Brings you back

Its been rainy like crazy around here with no end in sight! People freak out when it rains here. They think its akin to 16 inches of snow. Wusses. Due to the strong winds, I figured out that there is an inch gap in the insulation of my living room window. No wonder its always butt cold in my apartment! I promptly stuffed plastic bags in the opening, which did nothing. I need a handy man!

SO, what did you do on Saturday night? Anything fun? Me? Oh just hung out with this dude.

I went to see a live performance of Pee Wee's Playhouse with the Parkes'. It was amazing and featured almost all of the characters from the original show (except Penny!). AND because we got screwed by Ticketmaster when they moved the show to a bigger venue, we got to attend a Q & A with Mr. Reubens afterward. I couldn't really get a decent photo, but you get the idea.





Check out that dude's earring in front of us.


Pee Wee was extremely grateful to the crowd and was very nice about answering everyone's questions (even all of the stupid ones). Of course we thought of a ton of good ones to ask after we left.

Onward to IHOP (BAD idea. We all woke up with stomach aches). Also, the light there is brutal. Joysie



And the Brothers Parkes



The next day we hit up the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.

Here the gang is discovering what it would be like to be trapped in tar. Like you couldn't imagine what that would feel like.



Mastodon, Jen D. and Lou Perka!!



Parkes asked Lou Perka how long it had been since he touched the femur of a Harlan's Ground Sloth. His reply was "eh, about two weeks."



This is just a sampling of the many Dire Wolf skulls that have been found in the pits.



Wolves are dumb.



They have a lab in the middle of the museum where you can watch scientists at work. The dude on the right looked a bit like Comic Book Guy. "Worst. Fossil. Ever."



Eric was mesmerized



Here Lou Perka demonstrates "The Lion Punch". One of his many entrepreneurial ideas wherein you charge someone a dollar for a chance to punch a lion in the face. It should be noted that Joy was co-inventor of this concept.



One of the excavation sites.



They are still uncovering fossils dating back 40,000 years, but have found the remains of only one human. Its interesting that such an archeological hot bed is located literally in the middle of the city of Los Angeles. I highly recommend it.

Tomorrow is my birthday. I secretly think that no one is going to come to my celebration. I'll keep you posted.

This place. Is coming like a ghost town.

Its been a busy month, what with the flurry of (temporarily) working two jobs and all of the holiday to do. I had braced myself for a long arduous journey. But aside from the the general bitchiness that this time of year seems to cultivate in people, its actually been a pretty good time!

Jen invited me to her friend Lizzie's house a few weeks before x-mas for some tree trimming. It was lovely and something I haven't done in a few years. She also introduced us to a type of delicious Finnish vodka, which I cant recall the name of ( I wonder why...)

Here is the tree and Lizzie's cute abode

This one is called the Uh Oh Tree. It was comprised of creepy ornament heads.


This is Sister Marcia. The girl who was living in my apartment before me was fostering her and said I should think about adopting her. But, as is the case with many relationships, I couldn't commit. So Jen's friend Penny took her in. Its probably for the best because Penny has another dog to keep her company. Plus they found out that Sister Marcia is totally deaf, so now she has a dog buddy to help her find her way.



This is what the teller at my bank's nails looked like!



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She was pretty much bedazzled from head to toe. Her level of commitment was awe inspiring. Utterly fabulous.

Then back to San Diego for Christmas with the family. LJ in her party dress. Baby tippy toes!!



This is the man who taught me to loathe the holidays.



Actually, this photo is pay back for one he took of me earlier where I gave HIM the old FU.

That's better, Papi.



Sister-ly



Mom!



I am happy to see that she has finally fazed out the poofed up fanning of her bangs, which was a style she rocked for MANY years.

In case you ever wondered why I am so dramatic.

Here is my brudder and his Soula. Check out the piercey blues on that kid!



Uncle Dave and cousin Brian. Brian gave me my favorite gift of the year. He crocheted me a hat!!



LJ is like "What? More presents please"



This is how my siblings deal with being stuffed from our holiday feast.



Gorgeous!



Oh and here is one more of LJ singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Babies are so cute when they sound drunk.



If you look closely you can see she has a piece of a lime in her hand that she carried around for about 4 hours. The kid likes the sour stuff I tell you.

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope all of your dreams come true! Just please don't call it Twenty-Ten.

Sunday well spent

So I just had a WTF moment.

Are Gene Simmons and Steven Seagal treated by the same terrible hair loss doctor who somehow convinced them that covering their bald spots with old stuffed animal fur makes them look younger and more attractive?

For reals. I think men who try and cover up hair loss look much sillier than those who embrace it. In fact I kind of dig dudes with a receding hair line (Hello? Eric Bachmann). So yeah.

Thank you for being a friend

We did an early Thanksgiving in San Diego. It was a lovely day at my Uncles Steve and Hector's house.

LJ loves to suck on lemons. The facial expressions as you can imagine are hilarious, but she never sits still long enough to document them.

My sissy Rohanna making the gravy. I got real bossy about the recipe even though I wasn't actually making it. Typical. She actually did the majority of the cooking and did an amazing job. She somehow inherited a cooking gene that I don't have. Good thing she is the one with the kid.



Awwww.


Thats my dad on the right. He is a good guy. LJ calls him Papi.



He is kind of making a weird face here but total samesies on the eyes don't you think?



This is Hector. He is my uncle in law and is pretty much in my top 5, personality wise. Everyone loves him. Here he is trying to get LJ to dance. She is too busy sucking on aforementioned lemons.



Seriously, it went on for hours.



Steve and Hector got her this dog that laughed and rolled around. She spent the better part of the afternoon kicking it.

MMMMMMMMM






PS, LJ loved that she was surrounded by men. She was commanding the room! Clockwise is John, Juan-Carlos, Papi, Ori, Karl and my Uncle Steve, who I don't think cares for being photographed even though he is gorgeous. He was an actor for many years and was in "Robocop". Top that!



Right after this photo my dad turned into a cliche and fell asleep on the couch for an hour. Snoring and all.



We had the most fun and were in such great company. I was truly thankful.

OK and one more of LJ because I never get photos of her actually smiling.



Hope you all had a nice holiday!

Fight Club

I have always had an appreciation for new and different experiences. In the case of this weekend it was being the only girl watching a boxing match on pay per view with 15 dudes. I would have taken photos of the Brodeo, but it seemed a bit like I had stumbled on a secret man ritual and snapping a lot of photos I think would have spooked the curious creatures.

It was actually super interesting and exciting. There was betting and beers and the match itself was a spectacle of bright lights and furious little men. Here is the winner of the fight, Manny Pacquiao. It wasn't totally one sided, but he pretty much dominated over his opponent, Miguel Cotto.





Manny looks a little worse for the wear, but you should have seen the other guy. His face looked like hamburger meat!

This car was parked in front of my friend Kelly's house.

Classy as fuck and a total copyright infringement.

We spent the afternoon eating Pho and watching a truly shitty movie. I am sure most of you figured this out, but you can skip "The Boy in Striped Pajamas".

We counteracted its lame-ness, by Google Image-ing "Treehouse". Hours of fun.





So yes, as you can see, I am deep in the process of changing the world for the better and accomplishing great things.

Fall back

I actually didn't do anything for Halloween this year. I could have, but after driving around all day I basically just decided to settle in with some wine and edited for television versions of scary movies.

LJ was a pumpkin. Isn't she though?

Here she is again trying to make sense of one of her nana's many crazy hats. There are a lot of them....


Also things like this happen in LA all of the time. Right before Halloween my friend Amy and I were sitting in a bar when a legion of ninjas stormed the place and started climbing on things. It was rad. They were all totally committed.


Then a few days later, these kids were in town. Jesse and Will!


And Ms Moon!


They were staying at the Roosevelt which despite being located on the douchiest street in the world is actually pretty cool.

Or maybe they are trying too hard?

I finally have a job sort of. Its something to do but I am still seeking the next great career move. I better get busy...