Amy Winehouse

Wow, this is a very beautiful and fitting eulogy for Amy Winehouse by her good friend, Russell Brand.

5 Acts of Nature...

That Changed the Face of the Planet!

This list is somewhat reassuring, oddly. If all these crazy things have happened to the planet, then all the stuff that's going on now with earthquakes and tsunamis and volcanoes is just a normal part of how nature works. And NOT signs of the apocalypse or anything other stupid thing crazy people are claiming.

Cracked is totally my new favorite website, btw.

Earless Is The New Earful

The bunny has no ears!

I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand, this is terrible... but on the other hand, this is adorable!

Boot Camp

Today was the last class of my first Boot Camp session!! It’s been so great, and really challenging. It’s such a great work out. Working out in a group makes me feel like I need to push myself more to keep up with everyone else. Plus, this way I don’t have to go to a gym or something and try to figure out what to do myself.

I feel so much more in shape than I was when I started, and I’ve been eating a lot healthier as well. I’ve lot a bit of weight and have more energy. I even signed up for the next session, along with a couple of my co-workers!

Dodger Game

Last week, my office took a work field trip to see a Dodger game! I’ve never seen a baseball game before, so this was a brand new experience for me. We had pretty decent seats that were in the shade, thankfully, since it was pretty warm out in the sun!

We had a ton of great food to eat, include the world famous Dodger Dogs! The Dodgers unfortunately lost the game, but everyone had a great time hanging out outside of the office on a workday!

Scent Bar

Last week, my boss wanted to have an event for some clients at a perfume mixing place. I had searched high and low for a place that could do any kind of perfume thing - mixing or matching or whatever. Finally, I found this awesome place by the Beverly Center called Scent Bar. They have every kind of popular and obscure perfume you could imagine, and the people who work there are ridiculously knowledgeable about every single perfume. It reminded me of going wine tasting, where the sommelier can pontificate about every single wine you taste.

Prior to the event, everyone filled out a questionnaire about likes and dislikes, and general personality stuff. The staff at Scent Bar then matched 3 perfumes for each person. During the event, they then spoke at length about each perfume that was chosen for each person. Then we each chose a perfume to purchase; some bought a perfume that had been recommended for them; but not all. I myself chose a perfume by Juliette Has A Gun, named Not A Perfume.

Garage Sales

The City of West Hollywood hosted a garage sale this weekend. Or, really, a bunch of people throughout the area all put on garage sales on the same day. I have fond memories of hitting up garage sales on the weekends with my parents growing up, and even having a few of our own. This totally makes me an expert on the subject, and as such, I have some suggestions for the people who, rather ineptly, tried to sell their stuff.

First of all, no one wants junk. Seriously. Don’t try to sell stuff that really should be put in the trash. One person’s trash is everyone’s trash. Seriously. Second, price everything!! Don’t make your customers have to ask what the price is on everything they are interested in. If there’s no price, I am far less inclined to want to buy something than if it had a price tag already on it. Next, have things in some sort of order. Books with books, clothes with clothes, toys with toys. Don’t just have everything in boxes for your customers to sort through. Have them laid out neatly where they are visible. Also, price things reasonably. People who come to garage sales are not prepared to lay down big money, and definitely don’t want to pay near full price for things that are clearly used.

I had thought these things would be fairly self-evident but clearly not. I didn’t even find one single thing worthy of purchase (though my boyfriend did find several books to buy). Most of my enjoyment lay in walking around parts of the neighborhood I had never been to before.

Smodcast

On Saturday, I went to a live taping of Kevin Smith’s podcast, Smodcast, at the Jon Lovtiz Comedy Club at Universal Citywalk. He’s only done a few tapings of the show live; most are done with his partner, Scott Mosier, at his home.

The show was entertaining, though I thought it wasn’t as funny as some other episodes are. The venue was pretty nice too, small enough that every seat was pretty close to the stage. They do a couple of the other shows in the Smodcast Podcast network here, and I’m looking forward to seeing them there sometime.

My Drunk Kitchen

I love this web series!! If I cooked, this is probably something like it would go.

Madame Toussaud’s

On Saturday, I went to Madame Toussaud’s, the place with all the celebrity wax figures.. Wax figures are creepy. They just are. They look like real people (some more than others), but you can stand closer to them than societal norms usually allow and stare. The best thing about that place probably is taking pictures with them.
There were singers, like Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Actors like Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Will Smith, Johnny Depp. Classic actors like Audrey Hepburn, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, And of course, Ryan Seacrest. That guy’s everywhere.

My favorites where Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, wearing the green curtain dress from Gone with the Wind, Sarah Michelle Gellar in a classic Buffy pose (chick is SKINNY), and Jack Nicholson, looking just like he used to at the Oscars. He was even in a row of seats and everything! I sat next to him for a picture and it looked almost real.

Most of them looked pretty good, if a little unnaturally shiny. A couple looked pretty bad, either just a bad job from the start, or poor aging - like Nicole Kidman and Tom Hanks.

The coupon I used included a wax hand dip, which meant I could get a wax mold of my own hand. It was kind of cool - you made whatever shape you want with your hand (I chose to make the longhorn symbol, because why not), then dip it into hot wax. Then dip it in cold water, then dip it in dye, then let it set. They stretched it a bit so you can get your hand out, and then it’s done!

It’s one of those places that you probably really only need to do once, but you should definitely go that one time, because... why not?