Friday, May 30, 2008
A Bowl of Froven Cherries
A group of 10 of us went to the Hollywood Bowl last night for the REM Modest Mouse show. I really got the tickets because The National was opening and they are one of my current favorite bands. Well we got there late and I only got to see 2.5 songs. I am so happy I went to their show the night before where I saw them play for over an hour. Oh well. I really underdressed for the show and was soooooooooo cold. As soon as they played the last song (What's the Frequency Kenneth) I bolted out of there without even saying goodbye to the group. I felt bad but all I wanted was to not be cold for a second longer. I think after I go to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery tomorrow night it will truly feel like LA summer. Not because it is that warm but because the Bowl and cemetery movies is what feels like summer to me, or at least my favorite part of summer :)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
While You Were Sleeping
Things that happened while you were probably asleep last night.
Well, lets back up a bit to before you were probably asleep, unless you are some sort of lazy person that sleeps in the middle of the day. I left a little early from work to head over to San Diego. Awhile back my brother asked if I wanted to go see The National and I said 'hellz yes I do, buy me those tickets!' Turns out it was in the middle of the week. I almost backed out I stuck to it and drove my butt to SD. We hung out and had dinner and then headed to the show at the House of Blues. It was very delightful and I just love their music.
I started heading home at about 11:40. I was driving along when I noticed all these beautiful city of lights in front of me. I couldn't remember what city that could be but didn't think much of it. I got to what I thought was the check point when you drive from SD to LA. It looked different though and I was confused. All of a sudden the freeway wasn't a freeway anymore and I was on a long patch of road. There was no place to turn around and I kept getting further from the freeway. The air smelled so bad like things were rotting along the road. It was about then I noticed none of the traffic signs were in English and the street signs looked like none that I have ever seen before. I really started to freak out and realized in my tired state I had gone south instead of north. I had no idea where I was or how to get back to where I needed to be. Around then I accidentally made an illegal turn because I was having trouble thinking straight. Well that turn was in front of some cops and they pulled me over. As soon as I saw their police car and then when they couldn't really speak English it sunk it that some how I was in Mexico. I mean how does that even happen??? Don't you have to cross a boarder? I have never heard of anyone accidentally going to Mexico. They start trying to question me and I am a mess at this stage. I give them my ID and try and tell them that I am lost and have no idea where I am and I need to get back to LA. They don't understand everything but they get the basic meaning. They want me to pay my ticket for my wrong turn. I don't understand how they want me to go about this. One finally says it is $80 the other guy takes pity and lowers it to $50. I check my wallet and I have $20. They take that and tell me if I fallow them they will take me back to the freeway to get to LA. I thank them and start to fallow. They get me off the main road and start to go in this completely abandon looking area and I start to freak out again thinking that they are taking me into Mexico and they will sell me to some human trafficker or that they will just get me in a field and rape/kill me. After awhile we get onto the freeway and they point me in the right direction. I get to the boarder and the guy wants to see my birth certificate. I explain what happened but I think he just thought I was a crazy person. Anyways, I get back into the US and drive the long trip back to LA. So while you were sleeping last night this is what I was doing. I would have much rather been sleeping.
Well, lets back up a bit to before you were probably asleep, unless you are some sort of lazy person that sleeps in the middle of the day. I left a little early from work to head over to San Diego. Awhile back my brother asked if I wanted to go see The National and I said 'hellz yes I do, buy me those tickets!' Turns out it was in the middle of the week. I almost backed out I stuck to it and drove my butt to SD. We hung out and had dinner and then headed to the show at the House of Blues. It was very delightful and I just love their music.
I started heading home at about 11:40. I was driving along when I noticed all these beautiful city of lights in front of me. I couldn't remember what city that could be but didn't think much of it. I got to what I thought was the check point when you drive from SD to LA. It looked different though and I was confused. All of a sudden the freeway wasn't a freeway anymore and I was on a long patch of road. There was no place to turn around and I kept getting further from the freeway. The air smelled so bad like things were rotting along the road. It was about then I noticed none of the traffic signs were in English and the street signs looked like none that I have ever seen before. I really started to freak out and realized in my tired state I had gone south instead of north. I had no idea where I was or how to get back to where I needed to be. Around then I accidentally made an illegal turn because I was having trouble thinking straight. Well that turn was in front of some cops and they pulled me over. As soon as I saw their police car and then when they couldn't really speak English it sunk it that some how I was in Mexico. I mean how does that even happen??? Don't you have to cross a boarder? I have never heard of anyone accidentally going to Mexico. They start trying to question me and I am a mess at this stage. I give them my ID and try and tell them that I am lost and have no idea where I am and I need to get back to LA. They don't understand everything but they get the basic meaning. They want me to pay my ticket for my wrong turn. I don't understand how they want me to go about this. One finally says it is $80 the other guy takes pity and lowers it to $50. I check my wallet and I have $20. They take that and tell me if I fallow them they will take me back to the freeway to get to LA. I thank them and start to fallow. They get me off the main road and start to go in this completely abandon looking area and I start to freak out again thinking that they are taking me into Mexico and they will sell me to some human trafficker or that they will just get me in a field and rape/kill me. After awhile we get onto the freeway and they point me in the right direction. I get to the boarder and the guy wants to see my birth certificate. I explain what happened but I think he just thought I was a crazy person. Anyways, I get back into the US and drive the long trip back to LA. So while you were sleeping last night this is what I was doing. I would have much rather been sleeping.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Love Birds
This is the cake topper I made for Lindsey & David. This started with me opening my big mouth when Lindsey said she liked Ann Wood's little cake topper birds but they just costed too much. Then I was like "pfft, I could make those." Sometimes I think higher of my skills then I actually have. Put they turned out well I think. I hope Lindsey doesn't mind me sharing them here. It is hard not to show off things you make :)
Memorial Weekend
What a weekend it has been. On Friday night I headed over to Lindsey's to drive to Lompoc. We stopped at Del Taco first. We were sitting inside and I hear this guy tell another person to call 911 and that he was being turned down for medical help and he needed 911. The thing is he was saying this while still eating his burrito and has not visibly having any sort of problems. He was clearly just a little bit crazy. After asking a few people I guess he finally found someone to call the ambulance for him. The ambulance came with its flashing lights and rushed into the Del Taco. They see the guy and know who he is immediately. Apparently he does this a lot. The thing is the guy really perked up after they came and almost seemed chipper. He said hello to Lindsey and me on the way out and we waved goodbye which he chuckled at and said to the men hauling him away "See I'm a player." One of the paramedics turns to us and apologies for the incontinence and asks if we pay taxes. After we say yes he points to this situation being how our tax dollars are being wasted. You know I don't mind my tax dollars going to helping a crazy man have a little medical piece of mind. There are so many ways our tax dollars get wasted on things I don't agree with but this situation was not one of them.
Lindsey, Agata, and I hit the road and got into Lompoc around 11. I woke up in the morning and spent an hour with my mom and dad plus all the dogs. Lindsey picked me up and we headed to Santa Maria for some cake tasting. We all agreed that we liked the bright pink strawberry cake best. The rest of the day was spent at Lindsey's bridal shower held by her sister. There was lots of lovely foods. I did not win any of the games, boo. Lindsey got a really tragic phone call at the end of the shower with news of a friend that passed away. It is really upsetting and shocking. I don't really think that this is the right place to talk about it though.
We drove home after the shower and everything seemed strange and a bit surreal. In the evening I went to Corinne's birthday party. She and her roommate Kat have a lovely apartment just off Melrose. I was bit exhausted and not really in a good place in my head. I went home and had a hard time sleeping that night. I started convincing myself of all sorts of things that weren't true. You can get to a very strange place in your head at night.
Sunday I headed downtown for the annual summer kick-off Peer Pong championship. Stacey and I were partners and our team name was the Prince symbol that no one remembered exactly how to draw. We kicked some serous beer pong ass I must say. I read the e-mail invite wrong. I thought there was going to be a pool so I brought my bathing suit. Turns out there were pool tables but no pool haha. I fell asleep a bit early that night making up for the night before.
Monday was the annual Memorial Day BBQ at the Hollywood house. This was my 3rd year in a row going. It was lots of fun but I am a tired tired person this morning.
Here are pictures!!!
Lindsey's Bridal Shower
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605259476643/
Beer Pong
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605259491687/
Memorial Day BBQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605295895259/
Lindsey, Agata, and I hit the road and got into Lompoc around 11. I woke up in the morning and spent an hour with my mom and dad plus all the dogs. Lindsey picked me up and we headed to Santa Maria for some cake tasting. We all agreed that we liked the bright pink strawberry cake best. The rest of the day was spent at Lindsey's bridal shower held by her sister. There was lots of lovely foods. I did not win any of the games, boo. Lindsey got a really tragic phone call at the end of the shower with news of a friend that passed away. It is really upsetting and shocking. I don't really think that this is the right place to talk about it though.
We drove home after the shower and everything seemed strange and a bit surreal. In the evening I went to Corinne's birthday party. She and her roommate Kat have a lovely apartment just off Melrose. I was bit exhausted and not really in a good place in my head. I went home and had a hard time sleeping that night. I started convincing myself of all sorts of things that weren't true. You can get to a very strange place in your head at night.
Sunday I headed downtown for the annual summer kick-off Peer Pong championship. Stacey and I were partners and our team name was the Prince symbol that no one remembered exactly how to draw. We kicked some serous beer pong ass I must say. I read the e-mail invite wrong. I thought there was going to be a pool so I brought my bathing suit. Turns out there were pool tables but no pool haha. I fell asleep a bit early that night making up for the night before.
Monday was the annual Memorial Day BBQ at the Hollywood house. This was my 3rd year in a row going. It was lots of fun but I am a tired tired person this morning.
Here are pictures!!!
Lindsey's Bridal Shower
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605259476643/
Beer Pong
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605259491687/
Memorial Day BBQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157605295895259/
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
YES!!!
Oh good god, the Anna Nicole Smith biopic looks like the most amazing movie EVER! Here is a breakdown of the film. It is pure gold like a USA Up All Night movie from the 90's. The end is soooo good :)
Monday, May 19, 2008
Today
My desire to scream today far out weighs my desire to use a pleasant tone. When these feelings happen I find that silence is my safest bet. It is amazing how many people you can disappoint at once without even trying though.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wet Hot American Weekend
Heat makes for a lazy ass weekend. I got in some night swimming and caught Liz's one act play. I went downtown in search of things for Lindsey's cake topper. I just can't find a little top hat anywhere. Other then that I have been lazy lazy lazy. Also, I just like to state that I wish I looked like Vironica Lake. Someone reminded me of her today and I forgot how beautiful she was. She is my lovely lady of the day.
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