Tuesday, March 30, 2010

She's a lady

Holy SHEET. Have you seen this? I guess the secret is out that I love Lady GaGa. How can you not?




Speaking of dirty sexy - the video's director Jonas Akerlund is 6 feet 3 inches of awesome creepiness. Ever seen the movie "Spun" or Madonna's "Ray of Light" video? Remember when Prodigy had that video that had boobies in it that MTV could only play after 10pm? All him. Plus he was in fucking Bathory !!!

Wow....


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Af-fiction-ate

SO I won't bore you with all of the details, but LJ's 2nd birthday party was last weekend. It involved a lot of food and pals (of both the grown up and child variety) and one adorable little lady dressed as Minnie Mouse (ears and all). My sister made this cake with the help of LJ's aunts on her dad's side. AMAZING!

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I don't even know a little bit about how one would go about making something like that.

Also spent the day with this guy.

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One armed-style Patricio. Although his injury is in no way funny, it was pretty entertaining watching him try to manage with the use of only one of his hands.

We fed some weird birds in Echo Park. Please also see photo of above of some sort of mutant chicken/ duck hybrid thing next to Pat. They get right up on you when they figure out you have food.

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Sort of dreamy there though.

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Don't you think?

Friday, March 19, 2010

Home is wherever I'm with you

So I like LA, but after months of change upon change and even a few false starts, its nice to just meet up with some pals in your home town. I hated Boulder for a long time after I left the first time. But I have learned to love it a little bit again in my old age. At this point, I see it as a big part of who I am, but I also don't relate to most of its population and/or culture. WHY do people there wear shorts when its snowing out? What was with that girl we saw in flip flops and capri pants when it was 30 degrees out? Do they wish they lived somewhere warmer? Because its real nice here in LA..... There are many other things I don't care for about that place (want to meet a town full of new age, self-righteous zealots?) but really I just went back to see my besties and have a little fun.

Cara
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Sarah!
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PS - Red is the new grey which is the new black.

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And for one night only an appearance by Christian (who is actually quite good looking despite his aversion to the camera. I guess you will have trust me on this one)

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And Terbo!
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This was actually the last night I was there and it got a little crazy and dancy. I asked Sarah if I always look like this when I bust moves.

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Buddies. Cara wins Best Dressed, as always. Sarah, most congenial. Me? I feel its just an honor to be nominated.

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I marveled at this painting for some time. Notice how small the left hand is......
Is this what heaven looks like?

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Sarah is the best at the incognito "Say Anything" style photo op.

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Lou Perka.

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And Jen D. Doesn't it look like I made a do rag out my hair?

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Thank you for being a friend......

Friday, March 5, 2010

Daylight is good at arriving at the right time

Whelp. I kind of can't believe its been nearly a year since I moved to LA. In some ways it seems like a lot has happened. But then again sometimes it feels like nothing has changed. There is a lesson to be learned there I am sure.

The weather here is mild yet somewhat evasive, which means the sky often looks like this.


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On the nice days you get the opportunity to lounge in cabanas at fancy boutique hotels over a nice meal with friends old and new. The Avalon Hotel is somewhat of a secret treasure. I am sure it gets crowded on the weekends, but mostly it just looks like this.

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Erica and dreamy baby Ava. No flash on these photos as I didn't want to blind the babe.

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Also had a mini-visit in San Diego. Here is Hector playing Play-Doh with LJ.

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He kept telling her not to mix the colors. Hilarious!

She is like a little person now. And true to form for our family, she is also a little bit of a ham.
She is saying "Cheese" as in "Smile for the camera". And how adorable is the cat sound?



Being an aunt is pretty great. You get to hang out and have fun and then go home to your own house! I highly recommend it.