wacky wednesday

That's what a co-worker of mine said today. Who names days of the week, I mean really, c'mon! heehee. I'm trying very hard to concentrate on only work related things, but it's too hard when there is this thing called the internet! What in the world did people do at their desk jobs pre-world-wide-web days? Work? shheesh.
I was just reading through some old blog entries...my wishlist, some of the wishes have actually become realities! I got one of the books I wanted, the deathcab dvd, pot-holders for the kitchen, the deathcab CD, cable tv, and a haircut. I'd say I'm doing good! I would like to add one thing to the wishlist ....some shelves or stable unit for my tv and stereo to sit on for my bedroom.

Wacky Wednesday is no longer because I'm back to finish this post and it's now Friday! I'm getting kind of bad about journaling. If that's even a word.

It's all smoky here. It smells like a campfire! The smoke from the fires in the valley are billowing into a lot of the surrounding LA areas. My car had ashes on it last night when I went out to leave for the day. And I'm looking out the window of my 20 story building right now and another fire has started in Burbank...they are growing and beginning to start in places further East. If only the winds would calm down.

Ginger is coming to town next week. Dad is planning to take her on the hollwyood/beverly hills tour, and were going to go back to Laguna beach on saturday. Don't know exactly what's planed for sunday, her last day here, but I'm sure we'll find something fun for her to see/do.

Halloween is coming up this month! I've already been invited to 2 parties. I desperately need some costume ideas....please please leave me any ideas you might have! I want to think of something fun and original. It's so hard. I love Halloween, but I hate the part of thinking about what to dress up as and getting it together. It was much easier when I was a kid and I just told my mom what I wanted to be and she got my costume for me. :) I was some kind of a twin doll with my friend one year, and I was a clown, a punk rocker, a bumble bee and I'm not sure what else..some kind of animal, Bambi I think? But Halloween is so fun when everyone gets into it. I just hope I can think of something fantastic. ideas???!!

This is the beginning of my favorite time of year. I've been in the best mood lately just knowing that November is on it's way and Thanksgiving and then winter and Christmas and the New Year. I love New Years. It used to be one of my favorite holidays to celebrate, but lately I've been kind of lame about it. This year I'm bringing it back! I'm definitely going to do something to celebrate the first night of 2006! That sounds weird....I'm still stuck in 2002 to be honest. I'm not so sure what happened to 2002-now? Oh well. I also really like the spring. I guess I'm just not a fan of the summer, unless I'm on the river or at the beach or on a vacation. But for everyday living, going to work and the usual...summer bums me out big time. So glad summer is ending.

"Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus just came on the playlist. This song is so cheesy and old, but it putsme in the best mood. I love it. Just before that song was "Motorcycle drive-by" by Third Eye Blind. Another oldie but goodie! I-tunes is doing me good today.

Ok, so the weekend is nearing. Tonight I'm not really sure what's happening. I believe we'll end up at Renee's with the boys and probably stay out til 3 or 4, like the last few Friday nights have gone. Tomorrow I plan to sleep in! Tomorrow night, my dad, Quinn and Roxanne (from work) and I are going to a charity masquerade ball. Teresa (in my office) is involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters and they are hosting the event. We are not dressing up in costume or anything, but we do plan to wear a mask. Good enough, I think. It should be fun. I'm going to meet Roxanne's old assistant from Warner Bros. (Richard). He, by coincidence, will be there as a black jack dealer for the event. She's talked about him for so long, it will be good to finaly meet this legend of an assistant. Sunday, we might possibly go to Catalina Island. Not really sure yet. But Sunday night I'm way over due for a night of tivo with the girls...so many shows to catch up on. Americas Next Top Model is back on for another season, which makes me really happy in the weirdest way because Tyra Banks is HORRIBLE. She annoys me so much I don't know how I handle watching her for an hour straight. We will also all tune into "Grays Anatomy" my personal favorite at the moment. Patrick Dempsey is so hot, he's one of the few who seem to get better with age! And that brings me to end of the weekend, and almost to end of my Friday at the office! It's 5 o'clock. 1 hour to go! Have a super weekend all my bloggin readers. xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxo!

A lot has happened....

in a week or a little over a week. Hurricane Rita happened, the premieres of "Arrested Development", "Gray's Anatomy", and "My Name is Earl" were all hits to me. I also went to a show last week, Stellastarr*. It was great! Good crowd, and surprisingly a good setlist (surprising to me because usually I'm annoyed when an artist tours with a new album, and I don't know it yet). Let's see what else, The Ipod Nano is out and here is mine :)


It's so cute, I love it! Dad and I went to Hearst Castle too. It was gorgeous. A beautiful drive along the coast, about 3.5 hours from Los Angeles. The castle which was William Randolph Hearts' creation, is now owned by the state. If you are ever in the area, be sure to stop there and take one of the tours. It's absolutely beautiful. Here are a few pictures. I was particularily fascinated by the swimming pools:




We stayed in the town, Cambria, which is only about 5 miles from the castle. The town was a cute, small, mountain town. It reminded us of a little colorado town. The lodge we stayed in was nice too. Maybe someday I'll get a chance to go back to the castle to tour more of the rooms and see more of the property. But I'm glad I did get the chance to see what we did. (Thanks Pops!)
Friday night before leaving town on Saturday morning, Quinn and I went out with Justin, Shane and Aaron. We had dinner at the Father's Office. One of the best burgers I've ever had and I couldn't even tell you exactly what all was on it, but it was amazing! After dinner, we went back to their apartment for a bit, while the boys primped and we got the plan for the rest of the evening. We tried to go to The Buffalo club but it was lame. There was a line out front and no one inside (clue that the club is LAME). So we ended up at the Gas Lamp in Santa Monica, a hole in the wall, crowded karaoke bar. Not far from home either, which is always nice! Aaron and I signed up to sing "Nothings Going to Stop Us Now" together, but we didn't slide some extra cash to the karaoke DJ (I believe they call themselves KJs), like some people were doing, so we never got called up to sing. Oh well, another time for that. Here are some pictures though. Aaaron is in the green and Shane is singing.



So that is pretty much it for today's blog. I've posted a lot of pictures...and I hope my spacing works, but it never does, so here's to hoping! I'll try to start posting regularly again. Cheers to Monday, everybody!

Alright I've been hit (tagged) with the blog questionaire, and it's a long one! If you read this and you have a blog, tag, you're it now! You have to post it on your blog and answer ALL questions!

Name: robin

Nickname: patty

Single or Taken: single

Gender: female

Birthdate: 3.21

Sign: aries

Siblings: daphne, candace, ginger

Eye colour: brown

Shoe size: depends on the shoe – 6, 6.5, 7

Height: 5’4

Innie or Outie: innie

What are you wearing right now: blue sweater, brown pants, white pumas

Where do you live: apartment on south barrington ave - in brentwood, ca

Righty or lefty: righty

Any pets: no

Can you make a dollar in change right now: no

Relationships

Who are your closest friends?: these are prolly my closest: molly. lara. quinn. shannon. season. matt n. shane b.

Will u send this to your crush?: I don’t know his address, unfortunately I don’t think Johnny or Leo is reading my blog

Best place to go for a date?: tough question, since I’ve been on so many dates! I have not been on a date here, but I think it would be fun: take out food and a drive up to some place where we could look at the city from above….good conversation, good food, a nice view, and hopefully good background music

Favorite romantic memory: 5th grade: gymnastics, a boy named chance liked me. On valentines day, he gave me red roses and a neckless in front of my entire gym team. I was completely embarrassed! I remember asking my mom, “If I don’t like him, can I still keep the necklace?” obviously, she said I had to give it back.

Favorite Fashion Stuff: jeans. scarfs. earrings. shoes!

Where is your favorite place to shop?: I could spend all day in a record store. And I love any kind of home store….even though I don’t “shop” in them I love looking at everything.

Do you have any tattoos or piercings: no tattoos. ear piercing and nose piercing

Favorite kind of pants: blue jeans, but sweats come a close second

Favorite Colour: blue, always and forever

Favorite Number: 5683

Favorite Food: chinese

Favorite Boys Name: Ben

Favorite Girls Name: ?

Favorite Subject in school: history

Favorite Animal: dog

Favorite Drink: cherry coke

Favorite Celeb: Johnny Depp

Favorite Sport: gymnastics

Favorite Veggie: ONIONS

Favorite Fast-Food Place: chic-fil-a

Favorite Place to visit: somewhere I haven’t been

Favorite Month: november

Favorite Band(s): counting crows. deathcab. travis. stereophonics. isola. turin brakes.

Favorite Movie: of all time : edward scissorhands. casper the friendly ghost. stand by me.

Favorite Finger: pinky? who has a favorite finger?

Favorite Ice Cream: chocolate fudge brownie – ben and jerrys

Favorite Breakfast: cheese and onion omlette. and anything my dad cooks

Favorite Perfume: Curve because it smells like my mother

Favorite Cologne: swiss army mens cologne

Favorite cartoon character: casper the ghost

Have you ever

Given anyone a bath: yes

Bungeed: yes

Broken the law: for sure

Gone skinny dipping?: a few times, but not in a looooooong time

Been in the opposite gender's washroom: many times

Eaten a dog biscuit: no

Put your tongue on a frozen pole: no

Loved someone so much it made you cry?: yes

Broken a bone: just once – my wrist - thanks candace ;-)

Played truth or dare: yes

Been in a physical fight: not really

Been in a police car: I don’t remember – probably not

Been on a plane: lots

Come close to dying: I’m surprised I’ve survived thus far

Been in a sauna: yes

Been in a hot tub: if you can answer no to this question, who are you?

Swam in the ocean: all except the indian. Im kidding. I hate the ocean, but I swim in it sometimes.

Fallen asleep in school: yes for sure

Kissed your cousin: no

Broken someone's heart: probably, but it couldn’t have been my fault ;-)

Cried when someone died: yes

Flashed someone: no

Cried in school: yeah. I was lame.

Fell off your chair: yeah. I’m lame.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for a call: see above.

Saved MSN conversations: what does that mean? What are msn conversations?

Saved e-mails: yes

Fallen for your best friend?: no.

Made out with JUST a friend?: what are friends for? Just kidding.

Been rejected: yes

Been in love?: not in a long time.

Used someone: I hope I have not, but maybe I did when I was young and lame.

Been cheated on? Ughhh?, it’s been so long, I don’t even remember

Done something you regret?: a few, but I don’t waste my time caring about them regrets anymore.

First thing that comes to mind

Red: blood

Blue: lovely

Autumn: leaves

Cow: meat

Iceland: sigur ros

What(who) is

Your good luck charm: I guess that’s why I’m not lucky because I don’t have a “charm”

Best song(s) you ever heard: “writing to reach you” – travis / “Anna Begins” – Counting Crows / “Have You Forgotten?” – Red House Painters / “So Alive” – Ryan Adams / “Waltz #2” – Elliott Smith / “You and Me” – Turin Brakes / “Moon River” – Henry Mancini / “Rocket Man” – Elton John

Stupidest thing you have ever done: well there are a ton, but who cares?

Your crush(es): leo. johnny.

Most prized possession: dunno?

Last thing you said: “last thing you said”

What is beside you: one side is my printer and to the other is a stack of bullshit CDS

Last thing you ate: string cheese

What kind of shampoo do you use? tigi

Best thing that has happened to you this year: i turned 27

Worst thing that has happened to you this year: i turned 27

Have you ever had

Chicken pox: yes, small case in the 3rd grade

Sore Throat: yes – today, even

Stitches: yes – in my mouth after getting my wisdom teeth removed

Broken nose: no

Do you

Believe in love at first sight: maybe.

Like picnics: yeah totally

What schools have you gone to: lowery. labay. cy-falls. tomball. southwest. hcc. acc.

Hate anyone: i use the word hate all of the time, but I don’t really hate anyone. I blame shane b. for the use of “hate” he says it all the time…I picked it up from him.

Would you

Eat a live hamster for $1,000,000: no, but maybe a cooked one?

Go to a Simple Plan concert if you had free tickets? yeah, probably not.

Kill someone you didn't know for 15 billion dollars: no I couldn’t kill under any circumstances

If you were stuck on an island, what people would you want with you: very few. I need my space.

Do you admire guys or girls: uhhh, yeah both, I don’t understand the question

Who is the last person that called you: ginger

Who was the last person you slow danced with: shane b. at m & a’s wedding

What makes you laugh the most? oh, lots of stuff. I have a lot of crazy friends. Will Ferrell is hysterical. Farts make me laugh, and I don’t know why.

Makes you smile: Looking at old photos

Who makes you smile: my friends. my family. babies. puppies. pretty stuff. I don’t know?

Who has a crush on you?: that is unknown to me

Who was the last person you touched?: john t. (our hands touched only).

You hugged?: Shannon – we hugged g’nite after dinner

You Kissed?: I don’t kiss and tell ;-)

You yelled at: probably one of my sisters, we communicate by yelling.

Who broke your heart: ryan adams – his show broke my heart

Who told you they loved you: my shubes

Who is your loudest friend: my old friend from high school, joni

Do you/Are You

Do you like filling these out: i like them when i don’t feel like doing my work

Do you wear contacts or glasses: i only wear glasses when i need to

Do you like yourself: yeah. sometimes “I can’t handle myself” tho

You get along with your family: yes. and it’s getting better with age

You do drugs: never. i don’t like drugs

Have piercing below the waist?: no.

Own anything over $50?: a few things, but not much!

Assertive?: if I have to be

Compulsive?: check

Anorexic?: it’s not possible

Final questions

How many ppl are you sending this to: no one

What makes you happy: waking up and knowing I don’t have to do ANYTHING, but can do anything I want

How many buddies are on your list: myspace I have 56, I know like 12 of them

What do you like to do? people watch, eat, cook, drive and listen to music LOUD, sleep, cuddle, write, laugh, go to the movies, travel, see new things

Here are some pics from Laguna Beach over the weekend. Dad and I drove up to Laguna on Sunday. It was a nice day, and the beach was really clean. Saturday we drove through a national park in California. It was very scenic, but I didn't take any pictures! On the way home we went to the Descanso botanical gardens in Pasadena. They were very nice as well. We then went to see a movie in Burbank. we saw "Broken Flowers" with Bill Murray. It was a good story and entertaining up until the very end. The ending was bad and it just kind of left us hanging.
Ginger is coming to visit October 6th, and I think we might go back to Laguna Beach while she is here, however I'm not sure - it depends on what she is interested in doing and what she wants to see while she is here. It's a short trip - a long weekend, Thursday - Sunday. Hopefully we'll make the most of it.
This was saved as a draft from yesterday because I was to busy to finish it. I will write more later in the day hopefully...

if invited, RSVP!

why dont people respond to evites? it's one of my pet-peeves! like it's hard to say "yes" "no" or "maybe" even? Geez....ok thats my rant for the day!

It's been one week

since I looked at you. Just kidding! Seriously, it has been 1 week since I've written in the blog. Labor day was this past Monday, in case you all didn't know. But if didn't know I'm sure you found out when you went to work and the place was closed! Unless you make slushies for a living at sonic, because they were open like most service related companies.
Ok, sorry. It's Wednesday, September 7th, 2005. On this day in history in 0070, the Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem! And, in 1963 it was the 1st US TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC).
My friend, Abbey had her wedding portraits taken last weekend. You can see them here. I think they turned out really good. They were taken after the wedding, so the wrinkles in the dress are going to be taken out with photoshop, so the dress looks clean and fresh. Jamie, Abbey's sister is fantastic photographer, and she took all of the pictures.
You can see more of her pictures and read about her in her blog, just click here.
I've been listening to the new Deathcab For Cutie CD over the last few days (thanks to Ginger, thanks to Daphne). It's called "Plans." It's a great release, they write wonderful, beautiful melodies, not to mention lyrics. And Ben Gibbard's voice puts me at ease almost instantly. I love it. I was also recently introduced to a band called Long-View. They are from England (Manchester). I have only heard what's available to listen to on their myspace page, but it is really good stuff. I'm anxious to check out more, see what's available at the record store! Click here, check them out, let me know what you think.
Speaking of bands, my friends in the band, iSOLA just released new pre-order info for the upcoming release, LOUD ALARMS. Visit the website and pre-order the new cd! It's great. They recorded it completely on their own.. all owned gear and studio equipment, and complete funding done by themselves. I'm very proud and so anxious to see what comes their way this new release. Also check out the tour dates on the website. Go to a show if you can....they are really great live and are picking up big followings in Houston, Austin and the Dallas areas. They could use your support. The song "Porch Sleeper" is one of my favorites. Once I learn how to host mp3 links here, I'll start so you can hear these songs with just a click away! I'll always support isola because they are my friends first, but truly, they are a great band and should be heard - they are better than most of the shit you hear on the radio, that's for sure!
I've blabbed on about music and nothing else really so far. I wish my life was more exciting. If only I could get my ass off the couch each night after work, I'd be able to write about all of the interesting things I do and the interesting people I meet along the way. Soon, I will have new friendships I believe. Quinn and I are making a real effort this weekend. We are planning to meet some new folks on friday night. Its a friends of friends kind of thing...I'm excited.
Well it's lunch time here and I should eat before I miss my chance..got a 3 o'clock meeting today. Happy Wednesday. I'll write some more useless info later...Peace!