hello monday.

where did the weekend go? so sad its monday. but i suppose i did have a relatively productive weekend... sans replacing my broken flea market sunglasses. but that what this weekend is for! so friday night kicked off with mstrkrft at the fonda. i arrived just as a-trak was wrapping up. this was their set. pretty good show... only downside.... it was all ages. ew.

i spent the latter part of saturday attempting to clean and catch up on laundry... following that was ashley's birthday party saturday night. the house was stunning. it was the street next to the osbournes old house... but apparently the cops were no strangers to the neighborhood and they arrived before midnight... lovely. so once we left... we really started the party... and we went to the grocery store. haha!

sunday was family lunch day... i volunteered to bring deviled eggs. well, with that said... i spent my morning boiling and making 3 dozen deviled eggs. and my math skills are clearly not up to par... 36 eggs = 72 deviled eggs. try packaging and traveling with that in your backseat! good times. well it was great to see all of my favorite people... lova's mom is in town and my mom even made her appearance too. there was also enough food for an entire small army. so we were there with food and football for several hours before heading to macy's and bloomingdale's to check out the sunday sales. i walked away with a new necklace and bras. haha. i'd say thats a successful weekend. until tomorrow...

three things.

1) happy anniversary! some say... time flies when you're having fun. i think we're fun... right? haha. well either way happy anniversary to that kid phil i kind of love just maybe a little bit.

2) one of my best friends from back home just moved to orlando and will start fullsail this month. therefore i have decided... im going to go back. ill go to orlando for a few days... hopefully before the end of the year... more to come.

3) the caprese sandwich/salad is the greatest thing on earth. and i think its neccessary to go get one immediately.

velveeta

this is phillip. i love him. we have just made the best velveeta shells and cheese in the history of the world. were now going to watch the discovery channel. oh! and... we just took a nail to the wall [the concrete walls] today.. and it worked! our apartment now has hanging pictures! yes.

west hollywood.

last night... i went out with these whores. just kidding they're my favorites. but i'm not going to lie there were roughly 13 additional wonderful girls. marix in weho was the place. there were pitchers of margeritas. it was fun.

tonight phil's got a birthday party at the viper room... then samantha is doing her thing at the roxy... we'll be walking walk from one to the other. meet me there! love fridays!

new metal.

these go on sale in 7 minutes.
there are only 100 that have been made,
only 1 is gold... the other 99 are silver.
its only $120.
i need it.
i love it.

meet samantha

meet my friend samantha. she is playing THIS friday night at the roxy on sunset. doors at 8pm. tickets are $20. come hang out with us.

money money money.

did you know your money is worth nothing? did you know that the federal reserve has no gold to back up the money you are earning/spending? did you know that the federal government is right this second in debt -$9,692,336,382,649. did you know that the fica payroll taxes you pay only totals $2,327,778,916,132 in social security savings. did you know that all other fica taxes only total $3,909,191,541,385 in government trust funds. did you know the public debt... thats you and me... we total -$5,783,146,759,162... in the hole. ouch.

to learn more, please visit federalbudget.com

to make a difference, please visit voteforchange.com

shows + cars.

so i ended my week welcoming verona grove back and saying bye to amy. vg played at a lovely place in hollywood called crane's tavern? what is that? it was very house party-like. not to mention the guy rapping about how the hooker in vegas stole his coke. poor guy. thats a real shame. haha.

missed nick's birthday friday. on saturday the last of phil's stuff was packed up and cleaned out of his old place. bye bye old couch. saturday night... me and charlie hung out. meet charlie [above]. drinking lova, andi, and lauren were involved.

sunday was my official photo album organization morning accompanied by eggs, bacon, toast, and cookie crisp. and then there was my jonas/miley afternoon. she played a benefit with jb and demi lovato for city of hope. good show.... although a very very long show. once i finally made it back home... my boy and i proceeded to do seven... i repeat seven loads of laundry. how does that happen? i missed board game night at crystal's. very sad...

well. i hate mondays and this has once again proven to be no different from any other monday. ...as i walked into work today i got a phone call from phil that his car was hit during the night and was now declared undriveable. oof. how is that? we're assuming some idiot who clearly didn't know how to drive ...casually smashed his left front side/tire and drove away. phil now hates progressive and i'm going to insert my three cheers for allstate. poor phil... not a fun situation. but maybe we'll catch the guy... or at least get a decent insurance settlement! more to come...

tonight we'll will finish up where we left off with the laundry... and remember tomorrow vg are playing the kibitz room. please come. they go on at 11.

concrete walls.

how does one hang photos, shelves, art, etc on walls made of concrete? do i drill into my very old very pretty walls?? there has to be an alternative. i wonder how well the sticky puddy/hook/doubled taped things work??

im on a hunt for a wall hook for my jewelry. i also have purses that need to not be on the floor. and phil wants us to get a buffmonster piece for the living room. walls are great space for hanging/showing things... i think i just need tim "the toolman" taylor to come help me. haha. i need home improvement on dvd.

i apologize for no video-blogging. i actually didn't make it to see amy last night. my pit stop at best buy and to feed bailey didn't get me home til 9:30. yuck. i can't belive bailey turned SIX this year! hes growing up to be a big boy! ok not really. 8 lbs isn't big. but still... look at that face!

alright well... show tonight at crane's tavern. maroon and phantom are also in town tmrw and sat. i'll be in joshua tree with melissa crosby... but fun week ahead! ... stay tuned.

ps - if you're at home tonight. please tune into the 2008 hero awards. its a program my mom has been working on, hosted by dean cain... rick springfield even performs! its a great chance to celebrate on a day when we remember those that we lost.

eating and filing.

i spent the latter part of this afternoon realizing that most of whats left unpacked and/or in a box in my apartment is just paper. therefore... ive decided to take action and FILE! ive labeled and alphabetized, learned that i apparently suffer from ocd, and will spend the majority of the evening sitting on my floor going through said papers.



amy is still in town... we have tried to have fun dates thus far. sunday we went to the fairfax/melrose flea market for sunglasses and jewlry. last night we had a sushi buffet at sushi dan off of sunset. tomorrow we have a dinner date with my mom in westwood. verona grove will be in la later tonight, so tomorrow i think we'll also make a stop over at their show at crane's tavern. btw, im very happy to announce its nearly fall. and the return of the pumpkin spice latte is my favorite time of year.


well maybe tonight amy, phil, and i will learn how to video blog... we could even give you a tour of the apartment... stay tuned... it might happen... it might not.

toronto, christmas, the 08 election.

what would you do if you won the lottery? well i have never won it... so i don't know. but i have been pretending like i have... and internet shopping accordingly. it has pregressed into a relatively decent christmas list... and a significant sized ebay watch list... haha.


legoland polaroid 600
yashica electro 35
kodak duaflex II
breakfast at the blvd
ipod touch
new headboard/bed frame
big shaggy rugs
trip to camelback mountain
cadillac comfort bike
vintage slot machine
blackberry thunder/storm
smartcar






i don't see the big issue... its just money. haha. i really need nothing from that list... but if i won the lottery... this would be much easier! speaking of christmas... this year i will be in rochester... and hopefully toronto, all before going home to charlotte. anyone ever been to toronto? i hear theres good shopping.

speaking of canada... i have listened to all the political speeches over the last week. what did you think? i don't know that i'm really convinced in either direction. i'm not one to get heavily involved in politics... but i think the pending results for president... and my christmas visit to toronto... this very well could prompt an out of country move! that sounds like a safe bet right? haha. poor US economy. i hope someone saves it!

high school.

i almost forgot!
best news of the week... amy, my best friend from high school is coming to la!
she gets here on sunday and will be here with work for a little over a week.

this was us when we were seventeen.
christie smith, me, and amy.
i can't wait.

the dreaded move.

well its still exactly that...
i spent the latter part of lasr week moving the boxes.
and the majority of this week unpacking them.

the good news... our bathroom is complete and the living room is nearing completion.
there was pure mayhem once all of the records arrived... but phillip and i have safely arranged/organized the thousands of records and his turntables take up a little less than half of our living room... not bad considering the circumstances :)

our bedroom is quite large and basically i think we have too much space, a lot of clutter, then not really enough furniture. yeah thats our bedroom.
the kitchen is the easy part... thats just dishes!

either way... i can't wait to finish it all and show it off.
perhaps a stuff is out of storage, we're not homeless, and we have a place together party? haha. i wonder if anyone would come?

speaking of parties. tonight is jen's going away shin dig.
she and her husband have saved up the $$, quit their jobs, and decided to go on a yearlong expedition around the world. amazing. we will be throwing a toast at st. nicks.