Day 202 - WTF?! Transition Lenses?!

Oh my freaking god! Neighbor apparently owns transition lenses. Kill me dead.

OK, I'll explain.

I hung out with Neighbor for about an hour yesterday afternoon. There is this place in Beachwood Canyon (our area) called The Garden of Oz. He first told me about it, but hadn't been able to find it. Finally he did and asked me yesterday if I wanted to see it. Of course I did, so I went to meet up with him at his place.

When I got there he had glasses on, to which I thought, "Aww, cute! I haven't seen him in his glasses." I knew he wore glasses because I've snooped through his bathroom.

So, then we headed out. As we walked, I eventually looked over and noticed his glasses had gotten darker. I couldn't stare, so I thought maybe it was just my imagination. Also, I had sunglasses on so maybe it had darkened everything. But no, the glasses continued to get darker until they were "sunglasses."

The first thing I thought was, "Transition lenses? Seriously?" The second thing was, "My sisters are going to die when I tell them."

The thing is, I so far have no complaints about his sense of style and dress, which is why this horrible choice in glasses/sunglasses is so confusing. Usually he wears perfectly acceptable sunglasses for men. Sure, I guess they are practical, but just sooooo silly.

Well, you can't win them all apparently. I held back asking about/making fun of them. But I'm sure if we continue to hang out, the topic will come up. And yes, sisters of mine, you can begin to hassle me over this. Let the jokes begin.

Day 201 - Meet Melvin...And Some Other Stuff

^The size of Melvin compared to my old lappy.


^Melvin and his hot pink case.


^One of my favorite meals to make: BBQ chicken and avocado.


^I have since cut my bangs, but need to make a hair appointment. I also tried out for the role of Cousin It in The Addams Family.


That's all. I've just been meaning to post this stuff. Enjoy!

Day 200 - Whoa, I Need A Life!

I've written 200 of these little things?! Holy Moly!

So, I guess that means an update on whatever this blog is supposed to be about. Oh right, making my life like a TV show. What a weirdo.

1. Apartment: Still love my apartment and I actually put up a curtain on my closet that I've been meaning to do since sometime last summer. Oops. And I think I've found sheets for my bed, finally! Oh, but a baby moved in next door and its room is next to mine. It cries and it's unfair that I should have to deal with this.

2. Hair and Makeup: I'm so freaking weird. Well, I got my haircut and found a hair place that I love. Makeup is good. This is such a weird goal. Maybe that means I'm growing up??

3. Clothes: Love all my clothes and happy with all recent purchases. Still need to find skinny jeans. (Old Navy still does not have the right size online in stock for me. :( )

4. Job: Am I doing my dream job? No. Am I working? Yes. I really need to be writing and pitching what I want to do. I fell behind at one point and am now about to get back on track. Wish me luck!

5. Money: I'm actually OK on money. I was even able to buy a new laptop (Melvin), thanks to a tax refund. I'm getting there and swear I am trying to be smart about my funds. Trying...

6. Organization: Uh, do we have to talk about this? I've kind of forgotten about it. Maybe I should focus on this. I have been thinking a lot about getting my portfolio together. Thinking is just thinking though.

7. Zany Situations: I think Legal Eagle and I will be going on a Hollywood tour after I go back to Chicago. I owe her because I lost a bet. This will be zany. I'm excited!

8. Boys: Well, at least there is a boy in the picture. And Neighbor is calling me tonight. About time!

9. A "Hang-Out" Place: I do have my little Cafe Audrey and some other places I adore. This doesn't feel too, too important, but I am enjoying when I go out. That's good!

All in all, I'm in a good place right now. Just need to get a little bit back on track with work.

Day 199 - Boooooooored

I'm so freaking bored.

I got my teeth pulled today. It hurt. My face is a puffer. I'm cranky.

Currently, my only distraction is TV. I don't even want to be on my adorable laptop.

And NO ONE (including Neighbor!) is responding to my texts. This makes me really bored and cranky.

I just want to feel all better and be able to enjoy the sun tomorrow.

Also, I can't even waste time eating yummy food.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!

Day 198 - Confession Time?

I really, really, really don't want to go to the dentist tomorrow.

I have to get two wisdom teeth extracted and the thought just makes me physically exhausted.

I don't think I can't handle the pain, it's all the other stuff.

I went to the store to get soup and potatoes for my meals. I'm not ready at all to be back on a soft diet. Luckily I got some coffee ice cream to ease the pain.

I don't want to have to take 5 bajillion pills.

I don't want to always feel hungry.

I don't want to deal with the sore mouth and the icky stitches.

I don't want to have a little puffer face.

Usually I've been OK going back to the dentist, I just think the last time was too exhausting that I'm not prepared to go back.

Maybe I should break out that ice cream early...

Day 197 cont. - Skype!

"are we talking?"

^What I wrote to middle sister right before we Skyped. Always a sign of brilliance when you are talking to someone and you ask if you are talking to them. :)

Day 197 - Just Checking In

I have stuff to do. Yuck. But I thought I should check in.

So, I did have my date with Neighbor. It was fun for the most part, but then after the comedy show we ended up having a talk. Oy!

Basically, I felt like he said I wasn't a priority, etc. and that work is all he can think about right now. Mostly, I left the date feeling pretty confused.

I thought about it a lot and rambled on to various people. I had no desire to get in touch with Neighbor because I felt like that should be on him.

And he did. He texted me yesterday when I was out. He wanted to see if I was around and also apologized. I eventually wrote back and thought maybe I'd stop by at some point to talk. (Not that I had any idea what I'd say.)

I ended up running into him on the hill as I came back from a meeting. We talked. I told him everything that bothered me. He listened, felt bad and apologized. He also explained stuff that he said and what he meant.

So, the verdict? We will go out again. Slowly date, get to know each other. I like him, and I do think that we did have a misunderstanding.

I do have other things I want to blog about, but I'll do that tomorrow when I have more time.

PS. Getting two wisdom teeth out Friday. Soft food diet, here I come!

Day 196 - She Was Doing Neither

"You better be doing something awesome like noshing on French toast or picking daisies to miss my call."

^Part of my text to oldest sister this morning.

Day 195 - My Ex Has A Baby...

...and I have a new laptop and a date tomorrow!!!!

OK, first thing first (because I'm sure my family wants to know). Yes, my college boyfriend has a baby. I found out via Facebook. It's cool; it's definitely what he wanted. It's also weird. Not in like a, "Man, he's so beating me in life" way, but in a, "Thank god I broke up with him" way.

Babies are great and all (No they're not!!!), but I'm glad that at this point in my life, I can focus on just me. Being selfish is what I need and what my 20s will be about. I'm glad I only have to support me and can spend my free time figuring out how to reorganize my closet and such.

OK, on to me!

I got a new laptop. It's itty bitty and so cute! It's navy blue, and I have a hot pink case for it. I was hesitant about the hot pink, but then I remembered how much I love hot pink and navy blue together. (See, I couldn't spend time analyzing this if I had a baby.) I'll take pics and post them. Not working on it yet, just looking at its cuteness.

Also, I have a date with Neighbor tomorrow! Finally, we are going out and it should be lots of fun. We are going to The Comedy Store. We will be going to the Potluck show, I think. It's just like an open mic so I'm very excited. But first...we will be going on a haunted tour of the place. Supposedly The Comedy Store is haunted. Neighbor knows someone who works there or something and so he's going to show us around. Neighbor has already been around to check out the haunting and said it's awesome and creepy. I'm super excited and quite pleased with the effort made.

I'll be sure to keep you updated on everything. Things are good, and I can't wait to use my pretty laptop!!!

Day 194 - Love This Time Of Year

Last night when I went to bed I left my window open. It's currently hot in L.A.

It was that kind of sleep where there is a breeze and it gets a bit chilled (but not cold), so you need to have a cover over you (but not because you are freezing).

I love this feeling.

Day 193 - St. Patrick's Day 2010

Yay! St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!!

I'm excited because I'm Irish and I quite like the color green. Oh, and beer.

Tomorrow Legal Eagle and I will be celebrating it in Orange County. I'm half-excited, half-not. Let's Pro/Con it:

PRO: I'll be out on St. Patrick's Day!

CON: I'll be in Orange County.

PRO: I'll be out with a bunch of different people.

CON: Did I mention I'll be in Orange County?

PRO: Everyone else is taking care of the details of where we are going, so I just have to show up.

CON: I will have to spend the night in Orange County, which means I won't be back in Hollywood until Thursday.

PRO: Beer! Green beer!

CON: Green beer looks like NyQuil.

PRO: I can tell everyone I'm Irish.

CON: I forgot, did I mention I'll be in Orange County?

I guess I just don't want to have to be in Orange County and then trying to get back to Hollywood at a normal time (read: as early as possible). Right now, it feels like I'll be losing my Wednesday and Thursday.

I hate leaving Hollywood.

Day 192 - Life Update

I have tons of work to do this week and other stuff going on, but I want to take some time to catch up because lots has been going on. I've missed you, blog.

Middle sister came to visit last week. It was nice to have family out here. Mostly we wandered around Hollywood, ate, drank and caught up on randomness. The weather was perfect. All in all, a good time and many silly laughs.

Work has been work. I need to catch up on some stuff so I can start spending more time on things that I want to write.

And on to Neighbor stuff...really my life is pretty much the same other than these developments.

Yes, he did make a move. And yes, he responded to my email invite to a comedy show on Saturday night. He told me he might have to do some work on this movie trailer depending on how some meeting went. He ended up having to work, but we met up after the comedy show.

Things are fun with him. It's hard recapping every night we hang out, so I'm just going to type out random things and convos from the last two Saturdays.

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Neighbor rented Harold & Maude last Saturday. Very thoughtful as I had told him about it the previous weekend.

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Remember how I said I hate when people ask me what it is exactly I want to do? Well, he asked me again, but this time with the kind of response I want.

Neighbor: So, what kind of stuff do you want to do, sort of long-term?

Me: (heavy sigh) Well, it's hard to explain. I know what I want to do, but I don't know how I'd classify it. Not hard journalism, but not this entertainment stuff.

Neighbor: I understand. It's kind of like someone asking me what I want to do. (Note: I've asked this before.)

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So, after he made a move I felt the need to clarify with him that I wasn't just going to be some neighbor he could randomly see and make out with. Then this Saturday I felt the need to mention this again as he had not asked me on a date. Here's how that went:

Me: I know we already talked about this, but I'm not some hook up or just hang out whenever girl.

Neighbor: I know, I understand. And I'm not that kind of guy.

Me: OK, well, (long pause) I just really want you to ask me on a date.

Neighbor: What? Oh, yeah?

Me: Yeah. Just hanging out at night at your place is fun and all, but I'd like to hang out outside your apartment.

Neighbor: I guess the last people I've dated we didn't really do the asking out thing.

Me: Well, I'd like to. I've been waiting all week.

Neighbor: Maybe I was just waiting to ask.

Me: How long were you going to wait??

Neighbor: OK, we'll go on a date. Done.

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Then before I left, he thought out loud about our future date (No, he hasn't asked me, yet. What's with that??), but here is what he said. Note: I think he was really tired because it's pretty random.

Neighbor: We'll do something French. I'll take you to the aquarium or an art museum. Yeah, we'll go to a gallery show. Or we'll go to the Bat Caves (a thing in our neighborhood where the original Batman cave was shot). No, that's not very date-y.

Me: What?

Neighbor: It'll be something good.

Note: I don't think there is an aquarium in L.A., just in Long Beach.

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At some point we ate Cracker Jacks:

Me: Oooh, the prize! Don't look. Do you have a pencil? (The prize was this piece of paper with part of a pencil drawn on it and two people climbing up it, making it look like they were climbing your pencil.)

Neighbor: Will a pen work?

Me: Uh, sure, but it won't be nearly as good....OK, check it out!

Neighbor: Ahh, if I were 8 again I would totally think this rocked. Although, the color of the pencil is kind of off.

Me: Yeah, let's open the other box and see what the prize is! (There were two boxes)

Neighbor: Why don't we wait to see if we eat all of these first?

Note: We ate them all and then got to the second box. The prize was a picture of Alexander Hamilton from a young guy to an old guy. Neighbor made me guess who it was; I never got it right.

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He showed me the movie trailer he's working on:

Me: So, what did you do with it? What part of it?

Neighbor: What do you mean?

Me: Well, like, you know...what stuff...well...I don't really understand what it is you do.

He explained what he did and apparently he created the whole movie trailer. He watched the movie and made a trailer. So weird. But it was awesome. It was like a real trailer!

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We have a lot of fun together, and I'm way comfortable with him. Things are moving forward which I'm happy about. He did touch on the "neighbor" thing, but we didn't really get into the good and bad about it. I think it might be something we should talk about at some point, but I don't know.

Also, while I'll keep his name private on here, I think it's time I start referring to him by name when I talk to others. Seriously.

I'll write some more later, but I really do have to continue doing some work. My life is totally thrilling.

Day 191 - Because Yeah, I Am Needy Like That

Sooo...I promise to update on Neighbor because he finally did make a move, but I won't write anything until we secure down an actual date or another time to hang out.

Sooo...in an effort to make a date happen, I sent a cute email asking him to a comedy show, with a link to the show. After all, he did ask me earlier this week when I would be free.

However, I sent that at 8am-ish and no response! Now, I did email him one other time and told him I was emailing him (because I needed his email address) and it took him about 5 hours to check it. I guess he works or something.

Now, I'm here working and checking my phone and email every 5 secs. Don't you just hate when that (1) pops up and it isn't the email you were hoping for?

He better respond with a very enthusiastic "Yes!" and maybe an apology for taking so long. Until then, he's dead to me.

Day 190 - Updates To Come

I swear! I have updates, but I have an insane amount of work to do and my middle sister is coming to visit tonight!!

At the latest, I will blog this weekend. I know! So late!

Thanks for understanding.

Day 189 - Huh?

I just ran into Neighbor. Kind of. I was returning from a run/grocery shopping and he was headed up the hill. He was kind of on his phone/about to be on his phone. We only exchanged hellos.

It was weird. He's weird.

I'm not talking to Neighbor.

Day 188 cont. - Wishy Washy Fishy Wishy And A Double Dose Of Psych!

OK kids, the Neighbor movie night post.

We had made tentative plans to hang out and watch Maniac (a horror movie he has been trying to get me to watch). He told me that he would let me know when he was back from work on Tuesday night, probably sometime after 7pm.

Around 8pm my phone rang. Yes! My phone rang, not a text message. I stared at my phone and had to will my hand to pick it up and answer because, after all, he was making the effort to call.

We talked on the phone. It went fine (especially when I lost my signal and the call, ha!). During the call he said he was leaving work and would I want to come by around 9:30/10, or was that too late because of my bedtime. Very funny.

I headed over and the night began. It's so much easier to just highlight the convos so here you go!

Somehow we were talking about astrology:

Me: When's your birthday?

Neighbor: August 18, a Leo.

Me: Hm...I'm a Leo, too.

Blah, blah, blah.

Neighbor: And then they have all that pairing up stuff of astrology signs, like who you should date.

Me: Yeah.

Neighbor: What happens when two Leos get together?

Me: (really long pause) I don't really know. I've never...dated...a...Leo.

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Neighbor mentions the movie Blade Runner:

Me: Blade Runner is one of my mom's favorite movies. She used to make us watch it.

Neighbor: So Ladykillers and Blade Runner. What else?

Me: Actually, maybe my mom's favorite movie is Harold & Maude.

Neighbor: Oh my god. Your mom is awesome.

Me: (in head) Great.

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Neighbor: I'd probably be happier holding fries from McDonald's than holding a baby or something.

Me: I know, I wish I didn't love fast food as much as I do, but I do.

Neighbor: What's your favorite?

Me: Oh no, I don't tell anyone that.

Neighbor: Why not?

Me: It's embarrassing. You'll judge me.

Neighbor: McDonald's?

Me: No.

Neighbor: Jack in the Box? Del Taco?

Me: No, but I like both of those.

Neighbor: Taco Bell? El Pollo Loco?

Me: Okay, okay. You said it. Taco Bell.

Neighbor: Ahh, Taco Bell. That's not embarrassing.

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We hear a bang in his apartment after watching scary movies:

Neighbor: Shit, what was that?

Me: That was so you.

Neighbor: No, how would I even make that sound? (proceeds to hit everything around him proving he couldn't have made the noise)

Me: Whatever, you're trying to scare me.

Neighbor: I'm the one who has to sleep here tonight.

Me: Yeah, but I have to go outside and walk all the way back to my place.

Neighbor: I'll walk you back to your place.

Me: (in head) Yes!

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You're probably wondering about the title. OK, first part:

We totally get along, like we could be really good friends. The trouble with trying to date him is that if it doesn't work then we've (most likely) ruined a friendship and have to live next to each other. Yikes!

But, I also don't like the idea of him dating someone else.

But, he's so unlike anyone I've dated or been interested in that I'm not sure we wouldn't drive each other nuts. (Hello?! Both Leos and the youngest in the family. Recipe for ego, spoiled brat disaster.)

But, I've never so instantly felt so comfortable with a guy who I can actually be myself around and not feel like I have to behave a certain way.

But, due to his dating past, I feel like he falls for girls quickly and I'm the kind of girl who freaks out with that stuff.

But, I really, honestly wish he would make a move or something!

But...see? Totally wishy washy the more I think about everything. Time to stop thinking.

And the double psych?

So, I thought he would make a move or ask me out or something last night.

At one point I was sitting on his couch with the movie case of one of the films next to me. He was up and then came to the couch, picked it up, stood there and watched the TV for a bit and then went back to his seat on the love seat. I so thought he was going to sit next to me.

And then the other psych was when he said he'd walk me back to my place and I thought something would happen then. Instead, he walked me to the driveway that leads to my building and then we parted ways. Dumb.


As of now, clearly I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe he just wants to be friends. Maybe he doesn't think I'm flirting so he isn't going to risk anything. Maybe he's shy like Legal Eagle says. Maybe he's still dealing with his breakup (it's official). But for now, I'm going to do nothing. I'm leaving it up to him to make first contact.

I'll keep you updated!

Oh, and I totally lied to him and told him I never Facebook stalk. Oops!

Day 188 cont. - Don't You Hate When Someone AsksThat?

I've been trying to really figure out why I've been so down today after hanging out with Neighbor.

I think I know why.

He asked me last night what it is I ultimately want to do.

I hate this question. Legal Eagle has asked me the same thing.

I know what type of writing I want to do and what I want to work on, but I never admit it because I know I'm currently not working toward it.

So today, I will work toward it. And when someone asks that question again, I will answer them with exactly what I want to do. I think The Secret would say this is a good move. :)

Day 188 - Promises, Promises

I promise I will write all about my movie date night with Neighbor yesterday. I just don't have the time right now to focus on it, plus I'm trying to wrap my head around a few things.

We hung out for 4 hours and while we had fun, I'm feeling a little blah because I just can't get a read on this guy or maybe I'm thinking too much.

Day 187 - Happy 1 Year Anniversary, Hollywood!

Legal Eagle and I have officially lived in Hollywood for one year! Tonight we will have pizza and champagne (as we do with our "1 Year in California" anniversary).

So, what has one year in Hollywood brought me?

- A place I love being in every single day

- Finally feeling safe walking outside again

- Some work, some struggles

- Celebrity sightings

- Many trips to Pink's!

- And a whole lot of other good and crazy stuff, but I don't really feel like writing...although I did 5 minutes ago.

Oh well, here's to being in Hollywood!

Oh, and I am possibly hanging out with Neighbor tomorrow night. More on all that later.