touchdown (redeye)

a planner's valentine

the arterial roads around UCLA (hilgard, veteran, wilshire and sunset).

the world according to alaska

the new monorail?

maglev in LA?

holiday giftgiving

a guide from treehugger.

and yeah, i do hug trees in my spare time. fuck all ya'll.

when time slows down

this weekend i: hosted my first thanksgiving, travelled 800 miles by car, made my first stuffing, saw two dear friends married, wandered around an amazing beautiful yayoi kusama room, received noise complaints from the neighbors, both flashed someone and was flashed, freaked out over my dress, cried with happiness, had my first interaction with the miracle of fashion tape, read the phrase "human beings are amnesia machines," met both my boyfriend's best friend and his sister in one drunken episode, made out on the goldsmith overlook, listened to half of two books on tape, barely managed to keep my cool, witnessed the unfortunate sprawl of phoenix, arizona, shot two rolls of film and came *this* close to buying a robot at target.

there's probably more, i just can't remember.

why i'm giving thanks

10 hours

5 people (plus luggage)

1 not-so-big car

we managed not to kill each other

we're having 22 people over for thanksgiving

god help us.

la in elevation

bright lights big city

the future times square of los angeles.

we'll fill our mouths with cinnamon

my mom and dad are in town. we're baking cookies.

in honor of them:

sons and daughters - the decemberists

i'm getting a gold tooth

jealous?

in my head at the moment

fidelity - regina spektor

what's the use - jamie lidell

tickets to crickets - ferraby lionheart

pico station

yoga is a journey, not a destination

as i stretched and flexed my way through yoga today, i began to notice how much my flexibility has improved. for those not in the know, my lower body is about as flexible as dried pasta.

i was kind of pleased with myself - after all, i've been practicing yoga for 4 years. strength came quickly, but the flexibility has been difficult. today's class was quite heartening.

until i remembered that my dentist had fed me a muscle relaxer this morning.

sigh.

equal parts pathetic and disgusting

O.J. Simpson to explain how he could 'hypothetically' have committed murders.

from the la times.

correction: measure h

in my earlier excited election exuberance i erroneously engraved that measure h was effectively elected to endow the city of los angeles with extensive equity to erect equitable economical edifices.

i was wrong.

lying down looking up

lesson learned

no more zombie movies before bedtime.

sam chats with a new friend