Mar 31, 2006 | Uncategorized
i leave for the airport in an hour. weird, to think about going back to real life. weird. on wednesday i took a little walk around downtown, and went to the top of the Standard Bar, which is right up the street. i went there after having lunch with Gary on my first...
Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
i’m lying here in bed flipping the channels on the TV. and on TNT is the game, los angeles lakers vs…somebody. san antonio spurs, perhaps. so the game is going on on tv…and at the very same time, i can look over to my right at the staples center where the...
Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
brendan and jerri had to get up at 4:30, new york time, and then they flew for five hours. and then we had plenty of wine and lots of DELICIOUS beef stroganoff…and now i’m the only one still awake. jerri apologized for going to bed at 7:50, but who could blame...
Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
i’m sitting here at brendan and jerri’s table with them, and we’re all sitting at our computers, typing away. we’ve been drinking wine since 4. and i’ve had lots and lots of bread and butter. i’m still able to type without too many typos, so i must be doing ok....
Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
lucy, that is. that’s what jerri and brendan call lucy. i think it’s because of the term “loosey goosey.” i’m pretty sure. i used to know, but like everything else, i forgot. they arrived about 11 this morning; i was on a walk after finally getting the...
Mar 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
jerri sent me an e-mail this morning; she and brendan and the goose will be arriving tomorrow morning around 11. she said that maybe after VBB goes to sleep, we can play some cards. VBB is “very bad baby.” i guess cute and adorable little lucy is being...
Mar 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
i went to sleep last night at 1:30 because i kept watching episodes of “sex & the city” on dvd, because brendan and jerri have all of seasons three and four and if i keep watching i might get to all of them before i have to leave. but i stayed up a...
Mar 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
ok, it’s suddenly 10 a.m. and i’m still sitting on brendan and jerri’s couch upstairs in their fabulous loft, overlooking the staples center and today it’s grey and rainy. we’re headed off to the peterson car museum in a while, but it has been challenging to get...
Mar 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
last night we had tapas with my friends gary and ben. tapas, in case you don’t know, are spanish appetizers, and i love having tapas because then we got to try little plates of many different kinds of things, instead of being stuck with one big meal. at this...
Mar 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
and everything is calm and quiet again. it says in an AP story that yesterday’s demonstration was “one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in recent U.S. history,” with over 500,000 demonstrators. and we pretty much missed it. i know the traffic...
Mar 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
OF COURSE that photo i posted of the tornado in spfld ISN’T A PHOTO OF THE TORNADO! my mom sent it and i blame it entirely on her. i could have looked at it twice, though, and realized that OF COURSE that big building isn’t the hilton, and OF COURSE that’s a PALM TREE...
Mar 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
we went hiking up in the santa monica mountains about Will Roger’s home. incidentally, we could have toured the home except it’s closed for renovations. but they’re going to have a grand re-opening on saturday, complete with the state’s governor arnold schwarzenneger,...
Mar 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
i just want to show you a few more views of the watts towers. this is a place that people might have heard of, but they have no idea what they might be. when i told F. (Ferdinand) about Watts Towers, he thought they were going to be an actual building, some kind of...
Mar 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
7:30 a.m. here in LA. on vacation i can sleep really really late if i want to, but i went to bed last night at 9:30 so i just couldn’t sleep anymore. but i bet i’ll have a nap today, which is just as good as sleeping late. my mom sent me this photo of one of the...
Mar 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
brooklyn the dog, that is. jerri and brendan’s dog is SO SWEET and i just want to take him home with me. but they’d probably be pretty mad if they came home and their dog was gone. plus he wouldn’t fit in any carryon bag because he weighs 80 pounds and he’s very very...
Mar 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
of course this morning i forgot to mention the most important piece of information that i’m sure you WANT TO KNOW – the host of the show last night, j. keith van stratten, asked the INVENTOR OF THE INTERNET, vint cerf, about new things. vint works for google now...
Mar 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
it’s already 52 degrees and it’s supposed to be 76 today and i’m going hiking! at Will Rogers state park, so first we can take a tour of will rogers’ cool home and then we can hike up into the mountains behind it. i’ve been there a lot and there’s a sign at the...
Mar 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
aaahhhh….another day in paradise. the sky was bright blue, the air was warm. this morning i took U. (Umberto) to Watts Towers. this is an amazing and extraordinary piece of folk art created in the Watts section of LA, the place where the infamous riots took...
Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
I HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET AGAIN! brendan called me from new york and now it’s up and running and i just want to show you a couple more photos before i have to get on the freeway and head to the airport. here’s another view from their loft window: it’s been sunny and...
Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
here’s brendan and jerri’s kitchen, taken from the loft living room above: and here’s the loft living room: here’s the view from the loft. this is the staples center. you can also see the hollywood sign off in the distance from this huge window, but i couldn’t do it...
Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
well. i’m sitting here in jerri & brendan’s bed, computer on my lap. the sun is pouring in the window. it’s going to be 59 today, but then warmer and warmer and in the 70’s by thursday. their place is SPECTACULAR. i took some pictures but i don’t know when i’ll...
Mar 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
i’m sitting at amy’s salon, about to get HAIR EXTENSIONS. so when i go to la i will fit right in. i was looking through a “springfield scene” magazine from jan/february and there was one photo in particular that was VERY VERY FRIGHTENING. two women who...
Mar 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
yesterday i had very little time for much of anything, but i managed to squeeze in a few minutes to buy a new pair of running shoes, because i was afraid i wouldn’t have any more free time. i rushed into the Running Center, which is the best place to buy running shoes...
Mar 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
i woke up and reached down to pick up my computer off the floor. and here i sit in bed, typing away. new place. computer in bed. perfect. here’s the view from my bed right now. and here’s the view from my dresser to my bed. that piece of art behind the bed is my...
Mar 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
no new photos right now. it’s nice to just sit here and watch the world go by. all the places i’ve been to today were pretty much untouched by the tornado, so it felt like it didn’t even happen. yesterday i went to two different walgreens, and it was funny to be there...
Mar 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
this is on macarthur boulevard. more toppled power poles on veterans parkway. a trampoline in a tree along the wabash trail. the rest of the trampoline was draped over the fence, as if it was there left to dry. who’s going to clean all this up? D. (Dwight) and i...
Mar 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
when i was a kid, sometimes when there were tornado warnings we’d all go down in the basement, but a tornado never actually went through springfield, as far as i can remember. but last night… T. (trevor) and i were at my place and we drove to his place and...
Mar 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
wow, how did that happen? suddenly it’s friday and sunny and warmer and warmer… progress is being made, apartment-wise. maybe i’ll even have time to take some pictures this afternoon. i know where the camera is as well as the cord. set to go. last night i saw...
Mar 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
i still don’t have actually WIRELESS internet actually WORKING yet. but i have the modem and the router and all of that and i’m sure i’ll have it all working by tomorrow so i can lie in bed and type. but i have managed to improve my lot in life considerably because...
Mar 7, 2006 | Uncategorized
i’m still here on the floor of my living room because i haven’t had a free moment to try to figure out the whole wireless thing even though i’m sure it will be very very simple. today while i was unpacking my friend kurt called to tell me that i’m ON THE CAPITOL FAX...
