12 of 12: August 2010

Late, but not quite as late as last month... It's 12 of 12 time!

12:56 a.m. - I love my life.

Started August 12 off at Warner Brothers Studios. This was taken as I headed back to my car after a long, but wonderful, night. Thanks, Norm!


9:08 a.m. - Off to work.
My shadow as I walk across the median on my street to my car.


10:40 a.m. - Breakfast.

A breakfast sandwich from The Stand. This is the first time on Thursday that I'd feel disgusting. I had ordered a simple bagel and cream cheese, but they were out of cream cheese. I ended up opting for the same thing Kyle had ordered. Tasty, but gross.


1:55 p.m. - One good decision.

I decided to be "good" and eat one of my Lean Cuisines for lunch. First, I had to find it...


3:14 p.m. - Unsolicited laughs.

Every now and then, we'll get unsolicited e-mails/query letters via mail. This one had a teaser on the outside of the envelope that made me giggle. Marlys is my Nana's name -- and the envelope came from her native Minnesota. I was tickled for a few hours. (I'm not allowed to open them, so I had to pass it on to business affairs.)


7:47 p.m. - Objects in the side-view mirror may be grosser than they appear.

I'd had a hankerin' for McNuggets for a couple of days, so I decided to treat myself. Yummy, but I almost immediately started to feel disgusting. I think I've hit my McDonald's quota for the next 243 days or so.


8:15 p.m. - Terror Babies?

This is the fancy pants McDonald's near Century City, which explains the TV. They had Anderson Cooper on and the whole interview was pretty darn disturbing, even with no sound. I mean, subject matter, yeah, but the interview subject was acting crazy and combative.


8:35 p.m. - La Cienega just failed.

Traffic was still crappy at 8:30 at night. It could have been worse, but as you can see on my dashboard, I was only going 33 miles per hour. In a 65-70 mile per hour zone. Like Ricky Bobby, I like to go fast!


9:04 p.m. - My shadow returns home.

We saw my shadow as I left for work. This is the slightly more exhausted -- and disgusting-feeling from dinner -- shadow as I returned home.


10:30 p.m. - When it rains, it pours.

Maybe it's just something that happens to me, but I seem to run out of things at the same time. It's both frustrating and expensive. The latest be added to the list of things to be replaced is my make-up remover. Darn it anyway.


11:05 p.m. - Polka dots!

Packing up my work bag for the next day. This is the case for my laptop. I love it -- probably because it reminds me of my Lite Brite from back in the day.


11:06 p.m. - Though his mind is not for rent, don't put him down as arrogant.

Rush's "Tom Sawyer" came up on shuffle as I was about to turn out the light. It was an interesting little bookend.


Have a great week, everyone!

Twelve of Twelve. A month late.

Hey! I've been busy, okay? I went to pull the pictures off of the camera on the 13th and the battery died halfway through the process and then I just...forgot. I'm defending myself to Mel. I'm crazypants.

Better late than never, right? I'm going to pretend you just said yes...

(As always, if you don't know what this 12 of 12 business is all about, check out Chad Darnell's site here. Do it anyway.)

7:06 a.m. - Late start.

Breakfast in the car. Late leaving, which means an abbreviated workout. Better than nothing, I suppose...


7:42 a.m. - The gym.

This picture makes me so, so sad. Because I love this gym. LOVE. But I'm canceling the membership because it's no longer doable with my budget. But it's amazing. If you're a gazillionare, you should totally be working out here. This particular day, I got there in time for a quick workout and a shower. Wooo.


11:03 a.m. - Apple crumble.

The night before, I had wanted to make an apple pie. The problem was that it got to be so late in the evening that the entire apple pie-making process was going to be too much. So, I did the quick fix. APPLE CRUMBLE. It was good. I don't need this stuff around the house (because I will eat it), so I took the rest to work. I got in trouble with Maleficent for doing so, though.


12:53 p.m. - Southern girl lunch.

Because I was feeling all Southern and Texan and stuff the weekend prior, I made oven barbequed chicken, baked beans, and potato salad. Along with the afore-mentioned apple crumble. Of course, there was an intense amount of leftovers, so I took some to work. Bad idea. Two words: FOOD COMA.


1:42 p.m. - Undercovers Blues.

Except how can you be blue when Boris Kodjoe is in your office complex? I mean, honestly. Yes, Undercovers was filming in Century Park and it was totally cool.


3:35 p.m. - Starbucks!

Time for iced tea. The barista is so nice -- she's one of the new kids on the block.


4:34 p.m. - Meetings!

Water for the meeting I had to go and set up. Much better than that nasty Arrowhead stuff. Team Sparkletts! (Even though, yes, I realize this is Crystal Geyser.)


7:36 p.m. - Glee!

(That was meant to be heard in the chirpy singy voice from the "previouslies" in which they're all, "Here's what you missed on...GLEE!")

Liz T. is a member of the Paley Center for Media and was able to procure tickets for us to an "Inside the Writers' Room" event at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan told us all what it was like to write an episode of Glee. Muy interesting.


9:25 p.m. - The Triv.

I didn't think I was actually going to be able to make it to trivia due to the previous event, however it let out in plenty of time. So, I joined up with my crew for some pub trivia magic.


11:32 p.m. - L.A. in a nutshell.

The 10E/110N transition ramp has been closed for construction intermittently over the past few months, so one has to detour. This means driving through another construction area where they seem to be working on light rail tracks. I have to say that I do approve of this -- even if it makes driving late at night exceptionally wonky.


11:50 p.m. - Coziness. Again.

I need to be more creative. I've just realized that I take a picture of my bedroom pretty much every month. It's kind of like Zankou in that way. But yeah. This is where I sleep and it's awesome. I love that it's clean in this picture. I had dusted and vacuumed in preparation for my vacation because I love coming home to a clean place.


11:59 p.m. - Community!

So, because there was a panel at Comic Con -- and because "Modern Warfare" was one of the most brilliant things I saw on television (er, Hulu) last season -- I decided that I needed to watch Community in its entirety. I wasn't a fan of the pilot, so I never really picked the show up. But I'm so glad I decided to go back and rewatch. So, so funny.


I have so much more to say, but I'll save that for another shmoopy post. Because is it ever schmoopy. Be warned.