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Ten Things to Love About an LA Summer

I’m having a summer love affair with Los Angeles. I go back to teaching full time in two and half weeks. I’m just going to keep enjoying all these wonderful things until then, and not feel guilty about having too much fun. 

1. All the outdoor music festivals.

2. You’re allowed to be sweaty and not shower for more than one day. You’ll blend in with all the hipsters who spend hours perfecting this look anyway.

3. NO SCHOOL!

4. Famous people take vacations too, so they’ll actually read your ridiculous indie movie script idea, or your big romantic comedy because they have to have SOMETHING to read by the pool!

5. You HAVE to go to the beach because the Eastside is just too hot.

6. Rooftop parties.

7. Free KCRW concerts all around the city.

8. Free days at the museum.

9. It’s okay to lay in the grass with your dog in the dog park instead of make them run. It’s too hot.

10. Farmer’s market watermelon lemonade, and giant strawberries. 

Today’s To Do List

!. Wash the darn smelly dog! She’s smelly!

Five Pieces of Wisdom from Tea Bags

1.  ‘Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. —Abraham Lincoln.

2.  To learn, read.  To know, write.  To master, teach.

3.  Sing from your heart.

4.  Joy is the essence of success.

5.  A witty saying proves nothing. —Voltaire

Things I Wanna Do, or Have Done as a Single Lady

Even in a big city, being single still has somewhat of a stigma attached to it. Why, I have no idea. Single years should be some of the best years of life… exploring self, devoting time to self, years where it is okay to be a little selfish.

For this reason, I am making a comprehensive list of things I want to do, and a few things I have done while I am still single. 

1. Direct a movie. Okay, this is kind of a life goal in general, but I know directing a movie is very similar to having a baby, and for some reason, in my mind, it might be easier to do it while I am single. (The movie part, not the baby part, I ain’t no Jennifer Aniston, sheesh).

2. Make out with a stranger in an elevator.

3. Watch the sun rise in an unfamiliar city on a rooftop with a great guy friend and not have to worry I’m not sharing the moment with a boyfriend.

4. Run a marathon. A full one. 

5. Rob the cradle/ date someone younger just for giggles, as long as they have zero resemblance to the Bieber.

6. Take a trip to Vegas with only good girl friends.

7. Take a trip completely alone to somewhere I have never been.

8. Develop a lingerie collection. A good one.

9. Learn the uke or guitar.

10. Get a psychic consultation as often as I want to.

Three Reasons Why Arcade Fire is Pretty Spectacular

1. Terry Gilliam—you know, the guy who directed Monty Python, Brazil and The Fisher King—directed a live webcast of their show at Madison Square Garden. Must watch this, yes all ten minutes of it.

2. They are working with Spike Jonze on a short film.

3. The Suburbs makes growing up in the suburbs actually sound poetic and beautiful—see Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains).

5 Movies the Coen Brothers Should Make

1. Oh Sister, Find Me in Utah

2. A Very Upsetting Bar Mitzvah

3. Palin’s Crossing

4. A Serious Hermaphrodite

5. Lebowski Redux

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5 Things Overheard at a Certain LA Dog Park

1. You just cannot mix the C word and the L word.

2. Why doesn’t Ringo Star just call his band The Lucky Ones?

3. Miley Roo, get off that picnic table.

4. Of course he’s gay, he’s gayer than Liberace.

5. It’s her birthday, so she’s going to wear a hat for a little while.