the shaq side of sonny

sonny loves shoes
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There's not much to say. This is awesome!

randomness...

Brian and I are registered! And I thought picking out a dress was overwhelming. We were in Crate and Barrel trying to imagine our kids eating off of various plates. wtf? We don't know how many to get or what to get or how much it should cost. And it's so weird to walk through a store with a scanner picking out stuff for other people to buy. It just seems a little not right. But that said...it was really fun. It really makes the whole thing seem real and wedding-y.

Last night we saw The Science of Sleep at a special test screening. The movie was pretty good. Funny but totally random. Nothing really gets solved at the end but whatever. Life kinda doesn't get solved in the end either. (in ricky gervais voice, "a philosopher"). Kirsten Dunst, with Mary-Jane hair, and Michel Gondry, the director, were there. But no Gael, much to my disappointment. As soon as we saw Kirsten Brian said, "oh she's on my list. Should I go talk to her?" Whatever, dude, you can't just put someone on your list because you happen to see them. The list needs to be set BEFORE you see them. I did encourage him to go talk to her, though. Better to get with her now before we get married...

love in an elevator...

I try not to talk about work here. I read dooce. I know what can happen. And do you really want to hear about how annoying work is? I mean you all work, you know it sucks! But then there are days that don't suck. So we can share those.
Fishbowl is making some changes, yo. We are "revamping" with a "rebirth" and a "relaunch" and a "re... We just recently acquired the rights to the name, some shoe store in the MW has the same name and we put the smack down. Now we can advertise, create a website (how 1997 of us), and really put the "name out there." So Dia and I are putting together a lookbook. We wanted to do something different. After a long week this is what we came up with. Thanks to Kristen for lending her hot body.

i heart felicity...

The title has nothing to do with the post. I just love felicity and wanted to make sure that you all know that.

This past weekend was great! Carrie and Tina (they're BFF fo' Life) spent the night on Friday. We went to dinner at El Portal, ate way too much food and listened to some old guys sing Guantanamera. After dinner we walked over to the movie theater to see "Thank You For Smoking." On the walk across the street all of us were complaining about all the food we ate and how full our stomachs were. Then Brian then walks directly to the concession stand and buys red vines...hilarious. The movie was pretty funny. Carrie was happy to hang out with her "brotha from another motha"
Yesterday we met up with Sonny and walked around Melrose. It was cool. Sonny and Brian wouldn't go inside Urban Outfitters because it's too Hmo. lame. We had linner at Canters, I had the best chocolate shake of my life.
Brian and I watched this documentary about MS-13 on National Geographic Saturday night. So we looked for MS-13 tags all over LA on Sunday. Dude, those fools are nuts! Wait... should I write that?

beauty

beautiful trees
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After a horrible week at work this is what I get to look at on my way home from the office. does this mean god exists?

new pictures...

I just posted all sorts of photos on flickr...you can see them on my badge. It is so cool. But what is even cooler is bionicbrian. Last night I took a picture of myself with Brian's camera and then very sneaky like emailed it to his flickr account. What I didn't know was that all of his new flickr photos automatically get uploaded on bionicbrian. So now I have a dorky picture posted right on the front of bionic for all to see. But that's okay...
Back to my new pictures. I posted some from Carrie's birthday. She's 19 now.


I also posted some pictures from the weekend. Kristie, Curtis, Laura and Josh made the trek out to Pasadena and I'm so glad that they did. It was a lot of fun. Dinner at Smitty's...so good. Then some lame wine bar. good times...

you know when you can start feeling yourself getting depressed. well that's me right now.

uncle brian

I duped Brian twice today! hee hee... His mom called me to tell me she was inviting 12 more people to the wedding but she only left a message. When I called her back she just told me it was an april fool's joke. She can't handle holding a secret in for long. :) Patty said that Shannon, Levi's girlfriend, called first thing this morning and said she was pregnant. Of course Patty freaked out in excitement only to find out it was an april fools joke. Well after I got off the phone with the color coded mama I called the red kid...
"dude have you talked to your mom?"
"no"
"i just got off the phone with her. she's been trying to call you... SHANNON IS PREGNANT"
"what?! for real? shut the f up? rad"
"yup. call your mom right now"
"k. bye" in a huff.

"hi mom"
"have you talked to becky"
"yeah" still believing it to be true
"so she told you shannon is pregnant as an april fools joke."
"doh"

jajajajaja...

What happened to the Babysitter...

I need a weekend to recover from my weekend. Friday night B and I went out for dinner. We had Tapas at a "modern spanish" restaurant. What they mean by "modern spanish" is that they forget to turn your order into the kitchen so you have to sip your mojito for over an hour, chewing on the mint to feel nourished. Then they say they're going to give you free desert but only give you a free mojito instead. Guess what? Brian hated this restaurant. I say the potatoes were so good I'm giving it another chance.

Then Saturday morning I woke up early and went for a run...oh yes, you heard me right. It killed. Going uphill when you're out of shape is not fun. But it was a beautiful morning and the our neighborhood is the shit. Then after some much needed TV time B and I went to Home Depot. It sucked. But we came away with a hummingbird feeder, a grill, an umbrella for our table and some cacti. When we got home Brian put together the grill and rearranged the patio furniture and I went to the grocery store. Then my dad and Debra came over. We had some beers on the back patio. They brought over a bride and groom beanie baby and a baby carriage candle. After they left Dan, Cesca and Sonny came over a for dinner. We grilled and ate outside. It was nice. I'm looking forward to warm weather. After dinner Brian, Sonny and I went to Star Shoes on Hollywood Blvd. You guys should have seen Brian breakdancing...

On Sunday morning Sonny and I watched Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead, a fine piece of American cinema. Swell is so awesome!! Then Brian woke up and we headed over to Roscoe's. Not my kind of place. I don't think I'll be indulging in any waffles again. After breakfast the Asbury's came over and we went to Olvera Street. Jacqueline got a laser pointer with four different laser patterns. When they have the baby she can laser point "i love you" on the wall. It will be really fun. At lunch I called dibs on babysitting Little Asbury when they go to Ken's work Christmas party on Dec. 15. I can't wait!!!

Needless to say... it was really hard to wake up this morning. I'm tired. Tomorrow I leave for Portland/Seattle. good times...

mmmm...beer

mmmm...beer
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If i had this in front of me right now I would be really happy.