A week and a half ago I bought a bottle of CranGrape juice. I'd had it before and it was quite tart and delicious so I figured it was time for another bottle. I've had a glass of it every couple of days since then and thought each time that it was just great - nice purchase, nice teamwork grapes and cranberries!
I just read the label. It's just grape juice.
9.29.2006
9.26.2006
My First Favorite Place
Listen up people - I've discovered the key to happiness! Before moving here I had a vague feeling that it had something to do with being outside and in a place where you can actually hear yourself think over some crazy lady sitting next to you on a subway car. Turns out - I was right! After spending a couple of weeks sorting through the fact that I completely miss my friends and spend most of my time alone wtih Clementine I made the decision to take life by the horns (ahem, I'm from Texas) and find some happiness. It may sound cheesy but...please people work with me here. Maybe I'm a cheesy person now and you just completely don't even know me. ;)
On Sunday, Clem and I went park hopping...that is, after we dropped off one disc of Grey's Anatomy at Blockbuster and picked up another. The first park we visited was called Pan Pacific Park and was lamelamelame. I mean...there was some nice grass there but I've got patches of grass outside my front door. So we left there and went to Griiffith Park. Ding! We hit the jackpot. Here I discovered my first favorite place in the city of Los Angeles (other than the beach which is just so obvious). Here's a picture of the spot:
And some pictures of the view from the spot. For those of you craving some cliche picture of LA...there's the Hollywood sign:
In addition to all this beauty there are great views of all of LA. Tons of sparkly buildings and things of that sort. Basically - what an amazing place and it's only about 15 minutes from my house. I'd say this beats McCarren Park by far...sorry Jesse. I still like you though.
Oh - and here's a picture of some people making out in MY spot when Clem and I returned today to visit. They're very small but definitely there in the bottom right corner.
You should also all know that I learned something else today. Hiking is just walking but a little more difficult. I had to HIKE up a steep hill to get that picture of the Hollywood sign. There was a little heavy breathing but I made it to the top of the mountain. Well...it wasn't the very top but it was pretty close.
More stories to come...for now, enjoy the pictures.
On Sunday, Clem and I went park hopping...that is, after we dropped off one disc of Grey's Anatomy at Blockbuster and picked up another. The first park we visited was called Pan Pacific Park and was lamelamelame. I mean...there was some nice grass there but I've got patches of grass outside my front door. So we left there and went to Griiffith Park. Ding! We hit the jackpot. Here I discovered my first favorite place in the city of Los Angeles (other than the beach which is just so obvious). Here's a picture of the spot:
And some pictures of the view from the spot. For those of you craving some cliche picture of LA...there's the Hollywood sign:
In addition to all this beauty there are great views of all of LA. Tons of sparkly buildings and things of that sort. Basically - what an amazing place and it's only about 15 minutes from my house. I'd say this beats McCarren Park by far...sorry Jesse. I still like you though.
Oh - and here's a picture of some people making out in MY spot when Clem and I returned today to visit. They're very small but definitely there in the bottom right corner.
You should also all know that I learned something else today. Hiking is just walking but a little more difficult. I had to HIKE up a steep hill to get that picture of the Hollywood sign. There was a little heavy breathing but I made it to the top of the mountain. Well...it wasn't the very top but it was pretty close.
More stories to come...for now, enjoy the pictures.
9.21.2006
"Flat Daddy"
I've made it a habit since moving here to watch the local news every morning. I figure it's good to be in touch with this new and rather strange city. This morning there was a special segment on the families of military people in Iraq. Apparently there's a new program which may or may not be called "Flat Daddy." I didn't quite get all the facts. What I did get was this: the new program sends life sized pictures of the wife/husband/whoever to the family. The family that was featured uses this "Flat Daddy" in their daily life. They set it at the table with them, take it to football games and even take family pictures with it! How GREAT. They interviewed the "Actual Daddy" live during this segment and though the wife and two children seemed totally into the idea he seemed more or less miserable and didn't even smile once while on camera.
I don't think it's necessary to comment further on this - it's funny and weird all at the same time.
Next up: there are forest fires raging all around the area. Every morning they talk about the day fires and how if you have asthma to take precautions. Yesterday the sky looked funny. I said to a coworker: "Is the sky weird because of the fires?" Him: "What fires?" Um. I hope he doesn't have asthma.
I don't think it's necessary to comment further on this - it's funny and weird all at the same time.
Next up: there are forest fires raging all around the area. Every morning they talk about the day fires and how if you have asthma to take precautions. Yesterday the sky looked funny. I said to a coworker: "Is the sky weird because of the fires?" Him: "What fires?" Um. I hope he doesn't have asthma.
9.16.2006
Who knew!
Well I certainly never knew you were supposed to post your blog more often than once a week. That just seems presumptious to me. Seriously - I'm just not that interesting. But don't you worry...I won't let that stop me from talking about myself.
This past week Jason hooked me up with a really funny job. He's been working there since July or something and can stand it, I didn't need to interview and well...that's reason enough for me to go in somewhere and get paid. I wasn't entirely sure what the company was before I started and that DEFINITELY lead to some confusion in the first couple of days. Actually...no, it didn't. And THAT is what is so funny about this job. I know nothing about the company really and don't really care! Yet - I answer the phone and they actually trust me to enter book orders and exist in their office. Oh, by the way - it's a college text book publishing company. My day goes as such: data entry, answer phone, data entry, data entry. Same thing over and over, talk to Jason and then Jason's roommate Jason, data entry, lunch, etc, etc. Amusing, really. But hey - it'll pay a few bills for a while.
What else is there to report? Clementine is SICK. I have to stay home with her today as she's been throwing up all day today and yesterday. I'm constantly afraid of her dying. I'm sure she'll be ok - she seems to not be reacting well to grown up dog food so I've put her back on puppy chow even though she's over a year old now. Whatever, not interesting.
For those of you curious about what it looks like where I live - I apologize. I still can't find the cable to connect my camera to my computer nor have I sought out a store to purchase a new one. The picture up there can give you a rough idea though.
Ok, so it doesn't look like this at my apartment but I've gone to watch the sunset three times in the past week and that's good enough for me. Nothing else to say - I miss my friends!!!!
9.11.2006
The first good day
I thought it necessary to relay the following post which WOULD have been made yesterday if I had an internet connection then.
9.10 - Today was the first official "good" day of my new life. My "good" I mean I didn't have time to do all the little things around the house, I didn't perfectly align everything in the kitchen out of complete boredom. Nope - I had a full day! Clem and I awoke at 6:30 am and went for a brief and, in the eyes of physical fitness, fairly unsuccessful run. Nonetheless, it was a great attempt. You may be wondering why I was up that early on a Sunday morning. The explanation is brief. I fell asleep at 9:30 Saturday night. Moving on. After the run I drove over to Starbucks to use some over priced internet for a few hours and then to Target to spend some more money. On this trip I successfully located Trader Joes, Jamba Juice, Baja Fresh and other great and important things. For those of you more interested in where Clem is - she stayed home. Sorry. After this trip, however, I went home and picked up Clementine for a trip to what was promised in Not For Tourists Guide to LA to be a very social dog park not too far from me. By not far I mean if I had not gotten lost it would have only taken 15 minutes...but instead it took at least 30. Let me tell you - this dog park had a lot of dry, dusty dirt and was too spread out for me to socialize with anyone other than the two children who insisted Clem was "funny." Owell - we'll try again another day I suppose! Next up I dropped off Clem, ate some dinner and went down to Santa Monica beach just in time to sit and enjoy the last hour of sun and the wonderful sunset. The peacefulness was only temporarily interrupted by a very nice hispanic man who really wanted to be my friend...despite our complete language barrier. I then attempted to find my way back home and somehow did NOT succeed - getting lost and pulling off the freeway twice. It may have taken 20 minutes to get to the beach but of course, it took at least an hour to get home.
I'm not sure I can afford these scenic route drives much longer...
Finally - I have news. I have a land line. You heard me right people - a LAND LINE! Look out Los Angeles white pages...I'm listed!
9.10 - Today was the first official "good" day of my new life. My "good" I mean I didn't have time to do all the little things around the house, I didn't perfectly align everything in the kitchen out of complete boredom. Nope - I had a full day! Clem and I awoke at 6:30 am and went for a brief and, in the eyes of physical fitness, fairly unsuccessful run. Nonetheless, it was a great attempt. You may be wondering why I was up that early on a Sunday morning. The explanation is brief. I fell asleep at 9:30 Saturday night. Moving on. After the run I drove over to Starbucks to use some over priced internet for a few hours and then to Target to spend some more money. On this trip I successfully located Trader Joes, Jamba Juice, Baja Fresh and other great and important things. For those of you more interested in where Clem is - she stayed home. Sorry. After this trip, however, I went home and picked up Clementine for a trip to what was promised in Not For Tourists Guide to LA to be a very social dog park not too far from me. By not far I mean if I had not gotten lost it would have only taken 15 minutes...but instead it took at least 30. Let me tell you - this dog park had a lot of dry, dusty dirt and was too spread out for me to socialize with anyone other than the two children who insisted Clem was "funny." Owell - we'll try again another day I suppose! Next up I dropped off Clem, ate some dinner and went down to Santa Monica beach just in time to sit and enjoy the last hour of sun and the wonderful sunset. The peacefulness was only temporarily interrupted by a very nice hispanic man who really wanted to be my friend...despite our complete language barrier. I then attempted to find my way back home and somehow did NOT succeed - getting lost and pulling off the freeway twice. It may have taken 20 minutes to get to the beach but of course, it took at least an hour to get home.
I'm not sure I can afford these scenic route drives much longer...
Finally - I have news. I have a land line. You heard me right people - a LAND LINE! Look out Los Angeles white pages...I'm listed!
#1
Please excuse this for not being so funny - it will be my first attempt at blogging and meant mainly to fill you in on days past.
I promise - I will never post anything that I don't personally find interesting. This means that FOR SURE Dang will find it amusing and Jesse will surely find it boring.
:)
Quick overview:
I'm fine! I arrived, I have an apartment and as of today I also have a bed. The #1 question I have been asked by every friend, relative and general acquantance is "how is Clementine?" Well...first of all, I am fine. Thanks. Secondly, of COURSE Clem is fine...she's a DOG. I bought her some treats and squeaky balls and she feels right at home. Please remember - her brain is the size of a peanut. But - I did just ask her where Jesse is and she checked the entire apartment...even behind the closet door. She's now sniffing furioiusly at the front door. I see now that was a mean thing to do.
Anyway - the details aren't really interesting or important. I'm here - that's all!
I promise - I will never post anything that I don't personally find interesting. This means that FOR SURE Dang will find it amusing and Jesse will surely find it boring.
:)
Quick overview:
I'm fine! I arrived, I have an apartment and as of today I also have a bed. The #1 question I have been asked by every friend, relative and general acquantance is "how is Clementine?" Well...first of all, I am fine. Thanks. Secondly, of COURSE Clem is fine...she's a DOG. I bought her some treats and squeaky balls and she feels right at home. Please remember - her brain is the size of a peanut. But - I did just ask her where Jesse is and she checked the entire apartment...even behind the closet door. She's now sniffing furioiusly at the front door. I see now that was a mean thing to do.
Anyway - the details aren't really interesting or important. I'm here - that's all!
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