thank you LA.

the air is cold and balmy. balmy. what a great word. i recently told timmy that i was going to start using this word in my everyday jargon. i just ate a bite full of avocado. i wanted more turkey in that bite, maybe even some more lettuce, or a tomato. anything to give it some more crunch. there's a couple making out on the corner right now. it started as a sort of timid kiss. a foot of air between them, with just their heads leaning in to make the contact. then, after realizing how much they enjoyed it, they stepped together. hands on hips, hands on pecs, and shoulders. smiles. okay, how long are you going to do this? the light is green. they missed their chance to cross.

the sun is starting to go down, turning the sky a deep orange near the bottom, and turning purple then blue, then deep blue. but there's clouds too. they absorb the color like paper towels dipped in grape juice. my legs have goosebumps. i want another bite of my wrap, but that overload of avocado has got me hesitant. duanes is calling...
my location has changed. the same song, picked up right where i left it. damien rice sings about his eskimo friend, and it kind of makes me want to have one. i imagine someone living life in an igloo would have some very interesting perspectives on life. i mean, how do they manage to fire up the stove and cook the days seal (as i imagine that is what they would eat), without melting their house down? anyone who can accomplish this is worth knowing. they understand something i do not.

okay. well i must admit that i've been tanning as of late. i am not proud of this, especially having the beach so easily at my disposal for such purposes. but who has time to go to the beach these days? i have a family to feed. well, i've been tanning, and being as i am, i worked some magic and got the lady to cut me a sweet deal- unlimited tans for a month plus all kinds of other, more advanced tans, and crap like that. then, on her own free will she added in some lotions and stuff. but she really took the cake when she gave me a free lip gloss. now, i was already feeling way too "l.a." at this point, and didn't think it could get much worse until i actually read the label on this deliscious tube of gloss i'd been given. come to find out, this lip gloss was in fact what they like to call "loss gloss". why you might ask, would they call it this? that's right, it has straight up appetite inhibitors in it. just when i thought they had thought of everything. appetite inhibitors!! as in, your so fat that we've even created a lip gloss to prevent you from getting even more fat. next thing i know, they'll be putting this crap in toothpaste. water even. who knows, maybe even the air. and then i'll wake up one day only to realize that the world doesn't eat food anymore. we only drink water.. with appetite inhibitor in it. i mean lets be honest- loss gloss?! now i have to consciously use this only after i have eaten a good hearty meal for the fear of not being able to eat. thank you l.a.

on another note... after i went and tanned my hide today, i drove right past andy dick on a bmx bike. that's right. you heard me correctly. i had just stopped at a stop sign and none other than andy dick himself came riding right past me on his bike in the opposite direction. i laughed out loud at the sight. and i love moments like this. moments where i burst into laughter when i'm all by myself. in the car. in my room. in an elevator. in my empty house. it's one of the most enjoyable things, really. something about it reminds me that i am alive; that life is not as heavy as i often make it out to be. in that regard, l.a. provides for many moments alone with my own laughter.

thank you l.a.