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| Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | | 11:20 am |
Bjork's L.A. visit: Hollywood, Disneyland, Santa Monica
1. Thurs-Picked up Bjork at the airport. After checking into The Ring-a-ding Suite (my cave) we headed over to Pinks for hot dogs. I had a nacho chili cheese dog w/mushrooms & jalapenos. We dropped into Gallery 1988 to see the Crazy 4 Cult show and then head over to the Chinese Theater to see how the tiny feet of stars from long ago. Next door is the new Madam Tussuad's Wax Museum and they've got Marilyn Monroe figure outside you can take your picture with which is quite life like. We walked across the street and got fountain sodas at the Disney Soda Fountain. We go down the street to see Marilyn's star and check out the Egyptian Theater before swinging around to see the new Hollywood and Highland complex. We head into the hills of Los Feliz and see the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Ennis House. We check out the Griffith Observatory and head home to change and I take her to The Unicorn's 5:30 class. After class, I had to drop her off at my place so I could take my mom to LAX and then we had a sushi dinner and I gave her my tour of Downtown. 2. Fri-we get up and go to Disneyland. It was cool since the last time Bjork went the Indiana Jones ride wasn't even invented and her boyfriend a the time didn't want to go on Space Mountain (for the record, he was a psycho). So it was all a brand new experience for her with the updated Pirates of the Caribbean ride and she dug it all. We had park hopper tix so after doing the big rides at Disneyland we hit California Adventure and then switched back later. Oh, one hilarious story: We got changed into jeans before dinner and after I paid the check I was waiting for Bjork to get back from the restroom. I'm waiting for a long time and was thinking she might've gotten lost (she's known for it). She comes back to the table with a very big frown on her face. I ask her what's up and it turns out, while she was attempting to hover in the stall of this single restroom, she steps into something squishy, like a twinkie. She looks down and it was a diaper and when she put her weight on it, it bursts upwards into her pant leg. After much cursing, she had to go to the sink and rinse the inside of her pant leg and shoes. ew. Needless to say it took I did some extra cheering up and we laughed about it later on the rides. 3. Sat-we have breakfast at Bob's Big Boy and had to take care of her phone issues at the cell phone store. So as her phone was charging, I took her to Wacko to check out the books and art. We head to the Santa Monica Pier and walk the pier and spilt a crab cake sandwich and fish & chips and get some ice cream. It was a super nice day on the beach so we just walked along the water and chit chatted. After getting home, cleaning up and chilling out, we went to eat Korean BBQ in Koreatown and finished the night with drinks at the Oyster House. 4. Sun-Bjork left on a 10:30 flight and I got some rest. Met up with Rocky & her family for lunch at Bob's Big Boy. So I got to see 2 of my former ASU roommates in the same day. Painted the rest of the night. Current Music: Dada-Dizz Nee Land | | Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | | 3:33 pm |
Whathaveyous: ComicCon, B-day
1. Drunkenmaster works full time at Top Cow so I went to San Diego Comic Con to help him out. I took some pics, but this site has the best pics: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/comiccon_2009_cosplay_gallery_600_amazing_costumes2. Fri-was my b-day and it was looking like it was going to suck even more than usual b/c all of my friends and I shit you not when I say ALL were out of town. I took the day off and after some morning adventures and lots of phone calls, I got an edible arrangement thing (chocolate strawberries, mangos, kiwis) from my pal Bjork and Tree was passing by and noticed it was my b-day and gave me crap for not saying anything last night while we were hanging out. So later she took me to lunch/dinner and I had plans for drinks at the Oyster later that evening, but I decided to go with her and her girlfriends to a club in Hollywood. Yep, 9 for valet, 20 to get in, 12 for a drink, and club music. this is why I hate clubs. But the company was great and there was plenty of eye candy. So after a couple of drinks the night ended with 2 tacos for .99 cents at jack in the box. 3. Sat-woke up late, ran errands and bought my brother in law's gift (his b-day is monday) and went to the combo b-day dinner. I got a Wii, but honestly the A-bomb of the night belonged to my sister who's gift to my brother-in law a sonogram. Yep, my little sister (who turned 30 this year) is going to be a mom and I'll be an uncle. Current Music: Foo Fighters-New Way Home | | Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | | 3:45 pm |
Weekend Notes
1. 4th Of July-I went to Tree's party at her mom's place. I get there and I'm there for maybe an hour. I'm not feeling hot so I go home and gather my strength. I feel a lot better and go back to see the fireworks. 2. Sat-drove to San Onofre (just outside of San Diego) and met up with Jules, Mia, and a couple other peeps I don't have names for just yet. They didn't go to the furthest spot which I prefer so it was a bit crowded in the water so I had a ride or 2 that was ok and then just swam in the water. After a couple of hours in the sun we went to the apt of one of Jule's friends to get washed up. I am burnt. We ended up watching the UFC fights. By the time it was over, we needed to search for food and finding late night eats in the O.C. suburbs is like trying to find meaning in a Pauly Shore movie. 3. Sun-after a super late start, we go back to San Onofre and grab the site next to my fav. I caught a couple of good rides and as the Beach Boys have said, catch a wave and you are sitting on top of the world b/c I felt fantastic. after a couple of hours it was back to L.A. 4. Sat-classWorked on my Watts Tower painting. 5. Sun I want to KidRobot for some items for Hoss and stopped into Gallery 1988 to see the Crazy 4 Cult gallery show: http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/16/cool-stuff-complete-crazy4cult-3d-art-preview/ Current Music: The Rolling Stones-19th Nervous Breakdown | | Monday, June 29th, 2009 | | 2:42 pm |
Weekend: Adventures in L.A. Ennis House, Sausge, Watts Towers
1. Sat-Spin class in the morning and hung out with the Tra-gal for an hour. Afterwards, I had myself an adventure in Los Angeles. 2. Ennis House: I found the Ennis House built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Feliz near Griffith Park. It's pretty cool looking block Mayan revival house that has been seen in a bunch of movies like the original House On Haunted Hill and Bladerunner. According to wiki, this was the only house in L.A. Jim Morrison of The Doors wanted to buy. Can't say I don't blame him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_House3. Wurstkuche: I headed towards the Arts District in Downtown L.A. and after a couple of detours found my location: Wurstkuche. It's a exotic sausage resturant and bar. They've got the normal bratwurst & hot links, but I went with an exotic: Rattlesnake & rabbit with Jalapenos. It came with a choice of 2 toppings and I picked saurkraut & spicy peppers and put some whole grain mustard on it. It was quite tasty. They serve Belgium style fries and you can choose a bunch of dipping sauces. I went for the bbq. I skipped the beer b/c I didn't want to get pulled over at my next destination. http://laist.com/2009/04/29/its_a_regular_sausage_fest_at_wurst.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery4. Watts Towers: Simon Rodia had built these towers from 1921-1954 in his spare time and are another US/California/Los Angeles Historical Landmark. It's style is non-traditional vernacular architecture (using locally available resources) and American Naive Art (art created by people w/little or no formal training). I really found it inspiring that a guy at the age of 43 decided to do a big art project and continued at it for 33 yrs. His quote about the towers is cool, "I had in mind to do something big and I did it.". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Towers_of_Simon_Rodia_State_Historic_Park5. Worked on another painting. Current Music: The Doors-L.A. Woman | | Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | | 11:07 am |
Just a tune in my head...
Don't know that I will But until I can find me A girl who'll stay And wont play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man Current Music: Neil Diamond-Solitary Man | | Monday, June 15th, 2009 | | 3:22 pm |
Weekend: Viva Las Vegas. Friday.
1. Fri 2:30-I drive into Vegas, a bit tired from not sleeping the night before. I meet Jules and his friends at the pool at the Palms hotel I'm on visual overload. He gets me into the private area where he's at with his friends, I have a drink in hand, and life is quite good. I forget all of the things on my dome from the past couple of weeks. about an hour later, I forget where I've parked my car. kidding, I wasn't that bad....yet. 2. Fri 6 ish: we head over to the pool at the Hard Rock and catch Third Eye Blind. The concert is sponsored by a rum company. the show was good, but the mixing of booze and standing for a good 5 hrs. has taken it's toll on me at this point. 3. Fri 11 ish: Jules pulls his Jedi mind trick thing and we by pass this huge line a the Venetian to go into this club Tao which has a massive Buddha statue in the resturant area. the 2nd floor is packed to the brim with tons of people dancing, standing around, drinks being carried by gals pretty much just wearing stuff you'd find at Fredericks of Hollywood and there a couple of gals giving each other a sort of sensual massage near the front. now aside from the last bit, the club thing. not my bag. The music is stuff I don't enjoy and it was super loud, my feet were killing me, and I was getting bumped into by a good 99 people. Yeah, I sound old, but even when I was young enough to enjoy this place I wasn't too big on going there. Jules works graveyard and hadn't slept in 2 days so he went to the car to chill out...which I had the car keys to. 4. Fri 3:30 ish: We are having breakfast/dinner. the night mercifully ends. Jules's gal's dog stares at me while I pass out on the sofa. I don't care. 5. Sat-Sun: Recovery. Movies. ok, there might've been a drink between sat & sun. Current Music: Frank Sinatra-Luck Be A Lady | | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 2:56 pm |
Vegas Baby Vegas
1. Jules buzzed me today to see what my weekend plans were and since I didn't have anything on the books, he turned the screws so I'm heading off to Vegas early in the morning. "Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul on fire Got a whole lot of money thats ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher Theres a thousand pretty women waitin out there And theyre all livin devil may care And Im just the devil with love to spare Viva las vegas, viva las vegas" --Elvis Presley, Viva Las Vegas Current Music: Elvis Presley-Viva Las Vegas | | Monday, June 8th, 2009 | | 11:27 am |
Weekend.
1. Thurs-this is a bummer man. 2. Fri-I know I got stuck at work late and hit the gym afterwards. I watched the Dodgers beat the Phillies with a hit by ASU alum Andre Either. 3. Sat-cycling class. Hung w/Tra-gal afterwards. I wander into the bookstore and picked up a book on Manet for myself and a Marc Chagall book for my sister. I watched the Dodgers beat the Phillies with a home run by Either. I was watched the 1st period of the Wings-Pens game and noticed I was low on beer so I do a quick run for Angel City beer and snacks from Trader Joes and when I get back, the game which was 1-0 Wings, is now 4-0. no point in watching the game. I got volunteered to do work at my brother-in-law's grandparent's house they were moving into on sunday and decided to use the rest of the night as a rest night. 4. Sun-I got to do some demo and make use of my crow bar and hammer skills, helped in the framing of walls, and did a bit of a painting. I race home, shower & change and head over to Boblawbob's Laker game get together. A couple of friends are Celtic fans and when they started to jaw, I made sure they got some chin music. It was good laughs and with the Lakers winning, it just made the night a bit smoother. Current Music: Cheap Trick-I Want You To Want Me | | Monday, June 1st, 2009 | | 3:15 pm |
The Weekend: Lakers, Artwalk, Sushi
1. Wed-I went to boxing class and wailed on the bags. met up with Burnsy for drinks at the Irish Pub for drinks and the Laker game. Saw the Wings win. 2. Thurs-did both of the Unicorn's classes and then we met with Tra-gal for dinner. 3. Fri-after work I headed over to BobLawBob's (Counselor) and his wife's place for chicken fajitas, beer, and a Laker victory. A+ on all. I love it when a plan comes together. Afterwards we watched Anchorman. 4.Sat-Cycling class. Grabbed Starbucks with Tra-gal afterwards. I grabbed a gyro and drove to the park to eat and ended up watching the little leaguers as I finished my lunch. I met Wonger and his gal and we went to the Los Angeles ArtWalk on the Miracle Mile on Wilshire Blvd. We hit the LACMA which is excellent and then some of the smaller galleries before heading to the Petersen Automotive Museum. I can't say I've been itching to go since I expected it to be a big warehouse of just vehicles, but the 1st floor had cars in exhibits to celebrate the automobile in California. Really cool. We grabbed some tacos near the tar pits and headed to Hollywood to the Disney Soda Fountain for sundaes. They were having the world premiere of "Land Of The Lost" at the Chinese and the place was lined up with Limos. I picked up some music and...the hours went by that day. 5. Sun-cleaning, watched the Dodgers & Yankees win, errands, sushi. all in a nights work huh? Current Music: Foo Fighters-My Hero | | Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | | 2:51 pm |
Memorial Day Weekend
1. Friday-my pal Burn calls up to meet up with him and Ook at the Irish Pub down the street. I had a Rueben and a Guinness. Burn tells me after 3 yrs of being together and only 11 months of marriage and supporting his wife while she was out of work, she gets a job in Utah and tells him don't bother to come out. ouch. I'm feeling good about retiring from the whole business. 2. Saturday-after cycling I did a couple of errands and whathaveyous until Jules drove in from Vegas. We head over to his cousin's place and have drinks and watch the Lakers beat the Nuggets. Him and his cousin convince me not to retire. Afterwards, we head over to the Oyster for some more tiger milk and had some laughs. 3. Sunday-Head down to Belmont Shores to The Wonger's bbq at his gal's place. He grilled up Korean BBQ and had all types of goodies including kimchi and plenty of oat sodas. I took over the grilling duties to make smores for everybody. Needless to say after 8 hrs of eating drinking and wandering by the beach, as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out. 4. Monday-Memorial Day-I watched "The Longest Day" and cleaned and checked out the Dodgers beat Colorado. I watched the game later and chilled for the rest of the night. I had planned to paint, but I just was not feeling it. It's frustrating. I've cleared off next weekend to get back on track or I'll never finish this project. Current Music: Hole-Gold Dust Woman | | Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | | 3:15 pm |
Slip of the tongue
1. "Good day in sports again Tuesday: The Lakers beat the Nuggets, The Dodgers beat the Mets, The Yankees beat the Twins, Shawn Johnson wins Dancing with the Stars..er I mean the Clippers got the first pick in the draft". Current Music: The Lemonheads-Into Your Arms | | Monday, May 18th, 2009 | | 3:16 pm |
Weekend Whathaveyous
1. Fri-I got contacted by a friend I went to elementary school and part of Jr. High. The last time I saw this gal was 1996 when we saw "Swingers" together. "Rowlf" tells me it's a get together of old friends from our elementary school. One gal that is there pretty much was the first gal I went on a "date"(I'm using that term very, very loosely) in 6th grade. Overall it was pretty trippy, everybody says that I look the same. 2. Sat-I was invited to a pool party where there were going to be a lot of cute young girls...unfortunately for me, they were waaay too young. it was for the Unicorn's daughter, the young KB, who turned 4. I was racing to get out of my place with my mitts full of presents and whathaveyous and I lock my keys in my house. My spares are 30 mins away and this person is not answering their cell. I call up Homer and he drives me to the party. I stay there practically until closing and then get a lift back. I have my keyless entry for my car so I go to change in my car to wait at the bar and talk to Hoss until help arrives. I give him the details of my latest crash and burn incident with Chuck aka The Little Red Haired Gal. I'll provide details if anybody's curious. 3. Sunday-I watch the Dodgers, Yankees, and Lakers all win and hear that the Celtics got bounced from the playoffs. Fantastic day for sports. Cleaned the rest of the day, kept it mellow since it was lousy with the heat yesterday. Current Music: No Doubt-Open The Gate | | Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | | 3:34 pm |
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Weekend: Sushi, Disneyland, California Adventure.
1. Friday-Racing to get out of work. My sister's 30th b-day was Sunday so my brother in law had a whole weekend event planned. My sister's good friend was flown from San Francisco and everybody had told her we had plans for friday. She was really surprised to see us at the sushi resturant. After eating a ton of guppies, we went to the house to open gifts and later play tennis & bowling on the wii. 2. Saturday-We went to Disneyland and rode Space Mtn, Indiana Jones (2), Pirates Of the Caribbean (3), Haunted Mansion (3), Matterhorn (2), Big Thunder Mtn, and Buzz Lightyear (2). Food: lunch I had a bacon cheeseburger from the Tomorrowland Terrace-pretty good and filling. Dinner I had the Roast Beef Royale at the French Market at New Orleans square-very good and filling. We did a ton of walking and my feet were thumping after a day of running around. Notable closure around the park for upgrades...the biggest was Peter Pan. 3. Sunday-Had breakfast at the La Brea Bakery. I had the salmon platter which was excellent. We went to California Adventure. It was my first for all of us. We rode the Hollywood Tower Of Terror.Thumbs up. Great ride. Dig the work that went into the atmosphere while you were waiting in line. If you never been, there's a ton of Twilight Zone show reference all over the place. The other great ride of the park that I got to check out was The California Screamer roller coaster. Quite excellent. There's many upgrades in the works at Ca Adv. Overall the place looks cool, but I have to agree that the Disney feel of the other park is missing and I dig the Hollywood Backlot area has a lot of references to cool historic places in L.A., but the real deal is only a drive away from me. I'm psyched to see the upgrades. Current Music: Smashing Pumpkins-Rhinocerous | | Friday, May 8th, 2009 | | 12:32 pm |
AI
1. American Idol-I think I must've failed to mention this to all of the LJ peeps, but I've been watching most of this season of "AI" due to one specific reason: Allison Iraheta. She is Jule's cousin, absolutely rocks as a singer, and is a pretty hilarious gal in real life. She got voted off this week making it to 4th place, but really was pound for pound the best singer of the competition regardless of my ties to my friend. She never butchered Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" or Aerosmith's "Dream On". She was criticized on one episode more for her wardrobe "as playing the rocker part too hard" rather than her singing or forgetting about the front runner wearing black eye liner and nail polish reeking of so much Good Charlotte. Current Music: Heart-Alone | | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | | 3:11 pm |
| | Monday, April 27th, 2009 | | 3:30 pm |
Weekend Booshwash
1. Sat-Cycling class. Had Starbucks with Tra-gal. Errands. I met up with my sister and brother in-law for lunch at Carney's: double chili cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. Afterwards we went to get a new phone for me. I was carrying around the same one since about the time I broke my arm in 04. Then we headed over to the Fashion Square Mall (the mall where they hung Brittany Murphy over the railing). I bought a cookie. I went to an art store to purchase a large canvas and fell asleep during the Laker-Jazz game since it was a blow out (GO LAKERS). No painting again. It's been weeks since I've painted something and it's really hard to get back into the painter mode. 2.Sun-I eased into the morning with a light breakfast and some hockey playoffs until the Rangers got blown out by the Caps. After a couple of calls, I headed out to Pasadena to check out The Pie N Burger. I've seen reviews on this place getting best burger or ranking up there next to In-n-Out. So I gave it a go. Taste-wise, the burgers are quite good, but head to head, I'll give In-n-Out the edge. Wallet-wise, In-N-Out gets the edge again since for the price of just a burger at Pie N Burger is equal to a double double burger (animal style) w/fries and a med drink. BUT the pie, yes that large triangle of chocolate creme pie...that was money. I'd eat there again if I were in the neighborhood. After a couple of hours of wandering I was hungry, so I picked up my mom and we ate sushi and unfortunately watched the Yanks get swept by the d-bag Red Sox. I ended up watching Revolutionary Road later that night. Man, if you are in a unhappy marriage, this flick is for you. it's a bummer man. I had to watch some Little Rascals to get me back to my happy place. Current Music: The Beach Boys-Wouldn't It Be Nice | | Friday, April 24th, 2009 | | 3:30 pm |
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Trip To Phoenix!
1. Got picked by Bjork and we went to D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub for Black & Tans, yorkshire pudding, nachos, deep fried shrimp. After that it was more drinks on Mill. 2. Bjork lent me her car to drive since she had to work an event. Where does a guy with a Porsche go? The Chuck Box Bacon for a burger w/Jack & Cheddar Cheese near ASU. For some reason, gals found me more attractive. Later that night, I met up with Miss Encinitas to chit chat and then I met up with Sistersketcher for a Philly Steak Pita at the Pita Jungle. Later we checked out the Scottsdale Art walk where we chewed the fat about life, art, and avoided talking about talking about her novel. I stayed up to pick up Bjork who came in at 2:30 and we talked until 4. My phone was officially dead and I woke up super late and super tired the next day. 3. Went to the Scottsdale Culinary Festival and Tacos, Drinks, Gelato. Somewhere in between we had Los Olivos Queso dip w/Chorizo, Flautas, and Sopes since the lines were long and we were hungry. Later that night we hit the Cholla Prime Steakhouse & Lounge were I had the Steak & Shrimp. I got roped into gambling and luck was with me and won some cabbage. 4. Checked out the Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix and wandered around the garden and Koi pond. had Dim Sum at the Golden Buddha. 5. Got my chocolate cream pie shake at Sonics! Overall, I caught up on some sleep and got to visit some of my peeps. Current Music: The Eagles-Take It Easy | | Monday, April 13th, 2009 | | 3:12 pm |
Weekend whathaveyous
1. Thursday-went over to my neighbor pal's house Tree for her Easter egg coloring party. Out of this World gal and we had some booze and appetizers while we colored eggs. I colored a bunny farting and a group of bunnies with one of them pointing out the offender. I drew a tattoo mermaid on a brown egg. 2. Friday-chilled. Continued to watch my Little Rascals dvds. 3. Sat-hit the gym. Had Starbucks with Tra-gal and her man. I went to Galco in Highland Park for soda. This place has been around since 1895 and boasts to having over 450 different sodas in glass bottles. I picked up a Faygo Red Pop, Boylan Grape Soda, El Salvedorean Kolashampan, Virgil's Real Cola, and Sioux City Sasasparilla--just like The Stranger drank in "The Big Lebowski". Later that evening, the KB invited me to meet up with her and The Unicorn for "Monsters vs Aliens". I highly recommend seeing it and if you've got a theater showing it in 3-D, it's worth it. I was going to paint after a quick nap, but zonked out for an hour. Afterwards I watched more Rascals. 4. Sun-Easter dinner with Mom, Sis, Brother in-law, and his mom. Current Music: Talking Heads-Road To Nowhere |
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