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| Name: Pete | | Age: 57 | | City: Beach area of San Diego, California | | Country: | United States |
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| Hobbies: I'm a retired Architect . . . currently livin' each day to the max . . . one of my favorite phrases: "Nobody ever lay on his death bed sayin' 'Gee, wish I had WORKED harder in life!' " . . . The background pic on my channel is me standin' on the edge of the 4,000+ foot dropoff at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite Nat'l Park . . . (yep, I'm a lifelong "Adrenaline Junkie" . . . goin' 155mph on a motorcycle, ridin' horses & wave runners at full speed, downhill mountain bike racing . . . I've only had two broken bones in my life tho' . . not bad! LOL) For the indefinite future YouTube will still be my main video website & have all my videos. My channel there is at: http://www.youtube.com/LifeJourneyGuy, but I'll be puttin' some of my favorite videos on here. Hope you like them :) Thanx for stoppin' by!! . . . OK, yeah. . . "Hobbies": Bicycling, Swimming, Body Surfing, Snorkeling/Free Diving, Motorcycling, Archery, Tennis, Xbox 360!!, Photography, & Malted Milk Shakes (with EXTRA malt!!! LOL | | Movies: Moulin Rouge, Casablanca, Lost in Translation, Forrest Gump, any movie that Johnny Depp has done (amazing actor), Woody Allen movies, old movies on Turner Classic Movies . . . | | Music: Any of the great music from England and rest of Great Britain, adult contemporary, country, some rap . . . favorite song: Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy . . . who died WAYYYYY before her time!! :( . . . there's a video entitled "Fields of Gold" in my video section, if you want to listen to her version of the song. | | Books: Those by Stephen King and Dean Koontz (many nonreaders of their work probably don't realize the extremely deep understanding, and insights, these two authors have of the human condition); favorite book series: The Dark Tower, by King (takes a while to 'get into' the story line, but the series is INCREDIBLE in its use of King's genius imagination in the plot) . . . favorite individual book . . . tough to pick out, but . . . probably Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis |
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| |  | “Wandering Around An Old Ferry Boat”, San Diego Maritime Museum
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When I moved to San Diego, I was happy to see an old friend at the Maritime Museum. The “Berkeley” is an 1898 steam ferry that operated for 60 years more...on San Francisco Bay, and I vividly remember riding on this ferry boat when I was a little kid growing up in the San Francisco area, so it was great to learn that the Berkeley still survives this half century later, and can now live out her life being visited by people who never got to experience a journey on such boats :) (For that matter, it’s great to learn that I’M still around this half century later! LOL) The funny thing is that, as a little kid, the seating benches looked HUGE, so when walking around the boat now as a 6’-1” tall baby boomer, the benches NOW look really SMALL!
The San Diego Maritime Museum has an interesting historical tidbit about the Berkeley. Since the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges didn’t yet exist across San Francisco Bay in 1906, during the massive earthquake and subsequent fire of that year, the Berkeley carried thousands of survivors to safety. Her captain and crew, not even knowing the fate of their OWN families, worked night and day to help victims escape the burning shores of San Francisco.
The song for the video is “(You Want To) Make A Memory” by Bon Jovi. less
Added: Aug 23, 08
Views: 14
Category: Travel & Places |
|  | “Cannon Battle Sail” (a.k.a. CRASH! BOOM! BANG!), San Diego
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Here’s a video of one of the REALLY enjoyable “cannon battle sail” ocean battle reenactments that are being put on during the wonderful tall sailing ships more...“Festival of Sail” in San Diego, California this weekend. Over twenty ships are available for viewing during this event, and spectators are allowed to wander around on most of them. The tall ships won’t be back in San Diego until 2011.
The song for the video is “Crash! Boom! Bang!” by Roxette. less
Added: Aug 22, 08
Views: 75
Category: Travel & Places |
| |  | BUS Tour ch-ch-ch-changes to BOAT Tour
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While I was taking video clips for a video of the Tall Sailing Ships (http://www.livevideo.com/video/D0817155221647F3995EEF31E33EBF61/-tall-sailing-ships-festiva.aspx), more...a couple of the large San Diego amphibious "Hydra Terra” vehicles drove up to the boat ramp next to me . . . . and continued right on INTO the water. I love watching the expressions on the faces of bystanders who have never seen these vehicles before! LOL These vehicles are a REALLY fun way to tour San Diego!
The song for the video is “Changes” by David Bowie. less
Added: Aug 21, 08
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Category: Travel & Places |
|  | “Tall Sailing Ships” (“Festival of Sail”, San Diego)
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The “Festival of Sail” started today, August 20th, here in San Diego and the event runs through Sunday, August 24th. It’s great watching these tall masted more...ships sail into the harbor!
The song is the great Crosby, Stills & Nash 1960s classic “Wooden Ships”. For Baby Boomers like me, it’s hard to believe that David Crosby is now 67!, Stephen Stills 63, and Graham Nash is now 66! I had the opportunity to see a reunion concert of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young around 9 years ago and it was a FANTASTIC evening! less
Added: Aug 20, 08
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Category: Travel & Places |
| |  | “Call Of The Open Road” (with Eva Cassidy singing "Baggage")
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Here are some more scenes from various motorcycle trips around the Southwest. The song for the video is “Baggage” by Eva Cassidy, from the movie “Anywhere more...But Here”. The lyrics go really well with a road trip type video :)
“Sitting by the side of the road
Doing nothing but keeping time
Moving forward toward the setting sun
Leaving my worries behind
I sit upon a precipice
Throwing wishes to an old tin can
Got the world at my nicotine fingertips
And a ball of clay rolling in my hand
The past is a dream that haunts me each day
So many memories so far away
The baggage I carry weighs a ten ton or more
No one said it’s a picnic but why such a chore
Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been
The days of cotton candy have long since disappeared
And the counter where I licked my ice cream cone
Is now a bar where I sip my beer
The Ferris wheel still turns around but I’m too old to ride
I watch the bright lights glimmer
And I feel the pull of the child inside
When your dreams have turned to nightmares
And the sky is a cold black sun
When trees bow down to chainsaws
And you read obituaries for fun
Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been
Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been.” less
Added: Aug 19, 08
Views: 70
Category: Travel & Places |
|  | “Fountains of Bellagio” Maintenance Crew, Las Vegas
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I always enjoy knowing what goes on “behind the scenes”, so here is a video of the crew who do all the daily maintenance of the fountain jets and lighting more...for the “Fountains of Bellagio” shows, to assure that everything is in perfect order for the wonderful water fountain shows, which please visitors from around the world.
The song is “Shiftwork” by Kenny Chesney and George Strait. less
Added: Aug 18, 08
Views: 71
Category: Travel & Places |
| |  | “Time to Say Goodbye” (Con te partirò) (Bellagio Fountains)
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I’m SO thankful that the Bellagio owners decided to include the artificial lake and wonderful water fountain shows in their design for the Bellagio Hotel/Casino more...in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here’s a water fountain show highlighting a Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman duet.
To see Sarah and Andrea singing this beautiful song, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHq7rgHOLk less
Added: Aug 17, 08
Views: 78
Category: Travel & Places |
|  | “My Heart Will Go On” (Fountains of Bellagio)
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Here’s another video in my “Fountains of Bellagio” series, highlighting the fountain shows put on by The Bellagio Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. more...Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” is another of my favorite romantic songs, although, because the song has been heard around the world about a few trillion times by now, and has been used in numerous “Titanic” movie comedy parodies, the song no longer has the emotional impact it initially did for most people.
I also find it fascinating to read the background as to how the decisions are made by movie makers when it comes to whether or not this or that song will or won’t be used in a movie, so in this particular situation, Celine’s version almost DIDN’T make it into the movie, and Celine almost never even RECORDED it! As events turned out, this song went on to become Celine’s all-time biggest hit. It’s always fascinated me how seemingly fickle and random “Life” turns out to be, and how often gut instincts play such a huge role in achieving great success and/or fame in life. Here’s the background on this song from Wikipedia:
“James Horner had originally composed this song as an instrumental motif that is used in several scenes during Titanic. He then wanted to make a full vocal song out of it, for use in the end credits of the film. Director James Cameron did not want such a song, but Horner went ahead anyway and got Will Jennings to write the lyrics. Celine Dion was Horner's first choice to sing it, but when she heard the song, she did not want to record it. It was her manager and husband, René Angélil, who convinced her to record a demo version, which was something she hadn't done for many years. Horner waited until Cameron was in an appropriate mood before presenting him with the song.
After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval, although worried that he might be criticized for "going commercial at the end of the movie”.” {{As “They” say. . . the rest is history.}} less
Added: Aug 16, 08
Views: 89
Category: Travel & Places |
| |  | “All That Jazz” (Fountains of Bellagio)
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Here’s another video is my “Fountains of Bellagio” series. This water fountain show highlights the great Broadway classic “Overture / And All That Jazz”, more...sung by Catherine Zeta-Jones. The Bellagio’s “extreme shooter” water cannons blast water columns 460 feet into the air! less
Added: Aug 16, 08
Views: 28
Category: Travel & Places |
|  | Wandering Around “The Venetian Hotel” (Las Vegas)
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One of the many things I love about visiting Europe over the years, is that many cities and towns have inviting, comfortable, open plaza areas where people more...hang around, or people watch, or play board games like chess, or visit with friends, or eat in outdoor cafes, or, or, or.
As an architect, I was very happy when I first learned in 1997 that the owners of the $1.5 billion Venetian Hotel/Casino had made the wise decision to allow the project architects to incorporate a mini-version of such a user friendly environment inside the Venetian, with the construction of a piazza and gondola canal area. It’s easy to see that visitors to the Venetian really enjoy the ambiance of these areas, and tend to linger here to enjoy watching the performers and living statues, or to enjoy a meal there, so here is a short video showing some of these inviting communal areas of the Venetian, along with an opening video clip of some of the exterior of the Venetian property.
The song for the video is “Say” by John Mayer. less
Added: Aug 14, 08
Views: 48
Category: Travel & Places |
| |  | “The Sirens of TI” (Treasure Island Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas)
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In Greek mythology, the “Sirens” were three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses, who lived on an island. Seamen who sailed near the island more...were decoyed by the Sirens’ enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast. I tend to think, however, that the REAL causes of the shipwrecks were things like coral reefs and fog and rocks and uncharted shallows and prevalent use of alcohol, but that’s just MY opinion LOL
In researching for these vid notes I came across a really entertaining article ( http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/Pirate_Drinks.html ), about the use of alcohol aboard old sailing ships, and how “Rum would often be the downfall of many pirate crews. Unlike military and merchant ships where some kind of authority measured out the rum being consumed, a democratically run pirate ship, with its weakened code of discipline, sometimes led to a complete disregard for sobriety. There are several accounts of pirate ships easily being boarded because the pirates were too drunk to fight.” LOLOL
Anyway, back to THIS video! The video opens with video clips of the Sirens’ ship and Sirens’ cove, taken from my 35th floor room at the Treasure Island Hotel, now known simply as “T I”. The remainder of the video consists of video clips taken from the cordoned off V.I.P./hotel guests’ viewing area during the several times nightly “Sirens” show. The minimalist plot of the show is for the empowered Sirens to lure the Pirates’ “Bull Ship” (and no, I don’t make this stuff up! LOL) to a watery grave, whereupon the waterlogged, humiliated, defeated, ignoble pirates swim to the Sirens’ ship to apparently CELEBRATE the sinking of their precious pirate ship by dancing with the victorious Sirens LOL. The fireworks shot off at the end of the show would go WAYYYY above my room, which was fun to watch from the room, and I always cracked up laughing because it appeared as though my room was under ATTACK! LOL
The song I used for the opening video segments is “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper. less
Added: Aug 13, 08
Views: 66
Category: Travel & Places |
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| | Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 11:52 AM | | I read this in my latest Dean Koontz novel, entitled "Brother Odd". This quote about dogs is really good!!! . . . "Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from nor moving toward, where the enchantment of the past and future cannot distract us, where a freedom from practical desire and a cessation of our usual ceaseless action allows us to recognize the truth of our existence, the reality of our world and purpose---if we dare." | |
| Friday, April 6, 2007 at 2:06 PM | | FUNNY VIDEO! LOLOLOL It's the perfect horn to have if you have somebody slow in front of you in the fast lane, who refuses to pull over for you! LOL http://www.livevideo.com/video/7E6C6D40CCE34791B1773D3543CF4B35/suv-with-a-train-horn.aspx?m_tkc=2271481 | |
| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:55 AM | | Now HERE'S a fun game!! http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf | |
| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:50 AM | | Jack Palance: "Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean sh*t."
Billy Crystal: "Yeah, but what's that one thing?"
Jack Palance: "That's what you've got to figure out."
~From the movie City Slickers | |
| Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 11:54 PM | | A friend just emailed me this quote: "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." (Herm Albright) | |
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