HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I'm sure if I thought about it I could think of a reason for posting this having something to do with Halloween. EW, I'm lazy...OH I just thought of something

HAPPY HALLOWS!!! (yes, I am ashamed of myself)

4-Eva

I spent a good part of the day at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. That place is huge! Here are some photos, there are also more on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157602805052437/

Pugwood Pudding

Work It Out

So today is the first day of my vacation. I woke up and took a walk. I am using this time to work on my portfolio so that's what I did with most of my day. The plumber came by at 3 to fix my leaky kitchen sink. It is so nice not to hear the sound of dripping water anymore. Elwood is keeping my company by sitting on my sketches.

I went to the gym after the plumber finished the sink. I worked really hard and did an hour and a half of cardio. I decided to do some weights at the end. I was on my last machine when this giant personal trainer came up to me. I'm use to the trainers being around and trying to get new clients but they are pretty good about keeping their distance from people like me that aren't interested in their services. I like to work-out alone and use the time as a type of meditation. It calms me to focus on my body and get out of my head for a little bit each day. Just focus on the physical and forget about the mental, and listen to my music on my ipod. I don't want some big jock next to me prodding me along, talking about my problem areas, and condescendingly complementing my efforts. Anyways, on my last machine when I am absolutely exhausted and very sweaty this big hulking guy comes up to me, without even asking, and starts repositioning me. If I wasn't so exhausted and intimidated by his presents I would have told him to fuck off. He is then barking orders for me to push through a bunch of reps. It hurt a lot and I was very uncomfortable, he also kept readjusting my body. It triggered some repressed feeling inside of me to be over come by this huge man that I just started to shut down. My lungs felt small and I felt trapped. He asked me what machine I wanted to do next and I just muttered something like "I have to go" under my breath and ran away. I got in my car and left. It took me about half way home before I could even think straight. I don't know why I reacted so badly towards that. I should have just told him I preferred working out alone. He didn't really give me a chance to. I feel kind of silly about the whole thing.

The L Wood

House Guest

Mr. Elwood is staying with me for a bit. He should try and not be so fat and tasty if he doesn't want to be eaten alive.

Turtle Power!

So I was going though old sewing patterns on etsy when I found this one.



It instantly made me think of April O'Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.



So I made my Halloween costume out of old bathing suit fabric from work and wore my white riding boots over my jumpsuit. It turned out pretty well. Too bad I'm completely drunk faced in every photo.



More photos of Laurel, Frank, and Lindsay's Halloween party on my flickr page. There was some really great outfits.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157602771103540/

I'm Very Busy & Important

Okay, I want to make a brief factual statement and back it up with no details. The details here really bring down the statement to not exciting at all and I am all about excitement so fuck off details! Okay here we go:

Today I had my annual review at work which resulted in me getting promoted from assistant designer to associate designer and also getting a raise. Also today was my last day before I start my week long vacation starting...NOW!

Point Break

I don't really keep up with theater so I'm sure a lot of you have heard about this already. I guess they turned the movie Point Break into a stage play. My favorite part is that the person playing Johnny Utah (Keanu's character) is picked from the audience and fed cue cards the whole play to capture Keanu's original performance. I think that's pretty funny, however maybe it would just get annoying after a 5 minutes. Here's a link with more info.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/11867

Crossing Paths

I was looking at this persons cross necklace today and I started to think about all the other capital punishment torture devices of the past. How different the world would be if we wore jewelry or decorated cathedrals with iron maidens. Or at Christmas time there would be a giant Pear of Anguish lit up on hill tops.

Pudding Pop

Oh lets talk about silly fashion, this will be a horribly girly post. Today I wanted to wear this crazy necklace I own that is over the top giant mirrors and black and white metal circles. I decided in order to wear this type of thing to work, and not to a club, I needed to go very simple with the outfit I wore with it. I chose a pair of wide leg loose black trousers and a tight black v neck top. The crazy necklace falls around the v neck area. My problem with this outfit is my pants fit around hip and so does my top, however the top keeps creeping up. I do not have a flat tummy and I keep doing the tug-a-war dance with my top all day to keep it down. One of our British venders came in the other day and we were talking about the ever problematic baby pouch area on the adult female body. She referred to this area as her pudding, in a delightful English accent. I love this phrase and have now adopted into my speech. So in fashion sacrifice to wearing a fabulously extravagant necklace I am having pudding control problems.

Man, I should totally write a fashion advise column. I would talk about very important things like stretching in your outfit before you leave the house to check for pudding pop-out, or how to wear insane accessories.

Secret joy

Blah Blog Blah

The one thing I miss about my old myspace blog is setting my postings to friends viewing only setting. I just don't feel comfortable talking about work without that option. Work is a big part of my life though and a source of a lot of my problems that I'd like to talk about on here. Oh well. My vacation is only days away. I haven't taken time off in years so I think I am just a little burnt out plus I just paid my car insurance and that always puts me in an awful mood.

Elwood Loves Booty & Himself

I was standing in front of my bathroom sink and mirror this morning. It is a tiny little bathroom with not much space between the toilet and the sink. So I'm in my pajamas brushing my teeth when Mr. Elwood decided to perch ontop of the toilet and nuzzle my booty with his face. I informed him that that was not proper behavior and that he must leave the bathroom if he was not going to be a gentleman. He then decided to sit up on the toilet like a prairie dog so that he could see himself in the mirror. I told him to get over himself.

Loggish Wood

My little nephew Elwood is spending the night at my apartment tonight. He is a delight! We played Charades. In the second photo Elwood mimicks a log.

Run Little Pumpkins!!!

Look at what I made today! Hehe

CHA CHA CHAAAAAAA!

Last night was Stacey's birthday at Cha Cha Cha Lounge in Silverlake. Photobooth!

1/20/09

Here is a really neat little site that shows you which presidential hopefuls you agree the most with. It doesn't really ask that many questions but I do love a good on-line quiz; http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460. I got;
1. Kucinich
2. Dodd
3. Edwards
4. Obama

Squhale

Pain & Gain

I don't lift weights at the gym. My biggest excuse is that I can never figure out how most the weight machines work, that and I kind of don't like lifting weights. They are like medieval torture devices. So last night I forced myself to sit down for a few minutes at every machine, read the diagram, and attempt a set or two. At the time I thought it was good idea. This morning every single part of my body hurts. I can barely move. Maybe I should have only taken on a few machines at a time.

Trick No Treat

Up until this point I was really excited about my Halloween costume. The good news is I'm pretty much done making it. The bad news is I tried it on tonight. It is seriously the most unflattering thing ever. It is like mom jeans unattractive. I don't even know how to fix it. I mean, I'm going to still wear it because I spent a good amount of time on it and I don't have the time or money to do something else. I tried it on a spent about 15 minutes looking in the mirror and adjusting it while thinking 'It's not THAT bad.' You know what? If you have to keep telling yourself it isn't bad it's usually because it is. Hmmm, I wonder if I can get through a Halloween party without having my photo taken, I'm not sure I want evidence of this. Well, from the waist up it is okay, maybe I will just sit behind tables. Boo, I am sad.

Animal Planet

I had the most awesome fun time today at the San Diego Zoo with my brother. I have never seen the animals more playful and active like I did today. Here are a few of my favorite photos. If you want to see the rest please check out my flickr page for animal glory.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157602425135044/

I'm Pretty Random Here

I discovered the worlds greatest store for girly girly things. In the Beverly Center Forever 21 has an accessories only store call For Love 21. OH MY GOD it is magical! Ladies you need to check it out, for serous. Do not doubt me it is fucking fab.

Okay, now completely turning the tables on this post. I've been reading "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami. I read this bit today and I wanted to share it. I know it is a bit cheesy to write lyrics or quotes down but it is my blog and I will do as I want.

"You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills:when you feed'em to the fire, they're all just paper. The fire isn't thinking, 'Oh, this is Kant,' or 'Oh, this is the Yomiuri evening edition,' or 'Nice tits,' while it burns. To the fire, they're nothing but scraps of paper. It's the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories: there's no distinction- they're all just fuel. You know, I think if I didn't have that fuel, if I didn't have those memory drawers inside me, I wouldn've snapped a long time ago. I would've curled up in a ditch somewhere and died. It's because I can pull the memories out of the drawers when I have to- the important ones and the useless ones- that I can go on living this nightmare of a life. I might think I can't take it anymore, that I can't go on anymore, but one way or another I get past that."

Pure Talent

ill Faced

I felt kind of ill on Tuesday but it seemed to pass by Wednesday. Then again yesterday I thought after lunch I was going to throw-up. This really concerned me because I never throw-up, well unless I've been drinking a lot which was not the case at work because I am not a raging alcoholic. My mind starts to go crazy with all the horrible things that could be wrong with me. It was rather ridiculous. I feel fine this morning. Like an idiot it occurred to me that I got ill after lunch both days and on both those days I ate the same thing which I didn't eat the day that I felt fine. I think it is the mushrooms I put in my salad or dressing. Man, I sure like to get myself worked up over nothing.

AAAHHHHHH My Feet!

These are my cozy cozy slippers. If I could I would wear these to work today. That would make me so happy. GOD, look at them, they are the awesome!!!

Some Things

Something that made me sad today: Parking at the CalMart to go a print show. Once inside I went to get money to pay for said parking at the ATM only to realize I only had $5 in the bank. That's an awful feeling.

Something that made me happy today: Going to the circus and watching trained dogs and even cats perform tricks for my pleasure.

Something that made me annoyed today: Getting bopped on the head by a creepy old homeless man looking clown with a balloon.

Something that pleased me today: raspberries in milk.

Fancy Little Things

On Saturday evening I went to the Arclight with Lindsey, David, David 2, and Heather to see The Darjeeling Limited. It was very very pretty with such nice colors. The train in the movie was painted so cool The music was really good as well. The story was alright, nothing to write home about. I would like to drink sweet lime on a train going through India *sigh*

Today was Erin's birthday party celebration. She made yummy treats and tasty punch. We crafted and watched girly movies. I took a few photos but am annoyed with the quality of them. They seem washed out and grainy like the last set I took. I need to figure out how to adjusted the settings on this camera, I am officially annoyed with it. Oh, also Erin has adopted the neighborhood cat that she named Luna, cute little Luna!

This Is Halloween

I haven't done anything more then hand sewing in the last year. I broke the needle in my machine when I was making my Halloween outfit last year and didn't get around to ever fixing it. I also have no place to sew in the worlds tiniest apartment (that would be my place). Today I got my act together and bought new sewing needles and bobbins and a tiny folding table I can sew on. Project Halloween Costume is a go! I need to get the tension right on my zig zag stitch though. I'm working on stretch fabric which is a bit of a challenge. I hope this is the start of many more projects. I wish I had more space to work with though.

Chewing the Fat

I've noticed I've gained some weight sense starting my new birth control. I've been trying to work a little harder at the gym and eat a little healthier. Last night one of our venders took us out to this fancy nice restaurant on 3rd street. I haven't been out to eat in months and I haven't been to such a fancy ass place in maybe ever. So I splurged and ate yummy fatty foods. The portions were really small though and everyone shared so I didn't really feel like I over did it. I couldn't believe it this morning when I weighed myself though. One bigger meal and skipping out on my workout and I gain 3 pounds. My body is ridiculous. Granted I'm healthy and I shouldn't complain but I mean C'MON! If I ate as much as everyone else I know and exercised as little as most people I would be obese. I guess in the long run I will be healthier but it is just frustrating at times.

Blue Bird

I had a dream last night where I was continuously trying to eat this blue parakeet. Everyone was horrified and telling me not to. I just really wanted to eat the little blue parakeet. He was pretty, like a piece of candy.

Notes on Oats

I've been getting the Trader Joe's oatmeal with the blueberries already in it. I love this oatmeal, it is the best! I decided to try some of their other varieties. First I bought the flax and oats, it was strangle sweet and I didn't like it. So it sits in my cupboard. Next I bought the cranberry with oats which I thought was way too tart for my liking. So it sits in my cupboard. Randomly this morning I decided to mix the two. It is delightful! The sweet and tart cancel each other out. Hooray for solutions!

Me Me

My emotions as of late have been really up and down. I've always been sort of manic like that. Today was unfortunately a very down day to an embarrassing level (seriously locking myself in the bathroom is a type of crazy I don't like to be). I went to cutoverload and didn't feel any better. I went to the gym to get some endorphins and after an intense 2 hour workout, nothing. Then I thought to myself. What is something you love and have loved for a long time that you can watch? It immediately came to me without even a moment to think about it. Beaker singing "Feelings". Lucky for me it was on youtube! I was right, it totally made me feel better. When all else fails...Beaker.

Better

Nothings Going to Change My World

I saw Across the Universe yesterday afternoon. I would never have gone to see this movie if it was directed by anyone else. I adore Julie Taymor though and knew that it would be pretty to watch. There were so many good visuals and it was so well thought out visually and with the way they used the songs. The plot was just okay, nothing remarkable. My only real complaint was Evan Rachel Woods whom I find somewhat annoying and flat. I really think the movie would have been a lot better with someone else in that role. Totally stealing the show was Eddie Izzard! I really enjoyed this movie and am glad I saw it on the big screen.

During the previews it was a string of different cop movies. I was thinking how much I didn't like cop movies. I just don't like them. Why are people so interested in cops? I don't get it. Maybe this is a product of having a cop for a dad and always being around them.