LA is Burning

Dear Los Angeles,

Enough already. Seriously, just stop it. All these earthquakes and fires and mudslides and pollution and botched plastic surgeries--ENOUGH! Well mostly enough when it comes to the natural disasters. I don't like looking up at the sky on a Saturday, when I am enjoying what should be a lovely day at the beach, and seeing some giant mushroom cloud of smoke over the city. Nor am I okay with it being late Saturday night when I might be enjoying some libations with a few friends and I see that parts of the hills are in flames like it's that one scene in The Lord of the Rings when they light up all those watch towers. And there's no pretty soundtrack playing in my version.

And sure, yeah, SURE--the fires make for nice time lapse videos online but I'm not down with the smoke in the air and the oppressive heat. And I am not even that close to ground zero!

So on second thought, maybe this should be an open letter to the Santa Ana winds who probably have something to do with the most recent fires, but you know I am just over LA and it's natural disaster issues.

Sincerely,
Stamos

P.S. Time lapse videos, because they are pretty:

Time Lapse Test: Station Fire from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

Timelapse - Los Angeles Wildfire from Dan B. on Vimeo.

I AM BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH JOY!

I am filled with joy and EXUBERANCE today, my dear readers. Why, oh why? LET ME TELL YOU IN A NIFTY LIST FORMAT. GOLLY GEE I LOVE MAKING LISTS!

1) I love World Music. I do. I want to shout it on a mountain top. I feel like since Coachella my deep love for this genre of jams has been reignited and not only have I been discovering some great LA venues to catch new acts (like Afro Funk night at ZANZIBAR), but I have been discovering new HOT BEATS online.

2) I am wearing A NEON ORANGE SHIRT TODAY WITH PAINT SPLATTERS OF OTHER NEON COLORS ON IT. I AM PUSHING THE CASUAL FRIDAY DRESS CODE. I like to LIVE ON THE EDGE.

3) Tonight I am going to see EARTH. Finally! At long last... if you go back and look at my post from Earth Day 2008 when I first talk about my excitement for the film you may recall my claim that I was going to see it on Earth Day 2009. Well. I didn't. BUT I AM GOING TO SEE IT TONIGHT.

4) Tomorrow is Annie's birthday and her birthday party (conveniently at the same dive bar where DiTonto and I had our party) and it is destined to be an epic evening. WHY? Besides celebrating the birth of this fabulous lady, the theme is CROQUET (because she loves Alice in Wonderland) and we have leftover GLOWSTICKS from Coachella. YES, I SAID GLOWSTICKS. I TOO ENJOY A GOOD GLOWSTICK EVERY NOW AND THEN.

5) When KO was in town she introduced me to the phenomenon that is FLEA MARKET MONTGOMERY. It is HEAVEN.



Living rooms. Bedrooms. Dinettes. OH YEAH!

I LOVE NATURE! AND THE EARTH! AND SCIENCE!

Happy Earth Day everyone!

I am wearing GREEN in celebration (see I can't get my act together for St. Patty's Day but for a day that celebrates recycling and Gaia and hippie love, no problemo). I look kind of weird actually (what else is new? Although a lady at the gym this morning said I looked cute so I decided not second guess the look and go with it). I am wearing a neon green tank, a high waisted kelly green skirt, a short sleeve beige cardigan, a gold braided belt around the waistline of the whole ensemble. And my TOMS. I love Toms. KO was just visiting and informed me that Toms are apparently NOT available on the East Coast, or at least, no one there is wearing them. So all you East Coasters--buy a pair of Toms! For every pair you purchase, a child in need gets a pair too!

NOW GO HUG A TREE!

Meet Horace

Today my "cubemate" gave me a plant. He inherited it and decided it was time to put some foliage on my desk (even though our desks are connected--I think it was just taking up too much space or something). I named the plant Horace.

Meet Horace:



Isn't he lovely?

On a side note, anyone have idea what kind of plant Horace might be? Suggestions appreciated.

I HAVE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT THAT RESULTS IN THE SENSATION OF NEEDING TO PEE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS MOVIE

I LOVE PLANET EARTH. The TV Show, the actual planet, ALL OF IT. I love learning too. OH MY GOODNESS I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW FOR THE LEARNING AND THE PLANET AND THE ANIMALS.

Why this sudden desire to (over)share? BECAUSE OF DISNEY NATURE and for EARTH DAY 2009 and for the movie EARTH.

Yes, I KNOW I have posted about this before, and even the trailer. But seriously, watching it again and with the totally fucking badass voice of James Earl Jones and the symphonies of Sigur Ros and the whole shebang, I just get that total nervous pee feeling where I cannot WAIT for this movie.

And I have decided I should work at Disney Nature. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE WHO CAN GET ME A JOB THERE?