This comic strip cracks me up. The duck is a photographer. Like me. So I might find it funnier than you do, but maybe not.
Monday, November 27, 2006
What the Duck
This comic strip cracks me up. The duck is a photographer. Like me. So I might find it funnier than you do, but maybe not.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Funny Girl
This email questionnaire just cracked me up. I had to put it on my blog, even though I've spotlighted the author, Corrie Angelo, before in my newsletter. Here ya go...
"Hey all, you know me and my dad like to goof off with these lists, but the questions are always the same old same old...everytime I get one of these emails it never changes...so, I added a few more at the end to change it up..They are in bold..."
1. What time is it? It's high time you bought a watch
2 . What is your full name? Corrie Ann Miniel-Angelo when I feel like being a bit more liberal....Dodie to Nick...Bug to my mom and dad, Corpella to Jill, Corrie Snorrie to Aunt Jannette, MA! to my kids, Corrie the Great to everyone else
3. What are you most afraid of? Being attacked by a massive variety of insects...oh wait, that has already happened, so I guess nothing.
4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a theater? I took my Dad on a date for his birthday to see The Departed....great flick, keeps you guessing and provides a few slightly uncomfortable sex scenes to endure with a parent sitting next to you....leave it to Scorsese!
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? It's highly possible. It's also highly possible that I am lying to you right now....I guess we will never know
6. Where were you born? On a hospital bed in a hospital room located in Panorama City, California. Fun Fact- Corrie and Nick Miniel were both born at 10:10 in the am....a coincidence that has no hard evidence, yet my mother swears by it....Craig doesn't believe me.
7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I know people who do live there so I could totally bunk with them if I do decide to go and get free room and board. Tracey, I like my chocolate hot, and my snow white. Can we go Moose tipping? I'm not going all the way to Alaska unless I can tip a moose.
8. Ever been toilet papering? Yes, my parents took me and my friends toilet papering for a few summers in a row. Yes, you read that right, MY PARENTS took me and my friends. Mom? Were you guys drunk?
9. Loved someone so much it made you cry? No
10. Been in a serious car accident? I was just kidding about #9 peoples! I have been in a few accidents but never seriously hurt. Fun Fact- at age 12 I was in a accident with my family and during my physical they found out I had scoliosis, so the moral is that sometimes accidents happen for a reason, like discovering your back is crooked.
11. Do you plan to have any more Children? Yes
12. Favorite day of the week? I am just kidding to question #11...Craig, Nick, Mom, and Dad...take a few minutes to just breathe and relax, I was only joking. I figured out what was causing that and I quit. Favorite day of the week...hmmm, I like Sunday nights :)
13. Favorite Restaurant? I cannot possibly choose, this is an unfair question. I have yet to eat overlooking the Italian country side, or at a pub in England, or oceanside in Greece. So ask me this after I eat in Ireland, and I will tell you.
14. Favorite Flower? Calle lily, it will always be a calle lily...any color
15. Favorite Color? Reddish orange
16. Favorite sport to watch? Don't judge me, but I love watching curling...something about people casually sliding stones across ice and brushing a path with brooms is so exciting! I'm pretty sure I'd be good at it, so if anyone wants to start a team here then I'm game. I also like watching Brandon Webb earn the Cy Young award...D-backs baby
17. Favorite Drink? Last time I said Absinthe, and the time before that I said sweet vermooth on the rocks with a twist, but I changed my mind to my mom's margarita's and chocolate martini's with a straw...:)
18. Favorite Ice Cream? I prefer gelato
19. Favorite fast food restaurant? I like McDonald's because I like to fill my belly with trans fats, cow poop, chicken fillers, artificial flavors and about ten teaspoons of sugar per soda I drink. Me no likey fast food...JUST SAY NO!!!
20. What color is your bedroom carpet? Lately the color of Chuy's pee...shame on him
21. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I failed it one time. I guess you are not allowed to back up over a curb during the test. They fail you for that.
22. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? From Miss Hillary Owens! Dental Lab Tech extraordinaire!
23. What do you do when you are bored? I like to play Russian Roulette, clean the toilets and showers, listen to hard core rap, play ding dong ditch with my neighbors, dust my mini blinds and take time to fill these emails out. Actually, I haven't been bored since October 9, 1994. The first 5 people to email me back on why I stopped being bored on that date will receive a complimentary email back from me.
24. What time is your bedtime? Around the time when my eyes slowly close and don't open for at least a couple of hours
25. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? Me, I just might want to fill this out again
26. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Me, on second thought I don't want to fill it out again.
27. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their answers? Hillary....shhhh, your my favorite, don't tell the others
28. Favorite TV shows? The Simple Life with Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton, Chaos with Brittany Spears and K-Fed, now that is just good television......Naw, I love The Office and I love Survivor because my kids jump in bed with me every Thursday night to watch it and one day Talia will be on it and win her momma a million smackers
29. What are you mose greatful for? Besides the obvious.....words written on a page
30. What are you listening to right now? Bella breathing
31. How many pets do you have? Since we got rid of our armadillo family and our flying squirrels we only have 3 dogs, 2 birds, 10 fish and a partridge in a pear tree.
32. Which came first the chicken or the egg? That is for me to know and you to find out
33. What would you like to accomplish before you die? Nothing....I already saw Neil Diamond live in concert, so that takes care of that.
34. How many people are you sending this e-mail to? No one
35. What is your favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird....Fun Fact- I have read it 6 times and still have my original high school copy
36. If you had a boat, what would you name it? The Atticus Finch....the first 5 people to email me back and tell me who Atticus Finch is will win my respect and probably be added to my christmas card list for this year.
37. Name 3 places you would rather be right now. In Italy, at the Kinglseys, and at Cathy Chan's Sushi bar in Lancaster California, watching a broadway play in new york, at the Louvre in Paris, sorry that was more than 3.
38. Name 3 people you would like to have lunch with. Harry Potter ( I know he's not real, but the question wasn't very specific), Neil Diamond, and Craig Angelo.
39. What has been your favorite vacation/trip? Water skiing at Lake Buena Vista....age 15. Good Times.
40. Where did you have your first kiss and who was it with? In line on Splash Mountain at Disneyland with Kevin Tarwater. Yes dad, that skinny little stringy guy with a big head. What was I thinking?
41. If you changed your name what would it be? Ruby....beautiful...you could call me Rubes, or Ruby dooby. But I like Corrie, it's different.
42. Favorite movie/actor/actress. Fiddler on the roof, Daniel Day-Lewis, Laura Linney
43. Pick a car, any car. I love those little mini coopers....I would honk my little horn at everyone and take my kids to and fro one at a time cause we wouldn't all fit.
44. Favorite song? And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind by Neil Diamond. That's right, I said it. Jealous?
45. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to own a bookstore in Tuscany, become a Eukanuba Dog Show judge, and be hired to see all Cirque Du Soleil shows and then give them my opinion, although I don't think that last one is even a real job.
"Hey all, you know me and my dad like to goof off with these lists, but the questions are always the same old same old...everytime I get one of these emails it never changes...so, I added a few more at the end to change it up..They are in bold..."
1. What time is it? It's high time you bought a watch
2 . What is your full name? Corrie Ann Miniel-Angelo when I feel like being a bit more liberal....Dodie to Nick...Bug to my mom and dad, Corpella to Jill, Corrie Snorrie to Aunt Jannette, MA! to my kids, Corrie the Great to everyone else
3. What are you most afraid of? Being attacked by a massive variety of insects...oh wait, that has already happened, so I guess nothing.
4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a theater? I took my Dad on a date for his birthday to see The Departed....great flick, keeps you guessing and provides a few slightly uncomfortable sex scenes to endure with a parent sitting next to you....leave it to Scorsese!
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? It's highly possible. It's also highly possible that I am lying to you right now....I guess we will never know
6. Where were you born? On a hospital bed in a hospital room located in Panorama City, California. Fun Fact- Corrie and Nick Miniel were both born at 10:10 in the am....a coincidence that has no hard evidence, yet my mother swears by it....Craig doesn't believe me.
7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I know people who do live there so I could totally bunk with them if I do decide to go and get free room and board. Tracey, I like my chocolate hot, and my snow white. Can we go Moose tipping? I'm not going all the way to Alaska unless I can tip a moose.
8. Ever been toilet papering? Yes, my parents took me and my friends toilet papering for a few summers in a row. Yes, you read that right, MY PARENTS took me and my friends. Mom? Were you guys drunk?
9. Loved someone so much it made you cry? No
10. Been in a serious car accident? I was just kidding about #9 peoples! I have been in a few accidents but never seriously hurt. Fun Fact- at age 12 I was in a accident with my family and during my physical they found out I had scoliosis, so the moral is that sometimes accidents happen for a reason, like discovering your back is crooked.
11. Do you plan to have any more Children? Yes
12. Favorite day of the week? I am just kidding to question #11...Craig, Nick, Mom, and Dad...take a few minutes to just breathe and relax, I was only joking. I figured out what was causing that and I quit. Favorite day of the week...hmmm, I like Sunday nights :)
13. Favorite Restaurant? I cannot possibly choose, this is an unfair question. I have yet to eat overlooking the Italian country side, or at a pub in England, or oceanside in Greece. So ask me this after I eat in Ireland, and I will tell you.
14. Favorite Flower? Calle lily, it will always be a calle lily...any color
15. Favorite Color? Reddish orange
16. Favorite sport to watch? Don't judge me, but I love watching curling...something about people casually sliding stones across ice and brushing a path with brooms is so exciting! I'm pretty sure I'd be good at it, so if anyone wants to start a team here then I'm game. I also like watching Brandon Webb earn the Cy Young award...D-backs baby
17. Favorite Drink? Last time I said Absinthe, and the time before that I said sweet vermooth on the rocks with a twist, but I changed my mind to my mom's margarita's and chocolate martini's with a straw...:)
18. Favorite Ice Cream? I prefer gelato
19. Favorite fast food restaurant? I like McDonald's because I like to fill my belly with trans fats, cow poop, chicken fillers, artificial flavors and about ten teaspoons of sugar per soda I drink. Me no likey fast food...JUST SAY NO!!!
20. What color is your bedroom carpet? Lately the color of Chuy's pee...shame on him
21. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I failed it one time. I guess you are not allowed to back up over a curb during the test. They fail you for that.
22. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? From Miss Hillary Owens! Dental Lab Tech extraordinaire!
23. What do you do when you are bored? I like to play Russian Roulette, clean the toilets and showers, listen to hard core rap, play ding dong ditch with my neighbors, dust my mini blinds and take time to fill these emails out. Actually, I haven't been bored since October 9, 1994. The first 5 people to email me back on why I stopped being bored on that date will receive a complimentary email back from me.
24. What time is your bedtime? Around the time when my eyes slowly close and don't open for at least a couple of hours
25. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? Me, I just might want to fill this out again
26. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Me, on second thought I don't want to fill it out again.
27. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their answers? Hillary....shhhh, your my favorite, don't tell the others
28. Favorite TV shows? The Simple Life with Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton, Chaos with Brittany Spears and K-Fed, now that is just good television......Naw, I love The Office and I love Survivor because my kids jump in bed with me every Thursday night to watch it and one day Talia will be on it and win her momma a million smackers
29. What are you mose greatful for? Besides the obvious.....words written on a page
30. What are you listening to right now? Bella breathing
31. How many pets do you have? Since we got rid of our armadillo family and our flying squirrels we only have 3 dogs, 2 birds, 10 fish and a partridge in a pear tree.
32. Which came first the chicken or the egg? That is for me to know and you to find out
33. What would you like to accomplish before you die? Nothing....I already saw Neil Diamond live in concert, so that takes care of that.
34. How many people are you sending this e-mail to? No one
35. What is your favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird....Fun Fact- I have read it 6 times and still have my original high school copy
36. If you had a boat, what would you name it? The Atticus Finch....the first 5 people to email me back and tell me who Atticus Finch is will win my respect and probably be added to my christmas card list for this year.
37. Name 3 places you would rather be right now. In Italy, at the Kinglseys, and at Cathy Chan's Sushi bar in Lancaster California, watching a broadway play in new york, at the Louvre in Paris, sorry that was more than 3.
38. Name 3 people you would like to have lunch with. Harry Potter ( I know he's not real, but the question wasn't very specific), Neil Diamond, and Craig Angelo.
39. What has been your favorite vacation/trip? Water skiing at Lake Buena Vista....age 15. Good Times.
40. Where did you have your first kiss and who was it with? In line on Splash Mountain at Disneyland with Kevin Tarwater. Yes dad, that skinny little stringy guy with a big head. What was I thinking?
41. If you changed your name what would it be? Ruby....beautiful...you could call me Rubes, or Ruby dooby. But I like Corrie, it's different.
42. Favorite movie/actor/actress. Fiddler on the roof, Daniel Day-Lewis, Laura Linney
43. Pick a car, any car. I love those little mini coopers....I would honk my little horn at everyone and take my kids to and fro one at a time cause we wouldn't all fit.
44. Favorite song? And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind by Neil Diamond. That's right, I said it. Jealous?
45. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to own a bookstore in Tuscany, become a Eukanuba Dog Show judge, and be hired to see all Cirque Du Soleil shows and then give them my opinion, although I don't think that last one is even a real job.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Big Day
Tomorrow is a big one for me because I'm doing four mini-sessions right in a row. I have never even had four in one month. I've doubled up on memory cards, batteries, checked all of my equipment (several times!) and charged anything that can plug into a wall. I'm going to get plenty of rest tonight and get to the site extra early.
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!
Friday, November 10, 2006
More than just prints!
I've had a few emails recently from clients who want to know what I offer besides prints and DVD slideshows. Here are a few things you might not know about:
Gorgeous photo jewlery. Very classy and elegant, and sure to bring compliments!
Custom made photo tiles. I make these myself. They are the perfect size to display on a tabletop.
Canvas Prints. Your image will be printed on museum-quality canvas and hand streched onto a custom built 1.5" thick wooden frame. It is gallery-wrapped, continuing around the sides of the frame, ready to hang on the wall.
Coffee-table books. I will design a gorgeous book, large enough for your home, or small enough to fit in your purse, that tells your story in pictures.
I really love all of these items, and can't wait to show them off. Just ask me if you'd like to see a sample.
Gorgeous photo jewlery. Very classy and elegant, and sure to bring compliments!
Custom made photo tiles. I make these myself. They are the perfect size to display on a tabletop.
Canvas Prints. Your image will be printed on museum-quality canvas and hand streched onto a custom built 1.5" thick wooden frame. It is gallery-wrapped, continuing around the sides of the frame, ready to hang on the wall.
Coffee-table books. I will design a gorgeous book, large enough for your home, or small enough to fit in your purse, that tells your story in pictures.
I really love all of these items, and can't wait to show them off. Just ask me if you'd like to see a sample.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Family Time
I had an awesome session last weekend, and I'm just now finishing up the editing. I finally got to capture some really cool Father/Daughter images. And check out his car!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
November Spotlight
Before I started this blog, I kept my friends and clients (many of my clients end up as friends!) updated with an email newsletter. My favorite feature of the newsletter was my Spotlight On You section, and so I've decided to continue it here.
If you've seen my business card or my website, you've seen the daughter of Gina H. I've known Gina since we were little girls. Now everyone can know her a little better...
My name- Gina Herrera
If not a... Mom I would have been a....Dad
Something I wished I had known then that I know now... How awesome and beneficial it is to speak Spanish.
My strength is... organization, but don’t tell my husband that!
My weakness is...impatience – I’m working on this, chocolate – I’m working on this too!
A product you should know about... Patricia Wexler dermatology line – Your skin feels remarkable in the morning!
Something that is overrated....designer handbags – non-designer work just as well!
3 things in my purse...small photo album, plenty of lipstick and breath mints
Where I get my inspiration from...My best friends and Oprah
At 2 P.M everyday you can usually find me... Leaving my house to pick Kaia up from Pre-k
Something I'm still learning... How to deal with hard to deal with people
One thing I can't part with... hair clip – I put my hair up without even knowing it!
The CD I'm listening to.. The Kings of Leon! Awesome you should listen to them!!
A product you'll always find in my shower... soap! Duh!
I love to indulge in... perfume – Prada. It’s very sensual!
My best feature... You decide???
Something I dream of doing...running a marathon
I'm addicted to... milk chocolate
Something I need now... my sweet, smiling kids around me to inspire me
One thing I do to stay fit... exercise regularly – I work out at the Spectrum doing the treadmill, elliptical and weight lifting
If I could have lunch with anyone who is famous it would
be.. Oprah – she does so much for others. I would ask her how to get started – what inspires her……….
A good friend is... Leah!
Here are some photos from one of Gina's kid's sessions:
If you've seen my business card or my website, you've seen the daughter of Gina H. I've known Gina since we were little girls. Now everyone can know her a little better...
My name- Gina Herrera
If not a... Mom I would have been a....Dad
Something I wished I had known then that I know now... How awesome and beneficial it is to speak Spanish.
My strength is... organization, but don’t tell my husband that!
My weakness is...impatience – I’m working on this, chocolate – I’m working on this too!
A product you should know about... Patricia Wexler dermatology line – Your skin feels remarkable in the morning!
Something that is overrated....designer handbags – non-designer work just as well!
3 things in my purse...small photo album, plenty of lipstick and breath mints
Where I get my inspiration from...My best friends and Oprah
At 2 P.M everyday you can usually find me... Leaving my house to pick Kaia up from Pre-k
Something I'm still learning... How to deal with hard to deal with people
One thing I can't part with... hair clip – I put my hair up without even knowing it!
The CD I'm listening to.. The Kings of Leon! Awesome you should listen to them!!
A product you'll always find in my shower... soap! Duh!
I love to indulge in... perfume – Prada. It’s very sensual!
My best feature... You decide???
Something I dream of doing...running a marathon
I'm addicted to... milk chocolate
Something I need now... my sweet, smiling kids around me to inspire me
One thing I do to stay fit... exercise regularly – I work out at the Spectrum doing the treadmill, elliptical and weight lifting
If I could have lunch with anyone who is famous it would
be.. Oprah – she does so much for others. I would ask her how to get started – what inspires her……….
A good friend is... Leah!
Here are some photos from one of Gina's kid's sessions:
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- Leah
- Mom of four fantastic, funny kids. Freakishy addicted to hot tea and cold cereal. Fantasizes about a future in photography. Loves to death her fun friends, funky family and football (just ask anyone). This has been brought to you by the letters "Ph."