prince wanted about 40 people to come over and watch him and his band do a little (2 hour) jam sesh.
today i see on scotts blog that he has sweet video up of prince rehearsing way back in the day.
just the blatant theft of james browns moves is fascinating.
fascinating because prince actually does take it to another level.
yankees suck tested positive for steroids, knew about it, lied about it, failed
birthday pre party for this excellent dude i sorta knew in college.
pretty girl at the bar said whatll be and that jack daniels bottle just looked so good. i dont even drink that stuff.
she poured some over ice and the coke bottle looked so good.
i was mesmerized by packaging.
once again.
she stirred it, handed me a cocktail napkin and it was good, america.
considered a second one when my date asked me to taker back to lawndale. half hour later we’re at her place. half hour later a doors being slammed and a dog starts barking.
its been raining and at night, late, when the right lights hit it,
taking this long tall freeway curve from the 105 east to the 110 heading back home to hollywood couldnt be more beautiful.
LA, better in person.
which is always a thrill cuz lots of people read it. but also pretty scary cuz lots of people read it. but mostly really fun cuz lots of people read it.
the first few posts are always hard, but then it gets easier, then it gets to the point where i dont wanna stop and theres always lots of topics i can touch.
anyways, here are the posts that i wrote today
Cher: “I don’t know why anyone would want to be a Republican”
Fewer Republicans today find Rush Limbaugh unfavorable than in 2003, says Gallup
Joe Biden optimistic about Iraq: “We are on the 20 yard-line and moving in”
How will you celebrate Ronald Reagan Day?
take yr chances, ask ur questions, impress yore friends
ive often said that jen chung is the worlds greatest blogger. even though i work with a few who might give her a run for her money in the future, id say that right now shes still the best there is.
it appears the mayor of new york, etc are starting to agree.
Today marks a small step in the acceptance of blogs as legitimate news sources: Mayor Bloomberg took two questions from Gothamist’s Jen Chung during a press conference about a mysterious maple syrup smell. But more than four years after Gothamist first applied for official press credentials, neither Chung nor anybody else associated with the website has received any.
Gothamist is a hugely popular, and highly credible, website. It gets 4.8 million pageviews a month, compared to 1.9 million for the New York Observer and just 15,000 for the Brooklyn Paper — both of which have no difficulty at all getting credentials. – Portfolio
what she and jake have done is even more admirable the more i learn what all of this is.
and as good of a conversation as it is at the beginning
it gets way better around 32:50
on your favorite west coast news blogs
Etta James hates on Beyonce and Obama – Top of the Ticket
Octuplets mom said she wanted a huge family, also she was once awarded $170k during a riot in state hospital – LA Now
Pageviews at LATimes.com increased by 42% in January. Blog traffic in 1/08 = 4 million; in 1/09 = 14 million – Reader’s Rep
Amazing picture of 100 cement donkeys filled with pounds of weed – Unleashed
The similarities between Kermit the Frog and Christian Bale – Hero Complex
Google just put 1.5 million free books on your cell phone – Technology
Even though auto sales were down 37% in January, sales of the Dodge Viper were up 74%, the award-winning Dan Neil explains why – Up to Speed
but this is ridic
you may have heard about the Santa Claus killer who killed a bunch of people starting with a little kid who answered the door, and then set the house on fire. apparently the landlord of one of the deceased is asking for back rent and an early exit charge.
stay classy, landlords of america!
never a good idea to surprise a member of the xbi at his home in the dark.
especially when hes bearing Midnight Tacos.
the plan was to run around the block a few times after work. when i told her this during the day i never thought that she would actually *want* to run with me. and once she was there suddenly i didnt wanna run, i wanted to, ahem, talk basketball.
arent you glad nothing in here is true?
she wrestled out of my grasp and said no im here to run with you, so put on your shorts and lets go. i said but what about my tacos. she was all you cant eat before you run, you’ll get cramps. i was all yeah, eat, rest/makeout for an hour, then run. she said no, lets run now and then eat tacos.
so i got into my shorts, slipped on my basketball shoes, and put on my UCSB football hoodie (“undefeated since 1992“) and saw her popping cherries into her mouth. i was all, what happened to no eating before running? she said you can have a few cherries if you want – in fact theyre delicious try one! but i dont like cherries i said. she saw my shoes and said whats going on with those basketball shoes dont you have any cross trainers?
cross trainers?
and this is precisely why i dont work out with pretty much anyone but karisa. its such an ordeal. theres so much judging. there are “outfits” and “proper equipment”. i was all Zola Budd didnt even have shoes, why are we debating these things.
got running and after the first block i was pooped. she was all dont stop! i was all ok but slow down. after a while i was doing better. in fact i ran completely around my block and i wasnt dead. must have been the hiking with karisa, so we tried another block but clipper girls cousin was all “faster” and i was all im gonna do this slower. and i was like some old boxer out there. slow but steady. two blocks. then three. then i saw a burger king at the end of the third block and i said we should reward ourselves.
she was all oh hell no. i was like lets just run through the parking lot and smell whats going on in there. she was like fine, we can SMELL. we ran three laps in the parking lot smelling. then headed home. then showered. then ate the tacos. then watched Idol and booed when bikini girl was booted.