dear diary

dear diary,

today was a sad day. the boba bar across from work is shutting down tomorrow. the nice french girl served her last drink to me today. aww reservoir, mon cherie. i nearly wept. life can be so cruel. especially when you don't have one.

i went to one of my favorite thai restaurants for lunch. just me and a script. the owner, who knows me, was like, "just one?" yes, kind owner, just one. but she only had tables for four. i said, that's okay, let's just split them into two's, and she was like, "yeah, you never know, some girl may want to sit with you." i was like, uh, okay. you silly, silly woman. do straight men read purple covered scripts in public? non.

and diary, i saved the most tragic bit of news for last. brace yourself... passions is cutting off the snack supplies! what is chubby mcchubby going to do now??? no more free sodas to keep me awake... no more free teddy grahms to insulate myself with fat... no more free skittles to throw at nate! where is the justice? where??? as that american idol reject once decried, "what about the chil'ren?! WHAT ABOUT THE CHIL'REN?!"

and so diary, that concludes the day. i learned of other tragic news tonight, but the impact on my life is minimal and therefore is not fit to be included. because i know, dear diary, you are only interested in MY life, and that's what makes you so... *sob* special.

ryan

book me

Finished "the historian" today. All 642 pages. It was good if not great... so serious though... To lighten my mood I pulled up one of my favorite david sedaris passages about his sister amy when she was a child:

Dressed in a wig and high heels, [Amy] passed her late afternoons standing before a blackboard and imitating her teachers. "I'm very sorry, Candice, but I'm going to have to fail you," she'd say, addressing one of the empty folding chairs arranged before her. "The problem is not that you don't try. The problem is that you're stupid. Very, very stupid. Isn't Candice stupid, class? She's ugly, too, am I wrong? Very well, Candice, you can sit back down now and, for God's sake, stop crying."

The pictures below are not of David or Amy. Just gratuitous hotness in the form of my beloved Michael Owen (I felt the need to sexy-up this post... plus, Billie has come to expect pictures of hot men and I don't like to disappoint the few fans I have).

feels like today...

...even though it was yesterday. recap!

:: went to the That 70s Show wardrobe sale, which meant driving all the way out to work on my day off. took my sister with me. it was cool... i bought 5 ties, a belt, a jacket for fran and 2 shirts for $7. the day before that, i bought a shirt and jacket for $2. most of my stuff was fez's clothes (wilmer v.), but i got a shirt that topher grace wore. i adore him... i wish he came with the shirt :(


:: dropped by nbc to give fran her jacket. she says she'll wear it to vegas

:: my sister and i had lunch with my cousin lindsay and her husband. went to the new portos in burbank. the potato balls are yummy!

:: went to the library, called tons of vegas hotels, took a nap, went to dinner for my brother's birthday and then had cake

:: watched dancing with the stars... felt bad when lisa rinna lost. btw, i have a mad hot ballroom crush on stacy keibler. she's so hot and such an exciting dancer!

is someone missing a penis?

so a penis messaged me today... just a floating penis... no face to go along with it... this has happened before and it's never turned out well. i really don't know what to do with that... i mean, i know what to do with that, but you know...

anyway, thanks haeran for showing me how to upload pics to my blog. i love it. i even went back and added some to my last few blogs. but i have a feeling this blog entry shouldn't have a pic. if it did, i'd get shut down.

great grammy show

the grammys had so many great performances... my favs:

: the gorillaz and madonna... she looked so hot and it was her best leotard yet. :) how fun was that opening number?

: U2 and mary j. blige... from the moment i first heard "one" on mjb's cd, i've been salivating for a live performance. i've envisioned it so many times in my head. i actually paced during the performance and mouthed the lyrics along with them. i know, i'm a dork. mary of course brought her fiery passion to the song, but the sound quality hampered it a bit.

: mariah's medley of "we belong together" and "fly like a bird" was outstanding. loved the gospel-tinged histrionics. wave those chubby arms, girl!

: really, really liked two country acts whose songs i heard for the first time tonight... keith urban and sugarland. i'm now a fan.

: linkin park and jay-z were terrific... loved loved loved the piano segueway into "yesterday."

: couldn't help but smile through jamie fox and kanye west doing "gold digger." that was fun.

ps. i know the newsmakers are already talking about how mariah's comeback was overshadowed by u2, but for the record, she won 3 grammys, they just weren't televised.

me talk pretty one day

anecdotes from the weekend...

FRIDAY
: had a nice dinner at souplantation with billie and christine. i recall a "hell, no, bitch!" escaping from billie's mouth as she talked about a coworker.
: read more of "the historian" by elizabeth kostova. it's good so far but i could do with a little less of the travelouge stuff.

SATURDAY
: helped my sister move into her LBC condo.
: an exchange between me and my niece alyson while we waited for our in n' out food...
Alyson: The little kids at my school are annoying. They're aliens.
Ryan: You're an alien.
Alyson: You're mean.
Ryan: You're mean for pointing out I'm mean.
Alyson: I'm telling my dad.
Ryan: Good, tell him.
Alyson: You're a mean uncle.
Ryan: No, you are.
: later that night at michael's bday party, another brilliant conversation between me and one of michael's friends...
Ryan: So what kind of music do you like?
Michael's friend: I like Norweigan heavy metal.
Ryan: Is heavy metal popular in Norwegia?
Michael's friend: You mean... Norway?
Ryan: Yes. (Pause) As you can see, I am highly educated.

SUNDAY
: attended fran's superbowl party. it was fun as always. i won nsync stickers and an action doll who sort of resembles anderson cooper. so of course krissy's rommate michael and i immediately undressed him to see what he looked like naked.

: more fun conversations...
Mary: I got lost while walking the dog. I had no idea where I was... but then I realized I was only two houses away from home. So we ran back inside before I got lost again.
: later in the day, at a moment when no one is talking, lelsey blurts out:
Lesley: If I were a man, I'd be an ice hockey player.
: left fran's house at 7:30. slept in car til 8:30. tried to drive home, realized i couldn't. at 9:30 summoned up enough courage to try driving to ellen's.