Happy New Year, everyone!

I went to Gridlock to see Adam Lambert, so if anyone is curious about that experience... ( kleeeeeeeeeek )

Yeah, I'm not buying anymore music this year.

( Albums of the Year )

I've been back from the Philippines, for awhile now. It was definitely a good trip. Interesting for sure, but I will post more. I've just been preoccupied.

Pancit does not taste as good here anymore. It's sad.

( Top 30 Films, as deemed by Paul )

Not necessarily reflections of my taste.

I'm hungry. And where's my sister?

Thank God it is so much cooler this week. It was freakin' hot last week and since I had a cough, I was so uncomfortable and a raging bitch. I'm better now. Autumn, come soon. I love you and miss you.

I'm kind of sick of the sunshine right now, to be honest. I'm such a Goldilocks when it comes to my weather.

I'm sick.

Fuck that.

What I want to do this week:

See Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Janel (alas, not likely as I work at 6am, so I cannot make the trip to Pomona). As I am liking their latest album (Album 2 did very little for me, so it's nice to like them again), I kind of want to check them out anyway as they are playing LA, but it won't be the same without littlejanel with me! Curse California's brokeass raising fees.

See Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at the Henry Fonda.

See Little Boots at the Roxy.

See CocoRosie at the Henry Fonda.

See a pattern here?

I should get tickets.

Umm. Yeah.

By the way, if Yo Gabba Gabba cast members are going to walk from behind me looking like a giant red dildo, I'd prefer them to not be so stealth. I'd be less freaked out that way.

Some random things:

--I am a twitter addict, you guys! Come join me. Same name, as always.

--I am reading Valley of the Dolls and I love it.

--Patrick Wolf's latest album is fantastic. Damaris owns me.

--I still like champagne.

--I am getting full time hours at work. I don't really want that now. haha

--I saw Jason Castro yesterday while I was eating ice cream. I helped a very preggers Irish lady the other day who I am pretty sure was the co-star of that Cillian Murphy movie about twin psychosis. He was called Pig, I think, but I cannot be bothered to look it up.

--I may be in England in August.

I have been spending way too much there. Like, I am all "ooh, new P-Wolf album -- get it" and all "Oh, I don't have that Presets remix album" and I get it. I am even buying videos of Adam Lambert (what is wrong with me?!?) and putting them on my ipod. This is more dangerous than a record shop, yo. Hell, even if I leave the house to get away from my computer and iTunes, I am in danger as a new record shop just opened down the road from me, which is a mixture of a dry-rub, picnic-style bbq place. Welcome to Silver Lake. If I avoid that, I will probably end up at a coffee shop. So I am either broke or wired. Sweet.

By the way, I am still in no-rent limbo, but it's working out okay. We still have permission to stay and it will still be sorted. Nothing to worry about. I have been in a better mood lately, so it's all good.

Anyway, the Patrick Wolf album is almost finished downloading. Sweet! I am seeing him live next week as well. Fun times.

My neighbours in the beautiful building next door with the courtyard outside my window annoy me. Not only do they feel the need to have band practice late at night, but now they are filming some random zombie movie outside my window. Right outside! Loudly. Why?

I am, like, seriously addicted to Adam Lambert. Even more so now that the show is over. I cannot get enough of his interviews. I LAHV him and am even contemplating going to an AI concert? Why?! That's lame. But Adam isn't. This is the first time I am anticipating an AI album as well. I'm a total Adam fangirl. It's weird.

Anyway, I have not been that well for the past week, but I think I have pretty much corrected it. I am going to set up a doctor's appointment soon to find out, once and for all, if I am celiac.

Also, I have tickets to see Patrick Wolf soon. Woo! My baby sister is coming with me. Aww.

On a different, random note: my boss came into work today drunk off her ass. Like, way drunk. It was interesting, to say the least.

So... I despise boxing. Loathe it. Yet Paul managed to get me to root for Pacquiao in the boxing match, while he cheered on Hatton. Seriously, I got, like, two minutes of Pinoy Pride then I saw the match and was like... okay? That's it? And a dude was beat up. Short, overhyped and violent. That is why I do NOT like boxing. It's quite depressing. Oh well.

I want pancit though.

In other news, Paul and I had our five year wedding anniversary a few days ago. Woo us.

Oh, I love the recording of "Feeling Good" done by Adam Lambert on American Idol. I have seriously not liked a contestant this much, like, ever. I would even contemplating buying his post-Idol stuff. Like, whoa! That's not normal.

Oh, after drinking a bottle of champagne, I played a game of Settlers of Catan that pretty much won itself for me. That was awesome.

I got some more hibiscus flowers from the Cheese store of Silverlake today and spotted Alex Kingston buying cheese. Mmm... cheese.

I did the East Silver Lake walk in Walking L.A.. Man, I am a bit sore. That was over two miles of going up hills and climbing stairs. I am seriously amazed that it involved that much climbing -- much better than a stair stepper! Plus, we did the West Silver Lake walk (pretty much) to get to the walk, plus some, which made the walk over well over 5 miles. Loads of hills. I have been trying to see if I can avoid hills in this area, but I have learned that it is not possible. I don't mind, really.

By the way, I absolutely LOVE Pretty Little Eyes by The Presets. That song is so good. It makes me want to do raunchy choreography with somebody.

I have been rather homesick for London the past couple weeks. Part of me always misses London, but these feelings have been quite close to the surface. It's not a I'm-so-homesick-I-cry feeling (which, believe me, I have had), just a feeling that I miss it and am in the wrong place.

I blame the heat. It was freakin' hot this week.

What the shit? It is midnight and the nearby Church has its bells ringing like crazy. They have been for the past three minutes with insane chiming and ringing. It's midnight, yo! What is up with that?

Now some of the dogs have join in and are howling with it. Okay.

On a different note, I did see 17 Again. It was amusing, but now I am completely aboard the Zac Efron is hot bandwagon.

I am not really doing anything. I worked at the Irvine store in receiving. I almost forgot how much I like doing receiving -- it's chill, yet busy. Plus, no customers. Holla!

Anyway, I am going back to early mornings (who knew starting work at 7am would eventually be considered sleeping in?) and no cat. Puma likes to sing/cry/yell at 6am, every day. Uling likes to go to bed early. I miss having animals already.

Got the Bat for Lashes album. LOVE IT. Daniel is such a beautiful song. Also, I found two P-Wolf songs and am digging both, yo. Fun times.

I so want to see 17 Again tomorrow and I have been itching to see it since I saw the trailer during Confessions of a Shopaholic. It looks funny and Zac Efron seems to actually be able to act. Cool.

Speaking of Efron, I am ashamed to admit that he looks pretty cute now. I mean, I never checked him out on HSM really. I heard girls thought he was cute, but he looked so young and... odd. Now? I admit that he is cute. That leaves a weird taste in my mouth since it is all good and legal (we are both in are twenties -- just opposite sides of it), but dude... it's Zac Efron!

I ate a cookie and drank a coke. Now I feel like I have gained 10 pounds. Oof.

My "o" key is being erratic. Oh no (that originally came out as h n).

I want to buy the new Bat for Lashes album on iTunes, but I don't know if I should wait and check Amoeba for the chance of finding a CD for cheaper than buying the download.

I have enrolled to sign up for a summer class and have been driving around the Valley. Fun times, yo!

Has anyone seen Patrick Wolf's new video on Youtube for Vulture? It's interesting, especially if you always wanted to see Patrick Wolf in some barely-there S&M gear. The song is way catchy too. I look forward to when his new album comes out.

I went on a long walk today. Accidentally. We started off with brunch at the end of the hill, but ended up at Echo Park in pedal boats. Yay! I love pedal boats.

I ended up clocking about 6 miles today. I missed urban walks. I even bought a book on LA walks called--wait for it--Walking LA. Yup. Going to try some.

I am hopelessly addicted to American Idol now. Now with Megan gone it's pretty much Adam now. I actually quite like him. I'm a junkie!

Oh, I still need to put out information about the dress rehearsal here. It's quite interesting.

So yeah... I shall journal it up again. Soon.

I am now exploring different routes to get home to see which is quickest, which has the best walk, etc. I took a bus that dropped me off in a different spot and passed a place called Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop. That's a way to get noticed.

I am rather tired right now. I didn't get much sleep last night, but that is my fault. I shall maybe take a nap today.

There is this place near me called Cha Cha Cha's and it has this delicious guava goat cheese quesadillas. I need to find someone to go to Happy Hour with me since it gets so cheap and is so good!

As I walked home today I saw two signs about missing cats/cats getting hit by cars. :( How sad. I know this is a dog neighbourhood, and now I can kind of see why. Poor kitties. If I got another one it would have to be a "house" cat.

By the way, if anyone is even slightly interested in karaoke or just a pop culture junkie like me, I highly recommend Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life by Brian Rafferty. It's a really interesting book about how karaoke came about and became so popular. It's also rather funny.

Anyway, I need a nap.

Well, I am a bit more... I don't know. Relaxed? Less anxious? I don't quite know. I guess slightly at ease. I have not unpacked yet though, just in case.

Anyway, some thing I have done.

-- Gone to the Filipino grocery area in Eagle Rock. I had lumpia, halo-halo and bought some siopao, hopia, pan de sal, puto (don't laugh, Spanish speakers!) and polvoron (crunchy) from the supermarket.

-- I taught some people Skip-Bo, which I have taken to carrying everywhere in my purse. I am tempted to try and get people to play it with me in the cafe.

-- Speaking of games... I would really like to start a "game night" again. I wonder if there is a way of doing that on facebook or something. I mean, it was how I met mizzykitty initially! It would be nice to do that again.

-- For as much spare time as I have right now, I don't know why I am not done with my current book. Shall get on that.

-- There are seriously more coffee shops than I realised in my area. jontheelf, you need to visit us so we can do a "coffee crawl" sometime. It would be like a weird, wired version of a pub crawl.

-- Paul is trying to get a lemon from the tree outside our window for his fish.

-- There are still some annoying things going on, but that will be for later.

-- I might try and get to Disneyland some time soon.

-- I want to see Race to Witch Mountain. I loved the 1970s movies, so I want to see the new one!

-- I feel like I am neglecting some people (Dan, Shabnam, Janel, etc.) in my recent self-absorbed state. So if any of you want to hang, let me know.

-- I am really motivated to drive now. And fix the car. I just stupidly left my permit in Orange County, which I am going to pick up soon.

-- I have been watching a lot of EncoreLove Channel.

-- I am totally addicted to black iced coffee right now.

Apparently, every day I walk the hill that made Charles Bukowski hate his postal route.

Fun times.