I'm really sad to report that Billy passed away this evening. He had been having a really tough time the last few weeks and he was barely eating and was having great difficulty walking. He was a really great cat and I'd like to share a photo of him sitting in one of his favorite spots....the sunbeam in our kitchen.

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I'm going crazy. Remember those baggy & ugly & colorful pants that were popular in the 80s? I think it started with a 'z' or something. I also think that Jim McMahon of the Chicago Bears wore them. Well, maybe I just remember people wearing the pants in blue and orange colors to indicate they were bears fans.

It rained in LA on Friday. Nothing horrible, but it looked really cool outside. Here's a rainbow and then some clouds that we saw from our balcony.


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Today was fun! Finally slept in quite a bit and Tom and I managed to walk to a theater and see a movie! There are actually a few theaters within walking distance (about 25-35 min walk) of our apartment. We saw Idiocracy, which is a new Mike Judge film (Office Space guy). It was okay. It was about a stupid guy in the military and a prostitute ( Read more... )

First of all, super duper thanks to Kevin, Karen, and Ted for helping with the loading of the truck. What a pain in the ass! If any of you move in the future, I'll pay for you to hire movers (although I'd be happy to pack most of your stuff ( Read more... )

First, I really need to thank my Aunt. She has carted our asses all over Los Angeles the last 2 days and has given us tons of advice. Saturday was a rough start at 9:30 AM (since we're in LA we had to leave at 8:30 to get there in time). The place was a shit hole. Really pretty bad. Some smelly dude with a dog was there and from the smell of ( Read more... )

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So, I just received my $500 deposit back from the dealer that skrewed up. It is the original check that I gave him a while ago and scrawled across the check it a huge smiley face and 'THANK YOU!' I'm a little creeped out by it. I can imagine that when Skippy did this he muttered the word bitch ( Read more... )

If a Toyota Matrix had a baby, it would be our new car


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