Humor: Robots ARE Terrified Of Unicorns!

Rad: Eyjafjalajökull Shock Waves

aka...The Icelandic volcano with the name no one can pronounce.

Humor: This Is How It Works In Our Home....

[Thanks, Ops!]

Fitness: P90X - Day 3

Day three and EVERYTHING hurts.  I was going to push our morning workout to the afternoon to give my aching muscles a few more hours of recovery time but when Farilla got up and was obviously going for it so I persevered.  Day one went a little something like this....push-ups, pull-ups...more push-ups and more pull-ups...and even more push-ups and MORE pull-ups.  Dude...my lats, pects and triceps have been screaming for 2 days straight.  Day two went like this....squats, lunges, jumping.....more squats, deeper lunges & higher jumps....then DEEPER squats, MORE lunges & even HIGHER jumps.  It's a wonder I can walk today.  Well, I wouldn't call it much of a walk.  It's more of a shuffle right now.  Day three (today) brought more upper body work.  So, as previously stated, I'm sore...TO THE MAX.  Yes, I just said to the max!

Photos: Farilla Skates

Hitting up the Venice Beach Skate Park is Farilla's favorite new past-time.  I decided to tag along the other morning...

















You can check out the rest of the snaps from this set here.

Life: Look Who's Back!

Life: Look Who's Back!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio

We think this must be the baby opossum we caught Sammie "playing" with a couple weeks ago. Glad to see he survived but sad to see that he was never reunited with Blossom and the rest of her brood. I can't get over how big this little guy has gotten since we last saw him. Seriously, check out those fingers!

Fitness: P90X - Day 1

We started P90X in-home training today.  Let me start by saying that I know very little about this workout program aside from its claim to transform your body into amazingness in 90 days.  I haven't seen any of their advertising nor have I read any of the literature supplied with the program.  In fact the above banner was just pulled from their website which I visited for the first time (for the sole purpose of finding a banner).  I'm very much just following Farilla's lead on this one.  Though, from a few conversations I've had with friends, this seems to be the current big workout trend.  Farilla's been really pumped about getting on the P90X train so I figured, wth.  I'm in.  Seriously how hard could it be? It's not like having a trainer in the room with you who would normally hold you accountable for slacking off.  I figure I'll work at my own pace and we'll see what happens.   

Well......what happened was that Day 1 kicked my ass (or rather my upper extremities) so hard that I barely notice how sore my legs are from my run yesterday.  Dude!

Having a partner through this process will make all the difference.  Farilla's support and encouragement (mixed with a dash of my competitiveness) will be enough to keep me from slacking off.  We'll take some baseline measurements/photos and post updates along the way.  Stay tuned!

You can find more info about the P90X program here:
P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program

Life: Thank you, UniqueLA!

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Life: Thank you, UniqueLA!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio

We found tons of wonderfuly UNIQUE (and inexpensive) treats and treasures this afternoon at Unique LA. And Farilla & I both ran into friends who were vending! I love when friends share their creations with the world....almost as much as I love buying them.

Life: My Dream Restaurant...Coming Soon

Life: My Dream Restaurant...Coming Soon
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio
As seen in Culver City.

Food: Grilled Cheeeez, Please!

The grilled cheese posse made a visit to Clementine's for lunch this afternoon in honor of Grilled Cheese Month. During the month of April, Clemintine's offers a special Grilled Cheese menu in addition to their regular menu of "homemade seasonal food".  Despite the five specialty options I went with the Basic Grilled Cheese on olive bread with cherry tomatoes & roasted onions.  Mmm, so good!   Then again I am a complete sucker for extra-sharp Tillamook.


Basic Grilled Cheese on Olive Bread w/ roasted cherry tomatoes & onions

I was, however, disappointed to find out (despite the notation on the menu) that their sandwiches could actually not be made meatless.   I had my heart set on the gruyere & hot honey mustard sammie on pretzel bread (minus the ham).  Apparently meatless sammies were only available during Passover?!  That said, everyone in our party enjoyed their meals.  Once they all arrived, that is.  One of our sammies, The Dy-Ham-Ic Duo, managed to get lost in the shuffle.  As soon as our server realized the mix-up and resubmitted the order to the kitchen she offered up a complimentary muffin from the pastry bar.  The gesture was appreciated but the muffin was declined.

Will I be back?  Potentially.  Although, parking is ridiculous.  We went into this outing knowing that parking in Century City would be problematic.  As such, we purposely arrived at 11am with hopes of getting a jump on the lunch rush.  Our early arrival didn't seem to matter.  The small parking lot was still packed.  We circled the surrounding streets (most of which are permit parking only) three times before finding a meter two blocks away.  If I make it back it will probably have to be on a weekend.  Or, more specifically, on a Saturday since they're closed on Sunday.


Basic Grilled Cheese on wheat w/ roasted cherry tomatoes: $8.25

Humor: Indexed - Save It For Prom

Happy Earth Day!

Art: ENGHIEN An Audiovisual Performance

AntiVJ - ENGHIEN from AntiVJ / Joanie on Vimeo.

Thanks, Bigus!)

Film: Second Wind by Ian Worrel

Second Wind from Ian Worrel on Vimeo.

Music: The xx - Islands

Travel: Yosemite Frazil Ice