I decided that I have to get used to doing things on my own. All of my friends in these parts live a good distance away, and it can get frustrating. You have to plan things way in advance. So tonight, there was an event I really wanted to go to. Get this - the Mountain Goats and the Annuals played the Museum of Natural Science, preceded by a ( Read more... )

I feel kinda accomplished. I've signed up with a temp agency, have watched a film almost every day and have at least written drafts of blog entries about them, got my bike put back together (with the help of Helen's bike shop, I am useless with tools), written thank you letters for graduation gifts, registered with a temp agency, researched ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I lay in the sun and read a book. This was a good activity, which I highly recommend as long as you wear sunglasses. The book reading occurred after I utterly failed to put together my bicycle. I got fed up and had chain grease all over me, so I put my bike away and gave up. I missed the sun more than I thought I did ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things to do in L.A. was to drive around by myself. I would go to the beach, Hollywood, friends' houses. This is bad for the environment and my wallet. I much as I <3 the environment and having enough money to live on, it is pretty sad that I can't just go for a drive anymore. It gave me a way to get out of the house and away ( Read more... )

Disappointments:

1. Getting good advice from someone you hate
2. Never really knowing how someone feels about you
3. Never really knowing the truth about anything
4. The sinking feeling that the thing you're looking forward to just isn't going to happen
5. Moving back in with your parents

I'm back at home ( Read more... )

I guess you actually have to write sometimes. I'm realizing that I've written in spurts, based on relative business. For once, I don't have a ton of reading to do and everyone I know does. So, writing here ( Read more... )

SPACE PENGIN! has a show on Saturday, but it feels like we just played one (um, because we did). My brother and I did a music transfer before I left home, and I'm really glad that it happened. My roommates keep asking about what I'm playing. On that subject, open letter to my roommates: whoever is growing a new life form in the old applesauce jar ( Read more... )

Looked at banjos at McCabe's today *drools*. Probably going back to do the same tomorrow. I've decided that an open-back is the way to go, since I mostly play in groups of friends where the resonator on the one I'm borrowing makes me far too loud (pretty embarrassing when you can't really play yet), but haven't made up my mind on anything else ( Read more... )

I honestly can't think of a better idea than pumpkin flan right now. That stuff is delicious. Also, this marks the first time that i partook (that a word?) in the wine drinking at thanksgiving. As is typical of tipsy me, I didn't do anything stupid. Sometimes I long for times without my better judgment, because it's always on overdrive to the ( Read more... )