Friends/BURN

Yesterday was a lot of fun for me because I got to see three friends who I haven't seen in awhile. I got up this morning and had juice with a friend that I met recently, but don't see often. He is a film maker and an actor so we always share success stories.

After that I went and had tea with my friend Jody from the writing class that I used to take. We had girl talk for about an hour and a half.

By the time I drove back to my area, it was about dinner time so I met my friend Sasha, who moved here a week ago from New York, at a restaurant. She and I interned together at CBS in New York several years ago and I gave her all the information I could think of that might help her get started in Los Angeles.

Then I came home and I was cleaning the kitchen with my roommates. I was washing dishes from yesterday and one of my roommates decided to help out by heating water in a pan of yesterday's grease. I didn't know the burner was on so right after I finished the dishes and he started to wash out the pan, I grabbed the burner tops to wash them and one was scalding hot. I burned three fingers and my thumb! I don't think I've ever been burned that badly, even with a curling iron. I had my fingers in a bucket of ice for awhile but now they are good enough to type with, hence this blog:)

YOGA

When I lived in New York City I used to get up in the morning, especially in the winter and take a Bikram Yoga class. Bikram Yoga is also called Hot Yoga because the room it is practiced in is heated to a dry 110 degrees. It used to wake me up, get my blood flowing, and help keep me warm against the city winter.

Since I have been in LA I have not done yoga for two reasons. Reason one is that it is so hot out here that if I get my blood that warm in the morning it is just too hot. The second reason is because the studios out here aren't the same atmosphere as the ones in New York City and they are not nearly as relaxing.

Yesterday I realized that my local gym has regular yoga in the mornings and so I went to class to see how I liked yoga outside of the heat. Turns out, I have really missed yoga a lot and it felt really good to get back into it. I went again this morning and it just feels great to stretch and release all of the bad energy that we carry from traffic and stress.

Car is Fixed!

So after I spend two days at the mechanic's getting my catalyst converter, oxygen sensors and latch to my glove box fixed, I went out to my car yesterday morning and it would barley start! I drove all the way back to the mechanics and he said "oh. you're battery is dead." 20 minutes later my car was fixed and I was back on my way :) He has been really cool about charging me pretty much just what the parts cost and now my car is as good as new. If anyone in LA needs a mechanic, let me know and I will give you his number!!!!!

Weekend

My mom was in town visiting me this weekend so Saturday I took her to the mall in The Valley. She and I made an interesting observation that I think a lot of people know is true, but never really stop to think about.

We were not looking for anything in particular so we went into several different types of stores. At the clothing stores, we didn't get great service, as we were both wearing jeans and t-shirts. Even though mine was a Lucky Brand T and hers was from Macy's, apparently we didn't look like "buyers". We did end up buying clothing and once at the register we were asked if we found everything okay, but most of the stores we were shopping usually give better service. During the shopping process you have a salesperson nearby getting you different sizes and telling you how you look when you are trying on clothes, but we only had each other. It is like that scene from "Pretty Woman."

When we went to make-up stores and the make-up counters in the department stores, we had salespeople all over us, as my mom always wears pretty eye make-up and I wear pretty eye make-up when I go out. Since we both had it on, we must have looked like potential buyers.

Sunday we went to an expo at the Anaheim Convention center and Suzanne Somers was the Keynote speaker. My mom is a big fan of hers so she was excited to hear her speak. After the speech, Somers was in her booth signing autographs so we got the chance to talk with her. She was really nice and took time to talk with all of her fans. Also, she is really passionate about the causes she speaks about. My favorite part of the expo was this all woman's gym that gave salsa class demonstrations and hula hoop class demonstrations that you could participate in.

I had a great weekend with my mom and I hope my family has the opportunity to visit me out here more often!

P.S. ONE MONTH UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY! :)

Power Outage Article

Here is the promised power outage article. It is in the Daily Record Today:)

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070916/LIFE/709160340/1004