2012 list

LA Dodgers vs Chicago White Sox

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We had tickets to go see Los Angeles Dodgers take on Chicago White Sox at the Dodger Stadium, and I got to cross one more thing off my 12 things to do in 2012 list!
They had all you could eat junk food and the beer was expensive and not very flavorful.

I was excited to see the game at first, then I got bored, because it is a boring sport, I didn’t know the rules and it seemed like no one cared – everyone was busy eating the free junk food. But then I got a hang of the basic rules, someone started the wave and the Dodgers started to win after being down with a few points, so it got excited again.

Los Angeles Dodgers won at the end and we got to go down to the field and watch fireworks, everyone was happy!

Point Break Live at the Dragonfly

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I’ve been dying to see Point Break Live ever since I heard about the show some 5 years ago, and I finally made it happen! It’s a live comedy performance based of the 1991 surf/action movie Point Break with Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey. I love that movie and used to watch it everyday during one summer when my older siblings were working. 
Every night one person from the audience get picked to play Johnny Utah, since, as my friend said; Keanu Reeves can’t act. 
There were a host that walked us through the show.

They sold a survivor kit by the door which included a rain poncho.

The audience is picking who we want to play Johnny Utah.

The show is starting, yay! Bank robbers!

Johnny Utah had an assistance who held up the lines for him to read out loud.

Gary Busey was awesome!

The surfers;

Skydiving!

Point Break Live was amazing! I want to go again!
Here’s the website for more information http://www.pointbreaklivela.com/Home.html

I came across this video where the real Gary Busey is visiting the show!

New Years Day

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We went down to the beach on New Years Day last year and wanted to make it into a tradition, so after breakfast and another nap, we headed down to the beach. We like it south of the Venice Pier, there’s not a lot of tourinsts on this side, and it never gets crowded.
Reading 5 books on my list of things to do in 2012, I thought I’d start with the book I made with my  grandfathers all notes he sent in to newspapers.

Since we saw the first sunrise of 2012, we had to stay for the first sunset of 2012!

It got pretty cold and lonely at the beach, but it was beautiful so we sticked it out!

San Francisco Day 2

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I dont know why our friends thought we might wanted to drink beer for breakfast, but we got to sit outside and have breakfast in the sun, and the banana pancakes were awesome!

It always fascinates me when beautiful sceneries gets destroyed by ugly wires – why not place them underground instead? It’s all part of the charm though I guess.

We walked up the Corona Heights peak after breakfast, great views! 

Downtown San Francisco.

I’ve been to San Francisco many times before but never visited the legendary Haight & Ashbury until today.
It was by Haight and Ashbury that the whole hippie movement started and there’s now a bunch of commercial stores combined with a lot of second hand and tourist trap stores in the neighborhood. 

Lunch at Magnolia before heading back home to Los Angeles.

11 Things To Do In 2011

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I know this year has not come to an end just yet but I made a list last December of 11 things to do in 2011. I am already wrapped up in Christmas and don’t see myself ticking anything else off the list before it turns to 2012, so how did I do on my 2011 list?

1. Camp out
Yep, I went camping, twice! Catalina Island and Malibu

2. Go to 5 concerts
Hmm, yeah, I’ve been to a lot more concerts than 5 this year,  favorite so far has been Prince which totally surprised me and blew me away!

3. Re-design www.popnea.com
FAIL! I can’t believe it’s been a year and I still haven’t even thought about what I want my new website to look like! Isn’t that what they say though, that the shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot?

4. Read 5 books
FAIL! I read one book; Queens New Hat by my friend Tomo, and I started reading a Beach Boys book but I never finished. This was kind of expected.

5. Run three 5k’s
Yes, I ran three 5k’s. Started off with the Warrior Dash in May, then the Malibu Dirt Dash in September and ended with the ROC race in October.

6. Stay up and watch the sunrise
Yup, on July 3rd.

7. Take a beginners class in Spanish
Yes! I took a Spanish for Absolute Beginners and continued with Beginner’s Spanish! It’s fun, I should study more Spanish!

8. Visit a city in the US I have not been to
Yes, went to San Diego and Santa Barbara

9. Visit 5 museums I have not been to
That’s exactly what I did!

10. Visit Catalina Island
Yes, twice! In April and in July

11. Volunteer for a soup kitchen

FAIL! And I’m really disappointed in myself! I did some research and all the shelters I could find only want help on the weekdays during business hours – when I work! Next year I will have to find some other way to help.

Now I’m gonna start thinking of what to add to my 12 things to do in 2012 list. Whatever I failed with in 2011 will have to carry on over to 2012, so I have;
1. Re-design popnea.com
2. Read 5 books
3. Help a shelter in any way
I also want to
4. Run a 10K. This doesn’t have to be a race, I can just do it by myself on the streets in my neigborhood. I just wanna be able to say that I can run a 10K!

I need 8 more things, what to do?