medicinal carrots…that were here when i moved in…and i’m holding it for a friend.