Southern CA Wildfires

Smokey Days..
Originally uploaded by .Lisa Marie.

The fires this past weekend in Southern CA were pretty dreadful. I think at one point there were 7 major fires burning at once. While I was stuck inside on Saturday with the AC on, I stepped out on the balcony to take some pictures of the smoke (all which have been unedited). These were taken sometime around 3pm on Saturday the 15th. The way the smoke just sat above everything was really neat. Most of these were shot looking west towards the ocean, or south/southeast in the direction of the Corona fire.

Enjoy!
Southern CA Fires

No on Prop 8 protest in Long Beach tonight

No on Prop 8
Originally uploaded by HBC4511

Tonight, in the streets of my neighborhood, there will be a peacefull protest for NO on Prop 8. This makes me really excited and bummed out at the same time. Excited because this is a proposition I am passionately against and I'm glad to see my community get together and fight this act of discrimination. I'm left bummed about it because I have dinner plans in Santa Monica tonight and I can not attend.

I would love to get out there and capture these moments with my camera.

Official timeline for tonights protest.

Wall Art

take me with you.
Originally uploaded by mosaicroro {taking a leap of faith}

I came across this picture in a random search on Flickr. I instantly fell in love with the decal. Luckily in her description of the picture, she posted a link to where she ordered it.

Single Stone Studios

All of their designs are pretty modern and fun. It's also given me some pretty good ideas of how I want to decorate my next place. All the decals are high quality, self-adhesive and waterproof vinyl and should last practically forever. Even better, they're all pretty reasonably priced.

Here are a few more of my favorites:

It's a defeat for NO on Prop 8.

How is it that we can elect an african american president (yes, I did vote for Obama), yet still not allow homosexuals the human right to marry? I am less than thrilled with the outcome of Prop 8, and honestly disgusted. This wasn't about "gay marriages" being taught in school. This wasn't about "gays" suing your church. This was about keeping a law in effect that allows homosexuals the same rights as heterosexuals, the same rights as humans. The right to marry the one you love.

How brainwashed has the church system made this country? Being homosexual isn't their choice. The science is all there. All I keep hearing is "Marriage is the word of god. It's a sacred religious ceremony." I call bullshit. If it's such a powerful "word," then why is the divorce rate over 50%? Maybe they should check the sacredness of this said "word" and think of a new excuse. I doubt that half the hetero couples that get married are religious anyway. If anything, homosexuals are less likely to take this "word" for granted seeing as it's something they haven't had the freedom of doing until last May. But now that freedom has been revoked. This proposition is threatening to amend the constitution and state that marriage is only allowed between a man and a woman.

It's selfishness, ignorance, and blatant discrimination.

I find it hard to believe that this is "gods will."