Sometimes you eat flautas...

...de papa, and they are delicious! Also, we didn't go to occupy today, not acceptable. We will be back tomorrow. And as usual, I will be pulling a Sergio and stopping here lol

Sometimes you eat vietnamese food...

....and it is delicious! It was really really good. We had lemongrass tofu, a curry, and clay pot tofu. All delicious! Had a long weekend, so good night!

Sometimes you eat ramen at 3am...

...and it is brilliant! We just got home from a costume party, at which Geli, Mari, and I were Guy Fawkes. Pics coming. We were anonymous :) So yeah, very little sleep, so I gotta go.

Sometimes you invade Mari's date...

...we had a vague plan tonight. We wanted to just go grocery shopping, drop off the stuff at Occupy EP, then pick up Darth Irae, and drop him off. Then head home. We ended up doing all that, but instead of heading home, we went with Mari to hang out with Gabe. Which would be cool, except then I end up doing all the talking, and she just sits there. So maybe we shouldn't go on her "dates"?

Sometimes you pull a Sergio...

...and you don't say much. I'm tired. Good night!

Sometimes you can't look away...

..from the night sky. I really missed it. A year in England, and there was hardly any clear nights. Cloudy most of the time. But here, a clear night is the norm. It is beautiful. I really wish I still had my telescope.

This is Orion :) Majestic!!

Sometimes work is insane...

...and it is draining. Check it out:

That is a typical Monday at the desk. And it is over, so it can only get easier from here. Mondays are the craziest days. Also, we finished watching Louie :( So now we have to watch "Mari" or some other show.

Sometimes you serve food...

..at the migrant center, with Food Not Bombs. And then at the shelter. It was pretty cool, I like doing that. I will do my best to help them every week at least. In the morning with went with Geli and Mari's grandpa, then my parents, and we left Sophie there. Then we went to Food Not Bombs and hung out with them. Then to Server the food. Then to Occupy EP for a bit. Then we didn't go play poker.

And now it seems as though I will actually get 8 hours of sleep! w00t! I saw this picture, and really liked it:

Sometimes you get beat up...

..while playing futbol...seriously, we just got home and everything hurts. I got a big bump on my shin, and most of my muscles ache. But it was fun as hell! And surprisingly, we played for a long time!(like an hour and a half!).

Again! Again! Again!

Sometimes you get 2 CDs in the mail...

...finally! Got the new Opeth CD, and the new Steve Wilson CD :D Both, so far, really really good. I listened to them while I worked, a little bit in the car, and also right now, as I write this. I like them both.

Also, this is my entry for the directory at work:

You can laugh now...

Sometimes you watch Louie...

...finally! Bought it over a week ago, and between work, protests, grocery shopping, etc. we have had it there and not watched it. Until today. And I started with the 2nd disc by accident too. So yeah, sometimes you need a little TV time.

Sometimes you play futbol...

...while you occupy El Paso lol. Unexpected, but welcome. I got p0wned...but it was fun. Also, call me naive, but I thought the seleccion was going vegetarian(due to contaminated meat, not ethics), but yeah, here is the whole "ya no comemos carne" which doesn't mean that at all:

How are pollo and pescado not carne?! And really? protein? can't get it anywhere else? You know there is something wrong with the way you "grow" meat it if causes everyone that eats it to fail doping tests...sigh. Anyway, not even sure why I talk about this...

Sometimes you occupy El Paso again...

...even if only for a few hours. Less people today(but more tents?), not good. But I saw my friend Lucy for a little bit, so that was cool. Other than that, just worked. Also, the chile colorado for dinner was awesome!

Sometimes you Occupy El Paso...

..and it is pretty cool. Kinda sad that there is not more people. I tried counting, and there was about 70 people there or so. But I hope it grows. We hung out with some cool and interesting people. Ate some delicious vegan food. Sophie found a friend, and some dogs to play with. All in all a great night. We won't be spending the night there, but maybe on the weekend, we will.

Sometimes you are very very tired...

...this weekend was mega hectic. I need sleep. <8 hrs now :( good night.

Sometimes you only sleep 2 hours...

...and then you go cook food at 6am, then to a press conference, then a protest, then serve food, then protest some more, then coffee, then wait at a park for a couple hours, then make more food, then go to east side to see baudy play, then eat at my parents, then to pick up sophie by central, then to drop her off in the north east, then energy drinks, and now, lets see what else the night has in store for us :)

Sometimes you eat chinese...

...after work. Then you go buy tortillas. Go to a guy's house and make burros. Wrap them. And it was the wrong burro making session. Then you eat cinnamon rolls, drink coffee, and play apples to apples. Then you watch a Louis C. K. special. Then you go to sleep...to wake up two hours later, to make more burros. Good night!

Sometimes you have an awesome day...

...Work was not difficult today. Coffee, bread, smoothie in the morning. Lunch was delicious. Brilliant dinner. I finished work on time. There was special cinnamon roles made, we went to an Occupy El Paso meeting, which was tense and ran long, but it was still interesting(getting people to agree on things is hard!!). Saw Sal at the meeting, whom I hadn't seen in at least  a year. We went for a very needed drink afterwards.  We watched an incredibly talented Jazz band play. A very very cool day. And a thursday too. Loved it. Pics, later!

Sometimes you play tennis...

...with Geli, and it is fun. I mean, we both suck really bad, but it was still fun. Mari no sirve, she had homework. I can tell Baudy doesn't enjoy it(she refuses to move), Gustavo wanted to watch the baseball game, and Martha got hurt. So nobody wanted to go, but we still went, and enjoyed it.

On an unrelated quick note, the change to El Paso/Juarez weather is very very obvious. We never saw this in England, or Wisconsin:

3 clear sunny days in a row...nice.

Sometimes you process pics...

...and it is aweasome. Since we had no reliable monitor, it had to wait until Geli got her laptop. She finally did, and we processed all the pics we took since we got here to El Paso. Here are a few :)

Sometimes you need 2 monitors...

...I had to leave the 2nd monitor I used for work in Colchester. I had to work with just the laptop monitor today. Not fun. I will have to work tomorrow with just one also. Not looking forward to it. I need to hurry up and get one.

Sometimes you play dominoes....

...and it is fun! We played with Baudy and my parents at their house. I really liked it! We couldn't play for very long because we were on our way to Kevin and Katherine's house, but I know I want to play that again with them.

This week off evaporated, but I had a lot of fun, and spent some much needed time with family. Back to work in less than 7 hours...yikes.

Sometimes you have a phrase...

I'm getting tired...

Sometimes you go for a drink....

...finally. And it was fun. We went out for drinks with Mari, Olac, Roy, and Scott. We had fun. A few beers, some interesting conversations, and a failed attempt at finding the vegan tacos and pizza. Before that, there was some Apples to Apples with Brenda, Steven, Mari, and Chris at a park by the mountain.

Awesome day! :D

Tomorrow shall bring some hiking, chinese food, Occupy El Paso, and Valencia cousins. Should be great as well!!

Sometimes monitors don't agree...

...and it is puzzling. I had noticed this on my work laptop and the monitor I had in Colchester. The Dell external monitor looked ok, but it made my work laptop seem dull, flat, hazy. So I always processed the pictures on the external monitor. I didn't think much of it, they just looked better there. I just thought the laptop display was weak, it is a lenovo work laptop, nothing fancy.

But today, we figured we would try to process the pics we have taken so far since we got here. I downloaded the updater software executables from canon, I even hacked the registry on Martha's laptop to install the software. And then, it started bothering me, that pictures looked different on different areas of the screen. So I hooked it up to Mari's HDTV, as an external monitor, and the difference was too much. Similar to the issue with my work laptop and the external monitor, but even more pronounced. The pics processed on the laptop screen, looked bad on the monitor, and vice-versa....so yeah. I am at a loss. How can I know what the "standard" is? What monitor is the standard for how things should look? Until I figure that out, it will bug the hell out of me! Now, I don't even know if the way I see the pictures, is how everyone sees them!!! AHHH!!!!

Sometimes you go to the movies...

...and it is awesome!! We hadn't gone(to a non-children's movie) in well over a year! It was neat, I missed the movies. We watched 50/50 and it was intense. I went with Geli, Mari and Baudy :) We also played apples to apples, and then played tennis after the movie. Awesome day!

Sometimes you can't get the part you need...

...for the tripod. So I have this really cool tripod that I can't use. Apparently, finding the quick release plate adapter for an old tripod is not easy at all :( I hope I can find it soon though!

Also, coffee!!! And not working is pretty cool. I think I want to do that full time...

Sometimes you get a good tripod for free...

...from your parents. It was from an ancient camcorder from the 80's they used to have and for some reason, still had the tripod. It is just missing a small quick release plate adapter so I can hook up the camera to it, and bam! panoramics galore!

Tomorrow we have some things to do, but I want to see if I can find a camera shop in El Paso, does such a thing even exist?