The 2006 That Was

Happy New Year!

I'm borrowing the idea of a year-in-review post with photos from a certain Ambitious Hamster. I hope she doesn't mind.

January

Having missed our annual Thanksgiving at Disneyland in 2005, Eric and I spent the first day of 2006 at the Happiest Place on Earth. We also made a trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The ASIMO demo was fantastic. I won a plush one!

The end of the month meant a long drive to Park City, Utah for our second year attending the Sundance Film Festival. Once again, we had a really good time even though I unfortunately lost my Jack Skellington hat there.


February



I volunteered at a Darwin Day celebration. So did Dr. Peepers (above).




On Valentine's Day my hamster, Ami, came to live with me. We thought he was a girl. For our 11th anniversary, E gave me my Sony H1 camera.


March

We attended several evenings of the William S. Paley Television Festival.




Ben Lee performed an intimate show at The Silent Movie Theatre. I was glad I got to be there.


April



I went to an event where Ray Bradbury spoke.

Ami got a motorcycle.

I made an Egg Peepunny (probably my first and last).


May

Rusty and I went to Nuts for Mutts with our friend Hidalgo.

I spent an afternoon with a friend I hadn't seen for 20 years.

Ami participated in, and won, his first Hamster Ball Derby.

June

I helped Eric at one of his Hollywood MOBile MOVie drive-ins.

We also attended the outdoor DogFest Film Festival with Rusty.


July

We took in some movies at the L.A. Film Fest and went on a Neon Tour of Los Angeles.

I self-published a book, Hamster Haiku, that I sold with the Tired Girl Collective at the San Diego Comic Con.

My photo of Darth Vera from Comic Con was linked on Boing Boing.

(The funny thing is that I just recently found out the person in the costume is an acquaintance of mine!)


August

We went to a screening of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, with a Q&A with Stewart Copeland.

September

We said goodbye to John Mauceri at the Hollywood Bowl's Fireworks Finale.

Ami defended his Hamster Ball Derby title at the local Petco!

I got a new car, which I still haven't taken a better photo of!

October

The month started off with my birthday and dinner at Roscoe's.

We made a trip, with the dogs, to Big Bear Lake.

November

My sweet Cosette turned 14. You can check out a tribute I did for her here.




E, Rusty, and I went to the Doo Dah Parade with some friends.

We spent a magical Thanksgiving with friends at Disneyland.

Barenaked Ladies rocked my socks off!
(And I got my second link on Boing Boing--technically in December!)

December



Spent some quality time in Las Vegas with my parents.



Photo by Eric.

I met Hello Kitty.

I enjoyed the holidays with the Magical Christmas Caroling Truck, Eric, and good friends!

There was obviously more to 2006 than I documented here, but these are some of the things I photographed. If you are already here, you know where to find more info. You can also check out my photos on flickr and my photoblog, if you wish. Happy 2007!