Saturday, October 20, 2007

The wind is a blowin'

It's Santa Ana wind season and it is really windy tonight. Given that it's always calm and pretty, even wind makes the news. It is really windy. According to the weather channel:

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 3 PM PDT TUESDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

In other news, I got a job! More details to follow. We also got an LCD HDTV today. It's something. I'm watching one of the new Star Wars movies on it, just to see how gorgeous it is. It's a shame the dialogue isn't better; the sound is almost as good as the picture. "Hold me--like you did long ago on Naboo; when there was nothing but our love..." Ugh.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Celebrity sighting

So I was shopping yesterday at the local grocery store, Pavillions/Vons, which is really Safeway, when in the produce section, I spotted Jai Rodriguez from Queer Eye on Bravo. It was close range. He looked good, and is tiny. I almost invited him over, assuming he lives nearby.

I've been away for a while and so I haven't kept up with posting. I'm sorry about that. I'll get on the stick. It's not as if I have a job to distract me, just Ellen on the DVR.

For now, here's a picture of fall color I took last year when Jason and I spent some time at Shiloh and on Skyline Drive:



I understand that no one in the country is experiencing this right now since there's kind of a heat wave on. I post it here as a reminder that if I were back east, fall would be on the way. Instead, in LA, the change of season is marked by the availability of gourds and pumpkins at the grocery store. My front yard looks like this, and it will forever, unless the Mexicans who take care of it forget to water:



Finally, a photo testament (photestament?) to how commercialism has hijacked our holidays. I took this at Target almost a month ago. Here's a fun idea, how about a contest to come up with the best name for the holidays: a mash-up of the October/November/December holiday season. Like the commercial, "ChristmaHannuKwanzaKah", except you can probably be more clever. Like, Day of the Dead Turkey/Savior. Or something. Submit your entries as comments. Winner gets a guaranteed holiday card from me.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

You know you live in West Hollywood when...

...the municipal park and auditorium play host to the Tom of Finland Foundation's erotic art fair and sale, as well as the 2nd Annual LA County Medical Marijuana Exposition & Patient Festival.

Sorry no pictures or samples. You can probably find some on the net.