GOODNIGHT KITTY
apr'07
july '96
* we lost kitty early this morning, she was 15.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
OFFICE TOY FAMILY PORTRAITS APR'07
We had 2 new editions to the Office Toy Family today. To commemorate such a momentous occasion I corralled the rascals and held a photo shoot! Then Rustle had to go get involved...
all together now!
crazy uncle hector in his slippers
the proud parents
don't ask how they gave birth to a giant ceramic chicken, or a plastic potted cactus...
since I was so upset by the interference, I packed Rustle up in a box and shipped his ass to well, paradise obviously!
* happy Friday my office mates!!
FULL CHEESE FRIDAY
The weekly round up of things over the top and worth a romp!
WHEELS!
* thanks redacted!
HOT DOG!!!
best comments:
question "is it dishwasher safe?"
response "you want to wash it in the same spot you wash your dishes?"!!!
ALL THE BH 90210 MUSICAL TRIVIA YOU EVER WANTED!!!
laughing so hard I am crying!
#20. What were the lyrics to Steve's poem at David's bachelor party?
The lyrics to Steve's instant classic titled an Ode to Silver from the series finale (10.25):
In fair Beverly Hills, a boy did reign,
Davey Silver was his name.
From far and wide, the girls did speed,
For they'd heard of Davey's bedroom deeds.
Donna Martin with golden hair,
Was the first into our David's lair.
Virgin we, the couple swore,
Till a girl name Ariel came through David's door.
Clare was next, then some fox named Malone,
Sophie and David took it all the way home.
Denise was fun, and Carole, too,
Claudia couldn't get a her green card,
That made poor Davey blue.
Don't forget Katie, the sex addict, she,
And Robyn who hated his radio personality.
Marta, the artist, wasn't she fun?
And Gina Kincaid, oh number one!
One stop was left, her name was Camille,
We thought it might last,
But come on guys - get real!
There was only one dame, her name's Donna,
She's fine, my God, Silver, it's about time.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
CHERNOBYL OF LEGAL DRINKING AGE!!!
In honor of Cherny's Birthday, here is a list of other nuclear disasters from around the world. Good Times.
December 12, 1952
Chalk River, Toronto, Canada, reactor core is nearly demolished when technician opened valves, melting some uranium fuel and boiling coolant. First major reactor accident.
November 1955
Experimental breeder reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, partially melts down during a test. Operator error listed as cause.
October 1957
Fire burns 11 tons of uranium, kills 32 people at Windscale (later Sellafield) plutonium production reactor, on northwest England's coast. Britain's worst nuclear accident. Operator error and defective procedures said to be cause.
March 1958
Explosion at nuclear plant in Fyshtym, Soviet Union, devastates region for hundreds of square miles. Russian scientist said hundreds killed.
January 1961
SL1 reactor at Idaho Falls explodes, emitting extremely high levels of radiation. Three men killed instantly.
October 5, 1966
Partial meltdown of Enrico Fermi experimental breeder near Detroit. Reactor permanently disabled.
December 7, 1975
Fire at Lubmin nuclear power complex near Greifswald on the Baltic coast in former East Germany causes near meltdown.
March 28, 1979
Three Mile Island
Worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. Series of human and mechanical failures lead to partial meltdown at Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Plant had opened just six months earlier.
April 26, 1986
Chernobyl
Worst nuclear accident in world history. Explosion and fire at Chernobyl nuclear reactor near Kiev, Ukraine, spews radiation over much of Europe; 31 die instantly, hundreds of thousands affected.
March 24, 1992
Sosnovy Bor
Loss of pressure in reactor channel releases radioactive iodine and inert gases into atmosphere near St. Petersburg, Russia.
November 1995
Monju
Reactor accident leaks two to three tons of sodium from cooling system in Japan.
March 1997
Tokaimura
Fire and explosion at state-run Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. reprocessing plant at Tokaimura, Japan. At least 35 exposed to radiation.
September 30, 1999
Workers trigger nuclear reaction by mixing too much uranium into storage tank at JCO Co. reprocessing plant in Tokaimura, Japan. At least 55 exposed to radiation.
* amazed we still have a planet? yeah, me too.
DOGG HOUSE
Poor D-O-Double-G! He's gettin' the international lock out. Don't worry Snoop! Wee still love ya!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
THE RETURN OF THE (WALLET) FRIENDLY SKIES!
Rad offer alert!! Service won't start in LA until May 22, but I am ready. Skybus is offering the following deal:
10 seats for $10 each – on every flight! That’s right, each and every Skybus flight has a minimum of ten seats available for just ten dollars. It’s for real – but these seats go quickly, so be sure to book early and book often!
look at their super cute site!
* holy posts about planes, somebody needs a vacation!
NIP TUCK NATION
Life in Los Angeles wouldn't be complete without a ride on the breast band wagon. After living here for nearly a decade (next month!) I now consider myself an implant aficionado!
Seems like everyone is buzzing on boobs again. Friends who swore they never would - have, others who used to put them on display, now only see them as functional items for feeding the offspring of their biological clock. Ahh the breast game, so much fuss over things that, like one's appendix, we don't need. That makes sense it's Hollywood, the place that never needs for anything.
With silicone legal again, saline still around for those less adventurous breast enhancers, and of course the latest in boob wear - the adjustable series, our options are endless. But do your research!
First better things are coming - trust me, I have them and they rock. And second in this plastic city it's hard to see the breasts for the bullsh*t.
I'M MOVING!!!!!
We are saved! We can all stop worrying about being green, recycling and taking care of this pesky planet. Thank goodness, since I was really over that whole having a conscience thing.
GLIESE to the rescue! Here's the breakdown; even bigger than earth (more room!!), we'd have 13 day weeks (aren't we always crabbing about not having enough time?), and we'd being living in Libra, symbol of balance and harmony! Planetary perfection!
* and we may even have new neighbors when we get there! Whee!!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
ABSURD O' METER AND OTHER FUN THINGS
Vulture. Making guilty pleasures indulgently acceptable again! I love social commentaries and the posts populating this new blog are top notch! Enjoy all the television you shouldn't!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
HOT DAMN!!!
I must own anything with a Tornado Flush feature!
Laughing uncontrollably at my desk - sorry SRD! But honestly, once that little problem is fixed, I am starting an over seas sales letter writing campaign!
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
With good blogs going down, I felt a compulsion to check in with some of my favorite other bloggy buds. I am happy to report everyone else is alive and posting.
The Royal Magazine not a blog, I realize. But still a favorite and only online, so it totally counts in my book!
andreaharner.com is busy reminding me that even the most mundane can be classy, fun and accessorized! In response to making me think all things Audrey Hepburn this morning, you can purchase earplugs a la Breakfast at Tiffany's here. 
hmm. andrea, I might be with you on having to add these to my accessory repertoire!
c'est bon! is making me laugh, writing and finding the funniest stuff on the web. Her latest post on Knut (the baby bear in Germany), is a great case of found laughter. And don't miss her post that includes this treasure of a sentence, "My sister is going to be an illegally fighting, scrappy rooster." Nothing short of brilliant.
Les Cadeaux I fell in love with this blog (can you do that? love a virtual good, I mean?) when I read her post on having the courage to make the BIG decisions in life. I must excerpt it here:
9. I went to see Titanic alone, back in 1997. And I didn’t die. And no one pointed and laughed and wondered why I was alone. Now I prefer going to the movies alone, and I also enjoy taking myself out for a meal, just me. Learning how to be alone with yourself is really important, I think. Or maybe it was Oprah who said that. Regardless, it’s totally true.
10. I went to the Bide-a-Wee shelter on 38th street “just to find out what the process is,” in case we wanted to get a dog. Three hours later, me and Miss Tuesday were staring at each other warily in the kitchen of my old apartment. Best spontaneous thing I have ever done, hands down. I’d have said ‘paws down’ but that is too dorky, even for me. Almost.
ETA ETA ETA!!! Eeek, I just realized that I left out two very important Decisions! Forget what I said about the Meg Ryan shag and the InStyle reading and replace them with the following two things:
11. I fired my maid of honor. Sure, this makes me sound like a straight up whack job c*nt bridezilla whorebitch from hell, but trust me when I tell you it was a very good thing...
12. I asked a friend from work if he’d like to hang out over the weekend. He said Okay, we hung out, I asked him to hang out again, we kissed, then some other stuff happened, we got married, and he’s currently sitting in the other room eating a peanut butter sandwich and giving bits of the crust to the dog.
Kanardo, a two headed unit for graphic design and so much more! Always introducing me to new and fabulous things, I really have to have the swarovski encrusted flash drive! All material goods aside, I now covet the flash codes of bfreeone and the beauty of youaresolastyear!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
GOODBYE CANCER BABY
I noticed today that cancer baby, has gone down. With Jessica gone, her family and friends finally made good on her wish that it be removed from the web. While I understand they were respecting her, I feel that those of us in the cancer community have lost something.
Cancer baby, was a blog of note, a brilliant conversation starter, and a place that really showed what it's like inside the mind of that struggle. It was in short an amazing resource. Her voice and humor, her anger and anguish while now gone, are not forgotten.
Thank you cancer baby.
HEY PRETTY...
Understand that perhaps nothing will compare with my love of the design of the last M Coupe. But this is so shiny and new, I had to show her off. Go German!
vroom! vroom!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
WEE FAMILY TREE
How much have you done before 30? The story of my Great Grandparents is both inspiring and mind blowing. Keep in mind all the following took place between 1919 and 1940.
Great Great Grandparents and kids
Great Grandparents Wedding
Great Grandparents getting ready to start work, in China.
last family picnic - what jokers and hams!
traveling cross country to the boat in SF, they visit the Grand Canyon
das boat! (pier 36, San Francisco)
"Farewell!!"
off to be missionaries and teachers in China
spending the long passage deck side! 
stopping to see a 75ft Buddha. Kamakura, Japan
how you travel across China in 1920
sometimes you got to take a plane!
the scene of their new life
the caption reads,"Our house on a snowy morning 1927. This property belongs to General Chao who is a general in Feng Yu Huang's Army. We rent it for $22 American Money."
hmm, General Chao perhaps?
visiting the Great Wall, 1922
what's a missionary need a big gun for?
wild pig hunting of course!
my grandpa 2 days old
grandpa a year old in traditional Chinese winter garb
he still gets excited remembering when he got this bike!
growing up and pulling his sisters in a wagon around Ping Ding
During their time abroad, they had 4 children, came back to the states at least 5 times (with all the kids) and were the last missionaries allowed in China under the Red Regime. Amazing.
They also founded the first YMCA's in China and worked with a troupe of traveling actors. My grandfather lived in China until he was 16, at which time he was forced (along with all other Americans) to return back to the states. Here he finished high school and then attended college. He went on to teach Chemistry for over 35 years and still putters about giving out random bits of trivia, playing with his computer (he's had one since 1968) and holding my Grandma's hand when they walk to church.
* see I really do come from a family of photo happy nerds!!
.MAC
Genius Bar customer, weetiny? 
genius? I hope so!
lil' sparky doesn't work anymore.
diagnosis? busted logic board.
the mac genius told me about this fun google map search! NY - Paris
Ha! even funnier is the LA - Paris search. Did you know you can drive across the country in 1 day? If you average 108 mph and never stop to pee!
next customer? the guy who carries his mac book in a t-shirt!
* thanks for all your help J!
LIKE ANTIQUES?
Great movie / Great chemistry - the restaurant scene is a classic. Someday I want to be, that woman. And what is it about Walter Matthau?
Friday, April 13, 2007
THE FRIENDLY SKIES - MAKE A VERY CUTE COMEBACK!
Where does this plane go? Who cares! I just want on it! 
* too cute!
REALLY.
Google Ad Words, fulfilling desires 24 hours a day. Whether your needs are spiritual or about finding that special goat, we're here for you. 
those elegant goats? now that I am totally calling about!
FCF - THE AMERICAN EDITION
AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME
There was some bowl action, there was beer and there were bad shoes. It was, in a word, perfection.
you always take the beer with you
look at that form!
BAR PORTRAITS
* always a bonus when your bowling alley comes with a bar!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
ORDER GOATS, BEWARE THE BUSINESS MAN
Big Turkey tells more stories of his travels...
Being a 6´3´´ gringo, get´s more and more exciting as you go to countries with shorter and darker people. Apparently the buses in Bolivia (up next) are nothing short of terrible with leg space suitable for midgets. Awesome. 
country number 40 (in life, not just this trip)
there really is no good explanation as to why Julio went sky diving with Ken...
my kind of business
BEWARE!!! Businessmen swinging briefcases around wildly in the streets!
"Waiter, I´ll have one Small Goat from the Hills please, extra Goat." This was an option on a menu, no joke.
FAB IS FAB
Found while researching for a logo. Love the playful nature. Perfect for a Thursday. Fab. 
* pawel fabjanski, photographer
JUST CHECKING IN
I worry about the state of culture in this society. So it's quiz time in honor of my family and the crazy idea that is Dickens World...it's easy I promise.
Name 5 Charles Dickens Novels.
1
2
3
4
5
* ps - the great expectations boat ride? my great great grand uncle is rolling over and over and over in his musty box...
AN INSPIRED LOSS
KURT VONNEGUT (1922-2007)
The best book I ever read is still, Breakfast of Champions. I keep my ratty, first edition copy, stolen from an ex-boyfriend, in plain sight, displayed on my nightstand. It reminds me that life is an unequaled adventure.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
DO NOT PASS GO - DO NOT COLLECT $200
yucky cancer!
"This really nailed the case that if we can inactivate these genes in concert, it will affect metastasis" - Dr Joan Massague, BBC
Wow. What an awesome break through! Speaking from having the, cancer spread experience, I am elated and hopeful that groundbreaking research will continue to receive the funding needed to keep saving lives. Bring on the clinical trials in humans!
THE I-JACK
I-JACK - When someone hijacks a conversation (that they previously were not part of) and makes it all about themselves. Verb; to I-Jack, I-Jacking.
CASE IN POINT
Musing on important architecture and vintage odds and ends this morning. 
neutra's kaufman house
atomic styling
the iconic Case Study 22
krisel tract home
bang & olufsen's BEOMASTER Stereo Receiver (I grew up with this!)
a red eames spidy chair
bourgie!!
neutra numbers
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
CRAIGSLIST, MAKING DESIGNER DREAMS COME TRUE
Craigslist Posting:
Lucite Desk or Side Table. 42" Long x 16" Deep and 3/4" Thick.
$65.00 in West Los Angeles.
done!
* bonus - it's a vintage, custom made piece! woo hoo!!
NEGOTIATING YOUR IRRATIONAL FEARS
Sometimes your Google Start Page delivers the oddest things. Often these things make you fall out of your chair in hysterics. Such was the case this morning. 
* my plan is much simpler: DO YOUR DAMN JOB!
INHAB.IT
There's a great story behind the web address, but it is not mine to tell. Stories do however abound on the site, and they are beautiful, intelligent musings on the life of a sometimes nomad, as he lives, spends time in and learns about a place. I want a life of endless adventures in everyday places, I guess that's why I love these so much.
A city can be judged on size, on money, on age. A city can be judged on smiles it creates.
In the fresh light tomorrow when all have awoken at their tallest, spines uncrunched by the weight of the work week, count them in passing. I have watched the crowds of Tokyo, the masses of New York, the push of Boston, the rumble of San Francisco, the throb of London, the cacaphonous mass of Shanghai for them, I have noted their absence, their brevity, their toothless gaping. - inhab.it
WHATEVER MAKES YOU ... VICE PRESIDENT?
I caught the buzz on Cheney last week, but for the life of me couldn't spin it in to a blog post. Thanks to youtube, this wee blogger can finally rest easy, letting this nice little clip say it all.
Monday, April 9, 2007
THE BIRTH OF GREAT PARENTS
The announcement email from my latest set of friends to reproduce came today! Anyone who can write something so engaging and comical during this most sleepless, fear swathed time, is destined to be a great parent. Congrats guys!! 
WTF?!
Hi Everyone,
Please welcome Penelope Catharine Anne to the world. Born Friday April 6, 2007 at 3:20 pm, she exited the womb, raised her arms as if in victory, and let go of a hearty scream.
"The birth was not as dramatic as I expected." proclaimed the cheerful mother still under the influence of an epidural.
"The birth was much more dramatic than I expected." said the father lying face down on a delivery room bench.
Penelope weighs 7 pounds and 6 ounces and is 19.5 inches long. She has dark brown hair and eyes of undetermined color (currently milky grey). Ten fingers and ten toes are accounted for. At two days old she likes colostrum and being swaddled. Her dislikes are cold stethoscopes and sleeping at night. - (new) Dad
POOLING YOUR ASSESTS
This is what I am talking about!! Total wardrobe inspiration that you aren't ripping off from your friends! Check it - flickr rocks!!
HUG IT OUT!!!
welcome back boys!
The anticipation was palpable all day. I was in a way, needing my Vince, E, Ari and Turtle fix! Could 9:58 come fast enough? I love you ENTOURAGE!!
Friday, April 6, 2007
FRIDAY, FABULOUS FRIDAY
It's the closing of a long week, thus I have decided to treat myself to something nice. Thank you BuzzFeed, for showing me 20ltd. where I can find all things scarce and opulent.
Now, back to the business at hand, do I go after the darkly deviant bourgeois wallpaper? fabulously outlandish coat? or the ridiculous fox hammock? Gee, I just cannot decide.
edition - 100. only £666, it's a steal! 
edition - 20. £990.
edition - 5. £9,000, purrfect.
PIXEL ART FOREVER!!
I love all things crafty (good thing I am a designer) and all things Space Invader (running all over Paris discovering his handiwork was awesome)! Imagine my glee at finding this wee project on Instructables!
"solidify an ancient game into the absorbent fabric of pop culture"
Paris, June'05. Centre Pompidou
LUNCH TODAY - BIG HAIRY SPIDERS
"...According to Gilles Nayral, Guilhem had lost about 20kg and he had lost feeling in his tongue "because of the poison from a spider he had eaten without having cooked it enough"." - BBC
Yeah, sign me up for that cross country jungle trek with no GPS...bleech! I'll stay in and watch The National Geo channel in high def, thanks!
HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY!!
Guess who is working for me today? Peep!!
tackling all the emails that need returning...
peep has an awesome phone voice!
peep takes a memo
* Thanks peep!! You rock!!
Thursday, April 5, 2007
HAIR APPARENT
I am all things bright and shiny this week! Must be spring fever. I am in a way over this haircut. I fall asleep thinking about it. I wake up and rush to the mirror to see if the hair fairies came and chopped it to me whilst I slept. Alas again today they did not. Sigh. 
posh!
* wife, don't admonish me for the ridiculous word play.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
SELF FELICITATION
Norm's, where life happens. 
Now, I am sorry but this in not, I repeat, not where life happens. It might be where late night bad food choices are made after the keg party, but this is not life. Merely a phase in college, which is where you live just before life happens (adult life anyway).
For those of you blessed without a Norm's (first - congratulations you are safe from major gastrointestinal distress), this is a chain of restaurants sub par to Denny's. Truly. Now you understand how life simply cannot happen here. Thank you.
KATE KATE KATE
Since 1992 I have obsessed over the beauty and presence of this woman. Her fashion sense, her sprite like qualities, and even her partying ways. She embodies someone who actually lives her life, bad habits and all.
Now there is more of her to love with her new TopShop Fashion line, which ships to the states! Also rumor has it Barney's is carrying it back across the pond! Here are my picks from her closet.
the super cute site!
this is my signature look, wife beater and low cut jeans
rock star
sequined mesh!!
I heart the shrug!
SPRING SHOES
Pandas, Camels and Frogs! Oh I covet you, wee shoes! Spring makes me crave flats with critters and berries and all manner of cuteness. 
* found in Venice on Friday night
WELCOME WEDNESDAY
You know it is going to be a strange day when you wake up to a duck in your swimming pool, on the heels of a dream in which you had amnesia. 
* new plan - no more reading creepy books before bed.
MUSICAL SAINTS OR SINNERS?
Tuesday night cocktails at your local trendy dive bar! What could be better?! It's BYOiPOD Night!! Where you sign up for 30 minute "sets" and the bar approves or boos off your songs. And the bartender buys you a round for putting your musical tastes on the chopping block!
Playlist Highlights: Toto's Africa, Tom Waits with Bon Jovi doing something I didn't know, Peter, Bjorn and John's Happy Song!!
martini's and scotch
I was in love with the ambiance!
hell fire and damnation
WHAT IS GRAHAM?
Not cracker. Not cookie.
And yet, staple snack of small American children everywhere. This oddly wheaty, slightly sweet, way too healthy tasting to be a treat (kind of like carob to those of you who eat chocolate), hard tack, unleavened (does this make it kosher?), thing of mystery.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Monday, April 2, 2007
WEE SNIFFER!
Among my numerous observances and discoveries at the hospital today, was this wee underwater sniffer! Waiting for me in the x-ray department was a quite worn nature journal and I got to read all about my new favorite critter! 
meet the star nosed mole!
* do moles kinda creep out anyone else?
MY MASTERCARD COMMERCIAL
Appt in Oncology, $35.00
1 Chest X-Ray, $10.00
2 Prescriptions, $20.00
1 Blood Draw, $10.00
2 Years Cancer Free, PRICELESS
* can you tell someone had an Oncology Appt. this morning?
ODD THINGS ABOUT KAISER
A short list of my morning's odd findings at Kaiser:
The propensity for purple and aqua. Not a friendly color scheme people! It's just gross. Purple speckled linoleum flooring does not make one feel comfortable. Nor does aqua paint make one feel secure in the ability of this place to cure them. In fact, it only makes you wonder about the sanity of the decorator.
Why on earth is the cafeteria in the basement? As if coming to a hospital wasn't traumatic enough, you cannot even get a cup of pleasant coffee and brave the prepackaged danishes in peace. The basement is generally bustling with sick folks lost and looking for the lab, things on their way to the morgue, and every crunch of a lab receipt, squeak of a gurney wheel, echoes. Is it any wonder I am never hungry in this place?
The horror that is having Oncology next to the babies. Did they think putting us next to these pink and squishy bundles of human procreation would cheer us up? Sadly it only serves to remind us that chemo/surgery has robbed us of the ability to produce pink and squishy offspring.
HOW TO WEAR A HOSPITAL GOWN
Being weetiny, this is a challenge with the size XXL, standard issue sheets Kaiser likes to hand out. I have however perfected the wearing of such a garment.
1. undress
2. stick arms in arm holes and wrap said sheet around body (with flaps in the back).
3. find the neck tie on one side.
4. find the hip tie on the same side.
5. pull the neck tie over your shoulder on the opposite side.
6. pull the hip tie up, under your arm to meet the neck tie.
7. tie the strings together at the shoulder and voila!
* bonus - your ass stays nicely out of public view and it's not nearly so drafty!
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