I love the new Beck song, “E-Pro.”

It’s in heavy rotation on XM, and I’m sure it’s getting played on FM radio as well…probably KROQ or 103.1 here in L.A. It’s got a really catchy hook that goes like this:
Na na na-na-na-na-na-na, Na na na-na-na-na-na-na…It’s so catchy and so easy to remember, I keep finding myself singing along ( Read more... )

The mourning doves are back. There's one cooing outside my window right now.

Still no sign of the mockingbirds, though...

It's bitter cold tonight.

Holiday madness has officially begun. Tonight is the night of the annual Hollywood Christmas parade, which means I'm going to have one hell of a time getting home after work. I went to the parade once, the first year I lived in that neighborhood - and it was such a mob scene, I couldn't even see most of the parade through the crowds. I never ( Read more... )

One of the two dogs at work, Bugsy, has been very sick for the last few days. Carlos took him to the vet yesterday, and today he's having surgery on his kidneys ( Read more... )

I think I pulled a muscle in my shoulder last night when I was doing the Safety Dance at Ground Control.

Let this be a lesson to the rest of you. The Safety Dance = NOT SO SAFE!

L.A. is beautiful after a rain. The rain washes away the smog, and the sky is a brilliant shade of blue. Today I was driving north on Gower, and the Hollywood sign was right in front of me with a background of that amazingly blue sky, with a few clouds scattered here and there. I can't see the Hollywood sign from my apartment building, but I can ( Read more... )

It was pouring rain when I went to sleep, and it was still pouring rain when I woke up. That made me happy. I keep glancing over at my window, at the rain outside, and it makes me smile.

Hmm. For a little while there it was raining pretty hard, but it's already letting up. I love rain, and I always wish it would go on for days and days. But that hardly ever happens. It's raining right now, but I'm sure it will stop long before sunrise. I love falling asleep to the sound of rain, but even more than that I love waking up to the ( Read more... )

I've noticed that heat waves usually begin with wind and end with wind.

Right now the wind outside is blowing harder than it was the other night. Much harder. The temperature is still very warm, but I think the heat wave is going to break by some time tomorrow.

I could be wrong. We'll see.