Oh wait, you actually use that? I had no idea.

Phil | March 30, 2008

My roommate approached me just now with yet another “issue.” I like how she waited until after Robert went home to spring this new assault on me. Actually, in that regard, I am genuinely grateful.
I’m starting to think that she’s making things up, or else planting evidence to attempt to use against me. The knock [...]

It Wasn’t Me!

Phil | March 29, 2008

Here’s hoping that no helicopter comes flying around my neighborhood in oh, say, the next hour or so. I could do without the whirring sound of chopper blades. And without peeking out the window to see the thing flying low with a giant search light glaring down into my neighborhood. And flying in circles. And [...]

Defying Gravity…

Phil | March 28, 2008

It’s not every day you get to see a show that can captivate and thrill you to the point of no return, as was the case for me tonight. Since finding out my first week here (in January) that Wicked was playing (its second run in LA, but the first since I’ve been here, obviously) [...]

El Phil Meets La Brea

Phil | March 25, 2008

In the middle of Los Angeles, as luck would have it, there are fabulous pits of tar. Pits of tar that trapped helpless animals who were not fortunate enough to realized that the liquidy substance they were traipsing through was actually tar, and that they would get totally stuck and then die and then be [...]

Magnetic North Be Damned

Phil | March 24, 2008

Every now and then, a little confidence gets thrown in with all the doubt. In many areas of my life, I’m full of doubt. In LA, mostly the doubt involves knowing where I’m going. I’ve gotten lost a number of times, though because I’ve mostly been on my own in such incidences, it’s not been [...]

I’ll leave my top on, thank you

Phil | March 23, 2008

Twenty-four hours ago, Robert and I were sitting in the middle of a historic theater in downtown Los Angeles, eagerly awaiting the amazing and beautiful Margaret Cho. (We’re currently sitting in my room, which is crazy fucking hot, and my psycho roommate won’t turn on the A/C, apparently, until August. Yes, she’s a bitch. But [...]

Cho ‘Ho-ing it up (and getting distracted AGAIN)

Phil | March 21, 2008

Because I got totally distracted thinking about how my partner was going to come to town, I completely forgot to add one item of distraction to my list yesterday. How appropriate.

Parents with little children distract me. Sometimes. As was the case last night at Costco. The craving for a Costco Hebrew National hot dog overcame [...]

Drivers, TV Shows, and Billboards, Oh My!

Phil | March 20, 2008

Because I’m on spring break, and because I’ve been inundated with totally awesome company, let’s do another list of things that distract me.

California drivers distract me. It’s not really that there’s a whole bunch of beautiful people around. It’s more the driving “culture”, if you will. Tonight I’m driving home from the store. I turn [...]

And by the way, the toilet is meant to be decoration.

Phil | March 18, 2008

It’s currently my spring break, and much fun has been had for yours truly. My friend Vina has been in town and we’ve done all sorts of things: walked the beach on the windiest fucking day in the history of California, drove 200 miles and nearly saw some amazing sequoia, flew to the moons of [...]

Driving the Drive

Phil | March 16, 2008

We drove over 400 miles today. And nearly got to see some amazing sequoia trees. Upon our arrival, we discover that it costs a mere $20.00 to go through. Well worth it, obviously. Except we picked the wrong day to go, as the guard pointed out casually. “Well, you’ll need chains for your tires if [...]