Hipstamatic Photo Contest

So I took this pic of Little G and, being the hipstamaniac I am, I entered it into a Hipstamatic photo contest. If any of you would like to vote for G-Dawg (within the next 24 hrs - it's a short contest), you can either go to this link http://community.hipstamatic.com/submissions/14961 and click to share on Facebook and then click the like button for the posted link (and anyone who clicks the like button will give the pic one vote), or you can say http://hpstm.tc/msx and #hipstamatic in one tweet on Twitter. If you have both FB and Twitter, you can do both if you like. Any votes are much appreciated. Thanks!

Hipstamaniac

I know - it's been a crazy long time since I posted. I'm sorry. Facebook has been fulfilling my need for quick, punchy status updates, but I need to take the time to write a proper blog post.

A couple of months ago, I found a new passion. Well, it's actually a twist on an old passion. A friend on Facebook uploaded some pretty sweet looking pictures he took with an iPhone app called Hipstamatic. It's a camera app where one can change the "lens" "film" and "flash" for different looks. It's based off of a real camera made by a couple of guys 20+ years ago. The camera was made completely from plastic and the idea was to make cameras so affordable that even your average children could buy them. Tragically, the guys making the cameras died in a car accident (hit by a drunk driver, I believe) and the cameras kind of died with them. The pictures from both the real camera and the app have an interesting look to them. Kind of blurry, but in a good way. I am completely addicted. I have had the app for maybe two months or so, and I have taken hundreds of pictures. Hundreds. Maybe even close to one thousand. Some of them have turned out really, really cool. It's not that I'm a great photographer - I give most of the credit to the app. I will have to post pics, but if you are on Facebook, you can check out most of the pics there.

Wow!

I've been FBing and have totally neglected this blog.

Tiff the Mini Vaca

Doubletree Hotel Haikus

What is up with the
Poor customer service skills
Doubletree Hotel


Portland Doubletree
Take responsibility
Please do the right thing

X-BOX's New Version of "Rock Band"

I think that the makers of Rock Band should develop a new version of the game geared towards us hispanics. Mariachi Band! I know I'd rush out and buy it. Instead of drums, you could have trumpets and fiddles and the singer would have to sing Mariachi songs and do gritas. It'd be awesome!

Another 15 minutes of fame

Well, more like about 5 seconds of fame, but I ended up in a Group Health and STP promotional video on the Group Health web site. To check it out, click here

Soy Ice Cream Bar

United Haiku

United Airlines
Man at gate gave my seat up
Don't fly United

Me and some of "the girls" in Colorado

Here are some pics from my recent trip to Colorado. More pics and related blog postings are coming soon.

I think this one should be my new facebook pic

Cousin Darla on Rye and Nikki on Cowboy

Celebrity Sighting

At the airport in Denver, Nikki and I were in the same terminal with Shawn Johnson, Olympic gymnast and recent winner of DWTS (sorry - I still think Gilles was robbed). Mark was disappointed that we didn't congratulate her on her dancing victory, but I believe that just because someone is famous doesn't give me the right to invade their personal space and I'm not one for randomly talking to people I don't really know, unless they are JW's. If it were Hugh Jackman or Patrick Dempsey or a few other people, it may have been different....

G-Dawg the Sk8er Girl

In preparation of another summer at Alki, I am trying to teach Gobi how to ride my skateboard. So far, so good - it is a slow process, but we are definitely making progress. I will have to post pictures/video once we get her really going.

Late Morning T

Location: I'm physically at work, but in my mind, I am on a white sandy beach in Hawaii

Listening to: A Starbuck's CD - Mele O Hawaii (Songs of Hawaii), which explains where my head is right now.

Mood: Pensive and longing to be somewhere tropical.

My Talk

So last week I had a talk on happiness - in the front school, mind you. I think I like it better when I do an impromptu because I don't have as much time to panic. Well, anyway, I think as long as I don't throw up, pass out or die during a talk, it can be considered a success. Holy spirit is a powerful thing!

Tiff's Words of Wisdom

Don't put cans of hairspray and deodorant next to each other because some morning you might be getting ready for work while you are still half asleep and end up going all day with sticky pits and hair that smells "powder fresh."

Bhangra Bloody Bhangra

I recently got a new CD with the above title - it is Indian techno hip-hop music covering old Black Sabbath songs and I must say that I LOVE it.

American Idol Winner, Kris Allen

I don't think anyone was more shocked that Kris Allen to hear that he had one Season 8. Although appreciative, he almost relunctantly accepted the title after saying something like, "but Adam deserves this..." No one could ever accuse this kid of lacking humility.

Is it just me

Or did Katy Perry look like she was wearing an adult diaper last night on American Idol?

Tiff's Tips On Life

If you want to make a comment at the meeting on Sunday and your comment happens to contain information about doggy poo (ie how Paul compared the things of God and things of the world and he said everything else was "refuse" or as the KJ Bible puts it, "dung," meaning dog dung) it's best to think of an appropriate word for poo so there isn't an awkward pause before blurting out "doggy doody". I'm just saying...

Star Trek vs Wolverine

OK - they both have had huge media buzz, they both have state-of-the-art special effects and they both have origin stories. Who will win the battle of the blockbusters? So far, it looks like Trek is going to take it hands down. What do I think? Well, I must say, I'm a bit torn. Star Trek has a better story line that steers it away from the old Trek without compromising the essense of the a Star Trek movie, but the one thing it doesn't have that the new X-Men movie has is Hugh Jackman. Quite frankly, I may be out of my Vulcan mind, but the whole Wolverine movie could have consisted of Mr. Jackman sitting silently in a chair and I still would have seen it.