So last night Amy and I decided to take a leisurely drive over Mulholland Drive after sun-down. Hey \u2013 if you want to know what Mulholland Drive looks like just keep a lookout for the new \u201cdriveable headlights\u201d commercial for the VW passat (guy in passat follows cyclist at night). I just saw the ad and thought \u201chey I was just there last night\u2026and those turning lights really would have come in handy!\u201d But hey, since most tv commercials are filmed out here \u2013 I end up saying things like that a lot.<\/p>\n
Speaking of being \u201cout here.\u201d I\u2019ve now been out here for a year and then some.<\/p>\n
On Thursday night after a three month hiatus, Aldo<\/a> decided his back was well enough to jam with us again.. It was also an opportunity to try out a new guy on bass. The guy didn\u2019t work out, but no matter, as Aaron sent me his resignation notice the next day anyway. So, looks like it\u2019s gonna be another long hiatus before I play music again. This has made me focus all (or a lot of) my energy on the scripts. Supposedly Chi (who I\u2019ve been told is a genius of sorts) is moving out here in January to join us in the script\/production company adventure. I hope so.<\/p>\n In health news, something funky is going on with my ring finger on my right Handy. It was all cracked and everything and then I got my first ever ingrown fingernail (ha! You thought I was going to say \u201cG6<\/a>\u201d\u2026but no, this is a REAL first). Amy wins the competition though with what we (and my mom the medical professional is included) think is a broken rib. We\u2019ll find out when she gets back from the doctor tomorrow.<\/p>\n I\u2019m very close to ordering new art supplies for painting. I\u2019ve been sketching Amy for a month or so to get back into the spirit of \u201cserious\u201d art making. I can almost smell the mineral spirits now.<\/p>\n By the way, Cingular\u2019s mobile to mobile hype is a bunch of bullshit. Amy got a Cingular phone\/plan in August. She is the only person I call nowadays (a lot anyway) so I didn\u2019t pay attention to minutes used anymore. After getting an $80 bill (supposed to be 30+tax) I found the fine print that says both phones have to have \u201cmobile to mobile minutes.\u201d According to the fine print \u201cMobile to Mobile minutes\u201d is a legal phrase that means \u2013 each phone must have a plan paying $40 a month or more (before tax) and have signed up for the new plan since January 2005 and also must have signed a two year contract. I guess I should have seen it coming seeing as the \u201cCingular all-over network with more bars in more places\u201d doesn\u2019t include Los Angeles, a city with over four million people and a local economy to rival most nations.<\/p>\n