Ben is Wednesday.

Random.

Bag of nuts.
ThinkTank bag.
Lola.
100L macro cap taken with brand new 100L macro.

Ben is forever grateful.

She's home!

2 months.

The last time she was home was July 27th.

My beautiful Grandma was in the hospital for 62 days.

40 of those days she was in a coma.

She didn't remember us standing by her bedside.

She didn't remember my Uncle flying in from Japan to be by her side.

She didn't remember lying there motionless, coughing up blood, her hands swollen and her eyes staring at the ceiling.

She didn't remember that she had a stroke.

She didn't know her kidneys failed.

She was surprised to find out that we were told she couldn't move the right side of her body.

Today, she walks, she talks, she eats sinigang and she smiles. 

Today she can hold my hand.

Today I don't have to repeat a greeting 100 times, hoping that she would fight through the coma she was in and recognize my voice.

I will always remember.

I will never forget how much fear and pain we were all in.

I will always remember the first smile, and knowing that she remembered who I was.

I will never forget holding her lifeless hand as machines controlled her breathing and the beating of her heart.

I will never again wonder if there is a God.

God is there in her, God smiles at me through her everytime I see her.

Thank you so much to my family, my Grace, my friends and everyone who stood through this with my Lola and my family.

Your prayers, words of concern and kindness, thoughts and actions will never be forgotten.

Some old pics, one from 1982 and one from 2007.

Ben is at game 3.

Chargers beat the Fins.


1 hour line to get to PAY for parking.


Carne Asada fries, Carne Asada burrito, 5-rolled tacos and a "home draft" mini-keg of Newcastle.


The rude guy sitting in the row above fell asleep in the middle of the game.

Ben is vintage.

Singer Vehicle Design rolled out its first prototype, plainly named the "Singer 911," at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last month. Based on an '80s-era long-wheelbase 911 donor vehicle, the company strips each chassis to its bare shell for "reinvention" into what Singer calls a "celebration of the golden air-cooled era of the world's most important sports car."

Incontestable is its vintage Porsche 911 look. However, the Singer 911 is far from antiquated. The complete reincarnation includes chassis stiffening, new active aerodynamics, and a lightweight integral backbone structure and roll cage to improve torsional rigidity. Most interestingly, nearly all of the steel body panels are replaced by full carbon fiber composite bodywork candy-coated in Singer's exclusive "Racing Orange" paint.

Under the rear decklid is an air-cooled 3.82-liter flat-six sporting six individual throttle bodies. With a GT3 crankshaft and titanium connecting rods, the powerplant spins eagerly to 8,000 RPM. The engine sends 425 horsepower and 340 lb-ft of torque to a proper Getrag G50 six-speed manual transmission. According to the engineering team, the 2,400-pound Singer 911 will sprint to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Top speed is in excess of 170 MPH.

Ben is emo.

...but not as emo as this.

Ben is boring.

Sorry for the lack of updates, I have been under the weather the last 3 or 4 days.


Here is a menagerie of pictures from the last week.


Some things I did:

• Blink-182 and Weezer show at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
• Mayweather vs. Marquez at Oggi's Eastlake
• 40 mile ride along San Diego Bay with Vinji, Damon and Erick
• Chargers vs. Ravens, Chargers lost

Also a random picture of my 70-200L, my dinner today and of Coco's new haircut.  Just wanted to test out my new copy of the 24-70L.


I used my iPhone 3G, Canon Powershot SD870IS and Canon 5D/24-70.  See if you can pick which is which haha.

Ben is sad.

San Diego Chargers are now 1-1 after the loss to the Ravens.


Simple tailgate with Jed.


Crazy Game.


1 hr traffic jam after.

Ben is a Carbon Cabron.

I am never satisfied with my first purchase of anything.

I returned my Fuji Roubaix Pro road bike to Performance Bike and I purchased a full carbon fiber monocoque frame race bike, the Fuji Team.

This bike is much lighter and comes with superior components.

Ben is back from SF.

Watched the Hangover on the Virgin America plane, which made time fly by.

So what did I do?


Ramblas, Mission District
Chocolate Festival, Ghirardelli Square
Hooters, Fisherman's Wharf
Beach Blanket Babylon, North Beach
Betelnut, Marina District
Yoshis, The Fillmore
Aliotto's, Fisherman's Wharf


Canon EOS 5D and EF 35mm f/1.4L