the how to guide:

Talk about setting the bar.

Heads Will Roll

I know I will have to see this, regardless of the reviews it receives.

In other news, the new YYYs album has proven to be quite a conversational piece in the office. Listening to it seems to draw people to my desk to sit & converse about the fluidity of it or Karen O's batshit crazy personality. This also makes me feel a lot less guilty about playing it every other day. I feel ridiculously on top of my shit & am now kind of bored. Nate & Fish (the two dudes I work most closely with, aside from my boss,) are over at AOL hanging out with the Rejects for their AOL sessions. I had to tell this dude who's been harassing me about his "fantasy musical" he sent over last week that unfortunately, we won't be able to help him with it. I listened to his heart break over the phone. He then asked if I could send his tattered 3-ring binder back to NY and/or whose door he should knock on next. I felt bad and wanted to tell him to keep on trying even though I read his script and know that the answer, no matter where he turns, will be "Pass."

I'm almost finished with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance & hate putting it down to live life. I've underlined so many excerpts and have even considered the fantasy of going on a motorcycle trip with some friends across a couple states. Sike. I still hate motorcycles as much as I always have but it has given me a new understanding for other people's love for them and the freedom they bring. I'm also a little into Dharma Bums and look forward to getting into East of Eden and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. Sometimes I wish I could pause everything to just sit & get all of the reading in I'm salivating over. I have this insatiable appetite for literature and the list of books just keeps growing.

I don't know what I'm going to do with out my Lost party tomorrow, it's become my absolute favorite part of the work week. Maybe I will cave & just go to the Pike w everyone-or maybe I will sit at home with some wine and read.

Betsy's baby shower is this weekend, it seems sureal to me. Life is moving fast right now & I just want to get the absolute most out of all of it.

and on one last note, have any of you guys been paying attention to the fashion shows the past couple weeks?? I haven't posted anything on them because there have just been too many amazing collections, I would'nt even known where to begin. Amazing.

I'm a Gangsta, Miss Katie.

So thankful for 3day weekends!  The day before Valentine's day brought on a more gothic, VDay party, given it was held on Friday the 13th.  Some people really went all out.

Saturday I was taken to a charming little wine bar in Seal Beach.  Good wine, good food, good company.  Seal Beach has lots of good restaurants, it's just the bars I have trouble dealing with.   From now on, I vote we keep our adventures (if outside of LB,) more Silverlake/downtown LA centered. 

Sunday night friends came over to watch Hood of the Living Dead and play some Wii.  Saturday x2.  

Looking forward to this week.

Pre-Valentine's Day Dinner Social Party Dance off.

Saturday a group of us got together to cook a ridiculous amount of food for our (Sara's) dinner party. I think the pictures below say it all.
(Thank you to everyone who made it out!!)
























































Lots of fun with good friends...no noise complaints, I'm on a rolllll.

Please deliver to my desk asap:

thnx.

How Cool Is This?

iPhone sketches by Stef Kardos...almost makes me want an iPhone--almost

got a machine head.

Being a weekend warrior is not all that bad.  Admitting that I'm somewhat a part of that clan is like nails on a chalkboard;  mostly for the fact that it reminds me of how horribly I spoke of "those people" while I was still in school.  I avoided certain bars like a plague because I assumed they'd be out on the prowl and ruin my evening of fun.  Well guess what?   I fall into that category right now & I am not down to destroy anyone's evening-only make it better.

Friday, we went to the Prospector.  We sang karaoke and then I ditched everyone to meet up with some other friends at the Pike.  Ran into more people than expected and had more fun than expected.

amazing?

I've noticed that in general my emails, texts and blog posts, have all started in industry shorthand and it's weird.  I have to stop myself, because no one else in their right mind communicates like that.  I've acclimated to this new life pretty well, (aside from one bump last week : )  After an incredibly full weekend, Sara and I joined a modest group of 15+ to not really watch the Superbowl.

The above picture is of the few people who were actually interested enough to watch.  The rest of us sat outside on blankets and drank, smoked &  talked about things we considered slightly more important in life.  I'll watch the "best" Superbowl commercials on Youtube at work tomorrow.  I'm actually really excited to wake up at 5:45 tomorrow--or at least hit snooze until then.  The honeymoon is still going strong.