holy sunshine in winter, i’m BACK in los angeles! there are many things i love about this city, things that a lot of people don’t understand, but one thing everyone can agree on is the weather being fucking AWESOME. it was gorgeous out today.
portland was FAB, mostly because of all the amazing people. well, like, my friends i mean, and joe’s. still, i am glad to be home, as it was longgg trip. we stayed with one of his friends who was SUPER amazing. it was rad because we had our very own room in the basement, but what was not rad was that i was forced to learn that it is a fine little line between “living green” and “third world conditions.” first, there was the whole “having central heating we don’t use” thing, then the “it saves water to not flush every time and just pee on each others’ pee over and over again” thing… look, i love mother earth as much as the next person, but i also love my extremities not going numb and not getting other people’s urine splashback on my ass. i am high-maintenance, though, so i’ve been told. mind you, i am overwhelmed with gratitude for the hospitality, totally respect the lifestyles of others, and they did flush after they took a shit. plus our basement room had a space heater so really it was quite cozy.
except the way i was awakened the last morning we were in town. hey guys, what’s worse?
a. being awakened from your slumber by loud, thundering music from overhead,
b. choice a. but also the culprit is some dude who actually LIVES in the house you’re staying in as a guest so there is nothing you can do about it, or
c. choice b. and also the music is fucking STONE TEMPLE PILOTS!
*taps foot* well?
and AND i only saw like, THREE tvs the whole time we were there and two of them had no antenna for even local channels, and only one had cable (THANK YOU VERA AND NIKI! oh, and oprah, thank you for the jeans buying tips).
no, really, i am totally totally kidding, everyone was extra-nice to us and it was a very nice vacay. it was almost like just living there for two weeks. good times. more on pdx and a few pix next week. i’m also working on a new blog project. it’s kind of silly and personal. but i’m going to share it with you soon, so lookout!
oh, and jk also about the unnecessary lights thing, that’s my total pet peeve. ugh.