{"id":90,"date":"2008-04-07T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ariellehaze.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2008-04-07T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T18:25:16","slug":"i-found-my-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"I Found My Sport!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laser Tag!!!  Yes, that&#8217;s right&#8230; I kick ass at laser tag!  I&#8217;ve been twice this past month; and, besides the fact that it is amazingly fun, I am pretty damn good at it!  I came in 1st place twice last night (of 7 games) and placed in 2nd or 3rd in ever game except 2  of them (which I came in 4th &#038; 6th).<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, here&#8217;s the weekend recap&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> &#8211; John &#038; I went to NoHo to test drive a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartusa.com\/\">Smart<\/a> for no good reason.  It was soooooo cute!  The brakes were a bit odd, but I am sure you can get used to them pretty quickly.  I loved being up so high, yet in such a small car that I could park anywhere!  They are also totally customizable, which is super cool.  <\/p>\n<p>After the test drives, we went to Good Earth for dinner, then to see Leatherheads.  The movie was hilarious, and the acting was great.  This is a must-see movie if you like George Clooney and period pieces.  It&#8217;s excellent, all the way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong> &#8211; John &#038; I met up with Dave &#038; Michele at Santa Anita Race Track, where they ran a 5K that morning.  We arrived around noon, for the first horse race.  I bet about $2 per race, and lost $20 total &#8211; my horses were totally bunk!  It was so much fun though!  If I had the money, I&#8217;d go back once a month!<\/p>\n<p>We headed back home at 3pm, and David &#038; Elysia came over.  I took them to Griffith Park (Creepy Cages area) to do their headshots.  I got some great photos thanks to Michele for lending me her 50mm f1.4!<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, John &#038; I went over to the Towers for the screening of the first episode of Bumps in the Night &#8211; the internet series that he, Greg &#038; Emmett have been working on for a few months.  Most people enjoyed the episode, and lots of people gave helpful notes.  I hope this will lead to great success for all of them in this and future film-making endeavors!  <\/p>\n<p>Our new friend, Brent, A Drexel student, just moved to LA for an internship.  He got off the plane from PA, took a flyaway then a cab to the screening to meet up with us.  He&#8217;d be staying with us for a few days until his apartment is ready.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong> &#8211; John &#038; I woke up early, picked up Bobby &#038; James, went to Noah&#8217;s Bagels for breakfast, then drove up to Lancaster to meet up with Michele, Mike D &#038; Sarah to photograph the poppies.  This week&#8217;s bloom was much greater than last week&#8217;s!  It was very windy, still, but even more impressive!  I think I got some great shots!  We had lunch at BJ&#8217;s afterward, then headed back home.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, Brent, John &#038; I met up with Emmett, Mike S &#038; Ryan at UltraZone for some laser tag.  An all night pass allows unlimited access, and we were practically the only ones there; so, we got a good 7 runs!  It was so much fun having that place to ourselves.  Occasionally, we were joined by some other people, but never more than a few at a time.  I was very surprised at how well I did, and I really hope to get a bigger group together to do this again in May!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today<\/strong> &#8211; back at work.  It&#8217;s quiet, but busy.  I am hoping to have a quick chat with an HR person from Disney tomorrow.  We&#8217;ll see what happens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laser Tag!!! Yes, that&#8217;s right&#8230; I kick ass at laser tag! I&#8217;ve been twice this past month; and, besides the fact that it is amazingly fun, I am pretty damn good at it! I came in 1st place twice last night (of 7 games) and placed in 2nd or 3rd in ever game except 2 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/?p=90\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recaps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mirdonamy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}