This Month with Andy, May 2011

May 31, 201111 min read

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AndySerrano

Published: May 31, 2011

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Thank you all for reading my journal.

May in Pictures and Words

Amazon's Give Andy a Surprise Birthday Luncheon
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On Saturday, Robin, Julie, Anna and I hiked in Griffith Park. Robin told me she'd treat me to lunch afterwards. When we finished at 10:45, I invited Julie and Anna to come along, but they declined, much to my dismay. I got into Robin's car and instead of driving to the usual coffee shack on the golf course, she drove to Home Restaurant on Riverside and Fletcher. We walked in and a whole bunch of Amazons shouted "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" to me! They were all wearing t-shirts with Xena's picture and the words, "Andy's Amazons."  Robin had organized the whole event and designed the t-shirts.  www.facebook.com/media/set/?se… Facebook link

A Special Afternoon
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One Friday, Robin, treated me to coffee at a cafe, where we discussed how to use her new camera.  Afterwards, I gave her a tour of my ceramics workshop. She met a classmate, Maria, at the workshop and I introduced them.  Following the workshop, we spent a few hours at Descanso Gardens. Robin paid the admission. It has a Japanese garden, waterfalls, and acres of blooming flowers. We took many photos. It was a great place to take her photo so she could place it on a dating website. After leaving the park, she treated me to lunch.  Certainly, Robin is a jewel. That evening, I went to a ceramics show in another city with Barbara, my wife, and we bumped into Maria. I introduced Barbara to Maria. Maria seemed confused and asked, "Who was the blonde women from this morning?" And my wife answered, "Oh. That's Andy's other wife."  The look on Maria's face was priceless.

Cirque du Soleil
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Saturday, at the Long Beach arena.  We had Bristol Farms pre-deliver picnic baskets to our table at the Long Beach Arena so we could hear the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and see the Cirque du Soleil.

Hike with Julie
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Julie and I took a wonderful afternoon hike and climb with a cool breeze to cool us down from the mid-day sun.

Rapture Day
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Happy Rapture Day!! On this day, all the Born-Again, Fundamentalist, Right-Wing, Gun-Owning, Gay-hating, Black-hating, Medicare-hating, WIC-hating, Male, Christians were supposed to be sucked up or teleported into Heaven so they can play harps with Jesus. Earth would have been a paradise without them.

Marilyn
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It was a delight hiking and climbing one-on-one with Marilyn on Thursday evening. She delights in every challenge without whining and loves the most dangerous precarious slopes as mere problems to be solved.

Black and White Dream

This is one of my latest sculptures. I hope to keep getting weirder and weirder about it.

Jabba's Cave
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On Thursday Evening, Robin and I hiked the steep steps to Amir's Garden and then horsed around at Jabba's Cave in Royce Canyon. We met up with Daniel's Group which was doing a reverse hike through Royce Canyon.  www.facebook.com/media/set/?se… Royce Canyon Photos

Midnight in Paris
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Barbara dragged me to see "Midnight in Paris." We had not seen a Woody Allen film in a couple of decades, especially after he became a real pervert. After 10 minutes, I thought nothing of the film. However, once the time-shifting aspect got underway, I was sold. I ended up loving it. sonyclassics.com/midnightinpar…

Atlas Shrugged
Barbara and I went to see Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." When I was a teenager, I went through a long Rand phase and then grew up when I realized her philosophy is nothing more than a religion.  However, I still enjoy the book and had fun watching this cheapie www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/?gc… movie version of it.

Car Keeled Over and Died
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My 1999 Daewoo finally gave up the ghost.  Its transmission died and I didn't think it was worth fixing. So, I'm either donating it to a charity or sending it to car Buddha.

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