MIMOSAS FOR ONE

Ever since I bought a new, smaller turntable, I have become obsessed with buying vinyl again. My stacks are starting to outgrow the milk crates I keep them in, so i'm putting this on my wishlist. As far as the collection goes, I still buy cheap records at thrift stores, but I've also started buying new things on vinyl. One of my recent purchases features Bang Bang (my baby shot me down) by Nancy Sinatra. Ever since I discovered the track a few months ago in the kfjc library, I have not been able to get enough of it. I guess Sonny Bono wrote it for Cher, but I'm not sure if she ever recorded it. But back to the great record organization of 2008, since becoming a staff member at kfjc, I have become accustomed to the way we file the records. First there are two main libraries, A and B. These are Pop /Rock/ Punk/ Experimental recordings separated into current (A), and stuff that may have been cutting edge at one time, but is now more mainstream (B). Next, there are smaller ...

noooooooooooooo. paul newman died! what can you say about a legend? from his acting , to his charity work, newman's own (whose proceeds all went to charity), a passion for speed, the love for his wife. "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?" - on adultery an all time favorite quote of mine. a gorgeous man. a fanatastic human being. watch cat on a hot tin roof .you'll fall in love. watch hud . you'll hate him, but you'll still love him. it's paul newman . he did live a full life, but still, so sad.

changes are afoot, my friends. changes are afoot. first, and least earth shattering: a new look for the blog. you likey? next, and most core shaking: i am moving in two weeks. I am very excited...and a total wreck. I haven't had much time to clean my room, let alone pack up it's entire contents for the trek to Willow Glen. Let me just say, however, i am super stoked about the apartment, my roommate, and our new neighborhood. Willow Glen is one of those areas where people know each other, and you look out for your neighbors. It's a real 50s throwback with bungalow style houses and tree lined streets. I can't wait to hang at farmers market, pick up sandwiches at La Villa Deli, and soak up my hangovers at Bill's Cafe. I have been having severe bike envy, and Willow Glen is a great neighborhood for sunny day bike rides. last, and most necessary: I need to get back of track with the weight watch. I should be on week 15 or something, but with being so busy, I have a bevy ...

i've lost it. my motivation. my mind, too. maybe. the one good thing i have done in the lost couple of weeks is that i went back to the meeting. now i just need to get back my positive eating habits....and some of that motivation that is so darn important. stress and depression over my lack of a romantic social life can be real a detriment to motivation, i have decided. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. i'm just going to say it : i'm lonely and i want to date. i don't think i'm in the right place emotionally for a really serious relationship, but a little long- overdue romance would be nice. I do have a few things to look foward to. I will probably have a new homebase in a few months. With that I hope to become more active around my future neighborhood. bike rides, picture taking, farmers market, twlight strolls along the tree lined streets. yes.

i didn't go to weight watchers this week. i lost the 1.2 pounds I had gained 2 weeks ago, last week. I took a lot of motivation away from the meeting, and hit the gym 2 days a in a row. I was eating really well, and following all the good eating guidelines. The came the weekend. yes. i hate weekends. i can not keep it together on the weekend. I was plenty active. I danced pretty hard 2 nights in a row. I went for a nice long walk/ jog on the beach. but there was the pizza...and the beer and margaritas...and the carne asada breakfast burrito. wtf?!?!..and the really good potato salad...and the oreos...ok i'll stop now. i got on the scale this evening, and decided to stay home and watch the olympics. I need to find my superhero. i need to save me from myself. my good friend, KC (crowcrastination.blogspot.com) posted a link to marvel comics on her amazing blog. the link:http://marvelkids.marvel.com/create_your_own_superhero. you should look at her blog, though. A-MAZ-ING writer. a...

that's right princess leia herself showered me with colorul confetti. but first things first. I gained 1.2 pounds. this is not the end of the world. i know what i did. i ate crap that makes you gain 1.2 pounds. i need to will myself into the gym at least 3 times a week or this is never going to work. i have the healthy eating thing down. at least during the week. at work. i have the water thing down. i now have an excuse to get up from my desk every 1.5 to 2 hours. the water cooler is in the breakroom. this breakroom is out the door, thru the stairwell, down the hallway, past the bathroom(where a pre or post water pit stop usually takes place), and through the "shop" where all the sets are constructed. This is a nice break from work, and usually takes between 5-10 minutes. Honestly, I did really good this week. I was eating good, getting plenty of water, I feel as though I will probably loose between 2-3 pounds this week. not bad. could be better. i probably went overboar...

pounds lost : 8.5 so last week was so/so. i knew i hadn't been as strict as I had been the first week, but i still managed to drop another 3.5 pounds. As this week started, things were looking good. i went to the gym on monday night, and i really wanted to go another 2 times during the week. that never happened. let me start by saying that i like to go to the gym at night, generally 1 hour before they close. There are less people there and the machines i want to use are open. this also happens to be when i am the most busy socially. laziness + offers from friends to hang + radio station meetings and nighttime show = 1 trip to the gym per week X( DOH! Then there was the food. i went to the boardwalk on tuesday. it was $.75 night, and for dinner i had a corndog and fries, for dessert, cotton candy and a chocolate dipped soft serve ice cream cone. We did walk around a lot, so at least I burned some of it off. maybe. on thursday, a co workers b-day brought pizza and cake. really yummy ...

7.17.08 source: google quote garden Life is a shit sandwich. But if you've got enough bread, you don't taste the shit. ~Jonathan Winters Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." ~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I love mankind - it's people I can't stand. ~Charles M. Schulz, Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer. ~Jim Carrey Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ~J.K. Rowling I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had. ~From the television show The Wonder Years This is my "depressed stance." When you're depressed, it makes a lot of d...

weight loss to date : 5lbs so week 1 went pretty well. I can already tell I feel better, I have not had any pain in my leg, and my ankels have stayed pretty well unswollen. I shopped for the week at Trader Joes, and some of my favorite finds were the 6 pack of mini baguettes, 3 layer hummus dip (original, cilantro, spicy), reduced guilt sea salt pita chips, organic stawberries, multigrain toaster waffles, tropical and strawberry frozen fruit juice bars, pear and champagne vinegarette dressing, fat free feta cheese, and the ham and gurrere with carmelized onions thin crust pizza. I told the meeting leader at WW as I weighed in that I wasn't as dilligent as I was the first week of my first time there last year. I faced some challenges. Friday there was a pizza / cake party at work. The pizza turned out to be pretty gross, so I only had 1 1/2 small pieces. However, the cake was to die for, so I had to have a slice. I requested it be small, which it was, but still it wasn't that sm...

in an effort to keep myself motivated and in control of my latest weight loss endeavor, I've decided that I'm going to blog about it. In thinking about the bad habits that have directly contributed to me putting back on the 35 pounds I lost last year, I safely say can say that I have: 1. portion control issues 2. a fast food addiction 3. an overwhelming urge to snack at night 4. equal weaknesses for cheese, ice cream, bacon, and donuts 5. a strong sense of denial when it comes to alcohol's contribution to sed weight gain. I would like to say that "this time things are going to be different" or " I feel more motivated than ever before", but at this point, I'm still a little skeptical. However, the fact remains that I am not healthy. I'm getting older, I have been having constant pain in my right leg, and my ankles swell on an almost daily basis. I have been overweight most of my life, but I have been active. This is the first time where I feel ...

Current mood: electric Category: Music cadillac margarita is is the house! sadly i was not in attendance at the weekly staff meeting for the offical announcement of my new show on kfjc. however, i am happy to report that starting next week, you can now catch me (almost) every Thursday evening from 10pm-2am. i will be controlling the airwaves for 4 whole hours. erratic behavior will be the name of this journey into awesome randomness that is the kfjc library. indie rock, pop, folk, electronic, ambient soundscapes, jazz, classic soul, international sounds, soundtracks, and the occasinal punk or hip hop song for street cred. tuning in means you must take a chance that my musical mood will meet yours. you never know with me. it can change without warning, rhyme, or reason. kfjc.org or 87.7fm in the south bay thanks in advance for tuning in. it always makes me feel so special :)

i have a paranoid fear when i'm in a restaurant, and i hear someone cough, that they are, in fact, starting to choke victor mancini would have scammed me bigtime. i read and loved the book by chuck palahniuk , and the fact that it stars sam rockwell and anjelica huston, two great actors (imdb.com.... look 'em up), makes it even more exciting. I have choked badly twice in my life, that i can recall. the first time, i was about 10 years old, and it happened as I was stuffing a piece of chocolate cake into my fat little face. The double layer cake was delicious with thick waves of chocolate frosting, and so there was no way I was going to eat it slowly. The next thing i knew, the way- too-big for my 10 year-old mouth bite was lodged in my throat, and i began to gasp for air. i panicked, and my face turned bright red. i ran towards the refrigerator, scrambling for anything liquid; milk. water. juice. beer. anything. i believe it was a half gallon of fat free milk saved my life tha...

*image by b_recktor c/o photobucket so Polaroid cameras and instant film are pretty much a thing of the past. you can still get the instant film, but Polaroid won't be making any new cameras or film. you can hit up ebay and pay upwards of $100.00 for a few packs (10 photos to a pack usually), or you can do what i did, and impulsively buy up any packs you see left in stores. i'm sorry, but the digital revolution can suck it. this is all their fault. i love film. it is not a dead art. i refuse to give in to that way of thinking. maybe someday, Polaroid will see the error of their ways, and start manufacturing the film again. until then, i'm going to buy up as many packs of film as i can, and i'm going to make every shot count. and speaking of shots..... i could shoot, shotgun, mainline, beerbong, or plain old sip this can 'o wonderful. just in time for summer, 21st amendment brewery in san francisco has made my year by finally releasing my favorite light beer for ret...

san jose, thou art my destiny. i have officially given up my san francisco sex and the (foggy) city fantasy. after much back and forth, i've come to the conclusion that i don't know if i could ever live in there. fun to play in? most definitely. awesome to explore? no doubt. easy to max out my credit cards? like you wouldn't believe. perhaps my personal journey will lead me to the perfect lower haight / castro flat overlooking alamo square park, but until then san jose will have to do. there are plenty of sj neighborhoods i'd like to call home. 1. japantown- 7 bamboo. need i say more? 2. the alameda- hipity hipsterish fun, if there is such a thing in san jose. 3. SOFA district- the people watching alone would be worth it. 4. willow glen- farmers market. vintage shops. cute houses. 5. east foothills- say wha? yeah. within walking distance of alum rock park, please. why all the talk of settling down? because, my faithful readers (all 3 of you), my life has suddenly taken ...

proudly presenting my newest find, a bosley b2 35mm camera circa 1945-1952: I love to go "junking" as my mom calls it. That is, i love thrift stores. Even as a child, a trip to the "junk shop" meant wonders beyond my wildest dreams were just a short car ride away. over the years, various books, records, sweaters, t-shirts, pieces of jewelry, mugs and drinking glasses, artwork, sunglasses, hats, purses, trinkets, and more recently, cameras have made their way into my possession. I haven't yet given up on finding a perfect pair of cowboy boots, and I will forever kick myself for not buying the vintage accordion i saw there last year, but other than that, most junk shops have been very good to me. My one I turn to most is Savers in Milpitas, Ca . Formerly Thrift Village , I can still recall the sign that hung above the store with it's large, dark blue scalloped letters that beckoned people to this village of thrift. In the 80s, i think it beckoned my mother be...

Cinequest Film Festival is taking over Downtown San Jose as we speak, and last night I went to the California Theatre to check out Tenacious DTour , a documentary that followed the D on their world tour in support of The Pick of Destiny . A funny thing happened when my friend and I went to pick out seats. We ended up sitting right next to Kyle Gass and his girlfriend. for those of you who aren't familiar with who he is, he's the other guy in the band who's not Jack Black. We had our momentary silent freak out when we realized it was him, at which point I quietly leaned over and told him he was awesome. He quietly thanked me, and normalcy was restored until a few kids came over asking for autographs. He obliged but soon realized the mini pencil he was given to sign with wasn't going to work. Thanks to my new Andy Warhol Happy Bug Day tote bag, complete with handy organizational top compartment, i had easy access to my pen. I handed it over with great joy, and he was abl...

i've never actually read that book, but i knew it has something to do with periods. i just read up on it thanks to wikipedia, and now i'm more intrigued than ever. for some reason, i want to get the 1st edition copy. i think i like the cover or something. i have been in a rut for the last couple of months, and things are starting to look up. the process is going slower than i would like however, so to cut the bordom, i do impulsive things, like cut my hair. normally, this sentence would be followed by the strategic placement of a photo of me and my new haircut. Alas, i still haven't purchased a new digital camera, so the world gets a break from the hundreds of self-portraits i usually take each month. Let's just say that i got my hair cut at a salon chain, but i decided i needed something more drastic, so last night at 11:30 PM, i got out the scissors and hacked my bangs into practical non-existence. looking for a new place to meet cute men? try a cigar tasting. i went...

i'm not as young as i used to be. this is a fact, that, for the most part, really hasn't hit me yet. next month marks the sixth anniversary of my 21st birthday. It doesn't feel like it, but that was a long time ago! Yesterday at work, i was chatting with my co-worker when we got to the age question. I knew she was young, but i thought she was about 20. However, she is 18 (soon to be 19). That isn't much different than 20, but for some reason, it was like she entered into a whole other generation. wait, isn't she? Am I immature, or are kids these days wiser than i was at their age? When I was 19, 26 was ancient. Am I ancient? I guess the reason for this crisis, is that at my now ripe old age of 26, many of my contemporaries have settled down with a 401k, a house, a boyfriend (or in some cases, a husband), and maybe a kid or two. Aside frome the 401k and the boyfriend (or at least a steady string of romantic distractions), I don't see these things for myself in t...

right now, flower shops all around are scrambling to finish the 500 or so deliveries they have make today, and men all around are srambling to find a flower shop that has any red roses left. i used to work in a flower shop. it's not impossible for a guy to find red roses on valentine's day, especially at 8am. Even at 6pm, they might still be able to scrounge up a dozen red roses in a vase. i have 3 problems with this scenario: 1. these will most likey be arranged with leatherfern and baby's breath, and put in a cheesy vase. 2. these red roses will be the most sad and pathetic looking flowers in the entire shop. 3. these red roses with their leather fern and baby's breath will cost sed men roughly $115.00 including tax, give or take a few bucks. last year, i was trying helping several men at 6pm on valentine's day. 7 out of 10 guys i helped wanted, you guessed it, red roses. As our suppilies began to dwindle, but the number of customers stayed constant, I attempted t...

okay, not really. If she had been, though, it wouldn't surprise me one bit. this woman is hell on wheels. My mom is 67 today, and i'm being totally honest when i say she does not look it. she says that my sisters and i, and their kids and husbands, keep her young, but i think she has just plain old- fashioned taken good care of herself. she eats well, excercises regularly, doesn't wear much makeup, and never goes outside without sunscreen covering every exposed inch of her skin. It has been a rough couple of years for her. her mom and my dad died within a year of each other, and you can tell she is more melancholy than she used to be. She has a strong faith in god, and a strength and courage about her that one can only stand back and envy. after enduring more than her share of stress, she is finally is going to take a break. thursday she is flying to seattle for two weeks to attend a women's retreat and spend some time with her newly retired sister. I have a feeling thi...