Some last and first thoughts...
Here it is...My first post of 2003!
First some final thoughts on 2002...2002 was such a good year for me. Work has been phenomenal, one of the big highlights being "Whammy." Plus, as 2002 drew to a close, I've finally felt a sense of being established at work. I've made a lot of new friends in addition to the ones I already have. And these new friends (including one particular blue-eyed, Ben Folds-loving, bad-joke telling, fellow game show fanatic) have quickly become my best friends. I'm living in a great place and have the best roommates in the world including one kinda-new roommate thanks to the vacancy in the guest house behind our house. As the past blogs can attest to, I've seen some great shows and we've had some really kick-ass parties. I have no real complaints at all about life in LA right now. I truly feel content. I can proudly say that Los Angeles is my home now and I don't see myself budging from here any time soon...Now, as to what I've been up to lately...
I've had a great first few days back in LA. Monday, I got to see what happens "When Webpages Collide." For the past few months, I've been bouncing e-mails and IMs back and forth with Chris. Chris found my webpage doing a search for "Whammy." Well, he and his boyfriend Doug took a trip down to my neck of the woods this week and Monday, we all got together. I introduced them to some of the locals around here. We did a little game afternoon which included the most draining game of "Trivial Pursuit"....EVER....The 20th Anniversary edition seems to have a love for baseball questions in the orange category. Not only that but during the two-hour trivia fest, TWO (count 'em, TWO!) Japanese baseball questions popped up. Eeek...After the "Trivial Pursuit" game from hell, we went out to dinner...That turned out to be another ordeal. We went to the Grand Lux Cafe at the Beverly Center. There were nine of us. The host informed us that there would be a 25 to 40 minute wait. Well, we wait...and wait...and wait...and wait...40 minutes pass by and the lobby is filled with half the number of people that were there when we arrived. 40 minutes turn into an hour...Still not seated. We send person after person from party to find out what's up. The best we could get was that the one big table that could fit us was still being occupied. We could get free appetizers if we chose to wait. That wasn't quite what we were hoping to hear. We then head across the street to Johnny Rockets whose staff could not have been more accomodating. The only kink was a glass of water falling into my lap. This led to me complaining about my "moist thighs" throughout the night. The wetness would have been bearable if it weren't for the fact that we were sitting outside with the breezy winter LA weather chilling us. We finally got back home at 11 and I said my goodbyes to Chris and Doug. Lots and lots of fun...And pics to come by the weekend...
New Year's Eve...Tuesday was great. I ended up doing more than I expected that day. Took care of some errands in the morning and afternoon and then met up with Drew in the evening to being celebrating the last evening of 2002. We headed up to Santa Clarita to our friend Tony's for his New Year's shindig. There was sooooooooooo much good food there. But that wasn't the only highlight of the party. We also saw a bunch of friends there, a few of which we hadn't seen for weeks. We also played a couple of games as well including everybody's favorite "25 Words or Less." Around 10-ish we headed to West L.A. where we picked up our friend Jesse before we headed back to Drew's place to hang out for the countdown. We did a little Balderdashing before Uncle Dicky (via the miracle of tape delay) led the countdown of the ball dropping in Times Square. Hung out a bit more with Drew and Jesse and watched some tee-wee before we called it a night and I took Jesse home. But alas, that wasn't the end of my evening. I then returned to my neck of the woods and stopped by my friend Chris's for his New Year's Shindig. The ever so-bleached-but-ever-so-cute Kenny was there as well. Caught up with them and stayed there for a couple of hours before I headed to my bed in lovely Toluca Lake adjacent around 4-ish. Ahhh....
2003 got off to a good start. Wednesday, I slept in a bit. I then headed over to Drew's and helped him enter the wonderful world of TiVo. While we were over at Best Buy, I did some more comparison shopping on dish systems. As I start to look things over, it's seeming like Dish Network is the best way to go for the house. They've got a nice 3-room deal for their system. Headed over to 3rd Street in Santa Monica for a really late lunch before we headed back to his place to set up the TiVO. Nothing like that 4-hour initial setup ...
Here it is...My first post of 2003!
First some final thoughts on 2002...2002 was such a good year for me. Work has been phenomenal, one of the big highlights being "Whammy." Plus, as 2002 drew to a close, I've finally felt a sense of being established at work. I've made a lot of new friends in addition to the ones I already have. And these new friends (including one particular blue-eyed, Ben Folds-loving, bad-joke telling, fellow game show fanatic) have quickly become my best friends. I'm living in a great place and have the best roommates in the world including one kinda-new roommate thanks to the vacancy in the guest house behind our house. As the past blogs can attest to, I've seen some great shows and we've had some really kick-ass parties. I have no real complaints at all about life in LA right now. I truly feel content. I can proudly say that Los Angeles is my home now and I don't see myself budging from here any time soon...Now, as to what I've been up to lately...
I've had a great first few days back in LA. Monday, I got to see what happens "When Webpages Collide." For the past few months, I've been bouncing e-mails and IMs back and forth with Chris. Chris found my webpage doing a search for "Whammy." Well, he and his boyfriend Doug took a trip down to my neck of the woods this week and Monday, we all got together. I introduced them to some of the locals around here. We did a little game afternoon which included the most draining game of "Trivial Pursuit"....EVER....The 20th Anniversary edition seems to have a love for baseball questions in the orange category. Not only that but during the two-hour trivia fest, TWO (count 'em, TWO!) Japanese baseball questions popped up. Eeek...After the "Trivial Pursuit" game from hell, we went out to dinner...That turned out to be another ordeal. We went to the Grand Lux Cafe at the Beverly Center. There were nine of us. The host informed us that there would be a 25 to 40 minute wait. Well, we wait...and wait...and wait...and wait...40 minutes pass by and the lobby is filled with half the number of people that were there when we arrived. 40 minutes turn into an hour...Still not seated. We send person after person from party to find out what's up. The best we could get was that the one big table that could fit us was still being occupied. We could get free appetizers if we chose to wait. That wasn't quite what we were hoping to hear. We then head across the street to Johnny Rockets whose staff could not have been more accomodating. The only kink was a glass of water falling into my lap. This led to me complaining about my "moist thighs" throughout the night. The wetness would have been bearable if it weren't for the fact that we were sitting outside with the breezy winter LA weather chilling us. We finally got back home at 11 and I said my goodbyes to Chris and Doug. Lots and lots of fun...And pics to come by the weekend...
New Year's Eve...Tuesday was great. I ended up doing more than I expected that day. Took care of some errands in the morning and afternoon and then met up with Drew in the evening to being celebrating the last evening of 2002. We headed up to Santa Clarita to our friend Tony's for his New Year's shindig. There was sooooooooooo much good food there. But that wasn't the only highlight of the party. We also saw a bunch of friends there, a few of which we hadn't seen for weeks. We also played a couple of games as well including everybody's favorite "25 Words or Less." Around 10-ish we headed to West L.A. where we picked up our friend Jesse before we headed back to Drew's place to hang out for the countdown. We did a little Balderdashing before Uncle Dicky (via the miracle of tape delay) led the countdown of the ball dropping in Times Square. Hung out a bit more with Drew and Jesse and watched some tee-wee before we called it a night and I took Jesse home. But alas, that wasn't the end of my evening. I then returned to my neck of the woods and stopped by my friend Chris's for his New Year's Shindig. The ever so-bleached-but-ever-so-cute Kenny was there as well. Caught up with them and stayed there for a couple of hours before I headed to my bed in lovely Toluca Lake adjacent around 4-ish. Ahhh....
2003 got off to a good start. Wednesday, I slept in a bit. I then headed over to Drew's and helped him enter the wonderful world of TiVo. While we were over at Best Buy, I did some more comparison shopping on dish systems. As I start to look things over, it's seeming like Dish Network is the best way to go for the house. They've got a nice 3-room deal for their system. Headed over to 3rd Street in Santa Monica for a really late lunch before we headed back to his place to set up the TiVO. Nothing like that 4-hour initial setup ...
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