While I feel terrible that stores are losing money on high end items due to lack of demand during these tough times, I'm reveling in being able to afford very luxurious meals.  Of course, it doesn't hurt any that I know how to cook like a chef in a fine dining establishment.  You can't purchase that in a store. We've been eating very well these past few weeks.  Filets... exotic meats... double chops...

Sleeping has become difficult in the last week and all my tricks are failing to work.  The sleep I am getting when I finally pass out isn't high quality.  I'm tired and scatterbrained as a result.  I'm not getting things done either. It's also become difficult to go to the day job.  My head is so far into a different space that it's annoying to have to pull back out of that focus to do something that...

At some point today, it was announced that Michael Jackson's memorial service for the public would be held at Staples Center on Tuesday morning.  It didn't take long for the madness to settle into Downtown Los Angeles.  Street closures have begun in anticipation of the throngs that will descend upon the already congested area.  People have camped out.  Vendors are selling anything they can stick his...

  jayabusa   was taken with a dress made by Heartbreaker for the final scene of the movie.  They are a very tiny local designer and appear to hand-make everything they sell.  I love supporting people like that.  So, I ordered the dress on Monday (thanks to some help from a certain individual).  It arrived this afternoon in record time. The frock looked super cute on the website.  It's fun...

 "He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much."   -- Elbert Hubbard "Too often, people focus only on results. But getting results without learning something or without having fun are incomplete. So is having fun without getting the results, or having fun without learning something new to help and empower you in the future. Accomplishment is all three:...

I have mentioned in passing through the past year my incredible fortune to have met a professional creative with an extraordinarily huge heart who has been instrumental in teaching me a great deal.  I refer to him as my acting mentor or coach.  Our relationship transcends labels and often cheapens what passes between us but those are the best words to use to describe what is a greater symbiosis.  ...

I slept in today. It was glorious.  But everything has a price and that bit of luxurious behavior ate away half my day.  It's time to get dressed, grab my parasol and go make things happen.

Saturday evening  __wolverine__   took me behind the Orange Curtain to Downtown Disney for a night of rock and romance.  We had originally planned to eat at the House of Blues but due to terrible service and a ridiculously uninspiring menu we ended up on an exclusive balcony at the Jazz Kitchen.  It was divine.  We hadn't had such a marvelous time out in months.  Every moment of that meal is...

I started a list on Monday of the things I need to execute or gather for my trip to Texas.  I need to get quite a bit done every single day between now and then.  I've started crossing things out.  I'm still concerned about getting it all done. People have a very romantic idea of what this will be like for me.  I get a lot of silly questions or commentary that makes me a little uncomfortable.  The...

I wasn't moved by Michael Jackson's death as much as by Farrah Fawcett's passing at first.  In fact, I was a little angry that he overshadowed her tragic loss against the cancer she so desperately wanted to beat. I kept replaying that clip from her documentary in my head all day and all night where she fervently wished to live.  It quite literally haunted me and set a flame of urgency under my ass...