Photo: Susie Ghahremani @ GR2 8/2008

These snaps, shot at the opening reception of Susie Ghahremani's solo show at GR2 LAST YEAR, represent the epitome of my slackness...um, slackdome?! I've been photo-lite for the past 12 months...with good reason. I decided to make a conscious effort to be more present in life rather than hiding behind my rig. It's easy for me to get lost in my photo world (which was momentarily brought to light on the Playa this year)....I'll save that for another story. But I digress, my amazingly talented friend, Sandra, held the role as instillation director for Susie's show! Not an easy task if you're familiar with the venue. Well done, Ladies!

Tinies:


Many Tinies:




My fave:


The Ladies:


So inspiring! For a few more shots from the rest of this evening click here.

Look into my eyes:

Life: I Was Earthquake'd

Yep, I was earthquaked! I was sitting on the top (7th) floor or my office building when it happened. I immediately knew what was happening when it hit and it scared the crap out of me not only because buildings SHOULD NOT MOVE LIKE THAT but because it started out small but ended BIG.

I've lived in California my entire life (with the exception of a few summers in Montana) and have become accustomed to little rattlers but the big ones (especially when I'm 7 stories up) definitely scare me. Tuesday's EQ had a magnitude of 5.4 and struck shortly before noon. When the initial shaking started I froze and remembered that you're no longer supposed to get under the door frame OR under your desk so I sat there for a moment thinking "THEN WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!" Then it hit me...to updated my facebook profile. Yep, I'm potentially facing death and my last words to the universe are "See is riding out that earthquake on the 7th floor...still going!!!! 11:43am". Classic right? What a world we live in that I have no idea where I should go to safely protect myself if this EQ decides to get any bigger so I turn to the internet. The ultimate security blanket!

Once the shaking stopped I realized that I needed to get down to the Village for my lunch date with Sandra so I collected all of my worldly possessions and shot for the door. A gal in the office next to me was standing in the hallway completely sketched out as well. She looked at me with two bags full of my life and asked "Are you leaving?" to which I replied "No, I have a lunch date at noon". I immediately realized how silly I looked heading out to lunch with all of this crap in my hands. I decided to drop everything off at my car and shot off to catch up with Sandra. Needless to say it felt good to have solid ground under for feet for a couple of hours.

Photos: Sandra's B-day Celebration :: 6/2008

Happy Birthweek, Lady!  I had such a blast celebrating with you last weekend.  Too much fun, indeed!  I hope all of your birthday wishes come true! Love Love Love~

To view 29 additional smile-worthy images from this celebration click here.