Holiday Party '06

Along came the holidays and once again it was time for the always fun CineArts Holiday Party!!! We had a lot of fun, even though not everyone showed up. There was tons of food provided by everyone, music (supplied by my iPod, which seemed to please everyone :) ), the raffle, the reveling of our secret santas (and once again, I don't know who my secret santa was, just like last year :( ), and the white elephant gift exchange! Yay! It was a fun party and the time passed by so quickly! After the party, a few of my friends went into the office to exchange gifts and had story time with one of Omar's stories!

People hanging out by the food

















The raffel. I got Pirates of the Caribbean playing cards plus a t-shirt that I gave to Crystal and a poster... of the Cleaner.... yaaaaaaay......


Emma with her Spanglish apron prize


Last year, candy bra, this year, Sony boxers. Do undergarments have an attraction to Amber?





Kym's sister, Becky at the white elephant gift exchange. We had some stealing (and some dancing) but not a lot. It was still fun though


Omar stealing the camera











See! people dancing!







Thats the holiday party in a nutshell. Looking forward to next years! Ive been to all of them so far, three total. Why not next year! :)

Monterey

The day after the mystery spot, Omar, Ana, and I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I have had a craving to go there since about a week before Thanksgiving. I was so excited to go even though I have been there so many times. I also wanted to be able to just walk around Monterey and go the museum which had a Weston show going on but sadly the museum is closed on Mondays.

The Outer Ocean. My favorite part of the aquarium.





Omar looking at a jelly





I really like this picture. Can you see Ana's silouet in the photo?


More jellies! They are really had to photograph because they are always moving and you are in a very low light setting, but I did my best.

















I was sooooo excited to see that they were able to bring back the Sun Fish. There hasn't been one since the exhibit opened and the first sun fish didnt do well. I never thought they would bring one back. I really find that fish amazing (along with the tuna) because you see a picture of it and when you finally see it in person, you really see how big that fish is. It's also so weird looking. I guess thats why I like it so much. It was the mere size of it that awed me the first time. It made my day to see one again.





The White Shark





More jellies!


Omar trying to be near the jellies





The Kelp Forest. I always get pretty pictures in this exhibit.














Dorey!!!!


I liked this guy. He was just gripping on to the side of the tank


Tha birds. This is another exhibit I like. I just wish I was able to pet the birds. Another favorite exhibit is the touch pool, where you can pat the bat rays. They're both favorites!