Friday, October 1, 2004 06:52 a.m.
Oh those crazy Japanese and their gadgets. What will they think of next? Maybe the better question is, what haven't they thought of?
Thursday, September 30, 2004 06:32 a.m.
I've never in my life been so busy as I have been since returning to work. I'm onto my, mmm, fourth week and still busy as a bee, but lets not go there.
First and foremost, here's a twent percent off coupon for Boarders. I feel obligated to spend these coupons even when I don't have anyting specific I want or need. Maybe I need a new cookbook or a book of basic home repairs. Yeah, that's what i'll get a book of basic home repairs, i'll definetly get more milage out of that then another cookbook. I love to cook but its only on special occassions that I dust off the cookbook and try something new or exotic.
The weather is finally starting to cool down. I'm super excited about that. I love cool to cold weather, it is my absolute favorite. I still haven't had the opportunity to get my coat taken up a few inches. The mornings have been nice and chilly and I've even had the opportunity to wear very thin scarves. It's funny how living in the butt cold weather in Chicago has done nothing for my internal temperature. I've become acclamated (sp?) to SoCal weather and am back to being a wimp. If I were to ever visit Chicago in the Winter I would shrivel up and die. My first winter there was awful. First day back to school after Christmas was the worst. It was 30 below, including windchill, at first it wasn't so bad because I was cooped up in my art building but leaving to go to the library made me cry. I had to call T, who hadn't started school yet, and made him come pick me up. As he pulled in I could see him laughing. Yep, he was laughing his toasty, warm ass off at me. I was seriously a wimp. Couldn't hack it. The next day which was 20 below I took a new approach. Didn't care what I wore, what I looked like the goal was to stay and remain warm. That day....no more crying. No more phone calls begging to be picked up from school. I survived. That was the worst ever. After those few months I became Chicago winter pro. I learned to embrace the cold. Once in a while I miss it. I miss the many layers of clothes. The hat and gloves. Scarves...I can still wear them and they are the BEST cold weather accessory. I dont' miss: slipping on ice, falling on my ass, feeling frostbite on my face, wet socks, long underwear, having my car freeze to the ground, circling for hours on end just to find a parking spot, let alone a parking spot with out chairs, tables, planks of wood "saving" the stall - you have to see it to belive it! Libgrrl, I know you know what i'm talkin' about! This "saving" the stall schtick is annoying as hell. Because of the build up of snow, what once was 20 parking stalls in the warm months becames 10 stalls in the winter months. Why? Well, I'll tell ya. When you "dig" your car out of the snow you gotta pile the now up somewhere, most naturally it is stockpiled either at the front or back end of your car. Now imagine everyone else is doing that as well. The piles converge and end up taking up the equivalent of one entire stall. Now there are not enough stalls for everyone. So people feel the need to save their spot and they literally drag out dining room chairs, small tables, giant planks of 2 x 4 extended between two chairs. This isn't legal, they have even written about it in the Sun Times. Does the general public care? Not in the least. That damn stall is more important! God forbid they have to walk a block or two cause there were no stalls on their street. I did that plenty of times. Sure I bitched and moaned but I wasn't about to drag my furniture out in the street, ghetto style. I should also point out...it is an unspoken rule, you do not move your neighbors furniture and snake their stall. You could awake to a vandalized/looted/keyed/ smashed/spray painted vehicle. I say G to the H to the E to the double T and O...GHETTO! That's just one more yay for California. No ghetto-ass, save my stall BS here. We got other ghetto happenings to worry about.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 06:46 p.m.
Check out the animals on the underground. I doubt the engineers of the Tube ment for this to happen but is crafty nonetheless.
I am so excited for my four day work week. The offices are shutdown this weekend so I'm lucky enough to have three day's off this weekend. I have a wedding in Malibu to attend. I'm glad its a casual affair, beach weddings are hard to dress up for, you know, the sand factor and all. It'll be a nice event. However, on Saturday morning, if not Sunday morning, we'll be heading to the annual Fred Segal sale. I'm excited!!!! Luckily its right after payday so i'm taking out cash and not spending more then what will be in my pocket. I hope I get a lot of loot out of it. I bet what will happen, is what always happens, i'll find one thing I like and T will make out like a bandit! Surprisingly he's just as excited as I am. We're also hoping to find some cool kids stuff for the mench. I'll report back with all the gory details.
I was so excited yesterday. I got home from shopping and turned on the tube to watch Oprah. I was about to hyperventilate when I saw that Amy Fisher was the guest. I have this infatuation with the whole Amy Fisher/Battafuco debacle. My Story written by Amy fisher is on of my favorite books. The obsession is stupid. I have no logical explanation. Well no explanation at all. I was in highschool when the fiasco went down and I was glued to my set. She has a new book. It basically recounts the entire event, again, but with her new adult, prison reformed perspective. I gotta read it. I gotta add it on to my Amazon wish list and but it for myself, with gift wrapping and all. You see what I mean, silly! I missed the Oprah After the Show with Amy but I'm sure it will live forever in re-run purgatory.
I gotta wrap this up. It's almost time for The Real World to start. Thank god for the East Coast feed, Real World at 7pm is wonderful!
Sunday, September 26, 2004 08:37 p.m.
I began writing this entry about four hours ago but my computer crashed and I lost it. I sorta remember but I worte about but i guess it doesn't really matter.
Anyway, we spent the afternoon at The Getty. It was such a nice day. We looked at some illuminated manuscripts, Italian religious paintings (which were so beautiful! I love religious art), decorative arts, the art of furniture arts, and the two gardens. We obviously didn't see all the exhibits but it gives me a great reason to go back. K was even a fabulous little guy today. Didn't cry and just chilled out in his Bjorn. The Getty has now made the list of places to take a visitor.
I steered clear of working at home today. Yipp-Yippee! I got to chill out at home and "surf the web," watch some TV and basically get to spend some quality time alone. The baby is now asleep, dinner is being cooked, Charmed is on the boob tube and my laptop is sitting, well, on my lap.
I've noticed that i've been super slouchy lately. I've been making a concious effort to work on my posture. I don't want a hunch back when I'm an old woman. When I sit, I try to keep my back aligned and upright. When I stad I keep my head held high and my shoulders thrown back. I feel different when I do this. At first it was uncomfortable and forced, its starting to feel better now. Not yet natural just better. Whenever I see an old woman with that bump I feel bad. Really, really bad. That would be such an awful way to live. I don't want that to be me!
Sunday, September 26, 2004 09:14 a.m.
Saturday, September 25, 2004 07:59 p.m.
I woke up with the worst migrane this morning. It was one of those headaches you feel while still asleep. I begin to feel it when I reached the semi-awake state of paranoia that I'm going to be late for work. I was dreading 6am. I knew I was going to wake up felling like I ran into a brick wall. It was painful getting dressed. I thought I had to eat. Although I overslept I squeezed in a few minutes to make myself some eggs and since we still had some rice from dinner I loaded my plate up with that. I popped to Motrin and sat down to eat. The migrane subsided, sort of. I wanted to call in sick so badly but I sucked it up and went in to work. My head pounded until 1-ish, after I ate lunch. Yeah, lunch wasn't satisfying either.
I normally stay away from things like burgers and fries but I craved it. Maybe it was the migrane talking. Okay, I have a weird complex with red meat. Always have. If I see even a smidge of pink I will become nauseas and probably not eat red meat again for 3-6 months. The guy that placed my order ordered it "medium." Normally I go for well or burnt but have been slowly transitioning to medium-well. He picked up my lunch and I cut the burger in half. Ohhhhh....Noooo.....it was PINK. The outside looked cooked but the interior was pink. No way, that was "medium" more like "medium-rare" I really wanted to walk across the street to Gordon Biersch but couldn't muster the energy. My migrane was outta control. I closed my eyes and took a bite. As I chewed I felt as though I could feel every sliver of slimey, gooey, red, uncooked beef. My stomach churned. I swallowed and didn't think about it. I got down half my burger and started to feel ill. I gulped down a C2, inhaled the remainder of my garlic fries and called it a day. I spent the remainder of my day working on some Quality Observations, yuck!
T is spending the evening watching the baby so I can work even more. As though eight hours wasn't enough i've already been at it for 3-hours at home. I think I have about another 3-hours of work and I should be partially caught up. Well, caught up isn't exactly the right description. I am caught up its just the amount of projects I've been given all overlap each other. I've become the queen of juggling. Juggling work projects and work and family stuff. I'm doing pretty good. I'm staying on top of things. I'm not stressed or overwhelmed. I feel rested. I feel accomplished. I feel happy. It's weird. Very, very weird.
Friday, September 24, 2004 08:51 p.m.
Friday, September 24, 2004 06:40 p.m.
I've decided I like my hair best when it's unwashed. That oily build up gives my hair the look I like, "shiny," straight and no bouncy volume. And its so much easier to style. This may sound gross but I was my hair about twice a week. Of course if my mane becomes visibly dirty, and you know exactly what I'm talking about, I will wash it. I don't do anything funky like wear a hat to hide the flaky mess, I get in the shower and wash the shit out. Now that my hair is short(er) it's so much more manageable. I feel lighter. I feel younger. Yeah, for youth!
I bought the best undies the other night. They are hipster boy brief style panties. No more panties peeking out of the waistband of my jeans. Not that it happened to often. I was so self-councious about that. I think its tacky so I always made sure that if there was a possibly of my undies showing I never pulled them up to capacity. I neatly kept them scrunched down to my hips. You know what's worse then plain old panties sticking out? A thong! My friend called it a "whale's tail" and you know what, that's a very accurate description. I refuse to believe that the individual with the whale's tale is oblivious to there rear end. That is tacky, tacky, tacky! I think that's the my second under pet peeve. To refresh you all, my first is visible panty line (VPL). Don't even get me started on VPL!
So I brought the halloween goods out yesterday. I have a lot less decoratins then I thought I did. I was expected a plethora of stuff. Pumpkins here, witches there, bats, skeletons...nope. Its festive but not in your face. And I wanted in your face! I don't think I'll buy any more decorations before Halloween but I'll surely pick some up the day after. I'm going to be there when the doors open. Next year, watch out street cause I'll be the house with the pumpkins in the yard, lights, cob webs the whole sha-bang.
I bought some new soap the other day. Nutrogena Deep Clean, my face itches. I don't know if its because of the Nutrogena since I used it prior to this new bottle, but it wasn't the bottle it was the bar or if it's because I'm sometimes using Cetaphil between my morning and evening wash. I think its the latter because it happened to me once before. I think I need to lay off the Cetaphil and just use the Nutrogena. I would hate to wake up to an onset of pimples or a rash because of my careess of mixing face products. Tomorrow no make-up whatsoever. I need to let my face breath!
Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:06 a.m.
I wonder if my department purposely seated a new girl nameed Amber directly across from me? It's weird. She said she hates asking me questions because all her questions are preceded with "Amber" followed by her question. When I got back from leave it was strange hearing her talk on the phone and sy her name because I thought someone was calling me. But not so, it was just Amber.
I've been busy as ever. But today should be slow. I just don't want to take anywork home with me tonight. Since it will be a very late night for T my friend Val and I will be going to the Galleria to shop for gifts for a bachelorette party. Never been to one of these so it will be very very interesting. The planners tossed around the idea of strippers but that's just gross. Sweaty, oiled muscled men are not my idea of a good time. I think male strippers are strictly for gay men. But then again, I think most gay men have more taste then checking out sweaty, oiled muscled men dancing around. Gross!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 07:23 p.m.
I've talked about C2 by Coke. I was confused and didn't understand why it was necessary. My work now offers this beverage in our free vending machines. I've been forcing myself to drink Diet Coke but I've now switched to C2. You see I never liked Diet Coke, and upon first taste didn't like C2 either but it has grown on me. I sorta, kinda like it. I would much prefer Coca Cola but I'm trying to be more concious of the amount of sugar that goes into my body. I have been converted. I'm a C2 consumer. Don't know if I love but I can deal with it and I'll probably have one tomorrow.
I was given VPN access today. If you don't know what that is, its an access code that allows me to log into my company's secure servers and I can more efficiently work from home. At first I was excited then I though, "wait a minute, is this really a good thing?" Now I have no excuse for not getting my work done. I will be expected to work from home. I have been shackled to my laptop. My social life, or I should say what's left of it, is gone. Its all work, work, work. Speaking of which...I better hop to it. I got a huge document that I'm working on and i'm not even close to being finished.
Bye bye!
Monday, September 20, 2004 08:40 p.m.
I attempted to watch the Emmy's yesterday. Yeah, I got bored rather quickly and focused my attention elsewhere. We were at T's cousins place so there were a ton of distractions so the Emmy's were a bore in comparison. I was really hoping to get the Mench into the pool yesterday but up in Bell Canyon the wind picks up a bit so the draft wouldn't be to good fot the babe. Amazingly he was a very good boy. No crying or fussiness!
The mini mench and I hit the galleria this afternoon. I need to find him a warm sweater for an upcoming event and I am still on the quest for some nice dark jeans. When I say dark I mean dark blue jeans with no fading, whiskers or cross-hatching. I've been having no luck in the jeans department. I found a pair of Dickies and a pair of Tommy jeans that may fit the bill. I figure, since I wear jeans to work about 50% of the time I would like a pair of "dress" jeans. Something that looks kinda professional but still comfortable. I love my Seven jeans and would love a super dark pair with no streaking of any sort but it just doesn't seem to exist. I think i'm going to go for the Tommy jeans since they are priced right and they did fit wonderfully and for a shorty like me the standard 30 inch inseam is a god-send.
While at the mall I picked up a gray angora cardigan. It was fifty percent off so I snatched it right up. I wish there was more of a color selection but the only colors available were navy blue, white, oatmeal and gray. Now you see why I bought the gray. Strange, online the only colors available are off-white and gray and it is more expensive then in the store. I paid fourteen ninety-nine, yes! Hmm...what else did I purchase. I bought the mini mench a cute little denim newboy hat from the gap and was super close to buying him a cute preppy sweater vest but I changed my mind since it would be awhile before it actually fit him. I also picked up a cute black cropped cordoury blazer.
I'm in the midst of watching Renovate My Family. This show is basically a rip-off of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Anyway, they are renovating the home of a goth family. It's pretty funny. We'll see how it ends.
My last few entries have been so damn boring. I apologize to all how have been reading my site. I've just been so busy with work and have been left with very little free time. And because its been all work and no play there isn't anything interesting to write about. As previously mentioned I also need to find some time to update the actual page. Ugh!
Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:13 a.m.
Well, I jacked up the template of my blog and now i'm in the process fixing it. I just have to squeeze in the time. I've been so busy with work. It's unbelievable! Back at work for two weeks and the projects have been laid on pretty thick. I've worked so many extra hours and I still feel a day behind. I'm not stressed about it at all. Strange! I'm actually enjoying it, in a weird twisted way. Anyhow, when I can crunch in some Amberlina time I will be sprucing up the site.
Last night my department held a bowling night at Bahama Lanes in Pasadena. It was pretty fun and one of my co-workers brought their little girl so my mini mench wasn't alone. The little girl is two months older then the mini mench and was facinated by him. I got him all dressed up for his outing. White tee (onesie), dark blue jeans, little white cotton sweater, his air jordans and his newsboy cap. Yes, he looked adorable. Anyway, I didn't totally suck at bowling and even if I did I don't think I would have really cared. We had unlimited pizza and drinks throughout the evening. I'm so proud of myself, steering clear of the greasy pizza. But....after bowling we headed over to Casa Vega where we munched on some yummy Mexican food. I still did good, splitting my burrito with T. Amanda and Josh ordered joined us at the restaurant so it was great to be out with friends. People kept looking at us weird for bringing the baby in but whatever, he was practically asleep for the night, it was a restaurant not a bar. Get over it!
This afternoon we're going over to Bob's house for dinner. The little man will be heading into a pool for the first time. I'm totally excited cause he loves water so much so I think he'll really enjoy it. I gotta remember to take my camera cause I think there will be some great photo ops. But more on that later.
Thursday, September 16, 2004 07:00 a.m.
I just read the Johnny Ramone died. How sad!
Thursday, September 16, 2004 06:23 a.m.
Is it me or does everyone experience a streak of "bad luck." Maybe bad luck isn't the correct phrase, maybe "a low" is a better phrase. I think for me it all started in March or so and has continued through the summer. I think my low is starting to ramp back up. It seems like all my low points surround finances. Maybe budgeting is my problem, but then again it may not be. But I'm pretty sure it is. I blame plastic, specifically credit cards. Sure, I have control how money is spent but when cash flow is not up to par most people depend on credit cards. That's where it all started for me. Just starting college, being broke and those damn credit companies forking over there plastic as if it was no big deal. It didn't matter that I had no credit history, it didn't matter that I didn't have a job, it didn't matter that I was just 18, it didn't matter that there was not a shroud of stability on my application. Nonetheless, that plastic held my hand through some bumpy times. Like, when I really needed that Fred Perry Sweater from the Merc. Or I really needed those new boots for school. Oh yeah, I did buy groceries and other forms of sustanance. That damn credit card. The thorn in my side. As the years went buy the limit kept increasing. The next thing I knew it was in the five digit range. Yikes! I kept spending and spending like there was no tomorrow. Maybe my mind was clouded and I didn't even think about paying that money back, with interenst no less. Like an idiot I paid the minimum nothing more nothing less. What a fool. I was temprarily blinded by my posessions. My posessions owned me, I didn't own them. Eventually I got a job. Yeah, whatever, I worked like twice a week. Woo Hoo. My debt to income ration at 18 through 20 was outta control. This was my ugly step-sibling I kept under the stairs. A week ago the clouds were parted and the sun came shining through. The check was written and that enourmous balance is gone. The credit card company is off my back. I am freed! I own all that stuff, although I probably don't own it anymore. A majority of those positions purchased by plastic have either been eaten, sold, donated, lost, broken or stolen. But it was fun while it lasted. A lesson has been learned, It only took 12 years, cash, cash, cash. There's nothing better. I have a few more credit card bills to get rid of but nothing like the step-sibling under the stairs. Things are looking up again and it couldn't have come at a better time. I will climb out of this hole smiling and will never ever look back.
Monday, September 13, 2004 07:30 a.m.
After my long walk in the hills yesterday I was totally fine but not today. My ass muscles are aching!!! It hurts to walk!!! And I know I'm walking extremely funny. I was going to take the tyke with me to the Galleria this afternoon but if I'm walking all retarded now I'm not leaving my house. I imagine if you had a really bad case of the roids or something you'd walk the same way. NOTE TO SELF: Always stretch out, WELL, before going on long walks in the hills.
Sunday, September 12, 2004 12:41 p.m.
I was able to find a friend to babysit so T and I could go to the New York Dolls show at the Avalon. You see, I refrained from buying tickets until I could secure someone to watch the baby. I checked the price of tickets and with service charge it would cost approximately eighty dollars. When did shows get so, so expensive? I mean on top of the thirty dollar ticket price, Ticketmaster (aka Satan), adds a 8.95 "convenience charge." What exactly is it that their doing for me that is making it so convenient? Hmm...I've thought about this long and hard and cannot come up with one single thing. I mean it's such a scam and inconvenience to me that I HAVE to buy concert ticket thorugh Ticketmaster rather then through the actual venue. Okay, I digress....so I have a sitter but I flat out refuse to pay a total of eight dollars to go to a show...I mean that doesn't even count any drinks we may purchase. My mind is blown...
Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:45 a.m.
It's only a quarter to twelve and I already feel like I've had a full day. I mean I haven't done much just been up early. I woke up around seven this morning fed K and woke T. We got dressed and went on a nice long walk in the Hollywood Hills. I love that area and would love to by a house there in five years or so. Ok, we were on our walk for not even 15-minutes and the baby was sound asleep in his bjorn. This allowed the man and I to catch up on some much needed conversation and to take in the beautiful homes and landscaping surrounding us. As usual I took my camera and snapped some photographs. After our walk we headed home to change and go get some food. We worked up a nice appetite after that walk. T suggested Millies in Silverlake but figured the sun would be to strong for the baby. They do have a few inside seats but the interior is so tiny it would be ridiculous to lug in a car seat. Since we knew we would be sitting outdoors we changed our mind and went to 101 Coffee Shop in Hollywood. After a very short wait we were seated in a great big booth. K was so nice and calm it was wonderful. I brought along some food for him, just in case, but he did not need it. He just chilled in his seat smiling and taking in all the sights. Part way through our meal, Eric Balfour (Hawaii, Six Feat Under, Texas Chainsaw Massacare) was seated behind me. He kept staring at K, since K was next to me, and K kept starring back making his adorable baby faces. 101 Coffee Shop is such a chill place to eat. Okay it's not a quiet or empty place but I never feel rushed and although the music is loud they always have some great tunes blaring through the diner. It's a very retro looking place and its connected to a Best Western.
Anyway, I'm home now and would like to bring some form of order to the house. It's amazing how quickly disorder and chaos takes place in my home and it's only T, myself and the doggies.
Friday, September 10, 2004 05:34 p.m.
I'm in a suspiciously good mood right now. Tried to think what triggered this and can't figure it out. The week has flown by even though my work week technically ends tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to the day. To wrap up some projects and finish sorting through three months of e-mail.
Some of the highlights of my week have been:
-Monday was a holiday so T was home with me
-My babysitter is working out wonderfully
-K is happier then ever
-I didn't forget as much as I thought I had about work
-I've already got 10-hours of overtime under my belt
-I paid off a gigantic credit card bill
-My car had a car wash
My new shorter 'do is wonderful. Easy to maintain and much cooler in this good awful heat. Why didn't I do this sooner. I loved my longer hair but this bob is a great change. It makes me feel happy, free and as much as I had to say it, perky. Now do I dye it lighter or leave it alone? It's amazing how a haircut can make you feel so different about yourself. Sometimes I would feel dowdy and old with my longer hair. Not because it was long but mainly because it felt so heave and I felt weighed down. I almost felt like I was hiding behind it and constantly wore it in a pony tail.
I tried that C2 by Coca Cola today. Very unusual. It's now available in the vending machine at work so I couldn't resist trying it out. I don't hate it but I don't know if I will actively pursue it, maybe if regular coke and diet coke are empty i'll go for the C2.
In about an hour i'm going to head out for a stretch. Gonna lace up my gym shoes, strap K in his bjorn and go for a nice long walk in Los Feliz. Those hills in Los Feliz are my most favorite area for outside exercise. The hills are a wonderful work out and there are such beautiful home's and views to admire while getting my exercise.
We're watching the Seven Year Itch and didn't realize iit was so comedic!
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 07:54 p.m.
Day two of my return to work is now over - sort of. I've already been assigned to a couple of projects and have been working at home for the last hour and a half. Work has been okay, a slight shock to the system but no biggie. There are so many new people in my department that it is astonishing. Of course being the little snake I can be, I've been hiding out behind my laptop with my headphones on, I'm not ready to meet anyone new. Tomorrow is D-Day and I will have to introduce myself as I have to attend a meeting and I will have no choice but to make them aware of my presence.
K seems to be doing well with his sitter. I'm glad everything is okay on day two.
It's been so hellishly (think I just made up a word)these last few days that i'm glad to be in ice cold air conditioning all day. I can't wait till we have a big 'ol cool down and I can wear sweaters everday. Its so warm that when I wake up at 5am it is hot. This morning I took 5-10 minutes to myself and stood out front of my house in the dark just to cool down. I swear, i'm convinced that my gas heater is on and heat is trickling in. I think I need to call the Gas Co. and have them take a look and turn the darn thing off for me.
I was able to catch the premier of The Surreal Life 3. Yeah, it was pathetic. Funny but pathetic. I'll probably watch it again if it is on at a time I want to watch TV but I won't be going out of the way planning my day around it. TV is such a trap. I'm so easily sucked into TV shows. But the only shows I cannot miss are CSI and Charmed. In highschool and college I was consumed by Beverly Hills 90210. When I first moved to Pasadena I was so extremely thrilled that the Walsh house from 90210 was literally a few minutes of the tree from my house. Now this is embaressing considering I was 26 years old, I made T drive me to the Walsh house, as we creeped up the street reading house numbers on Altadena Dr. my heart started pounding. Three houses away, two houses away, one house away - oh my god, it's next - there it was. The big Spanish style, I asked T to pullover. My heart was leaping and...and...I cried. How sad is that? I'm embaressed but don't care what anyone thinks about it.
Monday, September 6, 2004 02:19 p.m.
So far my last work-free weekend has been pretty good. Saturday we spent some time with T's father, nothing spectacular and as usual quickly got under our skin but whatever i've learned to tune it out. Saturday evening we went to a really early dinner at Casa Vega in Studio City. It was so yummy!! I had a gigantic burrito empanada and enjoyed every mouthful. After dinner we came home spent some dedicated time with Kai and once he went to bed we watched the movie Hellboy (not so great of a movie). Sunday...we had planned this day to be about spending the day out, we had breakfast at Hugos in West Hollywood, then stopped off at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Robertson, strolled down Robertson and then headed over to Barney's New York. We were in Barney's for nearly two hours and didn't even realize it, how embaressing! My quest for the perfect dark jeans went unfulfilled we left the store and wondered around Beverly Hills for a little bit. Not really to shop but just people watch and be outdoors. We then headed home where I immediatly started to scavenge through my bins of clothes to get out all work apparel and did some necessary laundry. Once Kai went down for the night T and I were able to cut our hair. Normally I cut my own hair and I do a pretty good job. I have an "issue" with going to the salon to get 2-4 inches of hair chopped off. Anyway, I only wanted to cut off about 4 inches and T decided he wanted to do it. Like an airhead, I let him. Yeah, he didn't know what he was doing and with his first cut he grabbed a huge chunk and proceeded to cut away. Before I could spit out the words make sure you grab a small bunch to get the length correct my hair was on the ground and my mane was now squimming just below my chin. Yes, I have a chin length bob now. I know it isn't totally straight, unless you are splitting hairs I think it may go un-noticed. It's cute and refreshing, I haven't had my hair this short since 1996. I also went through a bunch of old photo albums and got some pictures together to send to some friends.
Today we went down to the South Bay -early this morning- so T could get something fixed at work. On the way home we stopped off at The Standard in downtown LA for some breakfast.
You know, I really love the interiors of both Standard's. It is so mod and so sleek, you really feel out of this world. Now I'm home, I packed up some empty DVD boxes, got K's diaper bag together for the sitters, packed my workbag and am waiting form some laundry to dry. I have one more bin to go through in the garage and then I'm ready to chill.
Friday, September 3, 2004 05:40 p.m.
Ever wanted to learn how to fold the perfect t-shirt, well find out here.
Friday, September 3, 2004 04:09 p.m.
Thursday, September 2, 2004 05:52 p.m.
I just spent a few minutes reading some of my entries from a year ago. I find it very entertaining and what a blissful walk down memory lane. I love reading about past events in my life. I have saved some of my old diary's documenting my teenage years, it is always an eyeful to read about all the trouble I used to get myself into as well as just thoughts and ideas I used to have. I think its so great to see how I've grown as a person by reading these diary entries. But reading past blog entries it is interesting to read how my life has so drastically changed since having Kai. Yes, yes, yes, I know having a baby changes your life dramatically but to be able to ready about my nighttime habits and knowing how I don't do that anymore is like reading a page from someone else's life. Okay, now I feel like I'm just bablling so I'll stop before my words get even more confusing.
I'm two hours in to a Season 1 Surreal Life marathon. I only watched a few of these episodes but I have been sucked in due to the lack of anything else to watch. So far this is a lot better then Season 2. Season 2 was a little bit irritating due to the Real Worlder roommate. Since I can't think of a nice thing to say about her I won't say anything at all. Season 3 of the Surreal Life will be starting this weekend. And what an All-Star Cast: Bridgette Nielsen, Dave Cullier, Ryan Starr, Jordan Knight, Flava Flav and Charo. These "stars" must really have nothing else on their plate to have signed up for the Surreal Life and that's the Surreal Life season 3 to boot.
I secretly want to go to San Francisco over the Labor Day weekend but I know the roads outta here will be complete hell. Plus it is so last minute and we need a hotel and the dogs would need to be kenneled. Oh well. Although I would like to go to San Francisco sometime in the new year when it's nice and chilly.
Okay, so why is JLo, oh shit, I mean Jennifer Lopez, famous? What exactly is it about her that makes her such a valuable celebrity? She can't sing, yet she has a recording contract. I mean listen to her songs any of them, her voice not so good. It is the same tone in every song. And to top that off she can't act. I think the only movie of hers that I like is Selena and all she is doing is playing the life of an actual person so that doesn't really count. Check her Website out and let me know what you think about that whole, "Hey this is Jennifer, I want to welcome you to Jennifer Lopez do com." C'mon, if someone typed in jenniferlopez.com they know who the hell you are. I'm just feeling testy right now, sorry.
Thursday, September 2, 2004 08:38 a.m.
So yesterday I changed my background before I achived my August entries. I don't know what I was thinking and I'm a little bummed but whatever. At least the entries are still there.
Kai is completely mesmirized by his aquarium bouncy chair. I try not to take advantage of it but rather just pop him in there when I need to eat breakfast or make some phone calls. I'm just glad I have something that holds his attention.
Xinh, you were so right about The Whole Ten Yards. It was a bad movie but somehow I felt obligated to watch it since I had viewed The Whole Nine Yards. Luckily the movie is now out of my hands and I followed up the moview viewing with Seabiscuit which got the Whole Ten Yards out of my mind.
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 04:27 p.m.
For those of you who are not sick of baby photos, the Yahoo! album has been updated.
I'm getting a little excited about going to work. However, for all the wrong reasons. Mainly, getting to wear nice clothes again. I'm so sick of lounging around the house looking like a bum (not saying that's a bad thing, I just need to pretty-up a bit every now and again) or being severly overdress for a quick trip to the market. I am obsessing for a new pair of jeans. I already know exactly what I want but cannot find my size online so I need to hit the pavement and by them in person....awwww. Other then that I still want those snakeskin heels from Aerosoles.
I think I've finally fine tuned my Launch radio station. T had loaded it up with a bunch of crap and I've edited down the list of bands that were saved and now I can listen to my station and not get irritated. However, every now and then Launch does like to slip in something of their own, and not quite of the same nature of the music you had been previously listening to. I forgive them becaue I do enjoy commercial free music.
I can't believe this weekend is the big Labor Day weekend. Time just flys by so very fast. We don't have any spectacular plans for the weekend. When we lived in Chicago we would always have these big Labor Day BBQs. We lived in an apartment, jammed all our friends in there and grilled on our back porch. We always had a big spread, lots of drinks and a whole ton of fun. When it started to get late and the crowd dwindled down, we always had those few friends that kept the fire burning with us, we would hed over to the Hidden Cove for some good fun drunken karaoke. Wait, i'm getting this confused with the Fourth of July...or am I? Whatever, we had some extremely fun times living it that city!
