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| Event Recap:
Phoenix, Arizona
May 23rd, 2008
Congrats to my sister and her husband for giving birth to Wilson George Whitehead. I'm the proudest uncle in the world!
Pictures will be coming later of the little guy after things settle down a bit. 
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| Event Recap:
Stand For Change Tour, Iowa
December 27th, 2007
With the 2008 presidential election a little under a year away I'm trying for the first time in my life to sit down and hear what some of the candidates have to say. I'm not sure who I will vote for yet but I have to admit that Barack Obama has definitely had some of the most moving speeches. Below is a snippet from a speech he gave yesterday in Iowa. If you'd like to read the rest of his speech click this link. 
~Lan
[Note:] I have not yet decided which candidate I'll cast my vote for.
Excerpt:
"I did not run for the presidency to fulfill some long-held ambition or because I believed it was somehow owed to me. I chose to run in this election β at this moment β because of what Dr. King called βthe fierce urgency of now.β Because we are at a defining moment in our history. Our nation is at war. Our planet is in peril. Our health care system is broken, our economy is out of balance, our education system fails too many of our children, and our retirement system is in tatters. At this defining moment, we cannot wait any longer for universal health care. We cannot wait to fix our schools. We cannot wait for good jobs, and living wages, and pensions we can count on. We cannot wait to halt global warming, and we cannot wait to end this war in Iraq. " ~Barack Obama
Links:
Wikipedia: Presidential Elections
Rock The Vote
Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Part 1
Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Part 2
So has anyone decided who they are going to vote for yet?
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| About Me:
Merry Christmas everyone. One of the only things I really want this year is to remember how to blog. 
~Lan
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| Event Recap:
Santa Ana, California
February 24th, 2007
[UPDATE!]
Thank you everyone for the nice comments, phone calls, & text messages. Now that things have settled down a little I can finally talk about what happened that day.
The Accident:
Last Saturday after having lunch with some of my friends at Red Robin I was driving my friend home at about 3:30. He lives in a residential neighborhood in Santa Ana and while I'm driving down a 2 lane residential street there is a highlander trailing behind me. [Scene 1]
His house is on the left side of the street so before I turn into his driveway I slow down and begin to make my left turn. I guess while I was slowing down the driver behind me thought I was either stopping or pulling to the right (who knows?) and decides to try and pass me by moving into the oncoming traffic lane and pass me. [Scene 2]
Well of course while I'm making my left turn he speeds up and hits the front left corner of my car with the front right corner of his car [Scene 3]. The craziest thing was Emanuel (the passenger in my car) and I both had the same thought after the accident......."did that shit just happen?"
The Aftermath:
I'll fill everyone in later on what exactly happened but here are some pictures of the accident after it happened. 
The funny thing is that since most of the damage was done to my bumper and my hood didn't bend to much on the ride home it didn't seem like anything was wrong w/ my car.....well except for the fact my bumper was in my back seat. 
[Note:] If you look really closely in that second picture you can see the cholos contemplating rather to kick our asses for getting near their Celica. Hahahahah
Resolution: 
I call the other guy's insurance company and file a claim. They tell me to take my car in for an estimate and it ends up being $4,200 worth of damage!!! The agent then goes on to tell me that the other guy said the accident wasn't his fault and that I hit him!
Lucky for me after the agent saw photos of both my car and his car it was clear cut it was his fault. Not only did he hit me he was passing on my left side into oncoming traffic. The agent lets me know that his insurance company will be accepting liability and that they will fix my car and pay for my rental while it's in the shop. It should take at least 12 days to fix and until then here's my new ride.....
[UPDATE!]
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| Picture of the Day:
Lan's Apartment
February 14th, 2007
Don't I have a big heart.
Well this picture of course is in honor of Valentine's Day. I wanted to take this picture this morning but it wasn't dark enough in my apartment and I still hadn't quite figured out how to use my new camera until late this evening.
The light trail is actually a picture of a lighter being moved through the air in the shape of a heart. I was able to achieve this effect by setting up my camera on a tripod and setting it to a longer exposure and shutter speed. I wasn't able to do this with my old camera so I'm very happy how it turned out. 
So how was your Valentine's Day?
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