mark horvath, @hardlynormal, a man who justly won $50,000 earlier this year for his hard work putting a spotlight on homelessness, made his way to glendale this morning to show the conditions hundreds of poor people were shoved out into because bureaucrats decided not to have a meeting friday, he alleges.

all day on twitter i have been celebrating this long sustained rainstorm dumping down on the city of Angels, ignorant to the fact that there are tens of thousands of people cold and wet all around me without shelter.

while there is no easy solution to cure homelessness in the immediate future, mr horvath rightfully shows how thousands could have stayed asleep, safe, and dry this morning when most of us were enjoying the sleep of the just.

.. and here we are at May

immigration rally, downtown la, may day
heightened by the controversial arizona law

hollywood blvd, may 2
karisa celebrates her birthday

manchester blvd, mothers day
missed my mom so i got food that reminded me of her

hollywood, may 14
sass and candice join the movie club

my desk, may 17
a very sweet surprise

hollywood, may 20
a double feature: tony clifton at the comedy store; macgruber midnite movie at the grove

las vegas, may 23-24
another boring weekend in the desert

la times, may 25
some of the superstars get recognized by the editor and publisher

church & state, may 27
sometimes its fun to make yr friends freeze mid-conversation

downtown la, may 28
rip gary coleman

downtown la, may 29
almost all of my superhero secrets involve rudimentary time travel and wigs

, it might be God’s way of telling me the Cubs are forever doomed

i had some of the most interesting dinners this week with a variety of people.

on Tuesday i dined with a ucsb gaucho who basically taught me that indeed i pre-judge people foolishly and would probably be better off knocking that ish off.

people are dying to break molds. its what we do. white rappers, black presidents, jews for jesus.

so throughout the week i did my best to just let the people be who theyre gonna be with a concerted effort to notice when i was prejudging instead of being open.

because im a ridiculously flawed man this wasnt easy but i must say it was a great week, kicked off by a random encounter that woudnta happen if it wasnt for the fond feelings i have for my alma matter. and the moxie of a young lady.

last night was even better than that, and tonight im being treated to the stand up comedy of ms kathy griffin where i am told they serve nachos. with cheese.

all i ask is that this good fortune continues through monday when the bears appear on national tv on monday night football versus the minnesota vikings outside in the cold, snow, and ice.

, next up.. april 2010

la times, april 1
one baby changes everything

angels flight, april 2
lunch with some of the ladies of brand x on the way to starry kitchen

palm springs, easter
romantico italiano weekendo with the truest

holmby hills, april 9
somehow i was invited to the mansion on hef’s 84th birthday to interview him

city hall, april 12
to honor a former lapd officer who was killed in iraq they brought a similar vehicle he was killed in to the lapd hq

club nokia, april 13
karisa and i had such a weird time at the PiL show, in part because we were shushed for talking too loudly while in the pit

arclight, hollywood, april 16
in the lobby after seeing the second best film i saw all year

house of blues, sunset strip, april 18
how was bad religion? not bad.

henry fonda theatre, april 23
how was hole? not bad

ucla festival of books, april 24
creepiest thing i saw all month

the echo, april 28
juliette and the licks, yes thats juliette opening the show while playing drums

cyberspace, april 29
my employer thought it would be a good idea to have the public chat with me, strangely it ended well

it would be funny if they had signs that said “yay, everything is raw flesh!”

ok thatd be gross, but still

and then watched “Threesome”

maybe thats what Darth Vader loved about her

h/t goldenfiddlr, who is always out of this world

im just busy painting people’s pets at night

and writing about crazy people in Florida for the new LA Times blog Chatter in the day

but you are always in my heart.

especially now, during this holiday season.

theyre different than they used to be. and less specific, but theyre there.

theyve never been about stuff. but when theyre not about stuff you get stuff.

theyre more about being understood. about bonding intellectually. about being trusted

and trusting.

when i was in high school id be blown away if a pretty girl liked the same stuff i liked.

omg you love the blues brothers tooooooo????

its not like that. but more like, lets say whats ever on our minds for the next 15 mins.

no matter what comes out.

no matter how you may feel about me tomorrow. lets just say it. n do it.

once upon a time this very blog used to be where we’d all play that lil game.

now its snot. thats ok. everything changes. courage wanes. dreams adjust.

but one thing that remains is that i wanna do stuff with people.

all sorts of stuff. not all of them dirty.

but not all of them sweet.