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January 31, 2005
i'm shocked. truly.
Yahoo! News - Texas Teens Increased Sex After Abstinence Program
see now there's money well spent.
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*collapse*
ouch
Originally uploaded by in retrospect.
i've finally returned from three of the most grueling weeks i think of my entire career. three 4-day meetings back to back in three different cities.
this is how my poor feet looked on the very last day, swollen battered blistered, and frankly real ugly.
but the meetings were a great success, and for the first time in my experience managing these meetings, i came back to my hotel room for a holly hunter bradcast news moment to find flowers delivered from one of the executives as a thank you.
which almost made it worth it. almost.
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January 16, 2005
the biznisss
i've started watching unscripted on hbo. i've only seen a couple of episodes...and each and every time i get my panties in a bunch. each and every time.
maybe it's my disdain for the insidiouness of the "industry" in los angeles, the very thing that gave me pause upon my migration to the southland from my precious san francisco, and you can kind of smell it everywhere. over the last three years i've learned to do my best to sidestep the scene the best i can. filter out the writers, wannabe actors, grips (well except for that one very cute 24-year-old i couldn't resist...*blush*), directors and random west side star sightings i manage to navigate fairly well between and through the superficiality of living in los angeles.
but watching this show is like witnessing a train wreck...i just cannot seem to look away. i am perplexed by the flocks of people that flood into los angeles to be a part of an industry that is so blatantly brutal, vicious, backstabbing and tears apart the very people that are falling all over themselves just for the mere opportunity to stand on the sidelines.
totally perplexing.
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January 15, 2005
gag reflex
curled in front of my fireplace this morning, eating my breakfast of an omelet, latte and croissant from the french market i've been happily reading stiff -- a book about the curious lives of cadavers. mysteriously i have no problem reading through the copious details of human decomposition while eating my omelet.
i DO however have a very serious issue with discovering a single hair in my food. a serious gagging, retching, close to vomiting problem. i cannot eat around it, pick through it, nothing close to even considering finishing a plate of food where i have found, run into, spotted, or god forbid chewed through hair.
ack. my stomach turns just thinking about it. not to mention it ruined my fabulous feta/spinach/mushroom omelet on this fine saturday morning.
*sigh*
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January 09, 2005
LA: light / motion / dreams
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made it out to the museum of natural history friday night for an evening of music and art (la remixed as it were)--and wandered through the exhibit of LA: light/motion/dreams. i'm not usually impressed with installation art, but this exhibit was exceptional.
if you are local, i highly recommend trying to catch it while it's still going on. erm, looking at the site i guess that means...today. so hurry up!
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January 06, 2005
lunch against the backdrop of my to do list
lunch against the backdrop of my to do list
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what was it i was saying about focusing less on work stuff? as i am going on my fourth 14-hour day here in the office
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bad sign.
checking my horoscope this morning...well, this just doesn't sound all that good.
LEO: You needed an ocean liner; what you got was a kayak. Make do the best you can.
yeah, you're telling me.
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January 01, 2005
i resolve '05
it's that time again. i'm going to shave the list to just a few things i can really focus on. i sometimes get so carried away in my oh so endless number of things i want to accomplish, and still find myself sliding down the path of least resistance.
this year i resolve:
1. i resolve to love my loved ones. to expend more energy and attention on the people i love. and less energy at work. i resolve to prioritize according to those who will never consider me expendable.
2. i resolve to sit down less. i sit down too much at the computer, reading books, drinking cocktails, watching movies, watching cable, sitting in meetings, sitting down for lunch, cramped in airplanes, reclining out on the front patio reading a newspaper, it's just altogether too much sitting.
3. i resolve to invest in experiences, not things. running through my expenses, i was shocked at the portion of my income that goes toward stuff i think i just have to have. to quote gloria steinham, "We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs." well, aside from my ACLU membership dues, i'm ashamed of myself.
in the spirit of keeping it simple i'm keeping the number of resolutions to three.
happy new year to all, i hope it finds you well.
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