Santa Catalina Island for DD's B-Day.



Starting with some video of the Leopard Shark swarm...
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Started shooting digi shots on the night before D's birthday, because I broke the lens on the Canon camera I brought earlier that day, and was without camera save for the digi point and shoot. Bad for me, but good for the blog.
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"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." -Edgar Allan Poe
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The old arcade that many people including myself spent their childhood's in playing Skeeball, and air hockey has been converted into something very strange. Mini bowling one of the new changes.
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They were sane enough to leave in a few Skeeball's only one was working...
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"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet." -Billy Connolly
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People were gorging themselves on waffle cones.
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Selling popcorn on the beach.
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For tonight's movie on the beach...
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Deanna's Birthday! Off we went on the Joe's rent-a-boat...
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Directly to Willow Cove for a picnic, nobody was there, we had the cove to ourselves.
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Exploration.
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The landscape is rugged and resplendent.
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Any lobster stranded would soon be chomped by birds. How else would they be on the beach?
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A puckered starfish.
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The Beauty amongst the blooms
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Prickly.
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You could only see Saddleback from the island.
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Out near Long Point.
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A swarm of Leopard Shark. See the video at the top of the post. I got in and snorkeled with these guys. I also spotted a Grey Smooth Hound Shark amongst the Leopards. These guys were all 4 to 5 feet long, pretty much full size for this shark.
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Villa Portofino phones it in, but the bread was good!
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This painting is inside the famous Casino building, in the theater where we watched the new Harry Potter film.
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Our buddy the increasingly brave Cormorant.
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Abalone point, where recently there have been two scary shark sightings. A Great White was observed eating a black sea bass, and a Mako Shark was apparently seen. My homies on the island have yet to see the evidence, but apparently the person who saw them shot photos. This point is yards away from a famous snorkeling spot!
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The day after Deanna's birthday was hazy with a marine layer...
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Catalina sends rocks back to the mainland, and we send them dirt.
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Seal Rocks is actually home to a colony of Sea Lions.
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We saw 4 Bald Eagles the first day, but none the following two days. There are 7 nesting pairs of Bald Eagle on the island. We saw two adults and two juveniles. The young ones look like big hawks since they don't have the famous white hood of feathers yet.
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Lounging in their own stink.
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We checked out the local skate park which has fallen into great disrepair.
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Some different views of Avalon.
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Then we were back to mainland ourselves...
Posted July 21st, 2011 by It's no Hawaii without Don Ho
that is too great trip.
my car coming to my park,stink and need wash
by expensive rip-off small factory.

where`s my plan of to go mountain.
and put a audio and navigation.
Posted By: w on July 21st, 2011 at 03:24PM PST
http://www.slapmagazine.com/component/option,com_jfusion/Itemid,4/index.php?topic=54893.0

Have you guys seen this thread? Good read.
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 21st, 2011 at 04:09PM PST
Looks like an awesome day. Feel like I've said that too many times haha. Did Deanna write Eddie poo and draw a heart on your bag? That's love right there.
Posted By: Mike on July 21st, 2011 at 05:47PM PST
So sweet, huh?
Posted By: ed on July 21st, 2011 at 11:05PM PST
I feel like the more tumblr, facebook, instagram shit I do, the less people comment here.

Is it better to be open and do all of this stuff, or to just cut it out and be harder to find?
Posted By: ed on July 21st, 2011 at 11:07PM PST
Comment to come. Served for your breakfast.
Have to work now and time travel later, you know...
Posted By: S on July 21st, 2011 at 11:16PM PST
"Instagram shit I do" lol


Then again. I guess people get lost in their other shit since we can't download an ed app. We can tweet, Facebook, tumbl, and Instagram shit from a freakin phone.
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 21st, 2011 at 11:35PM PST
fucking sweet ass uber-mega post! Such a beaut.

dude, all that skatepark needs is some serious waxing action and, PRESTO!, loads o' fun.

i always mistake lobsters for crabs and viceversa...

i remember when i was a patient at children's hospital there were these things on the wall in the shape of a seal, lion, dolphin, and zebra, where if you touched it, it suposedly resembled the tact of said animal.

dude...
toymachine.com/ed since day one and always, screw the rest.
we are the LEGIT.. the ones who actually looked FOR ed and TOYMACHINE.
those follwing on facebook and instagram or whatever are the conformist fucks.

either way, ed, if you make it "harder to find" you, we, this same group of ppl who comment here, will eventually reach you.
Posted By: fresh from mex on July 22nd, 2011 at 03:12AM PST
Back from work....Well, not really.
Took a day off and went to a Spa.
Hot stone action.Very nice.
Only thing missing was a free BJ and some free toy socks...
But I won´t complain, it was a lovely morning.

About the attention issue.
It depends on what you´re looking for...
FB is good to keep those informed that are too lazy or whatever
to come here and leave a comment to show they paid attention
and appreciate it.So they hit the Like button.

But, don´t get blinded by numbers.
I would rely on the blog statistics you have here.

Spreading to much can be confusing.
Mens nature.

It´s like fresh said this is your homepage and
not only technicaly it´s a little different here.

And according to your responses, I don´t think and hope
you´re bored of the loyal crew you have here.

I love these travelling posts and can only imagine the time
you invest to make them...

So let´s talk about this post, Birdnerd.

You´re really into nature and stuff (and stuff....;)
Me too. Except for the open sea, like swimming in shark waters...
you crazy???
Even if that´s yards away.
They swim, you know and you´re not Patrick Duffy...

Picture of you and Deanna in the cove
"just solved the world's problems..."
Über-gorgeous.

Pro status picknickers.
Lunchbacks with namesigns on it? Sick.

I that Deanna OMGing in the video?
I act the same way when I see something exciting in nature.
Like a double rainbow.

What is it that famous artists do on their birthday?
They go to Catalina to....watch Harry Potter!!??
OMG myself, that´s too good.
I have to admit I haven´t seen one of them.
I tried but it was too much LordoftheRings for me.

So does that ugly hobbit die in the end?
I just want the gossip.

Ed & DD. What does the D stands for?
No, the other D I meant.

I like the picture of the empty rock and the text below
".. but none the following two days" Photo-proof;

Girl with the HK phone is working for the government
and afraid of Lipreader?Don´t let Carroll see that shit.

I saw a girl in the subway this morning with plastic
Prada Flipflops.Probably real expensive plastic...
dried unicorn sperm.The shit people buy...

So you´re still ( why still, I dunno) using that AE1?
Mine has asthma.Have to get me a new one.
But I heard that´s what they all get at one point.

Thankfully, they´re pretty affordable, not like the M´s
I saw yesterday in a shop window, while I was standing
outside in the rain, crying till my goth mascara blinded
my eyes.

Anyway. You´re an instamatic?
Couldn´t find a link...
Posted By: S on July 22nd, 2011 at 07:24AM PST
Very sweet of her.

You're on instagram? I need to get an iPhone. Not for instagram, but because I've wanted one since it came out haha, this just makes my decision that much clearer. I won't have money for it though, so I may not see your pictures for a long ass time.

As for spreading your internet wings, I think you should keep doing this blog, it doesn't deter us from still commenting. I think more people see it now since you post this on facebook, but less people comment on the actual blog itself for some reason. I agree with fresh's opinion. We'll reach you somehow. Maybe we intimidate people from commenting? cause we're such a tight family... EDTBLOG4LYFE. Maybe people don't think they're cool enough. I miss John and Jacob haha.

Me and JGonz had discussed that I was supposed to ask/tell you to make poo poo head socks. Just shit brown colored with his eyes on the top of the foot. That would be funny.

Anyway, I'd say do all the internet outlets if you want. If you wanna attract new people just tell them to comment.
Posted By: Mike on July 22nd, 2011 at 09:33AM PST
Poor skate park...I swear what people take for granted.
Poo poo Head socks would be so bad ass!
Posted By: josiah on July 22nd, 2011 at 12:25PM PST
Yeah bro. Poopoo head socks

Or a poop colored beanie with his eyes sewn onto a little patch for the logo where the beanie cuffs. Toy Machine Poop head beanie
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 22nd, 2011 at 01:57PM PST
That bro is all quantity over quality
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 22nd, 2011 at 04:07PM PST
Great post.
Great day for you guys!
That appears to be the skate park of dooom.
I like the toy machine poop head beanie.
Poopie sect.
Maybe white socks with surprised eyes and some little brown grip patches on the bottoms so you look like you stepped in your tiny chihuahua's poops in the yard.
Posted By: Eggs McManus on July 22nd, 2011 at 08:45PM PST
Fuck it. Add little soles to the bottom of toy socks and 1up Toms
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 22nd, 2011 at 09:05PM PST
I just watched Mr.Hering's video clip.
Damn.I just typed that then though that could be your Nature show. Mr.Hering's adventures.

anyway. Dang. Lots of wildlife. It was cool also cause it was like a clip of you guys just interacting with each other. and I think that's like the most expressive clip of Deanna on the web. Or at least one of them that stands out a lot.

Plus the clip made me thirsty. all the water.

Harry Potter did do some Magic.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-jw-stickings/box-office-bomb-sarah-pal_b_907070.html

I read all the fucking books up the fourth one. Then fucken finished then she made all the new ones I didn't read. Then I just got lost and haven't seen any of the new movies. and i don't want to ruin all the surprises and shit.
Anybody else finish the whole book series?
Posted By: Jgonzalez on July 22nd, 2011 at 10:33PM PST
oh shit i just read the heading of this post...

HAPPY BELATED BDAY DEANNA!!!
Posted By: fresh from mex on July 23rd, 2011 at 03:20AM PST
Cool you got to swim with lepard sharks! I'm a big shark guy my self! I have caged dived with bull sharks in cancun mexico! Happy B-Day Deanna!!
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