l8 4 08
gray, grey, san francisco day.
First off, Happy New
Year. 2∞8. Hope
you and yours had a good break, hope you had a fun
new year's and I hope this year is packed with
health, joy, growth, peace and all the stuff you need
and want.
Ollie's boy Phineas encountering Tiberius, the
greatest cat ever.
San Francisco was good,
but oddly stressful at times for a variety of
reasons. I was super happy to see everyone but the
weather was such that I really just wanted to be
home, in my apartment. It was
weird, really; I loved being with my family and
friends but I think stress of the last few months
just made me want to hang out and be at home for a
week and just stop. But the holidays are not
designed to be relaxing, so I guess I'm just
complaining. I had a lot fun, though, and I am
looking forward to returning for MacWorld in a few
weeks.
New Year's was really, really mellow, like, the most
mellow a New Year I've had since I was a kid, really.
Whit and I got dinner with the always fantabulous Jen
Slimko and then hung out at home. It was really
fun--we hadn't really hung out with each other the
entire week, so it was nice, really nice. We missed
hanging out with our friends in various places in LA,
but it sounded like everyone had a pretty mellow
time, I think, again, because of the weather.
The day before New Year's was crazy,
though...I mean, I had to take my car to the shop for
almost $300 worth of work (30k checkup time) and when
we went to get a box spring, I went up a bit of a
curb and popped Whit's car's tire! Like, the edge on
the curb was just sharp, and the end dug
right into the side of the tire somehow. I seriously
have no idea what happened, but we went up the curb
and the tire just started hissing...and was out in
about 2 minutes. Then, much to my surprise, I found
out (after unpacking the spare and all the tools from
the fairly full trunk) that there were wheel locks on
the wheels! I guess they put them on when we got the
car--I actually had no idea what they were--they were
originally in the glovebox--but I realized exactly
what they were once I took a good look at the wheel.
Basically, each wheel has an extra tricky bolt on it
that you can only remove by adding a special adaptor
onto the wrench. Of course, I had long since taken
this out and left it at home...so we had to repack
everything and walk home, look for the thing, then I
went (I actually got into some workout clothes and
ran) back and did the whole thing over again. Then I
got home. Then I took the bus to Santa Monica to get
my car. Then it was NYE.
So, yeah--2007 went out kicking and screaming. All is
fine now, Whit's got a new tire (thanks to the tire
store that was open on January 1) and the car is
running fine. Still...a bit much.
Already things are starting to kick in; I've had a
voiceover and a commercial audition and work work is
making its way back into my head. It was good to get
a break, if only for me to realize that yes, I do
like my job a lot, and I am excited about what this
year will bring. Of course, it's easy to say that
when I am already in the office--I still just want to
lie in bed and sleep...
okay, let's post this. more to come, more to come. I
wish the iPhone would do video, I think I would post
more vids up...