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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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3:40 am - chromatic - my solo photography show
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chromatic
a collection of octaves and light
My solo photography show!
up at Cal State Fullerton November 9 - December 18, 2009
ARTIST RECEPTION! Sunday, November 15, 2-6pm
(more details soon)
More info (including directions) at www.lisahuey.com
Hope you can make it... spread the word!
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[I know I haven't been updating on here that much... I mostly do little updates here and there on Twitter (twitter.com/lisahuey) and facebook. I'm still working for the Census Bureau (decennial) ...I got a promotion to Assistant Manager for Recruiting (previously I was a Recruiting Assistant). Still shooting bands (although not as intense as before, 40 hrs/week will do that to you... that and bands not touring!). Still driving my Prius =) Still around!]
current mood:  excited
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| Sunday, August 16th, 2009
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3:26 pm - Monty Are I - "Break Through the Silence"
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Monty Are I - new album, Break Through the Silence, out 09-22-09!
The new single "One In A Million" is online now!
TOTALLY STOKED LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE.
Go listen!
Go repost!
Go buy! When? 9-22!
It's been three years and I'm practically counting the days!
current mood: excited
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| Thursday, April 9th, 2009
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4:58 pm - Seven months from today: November 9th:
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[figure I should start talking about it, since I've known for a while]
SOLO ART SHOW.
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA.
More details to follow. There will be a reception on a weekend around that date.
The show will be up for five weeks, so you travelling folk should get a chance to see it too!
WOO!
current mood:  ecstatic
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| Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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3:33 am - fuck. yes.
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three little words.
MONTY. TOUR. MAY.
fuck. yes.
plus they're around next week for 10 days YAYYYYYYYYYYYY *(#@URIODJ:SFKSLJL:FS!!!!!!!
current mood: ecstatic
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| Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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10:53 am - make that dolla!
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so i'm a federal employee now! i got fingerprinted last wednesday, which was my first day on the job (training). got fingerprinted twice. so now i have an FBI file! if i didn't already. i'm guessing i didn't considering i did get the job.
anyhow, i'm working for the Census Bureau! the 2010 Census is coming up and they are hiring for their multiple operations. the first one is going to start in the beginning of next year. i'm a Recruiting Assistant in the local office (which, right now, is Santa Ana, until we open more late next year, at which point I'll be transferred to Fullerton).
Recruiting Assistant... which means I CAN HELP YOU FIND A JOB WITH THE CENSUS if you need or want one.
here's the kicker... our lowest paid position starts at $12.75/hour. paid training.
The job we're hiring the most people for is $17/hour. In your own neighborhood. Paid training. Paid mileage.
You take a test (30 minutes, 28 questions) and fill out an application, and you're set - we'll call you if you get a position.
We're hiring in all neighborhoods - location is important.
If you're bilingual we're looking for that too. (EDIT: but it's not necessary)
So yeah, if you want to get hired in the new year (this is temporary, part time for 5-10 weeks for the most part, but some jobs do last longer, like mine) LET ME KNOW!
Or you can go to www.census.gov/losangeles for more info
or call 866/861-2010 to set up a test date.
That number works nation-wide, so if you want a job in your area, call and punch in your zip code.
...so yeah, i'm making bank. woohoo!
get in on it!!!
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| Sunday, November 30th, 2008
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11:59 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 30: 1 minute to go
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am i gonna make lojowrimo?
today we watched nasa tv to see the space shuttle land.
then we went out for a late lunch - got some nice diner food.
we got sandwiches from podesto's - he liked the one i got last time we were in stockton, so we both got essentially the same sandwich to go for later, haha
we came back and walked my dog, who was being surprisingly obedient on the leash! and very pretty with her winter coat =)
then we played poker with my mom, grandparents, and uncle frank when they got back from gambling in jackson.
and dammit, it's 12:01. whatever, close enough for me! 30 entries of lojowrimo 2008 complete! i'm back to being here sporadically again!
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| Saturday, November 29th, 2008
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11:56 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 29: 4 minutes to go
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on saturday the 29th we just had a lazy day and hung out in the house. mom made us dinner - she whipped up some stroganoff from the leftover roast beef that came out fantastic (almost from scratch, woohoo!). jen got home the night before so she and her friends natalie and dave, adrian, mom, dad, and i all had dinner together. mom went to shoot a hockey game and it was cool to talk shop with her for a little bit. adrian and i hunkered down to watch jurassic park II: lost world. i hadn't seen it in years - so long that i forgot the bulk of the movie, which rarely ever happens with me, so that was pretty fun to watch it again.
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| Friday, November 28th, 2008
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11:52 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 28: 8 minutes to go
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on friday it was my parents' 32nd anniversary! we hung out in the house and helped clean it up a bit for dinner that night. my grandparents came over partway through the afternoon and brought over the roast for my mom. 18 pounds of beef into the oven! mom made company potatoes (cheesey wonderful potato goodness). i ducked out for a little bit to check out the black friday deals with adrian - not nearly as good as last year, but he got a couple of dvd sets, as did i. dinner was awesome and then a late poker game began in the kitchen while jen and her friends were playing catchphrase in the other room. i won some big money!
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| Thursday, November 27th, 2008
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11:49 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 27: 11 minutes to go - thanksgiving!
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thanksgiving!
we fried two turkeys! as par for the course with this family now. a ton of the family and friends came over - including one family that we hadn't seen in a while - one of the sons is going to college soon and is a good foot and a half taller and moustache older. it was crazy to see but it was cool catching up with everyone. poker was played - at two tables, which was pretty busy for us. adrian ended up taking all three holdem tables he played. what the hell! it's like he's getting paid to hang out with me. i better not let on that i got him figured out... haha =)
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| Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
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11:45 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 26: 15 minutes to go
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so on wednesday we had a nice day with my family. we went to pay respects at the cemetary and then had lunch at my grandparents' house - one of the local mexican restaurants. such good tamales! we ran a few errands - i had to send the rent check back home because when i stopped at my apartment the day prior to write it and drop it in the office i accidentally got it into my purse. and all the way to stockton. grand, right? but one priority mail envelope later, my rent isn't late, so whatever. we also went to the tower records-now-rasputin's so adrian could pick up the new killers vinyl (which is really pretty).
once we came back we helped my parents set up the house for thanksgiving - got a few more tables and chairs out, straightened up and such. afterwards we went to stockton joe's for dinner and hung out to watch tv. it was a longer day but really fun =)
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| Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
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11:43 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 25: 17 minutes to go
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i still was feeling bad but we got going to stockton mid-day. we left later than planned, and because of that we hit pretty much the exact wrong time for traffic. other than how long the drive ended up being (8 hours instead of the normal 5.5 or so) it was a nice trip. and gas is CHEAP! hurray!
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| Monday, November 24th, 2008
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11:40 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 24: 20 minutes to go
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on monday the 24th i woke up late and feeling HORRIBLE. adrian and i had planned to go out for lunch but he ended up heading out with paul instead, and calling me from the grocery store asking if he could bring anything back for me. so i had him bring back a few things, and he grabbed a C-monster drink for me too. i had that and some soup that he brought me, and more chicken on a baguette he picked out.
oh, and mac & cheese from the deli case! cause THAT is great to have when you are sick. duh. =)
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| Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
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11:38 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 23: 21 minutes to go
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on sunday the 23rd adrian and i slept in really late - we stayed up late watching tv and then we ended up starting the day really late, then watching the true blood finale and eating some leftover chicken from a few nights prior.
true blood didn't disappoint! has anyone else been watching??
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| Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
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11:35 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 22: 25 minutes to go
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on saturday the 22nd i went back into the studio with monty! i headed back up to the studio and got there just before noon. they were to have a 9 piece string orchestra but it ended up being 10 session players. the album is sounding AMAZING. i stayed in with them all day, and i'm actually on the album (i know, right?). they were finishing up a bunch of different parts so i have shots of ryan on trumpet, andrew on trombone, steve playing guitar and doing vocals... a bunch of stuff! and then i went back with them to their apartment they've been staying at and hung out for a while before heading home. had i not been tired and feeling like i was coming down with something, i would have headed out on the town with them... next time i suppose.
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| Friday, November 21st, 2008
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11:32 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 21: 27 minutes to go
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okay, honestly i don't remember what i did on the 21st. well, haha... that saves time for me to finish?
this entry was lame.
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| Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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11:25 pm - LoJoWriMo3, entry 20: 30 minutes to go
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okay, so it's actually the 30th and i have 30 minutes to write 10 entries. haha. here i go!
thursday i didn't do much - we just hung out at the apartment and later we had some rotisserie chicken with broccoli. i made some mashed potatoes for myself. he was starting to get a little sick - we think it was from the air being smoky still.
aaaaand onto the other entries! ha.
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| Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
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6:32 am - LoJoWriMo3, entry 19: monty are i studio time whoohoo!
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wednesday i went up to LA to spend time with the guys of monty are i while they are finishing up their record. steve, the singer, still will come back to finish up vocals after thanksgiving, but they're mostly done with everything else. they're in a studio near culver city off the 10 freeway. cozier place than the last (then again the last had a lounge with a pool table, kitchen, and a ginormous tv. we're talking HUGE.) but still pretty sweet.
they had a few session players in to record some strings... viola, violin, and cello. this was a new experience for them (as they used synth on wall of people) and new for me, as the closest i've worked to this was shooting jake play his double bass when i was with the littlest man band at capitol. which is almost the same. kinda. not really.
fun fact: during the recording of a particular part of one song, one of the girls said that she figured that the other girl was playing at a rate of 704 notes per minute. (i don't get how the math works, but whatever)
it's been fun to hear the changes of the songs as layers keep getting added, not to mention getting to spend time with the guys while they're on this side of the country. i'm supposed to go in again on saturday when they're wrapping up. hee!
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| Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
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5:56 am - LoJoWriMo3, entry 18: pinpointing first meetings
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first off, tuesday was better air-quality wise. it wasn't so bad. i boiled a big box of pasta and attempted to make a sort of carbonara. i haven't mastered that one yet (oh culinary-educated gee gaw, help?). the egg never sets correctly, so i tend to give up and throw it back in the pan, which makes it more of a breakfast pasta... which i'm fine with, just not exactly what i'm looking for. oddly enough one of the best carbonara dishes i've had? yeah, i had it in puerto vallarta!
anyhow. onto the subject of this entry.
have you ever played the "remember the first time we met" game? i've found that about half the time i've tried to figure out the exact time i met a friend for the first time,... i can't. i can't remember or figure it out. take the story with me and tisha. we either met at a show (very likely) or online (small chance). we've narrowed it to a few shows, but can't pinpoint the show, or the meeting. at all. people like ellen and melissa, i met back in junior high. but like, frank, who i've known about as long as tisha, i know i met at the concord pavillion, with megyn, at a reel big fish/blondie show, partway through the blondie set, as we (megyn and i) were walking around and he was one of the few doing the same. and he had a backpack with a bunch of snapple caps glued on it, that still popped. and his devil ernie. adrian, i remember. paul, i do not. mikey, i do not. jess,... i think i have it pinpointed. kim and neha? yes; however, i might have met kim before then. it's a fun... and sometimes frustrating game.
anyone tried that game? or are you now trying the game and now hating me for it? tell me!
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| Monday, November 17th, 2008
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3:28 am - LoJoWriMo3, entry 17: monty are i & more bond!
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so on monday monty are i did a live webcast from the recording studio. i stopped in with those guys a few weeks ago when they were tracking drums, but both them and i have been busy the last few weeks, so i haven't been in with them since. they played a few clips of things they have been working on - both are ones i had heard a year ago when they were on tour with amber pacific, out in utah when tisha and i went out for a few days. it's really cool to hear the progression between the demos and the songs. anyhow, i'll be going in on wednesday to shoot with them some more. they're such great guys and i miss them terribly a lot. as ryan said when i went in during drum tracking - 'we had been seeing you like once a month for a while there, it's been a long time' ...so it's great hanging out with them. STOKED!
later in the evening adrian and i decided to use our vouchers from the bond thursday night/friday morning movie snafu. to recap, they basically set up the projector wrong, we noticed, we complained, and we got vouchers to return and watch a movie for free. either the curtains weren't open enough (which i doubt because there was a sort of vignetting on the bottom edge of the screen), or they used the wrong lens, or they messed up the size of the picture when focusing.
but yeah... we got to see bond again for free - some of the shots were definitely helped by the true aspect of the film.
( i have a bit more to say, but it's a bit of a spoiler if you haven't seen casino royale (it's not a spoiler for the new movie). click and scroll down to see my thought... )
i definitely recommend seeing it if you liked casino royale. it's not that long either (about 100 minutes? surprising), unlike the first.
oh, and since i'm a bit behind, i'm now dating these out of order so as not to bombard LJ friend pages with multiple entries (just check my own page for the older ones)
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| Sunday, November 16th, 2008
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3:15 am - LoJoWriMo3, entry 16: stew & true blood
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so on this day, sunday, adrian and i ate the leftover beef stew that we took home from my grandparents' ...the first time i brought some back from stockton, i explained to him the amazing power of this stew. he recalls it somewhat like me sitting him down, saying "look. this is my grandpa's beef stew." and explaining the amazingness. and once he finally ate some, he was a believer. so on sunday i split up the last of it and showed him the two bowls and was like "look, i tried REALLY HARD to get them even" and let him choose both of the bowls.
this must sound so silly. some of you understand.
anyhow, sundays for the last few months have been dedicated to watching true blood. paul's sister's live-in boyfriend writes and produces for the show. the last few episodes have really picked up - the ones he specifically wrote were pretty good, too. the whole vampire thing, who knew? it's fun, though. season finale is this sunday!
has anyone else been watching? i know a couple of you have been.
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