Its been a good year

Thinking back on where I was last year at this exact time and where I am this year (physically the EXACT same place but mentally...), its enough to make anyone's head spin.

Anyways, I'm not one to make new year's resolutions because, like "diets" they're vaguely impossible to stick to for life. But, I do belive in goals. And, I'm REALLY good at goals. Here are my goals for the coming year:

To have the amount in my savings account match the amount in my 401k;
To participate in this project; and
To get Dick properly trained.

Sure there are lots of little things to talk about like maybe one day having my own house and stuff like that, but for the most part, I live a pretty gosh darn fabulously good life and I'm happy (even if I do hate people). So yeah, I've got three goals and I'm ok with that. What are yours?

We'll see where we're at this time next year. We can meet at the same place...I'll be in bed, with my fabulously glamorous cloud sheets, you'll be somewhere in cyberspace.

For all of you who think L.A. doesn't have weather

Fooey I say! We have weather. Sometimes water falls from the sky; sometimes it goes under 50 degrees; sometimes we have winds so strong that buildings built on rollers for earthquakes sway and windows bust out. On Friday December 22nd, we had the winds.

Actual quote regarding the wind:

"I almost didn't make it to work today. I had to walk [one block] and I almost got blown into the street."

Chicago, you ain't got nothing on us. (Either that or the person who said the above quote is a wuss. But, really, that's up to you. But it was CRAZY windy. I was getting seasick in the building.)

Two posts in one day!

Yes, this may be a sign of the apocalypse. But, I just had to share my new fabulous light up (yes, it has an on/off switch for the LIGHTS!) hat.

I hope you had a very merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!

I don't know why, but I've just been in a craptastic mood these past few weeks. Maybe its the holidays, maybe its work, maybe its the fact that I have NOTHING TO WEAR...who knows. But, since it is Christmas, allow me to pull my head out of my @ss and give thanks:

• I have an amazing family (even if it is the world's smallest).
• I live in a beautiful house in a great neighborhood in one of the coolest cities in the world.
• I have two dogs that have more personality and love than most people.
• I have an amazing sig. other (even if he doesn't read my blog).
• I have wonderful friends (even if a few of them live in the wrong state or country.)
• I have travelled to as many states this year as I have my entire life.
• I have been to trial and learned Concordance.
• I have been healthier this year than any other I can remember.
• I learned to like hot green tea.
• I had my grandfather in L.A. for the first time in 25 years.
• I hit my never-in-a-million-years ideal body weight and saw pictures of myself looking like a bobblehead. (No, I'm not still at that weight.)

I know there's lots more but its Christmas and if I don't get to sleep soon, Santa won't bring me my gifts and some other size 10 might end up with my new clothes and we really can't have that since I still have NOTHING TO WEAR even if I am being thankful.

And doG bless us, everyone.

Actual Conversation

Two fabulous looking females on their way to shopping and dinner (in that order):

J: Blah, blah, blah, blah
K: What's that?
J: Oh my god, is that water?
K: Rain?
J: What do we do?
K: We could go back to the house to get umbrellas.
J: Uh, ok. I think I have one in my car.

Yeah, an actual conversation from two women, both with college degrees I might add, who after being told for the past WEEK by the nightly news that we'd be getting RAIN were oddly confused by the wet stuff falling from the sky.

Another Celebrity Sighting

Ok, this one I didn't see but it came from a very reliable source. I'm not sure how I feel about celebrities haunting my favorite hole in the wall type of cash-only restaurants. But, since this is the first time I've ever heard of someone famous in Ramen-Ya, I guess I can deal with it. I know, I know, I'm a giver.

Celebrity Sighting

So on my walk to work I pass an interesting little hotel. It calls itself a Beverly Hills hotel eventhough its located in Westwood. I mean, its a bit of a technicality since its about 1/2 mile from Beverly Hills, but still. I'm sure the rooms are nice as I always see beautiful cars (mixed with the usual random rental cars) out front. This morning I saw a lovely Rolls Royce that had obviously been parked there overnight. Just as I was wondering who'd have a chauffered car at the hotel I see the driver walk out of the hotel, and the passenger not far behind.

Random but cool.

A Couple of Public Service Announcements

1. Any person who says the following is lying:
"I just can't gain weight. I eat. But I just don't gain weight."

Normally you'll hear/read this from actresses who are so underweight you want to personally take them home with you and feed them a ham sandwich. Or, maybe that's just me. But, take it from a chick who's grown up around these people. They're lying. Well, let me rephrase. They don't know that they're lying. Here's the disconnect. They think they eat. I mean, a few vegetables a day counts as eating right. Having a meal and then spending a few hours in the gym counts as eating, right? Seriously. I'm not making this up. This goes on in this town. So, next time you hear/read them say that just know that they're not eating.

2. People on Reality TV are paid.

I know, this one has surprised quite a few people I know and a few of them are even in the business. Ok, again, lets look at this logically. If people are leaving homes, mortgages, wives, husbands, jobs and bills, don't you think they're being compensated? How else do they pay the rent back home while they're off on Paradise Island or being an Apprentice or becoming the Biggest Loser? From what I hear, it pays pretty well. But, for my own purposes, one of my rules in life is not to be on tv, so the money wouldn't be worth it. But, like I said, that's just me.