Day 29 - Call Me Gidget...Or Gadget

So my parents have come and gone! And oh what a trip it was!

The absolute craziest thing we did was take a surfing lesson!



^ Me (Gigdet/Gadget) and my mom (Moon Doggie/Kitty)…I’ll have to get the before picture because it is way cute!

The nicknames are a long story, but I think these are the names we settled on.

Surfing was insane and exhausting and I only stood on my board like a few times, but my mom was a master at it. She even got a minor surfing injury, which I was a little jealous of.

My parents also fell in love with Wahoo’s fish tacos and I couldn’t drag them away from Huntington Beach.

Plus mine and LE’s cats were somewhat nice to my parents and hung out a little with them. So overall, everyone had a lovely time.

I would write more, but I am hungry for lunch and have to get my apartment back in order. Until tomorrow…

Day 28 - A Year Later...

Legal Eagle and I have now been out in California for just over a year (our year mark was Sunday and we celebrated with pizza and champagne).

And what perfect timing because now my parents are on their way to visit…finally!

In one year I have managed to have about a million jobs.

In one year I have managed to interview a good handful of celebrities.

It has certainly been quite a year. From chicken pox/shingles to trips to Vegas, I cannot believe all that has gone on here.

But I am soooo ready for Season Two!



^Val and Holly in Season Two!

I mean, Season Two is when Vince comes along, which he is way better than Henry. I still don’t understand the Henry/Holly relationship.

Plus they move into the loft in Season Two. Everything just gets a little better and a little more settled in Season Two, so I am so beyond ready for my turn!

But with my parents here for a few days, the blogging will once again be put on pause, but I’m sure with my return, there will be much to say!

Day 27 - Unlucky In Love

That is what the psychic told me. Many times over.

Legal Eagle and I went to our Tarot card reading this weekend and it was great, other than the unlucky in love thing.

But I am looking forward to the end of September because she said things will do a 180 for me, for the best.

So according to her my career will actually get going at some point and I am going in the right direction, blah blah.

Although, she did seem to allude to The Doc and that he isn’t out of the picture yet. Although he is quite out of the picture. And she may have said something about me not giving him enough of a chance, whatever. And she also alluded to the fact that I find him completely unreliable. Bingo!

All in all, it was fun and I’ll take bits and pieces of it as accurate. The only freaky thing was that she hit on a few things about me that were eerily true. It wasn’t so much of a prediction as either she read me really really well or something psychic-y….



^Our psychic did not look like this, but I wish she had!

Also, got my hair cut this weekend and am really in love with it. Cute bangs and good layers. And no longer scraggly.

Oh! I just realized that this means that I did accomplish getting a hairstyle that I love! I am so on my WILAY way!

Day 26 - Maybe It's A Bit Like Love...

I’m exhausted and probably driving myself a little crazy over this whole job thing. I know that I have spent way too much time in front of my computer, checking for jobs or looking at my email, waiting for someone to respond.

So, I need some space. Not that I will stop looking by any means, but I will chill out a little. After all, all of my other internships came when I wasn’t really expecting them or necessarily looking for them.

- CosmoGIRL! came along while I was waiting to hear from Seventeen and randomly called them one day to see if they were filling internships.

- Newcity came while my oldest sister and I were sitting in a Chinese restaurant and she picked up one of their issues and I had never ever heard of them before.

- In Style came along while I had a job and would occasionally check editorial websites to see what was out there, but was not at all looking for an internship of all things.

I suppose they say you find love when you finally stop looking for it, but what I want more than that is a dream job, so I’m going to lighten up on myself and my email checking and job obsessing. I’ll do some temping and whatnot to pay the bills and of course I’ll keep freelancing.

Honestly, I should just be taking a bit from WILAY. Val found her dream bakery when she wasn’t even expecting it.



^ See how happy she looks…well, you know…

Plus now I can get reacquainted with Shopaholic who has been having such a hard time in Shopaholic and Sister.

Oh and better yet, Legal Eagle wants to go to a psychic! I have been dying to go. Really, I would go to a psychic everyday if I could. But she mentioned it this morning and now I am bursting with excitement and have to find a really good one.

And I have to find us a hairdresser soon! I have decided to get bangs again and am also excited about that.

Time for boring dishes…reality can be such a drag.

Day 25 - In Need Of A Cute, Little Title Here

Can’t think of one thing in particular to blog about, so today will be a bunch of random, little things.

Last Friday I did make it to Blockbuster and have come to realize that I should not be allowed to go to Blockbuster alone, as I came out with 5 movies (I really wanted 6, but held back).

However, I have watched 3 of them already…2 to go!

And the reviews go as follows:



^ Word Wars - A-, good, but the people followed in it become pretty depressing. Wordplay, which is the crossword puzzle version of this film is much more recommended.



^ McLibel - B+, It’s interesting and I knew nothing about it, but goes a little slow for me and not enough juicy stuff.



^ Breakfast at Tiffany’s - A, Would have been an A+, but they have turned it into a color version and Blockbuster did not have the black and white…why would they do that? Don’t you just love milk in a martini glass…

I have a new show that I am so hooked on: Flipping Out (with Jeff Lewis). I love having new reality shows to love and gorge on.



^ He’s totally creepy looking!

But, he is so honest about being shallow and unemotional and needy. I love it. He’s way psycho, but so fascinating. I cannot get enough of this show and since I’ve never watched it, there is plenty for me to catch. This could be dangerous.

And another thing I am excited about: yet another blog!

But this time it’s a little, fashion blog: Falling for Fashion

Plus my party dress is featured on it today.

Now I must go spend the rest of my day like Carrie Bradshaw, sitting and contemplating and being fabulous in my little apartment. Oh wait…there are dishes to do, cat litter to be changed and jobs to be found. Until tomorrow…

Day 24 - My Perfect Little Weekend

Legal Eagle and I have decided to do just about nothing all weekend.

After hosting my sisters here and then being hosted in Texas, it is time for some nothingness.

Well, we do have a few plans, but they boil down to this:

- Olympic watching tonight with some yummy Chinese food (and no, we actually did not plan on having Chinese because the Olympics are in China, we just really love Pick Up Stix).

- LE’s open house at her new school on Saturday. While this does count as doing something, it will be in Long Beach (hopefully our future home) and I can goof off and explore because I won’t be going to school there (but no worries, I will try my best not to embarrass LE).

- Of course, the Dallas Cowboys have a pre-season game Saturday night, so of course LE and I will have to catch this (side note: I am not a football fan, but do enjoy the Cowboys, partly because I have no choice and partly because I get to eat yummy food and drink beer).

- Maybe watch some old movies. Have to go to Blockbuster and am thinking I just might pick up a bunch of Audrey Hepburn movies.

All in all, a whole lot of nothing going on and I am so excited for it.

And since I am going to have my perfect little weekend, here is a treat for everyone else:



^ Oldest sister, Greg Behrendt and me!

He sure is bizarre looking!

Hope everyone has a lovely little weekend!

Day 23 - Me Time

I’m back and 24!!!

And all I want right now is a little “me time.” I feel very much in the need of a day or 2 of just vegging out with nothing to do. But with our apartment being fairly close to a disaster zone and my life being equally as close, I think I will have to wait until the weekend to truly have a little “me time” and catch up with my magazines and Shopaholic.

But I think there are a few things that will get me to the weekend:

- My birthday party girl dress which I will post a picture of as soon as I take one. Maybe I’ll try it on just for kicks.

- Some WILAY episodes since it has been forever since I’ve gotten to see one.

- Knowing that my many mosquito bites from Texas will have to go away eventually.

- Coming home and remembering all the cutesy little things I got for my birthday.

- Oh, my parents impending arrival of course. Will be so nice!

In other news, talked to Oldest Sister today who informed me that she figured out why I like WILAY. Said she finally noticed Holly’s short skirts and it all makes sense because I am also quite fond of wearing short shorts or skirts for that matter.



^ So not the reason I like the show, but I can appreciate and relate to her taste in clothing.

If I were in school I would totally be shopping for school supplies. Not sure why I thought about this, but it actually seems like it would be fun. Man, I really want an office job, so I can buy a ton of cutesy office supplies. Then I would be known as The Girl with the Cutesy Office Supplies (if you read Shopaholic, this may sound familiar).

And I could go back-to-school clothes shopping! I would get scarves and boots and a bunch of clothes in brown and yellow and green. And of course a load of little jackets!

On a final and completely different note:

I saw the layout of Brad and Angelina’s kids and poor Maddox! He only gets one picture (of the 19 pages) and it’s a profile…although there is another, but he has Shiloh sitting on him so you only see him legs and arms. At first I wondered if he was going through an awkward stage, but he isn’t, he is just left out.