The Fall is one of the most amazing movies I’ve seen in years… or ever. Saw it at the Landmark last night presented in perfect digital detail. If you loved Mirrormask or any Terry Gilliam movie, then I’d say go now to see this beautiful, imaginative, and touching film (Katie, you HAVE to see this!). It’s an ode to movie making, to a child’s view of the world, to life, to bonds, to storytelling, to fantasy… it’s remarkable. As Remi and I left the theatre, I remarked that I didn’t want to return to the real world. Sigh…
May 10th, 2008 at 07:06am
Just spent the past few days moving into our new home (and still crazy enough to manage two Duran Duran shows this weekend too.)
I’m sore, overwhelmed, full of emotions, thrilled, excited, tired, happy.
I love our new house. It doesn’t quite feel like our home yet because there’s boxes everywhere and we haven’t yet made it our own. But I know it will get there in time.
I love the view from our new house. Cars whizzing down below on the 10 freeway. Hollywood Hills and San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Hollywood sign visible from the roof of our garage. At night, the city lights are like glittery gems or fairies filling up the sky. Squirrels run all over the back and front yards. And the birds! It’s a haven for an amazing variety of birds. A family of hawks live in the tall redwood in our front yard. Finches uses puddles in our garden for baths. Songbirds wake us up to the rising sun every morning. It’s bliss.
To top it off, I saw my favorite band in the world with new and old friends. It’s always a reunion of sorts at shows like these. Meeting up with old pals and meeting new ones (randomly met someone from my Tiger List days last night). Both shows were incredible and quite emotional (for those who couldn’t be dancing with us). The guys sounded and looked fabulous. Their music always has a way to heal, to inspire, and to whip up crowds into a dancing frenzy. I’m looking forward to the San Diego show on Thursday as a nice way to cap off this tour.
And looking even more towards the future… of making our new house into our home and planning the next adventure, wherever it may take us.
ps. Happy Cinco de Mayo!
May 5th, 2008 at 10:55am
Sunday we moved out of our condo.
By Tuesday morning everything was cleaned up. Appliance manuals, extra light bulbs, cleaner for the stove, and laundry cards left for the new owners.
I have to admit, I got a little sad when we closed the front door and locked up for the last time. This condo was my very first place that was completely my own. While I’m excited for the new house, I will always have fond memories of this place.
We did our final walk through yesterday of the new house and passed off our condo keys to our agent.
Now we are awaiting the phone call this afternoon that the title change has gone through and we can pick up the keys to our new house!
Saturday we’ll be unloading the very full truck… and then the unpacking and decorating begins. More photos to come!
April 30th, 2008 at 07:53am
Since I’m so wired right now, I’m only capable of posting in list form. Barely.
- The new Phantom Planet album is so good it’s killing me.
- This remake better not happen!
- Getting your site hacked two times in a week BLOWS. People are such schmucks.
- OTH was awful for my ship this week (despite a beautiful 10 second scene at the end). And the spoilers are just getting worse and worse. Sigh.
- Packing/moving seriously sucks. I hope we don’t have to do this too many times in our lifetime.
- I’m ridiculously excited to get the keys to our new house. I’m not all that sad to be leaving our condo. I thought I would be, but right now, I can’t wait. Every time I hear the lady above us stomping around or when I have to do laundry… can’t freakin’ wait.
- I truly love my job, but right now, things are sad and sucky.
- Seeing Scissors for Lefty tonight couldn’t be better timing. I need a night to lose myself in music.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:31pm
So we still have to wait a few more weeks for them to actually perform on the Today Show (May 16). But yep… new album, new tour, new website, new pandemonium, all over again.
Better version and more on MSNBC. And good lord, Joe is still so freaking cute I can’t stand it. SIGH.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:02pm
ATTENTION NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK FANS
THE TIME: 7AM EST / FRIDAY APRIL 4th, 2008
THE PLACE: THE TODAY SHOW COURTYARD
ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 48TH/49TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
THE EVENT: BE THERE IF YOU ARE READY…
Just got that via email. There’s also new interview footage on MSN. I’m dreading this and can’t wait at the same time.
March 31st, 2008 at 01:36pm
It’s official. We’re going into escrow on a house we’ve totally fallen in love with. It’s 1.5 miles from my work. It’s close to many of the places we love. It’s got a view of Los Angeles. It’s got charm and potential and it’s move in ready. We’re beyond excited. Posted private photos on Flickr to show a little of the house. If you’re a friend on there you can see them. Will post more when we go for inspections and I can take my own photos. Running on coffee and cake today. So jittery it’s ridiculous. 
March 28th, 2008 at 05:17pm
I finally finished posting photos from our road trip last summer. Phew. I’ll probably make a set of just my favorite photos from the trip for those who don’t want to actually look at all of them since I know it’s a ridiculous amount.
Focusing energy on Flickr keeps me distracted from all this house hunting business. Just got news that all contingencies have been removed for the sale of our condo. And we’re putting in another counter offer on a house we’ve quickly fallen in love with tonight (not the long shot house from last week which didn’t pan out but we’re kinda glad that it didn’t in the long run). There’s been a little back and forth over a few items, but it’s looking extremely promising. We may know by Friday if we’re going into escrow on a house!!!!!!!!!! This makes me sick to my stomach from excitement, anticipation, fear, happiness, and shock.
To top it all off…. we might end up moving the weekend of the Duran Duran Nokia and Santa Barbara Bowl shows. I think it’s allllll good though. With Duran, it somehow, someway, always works itself out.
March 25th, 2008 at 03:39pm
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