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BTW

400 entries on this blog.

I hope you are enjoying.

Book it

I wish there was Book it for adults because I would so be on my way to a free pizza at this moment. I have been reading so much.

Here is what I have finished in the last couple months:
People of the Book
Down and out in Paris and London-George Orwell
The Tao of Wu- by the Rza
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (The best book I have read in two years)

Now I am reading:
Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Are you reading anything good?

Whale watching 2nd attempt

Last weekend we, not the same group one was too disenchanted, schleped our way back to Newport Beach to see the whales.

(On a side note, I heard that if Newport flooded all the women in town would be safe because of all of the surgically implanted flotation devices.)

This time we got on the boat and did in fact see a whale. Not just any whale, but the Fin Back Whale, the second largest whale on earth. It can weigh up to 80 tons and can be equally as long. They also can swim as fast as 23 miles, so our boat had a hard time keeping up. We stalked it for a good 45 minutes before having to turn back and go home.

It was so nice to sit on a boat in the middle of the ocean for two an a half hours and relax, laugh, and just be tourists. Strangely one of the girls in our group who schleped both time is originally from West St. Paul.

Small ocean I guess.

sometimes you feel like vegging out

My favorite gluten free and vegetarian dish is this:

Take all of your favorite veggies like:
Asparagus
Mushrooms
Red and yellow peppers
zucchini
Onions (do not trim root end off)

But any farmers market finds will work

Toss them in olive oil, pepper and garlic powder. Pre-heat your oven to 375 and cook for at least a half an hour, but until you get to your desired veggie tenderness.

While you are waiting for that take that polenta that is already cooked in that tube, cut off thick pancake-like rounds and fry them up. (if you are motivated you can make polenta from scratch, but I am not that motivated)

When finished put a bit of spaghetti sauce on each disk, a bunch of veggies, sprinkle shaved Parmesan to your liking and eat happily.

(I bring home my polenta and fry it up in a pan, because I am a woman...)

Whale watching 1st attempt

I swear I would never be one of those adults who said "expletive teenagers", but I will call part one of this trip "expletive teenagers"

"Expletive Teenagers" by Kristen

It was a beautiful but windy February day..

For my friend's birthday she organized (in an organized way that only grandpa can appreciate) a whale watching trip on a boat from Newport Beach, which is kind of a schlep from Los Angeles. So four of us jumped in car and schleped to "The O.C" and were very excited to do some whale stalking as I like to call it. We bought some whale stalking tickets on a boat serendipitously called "The Amigo" or "Friend" in Spanish from three teenagers in an office located next to the "Fun Zone" We got our tickets and headed across the sidewalk to our boat "The Amigo"

We sat staring at the Amigo and 2:20 came, and we thought shouldn't we be getting on soon? And at 2:30 I decided that maybe I would try to get on the boat myself (an exercise in being more proactive) but was told that "Oh, they will come and get you when they are ready to board" and then 2:40 came and our Amigo had no signs of departure.

So we when back into the office where the teenage boy who sold us the tickets was trying to get his flirt on with the older (19 maybe) office manager and asked him what the deal was.

"uh, the boat doesn't leave from this dock, it leaves on the other side of the blue gray building." (note: all of the buildings on the pier are blue gray)

and we said "but our boat is the Amigo and you told us to wait outside"




"Oh, we ran out of tickets for the other boat"

So we ran (which I only use in case of emergency) and stopped after every blue gray building, and of course it was the last one.

and it left without us.

so we got half off tickets for the next time.

"Expletive teenagers"

Nature spotted:
This ham of a Seagull who was posing for photos. No whales.

to be continued....

Rocky

When I stop feeling like I am on a boat in the middle of the ocean, I will write about being in a boat in the middle of the ocean.

gaffa-gaffaw

There is nothing more California than a convertible. There is nothing more LA than the Pekingese inside of that convertible wearing miniature sunglasses.

ruminations on the 82nd Oscars

SJp...cheeto...bedsheet... Princess Amadalia hair

Opening number awkward and unrehearsed but I still love you Neal Patrick Harris

Miss Oscar stole my jolene jolene hairstyle

What happened no Farrah?

Yay no Beyonce this year

Best Dressed: Demi and Sandra
Worst dressed: SJP and Charlize

What did you think?

Heaven

My work stood in as the scene of Valhalla today for the comic book movie Thor. Or at least that is what I think. All kinds of rumors about who was actually on set today don't really match up to any movie that I could find on IMDB.

All I know is the costumes were very shogun, viking futuristic and the hair took its queue from last nights Oscars.

I was just able to catch little glimpses of things, mostly gaffers, DPs and extras.

It was all the buzz in the office today.

I'll keep you posted on re-shoots if any.

tomorrow

Tomorrow is going to be a big day. Some of you might have heard bout it, some of you will just have to wait until tomorrow evening to hear about it.

link

I just provided a link to Coey of Minsk's blog, now after you are done reading my blog then you can read hers and vice versa.

It is that time again

Another year passes that I live here and no one has taken me up on the Oscars. Here I am in Oscar land so close that I can see it and no one comes. You talk about coming, but never do. Here I am with this awesome apartment, plenty o' room with many alarm clocks to get us up and out the door. But no, I guess you would like to watch them on t.v. with the little people.

Oh well, maybe next year.

I am on the fence about watching this year. I will be alone with no one to watch it with. (hint, hint, guilt, guilt) My roommate is at her parents house celebrating her mom's win over cancer. (Yay!)

I am excited about the hosts who are hilarious, even though Alec Baldwin did not move to Canada or France after Bush was elected to a second term and he does not put his money where his mouth is (hi, Dad)

Here is what I think:
10 films is an awful lot of films to have nominated as "Best Film". How can any film be a best film when they are all nominated?

It will be the year of the underdog and newcomer. I hope Mo'Nique wins for Precious, she was incredible, Christopher Waltz was fantastic and he made me want to go find more of his films just to watch him act. (Inglorious Basterds may be too gory for you) I hope Kathryn Bigelow shows her egomanical ex up and I want Jeff Bridges to win just because I think he is a fantastic actor.

I think that the Oscars may actually be surprising this year in its main categories.

What do you think? email me at eyemheer2@yahoo.com