Wednesday, December 21, 2005

On the ol' 49er trail


Waiting for the outhouse
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Continuing on our journey through gold country, we stopped by the old gold mining town of Colombia. While we were there we walked through the town, watched candy canes being made, danced while a man played the fiddle, bought bonnets and went panning for gold. Here are some of the golden treasures I found...

And we're going to party like it's 1849!


Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Holiday Time in Twain Harte


May Neda Amy
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
The next leg on my vacation extravaganza is my Grandparent's house in Twain Harte, CA. Twain Harte is a small town in the mountains, one hour north of Yosemite. Yesterday, we went to an apple farm and then town wearing our Holiday sweaters all day long. I got a few looks, including "what the heck is she wearing" look and the "dang! Where'd she get that awesome sweater look". Stay tuned for more pictures of this trip.

Neda's Holiday Sweater


Neda Sweater
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

May's Holiday Sweater


May Sweater
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Amy's Holiday Vest


Amy Sweater
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Monday, December 19, 2005

Orlando Conference


may laughing
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
This past weekend, Neda, Maryam and I went to Orlando Florida for a Social and Economic Development Baha’i Conference. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend!

Boys lounging around


Boys lounging around
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Bubble Blowing Contest


P1010468
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Georgina


Georgina
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
This is George aka Jorge from Orlando. He's a sassy red head wearing another sassy red head's hair.

Hooray for the World..I'm Glad to Be on it!


Red Grammer
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Move over Paula and Simon...here's my American Idol. This is a picture of the one and only Red Grammer. *Sigh*

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Little Joey


joeymay
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
One of my assignments this quarter is to make a visual metaphor for my beliefs of what a teacher’s role is. I’ve been going through trashy magazines for the last two days reading up on Brad and Angelina and looking for pictures of kid’s heads for my poster. While I was cutting out a child’s head, I jokingly put it up the kid’s face over mine and started talking to Melanie. This inevitably led to a photo session. We named the boy Joey.
Rejoice my friends…for the quarter is over.

Written While Listening to “The Professor” by Damien Rice

joeymel


joeymel
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

'Joy to the World" my X-mas Sweaters have come!


XmasRod
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
A week ago my sister Amy invited me to a "Christmas Sweater Party" that her co-worker is hosting. A christmas sweater party is an opportunity for people to go into their old box of clothes and pull out their old sweater that Grandma bought them. Since Baha'is don't celebrate Christmas I was left searching EBay on a friday night for the perfect Christmas Sweater. I am proud to say that not only did I find one perfect Christmas sweater, but I found TWO perfect Christmas sweaters that happened to be from the same EBAY seller. An interesting observation that I learned while surfing EBAY was that Chritmas Sweaters typically come in two sizes: Woman's Small and Woman's XXL and can usually be found by a seller with a ridiculously high seller ebay rating and lives in a small town in the midwest. Just an observation.

The package arrived today at my parent's house and since i'm still in Davis my Dad and sister were left to model the sweaters and take pictures. Eat Your Heart out Blog Readers!

amy and rod xmas
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Please excuse the poor quality of this picture. This photo was taken from my mom's camera phone. On the left is my sister amy showing off the Chritmas "Joy and Wreath" Sweater Vest. You can't see it from this picture, but the word "Joy" and a wreath are fillied with green and red sequences. And my Dad is wearing a gingerbread house christmas sweater. On the back is a little gingerbread man running away from his house.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Visit to the "Rock"


Danice is in the jail cell
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Today I visited Alcatraz with some school friends (Danice, Jenn, Nina, Nina's boyfriend) and Neda. Here are some pictures from the rock.

City View from Alcatraz


City View from Alcatraz
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

View from A Room


View from A Room
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Alacatraz Dining Room


Alacatraz Dining Room
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Mossy Stairs


Mossy Stairs
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Rocky Shore


Rocky Shore
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Mac Daddy Annie


Mac Annie
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
It's interesting that the first Mac user of the Shelley family is a 13 year old dog who sleeps all day and drags her bum on the carpet.

Happy T-Giving


Happy Thanksgiving
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
This picture was taken during our family photo shoot. It's a classic Shelley shot of what goes on in between the photographs.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Saturday, November 19, 2005

LYDIA went FAR away in MAY.


lyd,far,may
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

First Wives Club


Wives
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
My good friend Farbod has been visiting from Chile. We had a mini-photo shoot before he left today.

Friday, November 18, 2005

OluwaPotter


OluwaPotter
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
One point for Griffindor for having the coolest new addition to Hogwarts. Last night, my friend Oluwaseun and I went to the 11:59 showing of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire!

Written While Listening to "Words for Waking" by Devon Gundry

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Davis Baha'i Club presents...


Girls from Music Night
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Last night was the Music Night sponsored by the Baha'i Club at UC Davis. Pictured above is: Negin, Sameen, May, Satra, Roya, Nura, Maryam

Death Cab concert


Death Cab concert
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Monday, November 14, 2005

Berkeley Sunset


Berkeley Sunset
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Last Night I went to the Death Cab/ Stars concert at the Warfield in San Fran with Neda, Kels and Britt. On the way there I stopped in Berkeley to eat at Juan's Place (shout-out to Blake). These pictures of the sunset were taken in front of Juan's.

Factory Windows


Factory Windows
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Happy Birthday Baha'u'llah!!


happy b-day
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

A night on the town


tower bridge
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Tonight my roommates (minus roy) and I went to Sac to see a movie. After the movie we cruised old Sacramento and we took pictures of pirate ships and the Tower Bridge. While we walked back towards our car we were offered free samples at a candy store. Never passing up free candy we walked into the candy store to find barrels and barrels of free candy. The stores policy is that you are allowed to eat as many Taffy samples as you want while you are in the store. After the ten minutes of cruising the aisles and stuffing my face I went into a sugar coma and suddenly oompa loompas came out of the backroom rolled me out of the store.

candy


candy
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

My 8th Topping at Pluto's


turtle
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Mystiquo


Mystiquo
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Welcome the newest member of the LBGT (Luxury Bike Gang Team). Her Bike Game name is Mystiquo (aka Lisa).

Monday, November 07, 2005

LBGT


Cuervo
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
It’s a known fact that Davis is a bike town. During the second week of the school year, I witnessed an accident per day, two of them requiring neck braces and an ambulance. As I take my daily bike ride from my house to the education building which is about a mile away, I find myself ringing my bell and grudgingly snarling under my breath at the novice freshman riders. My frustration of out of control bikers has reached its max and I have found myself no longer cruising on my red beach cruiser. The relaxing joy of bicycle riding has turned into unnecessary speeding rage-aholics.
Today marks the day when I am bringing the cruising back into cruiser, the joy back into the joy ride. As co-founder of the Luxury Biking Gang Team (LGBT) we are dedicated to slow, luxurious, pleasure inducing rides guaranteed to satisfy people of all backgrounds and biking orientations. We accept the cruisers, the speedsters, the low-riders, tandem bikers, banana seat or no banana seat….the LGBT is the place for you!

MoBo


Cojo
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Yote missed the Rabbit


Yote missed the Rabbit
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Mel Paint top


Mel Paint top
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Melanie Painting


Mell Paint
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Monday, October 31, 2005

Halloween Baha'i Club Meeting


baha'i club
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
At tonights Baha'i Club meeting, it was mandatory for everyone to come in costume.

omid in fat suit


omid in fat suit
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Omid Sarvian aka Senior won the Costume Contest. He was a Obese tourist...classic omid...classic. I've got a really good video of him and Negin trying to fit in my door. If you are interested in checking it out, please e-mail me.

Frida, Mad scientist, barbs


Frida, Mad scientist, barbs
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Confession of a Cheater


keyv on chair
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Every adulterer remembers the day they cheated on their loved one. Today October 29th marks the day I cheated on my beloved Mishka’s and went to another coffee cafe, Common Grounds found in South Davis. Many adulterers are consumed with guilt, shame, and dirtiness. As I sit in the plush swivel chairs that are part of the homey ambience provided by Common Grounds, I am filled with guilt and shame, but definitely not the dirtiness. Any regular of Mishka’s knows that you sacrifice comfort, spaciousness, customer service, and clean bathrooms for free internet, people watching, and a damn good Americano. Although the Americano doesn’t quite match the Mishk’s, the bathroom was tidy (it actually had seat covers) and the chairs provide a comfortable place to sit for hours upon hours.

Common Grounds seems to live up to it’s name of a common standard commercialized coffee shop like it’s fellow Davis competitors Starbucks and Pete’s. It does lack the unique character of Mishka’s. Mishka’s regimented social rules are masked by what appears to be a free-spirited fair trade coffee shop. It’s hard to match a cafe that has strict social rules of ordering before sitting and then limiting where a given individual can sit. And where rules may just be guidelines at other coffee shops, at Mishka’s the owner, a 30th something Eastern European with a tight white shirt and an equally tight pair of blue jeans, is constantly lurking throughout the closely placed tables making sure each customer is sitting in the proper area, has purchased something and doesn’t bring outside food in.

Perhaps I am an abused coffee child who finds comfort in strict social cafe rules. And in some masochistic way, I like the uncomfortable wooden chairs, the stiff non-ergonomic benches, urine filled bathroom floors, and the loud roasting of coffee beans. I am the battered wife that can never leave her abusive husband.

The above picture is of Keyvan sitting in a miniature rocking chair added to homey family like ambience of Common Grounds.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Bosch-Ba


Bosch 2
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
This past weekend I went to Bosch Baha'i School in Santa Cruz for the College Club Weekend. Here are a few pics that I took this weekend.

Bosch


Bosch
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

riddle for the week

Here's a riddle that one of my sixth grade boys shared with me today:
Our President has a short one.
Our Governor has a long one.
Madonna doesn't have one.
And the Pope has one but doesn't use it.
What is it?

Another Busy Weekend


Youth Gathering Photo
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
Last weekend Amy came up and visited. This picture was taken at the Youth Gathering in Davis. Shout out to my peeps...Negs, Me (may), Amy, Mel, Jeff, and Brisn. I think Armie aka Arman's in the background. Thanks to amy for the pic.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Welcome to the School of Ed


Ice
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
For all three of you who are regular readers of my blog, I apologize for not updating recently. I've been really busy the last six weeks with my graduate program. This is a picture of my partner in crime Danice aka "Ice." She's holding up her final project for our literacy project.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Post-Arcade


Post-Arcade
Originally uploaded by mayshelley.
1 am on a sunday night, hanging out at a donut store with a tootless bum...must be San Fran