Champagne & Plastic Cups

Monday

Monday, Monday, Monday. Hiked with Leigh, got my smoothie, and headed to school to pick up my work from last quarter. Found out that my presentation boards had been on display in Dina (the Interior Design chair)'s office! Lifelong goal #6648 complete! Stopped by Mood fabrics on the way home to get some fur (faux and a real fox tail) to make my fur vest. Got home and commenced construction on fur vest. NEVER attempt to make a fur vest. I must have swiffered my floor 50 times over the course of 3 hours. I thought it would be easy as pie (a silly analogy since pie isn't so easy) but when I got down to it, I realized I had zero idea what I was doing. But I decided to wing it... and i think i'm on the right track. I cut and sewed until 4:00 when I needed to call it quits because there was fur EVERYWHERE.

Tuesday

It's rare to have a day when it's appropriate to wear my 3/4 sleeve corduroy jacket. Today was one of those days. Chilly but not too cold. Worked all day, spent most of the day in the office which was rare, but nice! Went home, had dinner, opened my package from Planet Blue and realized they sent me the wrong shirt... so annoying! Did nothing to my hair and picked out a random outfit to wear to go out with Cameron... we were supposed to go to Palihouse, he was trying to change plans to Trousdale, I said i didnt want to go to a club, he told me to come over and we'd go somewhere on the west side. So i did. I get there, we sit in the dark listening to radiohead while drinking champagne out of plastic cups and perusing his myspace profile, and I prove to him that i indeed have had facebook since 2004. Matt came home, we tried to convince him to come out with us and gave him more love lessons (specifically that petting someone's face is NEVER attractive). Cameron somehow convinced me to go to Trousdale (i think it had something to do with him saying we'd only go for a bit and then go to the Chateau Marmont afterwards for dessert). So we went, I actually had a lot of fun, his friend introduced me to three "Torontonians" who were actually from Etobicoke and it was sooooo painfully obvious that they were 905 from the second I laid eyes on them! Cameron got mad at me for hating that they were 905 and saying that they were from Toronto... he just doesnt understand the dichotomy between 416 and 905! So we stayed at Trousdale until the bitter end, and then i got Chateau gypped. We ended up at some place on Beverly, but I must say, the grilled cheese was delicious! Was in bed by 4, woke up at 8 cause i'm crazy. Best part of the night: singing our hearts out to Rumors by Lindsay Lohan.

Wednesday

Lounged around, went to the Century City mall to study fur vest construction (i'm soooooooo on the right track!!!!!) and to look for a christmas present for my mom. Nothing yet. Then went to Hot Rod to make a video of all the shoes for Ry so he can tell me which ones he wants for Christmas. Cam and I walked to the pizza place to get 4:00 lunch and then I went running around on errands for tomorrow. First stop, Urth on Beverly. Called to order two slices of pumpkin pie for leigh and i for tomorrow... SOLD OUT! Called Melrose... SOLD OUT. Santa Monica.... obviously, sold out. I was devastated. We just decided that it was a sign that our pumpkin pie that we already have lined up will be good and we'll just make christmas cookies instead. Then i hit up Blockbuster to rent Christmas movies for our viewing pleasure - obviously Miracle on 34th Street was included and i'm really excited to watch it on actual American Thanksgiving! And this means i must make the "Christine & Courtney Hate Queen's Cookies!" Had dinner. Booked my flight home. Went over to Cam & Matt & Ben's and we all went to The Basement, which was terribly crowded and stuffy and clammy so we left, tried to go to the Viceroy but the bar was closed, came THISCLOSE to getting a room and having a sleepover, and decided to go to some other bar that i don't remember what it was called. Matt was up to his petting my face tricks again, and obviously ben and cam joined in. On the way home we had a Lady Gaga car dance party and planned our Holiday Kickoff Party! SO EXCITED.

Baby it's Cold Outside

Friday

Christmas Christine is here. I'm in full out Christmas mode. Kristin and I listened to Christmas carols in the office today and it was amazing! It was also the gloomiest chilliest day - about as wintery as it gets in LA and it was amazing! I was tanning yesterday and now it's fully cold.

Went to the gym after work and then got ready to go out. Met Leigh, Katherine & Thomas at the Hudson, were joined by a whole crew of their friends, Leigh and I ate grilled cheese, took photobooth pics with Cam & Matt and then peaced to go to Hemingways, which is my new fave place. They make a mean mojito. At Hemingways Matt tried to steal me a book from one of the many bookshelves, Leigh and I saw one of the Andrews, and we danced until it closed. I then drove the boys home and was basically crying from laughing cause Cameron was being soooo ridiculously hilarious. He was also insisting the whole night that my eyes were brown. Oh! And we saw a car that had driven through the window of Edible Arrangements on Fountain and La Brea! And this had just happened this past January as well! Craziness!

Saturday

Slept in til 10. LA record. Although it makes sense since i didnt go to sleep til 4. Finished Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad - - an amazing book, and then wandered over to Hot Rod cause i was bored and had to get my dad's christmas present. Got the present, had tea time with Cam, chatted with Robert about joining Equinox (i'm going to check it out with him on Wednesday) and then went home to go get ready for the night.

My hair is the longest it's ever been right now. i had plans of straightening it for the evening but i just couldnt because it's too long and its ridiculous. Dead mermaid messy-ness and a hat solved the problem. Met Leigh at M Cafe for dinner and Pinkberry, met Caitlin and Thomas at Starbucks where we all drank coffee and baileys, and then we made our way up to Laurel Canyon to Jeff's party. It was called the "Laurel Canyon Friendship Conference," everyone had nametags (which was SO fun), it was full of really cool people and good looking boys and it was the MOSTCROWDEDPARTYI'VEEVERBEENTO!!!!!!! Seriously you could barely move by the end of it. But i talked to a bunch of really cool people and it was nice to see the Andrews and it was all in all a really good night!

Sunday

Slept in until 11. Who is this new Christine that stays out late and sleeps in? Again I went to Hot Rod for tea time with Cameron. Which turned into shopping time at the Westside Pavillion to get his friend a wicked cool bday present, followed by dinner time at the Culver Native Foods, followed by dropping off the present - - and this girl was literally me. It was CRAZY! She was soooo cool - we wanted each other's hair (she had my old hair that i want back), we had the same computer, purse, camera, and fridge contents (cam looked in her fridge, not me)... it was bizarre! I want to be her friend. After that we headed to the grove for the Christmas tree lighting... but it was crazy insane crowded so we decided to go to Urth on Melrose for lattes instead. He let me put on Christmas carols on the way home and it was a wonderful end to a wonderful day!

Back

I'm back after a lonnnnggggg hiatus. 

What has happened since then... went home, came back, took the quarter off school, got an internship, got a tentative job offer, had a badass birthday, got my heart broken by two boys in one week, discovered the glory that is whole foods caprese pizza, partied in a cemetery, drank wayyyy too many unsweetened soy green tea lattes and basically hung out with Cameron every day.