0500 - Wake up with a sinus headache.  WTF?  Drag ass out of bed to swallow the two Excedrin I should have taken last night.

Dog:  Huh?  Up?  Time to play?   Wheeeeee!

0510 - Hmmmm.  Not passing out.  Will try ‘relaxing’ Yoga Nidra on iPod to see if a little guided meditation (not as crunchy as it sounds, according to well, ME) will help.  Is way too early to get up.

Dog:  Wha?  No play?  Bummer.  Is v. cold in here, so I will now attempt to curl up to the size of a 3 year old’s soccer ball and sleep.  *sigh*

0535 - Hmmm.   Meditation not working.  Now finding instructions to ‘become aware of my right calf’ funny.  Not snot-bubble funny, but ‘I really need to effing sleep-PLEASEOMFG’ funny.  Headache gone.  Sinusy-crap NOT GONE.

Dog:  WOMAN!  Quit MOVING!  Pick a sleep position and for the love of god, SLEEP!

0600 - Shit.  Maybe need a Sudafed to rid myself of the sinusy-crap.  Drag ass out of bed to swallow the two Sudafed I should have used as an Excedrin chaser.

Dog:  OMFGJESUS!  Are we up?  Play?  No?  Play?  No?

0610 - OK.  I’m up.  Let’s go see if ResumeGodess has resurrected my resume from the black hole of despair that the rest of me has been crawling out of for the past few weeks.  She’s on east coast time.  As my aunt Sylvie always says…You never knows!!

Dog:  OK.  I can deal with this.  Paybacks for you, woman.  Will now lick myself solely because IT FEELZ GOOD.  Know this irritates the shit out of you, probably because it’s more action than you’ve gotten lately.  HA!

0630 - ResumeGoddess is a no-show so far.  Sinusy-crap reduced to something I can deal with, but NOW AM WIDE AWAKE.  Current television options:  Nutrisystem, Murad acne medicine, Insider Secrets, TurboJam, or colon cleanse.  Outstanding.

Dog:  <has passed out.  Go figure> Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

0700 - If I wasn’t me, would think this was pretty amusing.  Should write post about it since am not bad at self-deprecating humor.  Should also include cool pictures of the Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Phoenix Desert Botanical gardens taken while on vacay with Mom&Dad, coolest parents in the world.

Dog:  <props an eye open>  And one of me?  Playing?

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In other overdue news, here’s some pics of the Chihuly installation at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens.   I had a ton of fun shooting with a photographer friend of my parents.  She actually makes spending money by taking rich tourists from the local spa/golf resort out on photo strolls.  I wanna be her when I grow up.

You can check the rest on SmugMug.

If you’ve gotten this far and want to check the rest, check my SmugMug site.

Just rediscovered root beer Popsicles. Reminds me of home-made frozen KoolAid on a stick….yum.

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My parents are retired.  That’s a totally crazy concept to me.  I can’t even imagine never knowing what day of the week it is, or not really caring that this weekend is a three-day holiday?  EVERY day is a holiday to them.  But one thing is constant:  happy hour is at 5pm.  ON.THE.DOT.  I love these people.

Every winter, they head down to Carefree, AZ for a few months.  I love it down there, and they sprung for a plane ticket so their only daughter could spend a week in the sun and in their lovely company.  After a quick search of things we all haven’t seen/done in Phoenix, the Phoenix Zoo sounded like a perfect opportunity for me to take some pictures and hang out with Mom and Dad.

After planning out a route on the zoo map (no cracks about actually being organized, it was mroe to keep my dad walking in a straight line, I swear), off we went.  First up were the reptiles and other slimy things…

The snakes weren’t my favorite, but I loved this little guy…

Next up, prairie dogs.  This guy was holding court over all the others.

There was a family of giraffes, having a snack,

And a brother and sister lion pair sunning themselves (apparently they were rescued from a playpen in a Philadelphia apartment).

Rhinos,

Baboons,

and elephants, Oh My!

River otters,

and my favorite of the day, the Orangutans.

A surprising 4 hours later, we were all done.  Right in time for happy hour.

** If you’re interested, you can see the rest on my Flickr or Smugmug pages.  Enjoy!

For some unknown reason, I love to make snarky comments during awards shows (and apparently, political debates).  Since I truly doubt that any of my guy friends that follow me on Twitter would like 57 tweets about Eva Longoria’s dress (fabulous) or how Mickey Rourke will give me nightmares (or maybe they would), I decided to move this over to my blog, where I can feel safe knowing that I can filfill my bizarre desire to blab to the interwebs in a place where I can torture my one remaining reader (HAI Crazy Ex-Boyfriend!  I seez yoou!!)

So let’s get this party started.  Ooh!  Eva Mendez!!!  She might tip over from that necklace!  Here’s hoping!

• Since I haven’t been paying attention to the Categories/Winners as much as the attendees, here’s the rundown of the winners.  You know, just in case you would like to skip ahead and could care even LESS about my randomness

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10:59 - Will now add Slumdog Millionaire to my list.  Is now getting long.  Goodnight and blather at you later!

10:53 - He thanked his DOGS?  Well, I guess he WAS off the radar for a long time…

10:49 - *Shiver* Mickey Rourke.  I wonder if he smells as bad as he looks.

10:42 - Love love love Rainn Wilson

10:39 - She’s loved Leo with all her heart for 13  years…oh yeah, and her husband too.

10:37 - Let’s see if Angelina turns the Death Stare on Kate Winslet……nope.   More interesting, is Kate going to hyperventilate?

10:27 - OK.  Starting to get bored.  Even with Borat on stage.  Wait.  Especially with Borat on stage.

10:19 - Bets on if Colin Farrell is sober.  Is he tweaking or just tripping out because he’s not tweaking?  You tell me.

10:17 - Sandra Bullock looks fabulous.  Why does everyone hate her again?

10:14 - Wow, was Danny Boyle tearing his hair out before his win?

10:12 - Oh, Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman SHOULD do a project together!

10:03 - Nothing like a good train story at an awards ceremony.

9:57 - Spielberg’s work is amazing.  I can’t believe his range.  I swear he’s directed 3/4 of the people in the room.  And produced for the other 1/4.

9:56 - Ellliiiioootttt.

9:54 - Love Martin Scorcese.  Who better to introduce  Spielberg?

9:49 - Why is Cameron Diaz there?  Anyone?

9:47 - 30 Rock is CLEANING UP.  Tina Fey is amazing.

9:43 - It looks like Kate Bekinsdale would rather been ANYWHERE except standing next to Sean Combs.  Beautiful dress though.

9:42 - Sigh.  I must have been ruined by the Broadway musical, because I despised Mamma Mia! the movie.

9:36 - Please tell me WHAT Tracy Morgan is on.

9:33 - Weeds.  I wish I had Showtime.

9:30 - It must be getting hot in there.  Everyone’s so SHINY.

9:28 - Can Renee Zellwieger look stranger?  I can’t even explain it.

9:21 - I now totally regret never watching 30 Rock.  Ryan, can you catch me up?

9:20 - Will have to see Slumdog Millionaire.  Again, Kristina…Jen?

9:18 - Wow.  Seth Rogan.  Wow.

9:11 - Has Laura Linney AGED?

9:08 - I saw Maggie Gyllenhal take some hard questions about Heath Ledger in the pre-shows.  I’ve got to give her serious credit for simply telling people that it’s simply not appropriate to ask these types of questions at an awards show (let alone anywhere else).

9:04 - You think Colin Farrell could have spit out his gum before he went onstage?  Sigh.  OH!  But nice reference to his previous *sniffing* problem.  Props!

8:57 - If Tom Cruise gets a Golden Globe over Heath Ledger, I’ll, well, it’s not appropriate.  Oh, thank Jeebus.  Crisis averted.  Nicely handled acceptance as well.

8:56 - Demi, you go mamma bear!  Way to horrify your daughter onstage over her posture!!

8:52 - Drew and Jessica…you think they’ve both been injected with the same brand of crazy?  Also didn’t know that John Adams was produced by Tom Hanks.  I’m glad it won just to hear Tom give crap to everyone in his speech.

8:51 - What’s wrong with Jake Gyllenhall?  Has it been so long since he’s done anything other than hang out with Reece that he forgot how to speak?

• In totally unrelated news, just noticed that ‘hangover’ is a recurring theme in Goggle Search Terms to get to my blog.  Outstanding.  Also seems to be a popular stop off spot to get hangover-related images.  Huh.

8:44 - Am falling in love with Sally Hawkins.  It refreshing so see someone win one of these awards and truly be stunned and grateful.

8:41 - You know Johnny Depp, its a sign you need to WASH YOUR HAIR if it keeps itching like that.  Just sayin’

8:40 - And now will have to see Wall-E, just for the bubblewrap.

8:39 - Am I wrong for JUST NOT GETTING the Jonas brothers?

8:38 - Now definitely need to see Happy Go Lucky.  Kristina, Jen?? Whaddya think?

8:37 - Nice Moet champagne product placement on the stars tables.

8:36 - Dude, is Ricky Gervais drinking a beer onstage?  LOVE HIM!

8:31 - So what’s up with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange being hermetically sealed together in the name of promoting an HBO movie?  I hope they like each other…

8:30 - Love Anna Paquin in True Blood.  Loathe Anna Paquin in real life….but she won!

8:27 - Jorge who?

Before I figured out how NOT to torture the few friends I do have (aka, Tweets before I got some smarts):

• Mickey Rourke is terrifying. Simply terrifying.

• Dude. Sting should really re-evaluate the beard. Oh, and Clint Eastwood wrote a song? WTF?

• ‘Hello? Mama talkin’! You’ve got to be kidding, JLo

She’s smaller than most cats, so I think she’d fit.

**I know this is an old video, but I couldn’t resist.

Not sure this is something to be proud of . . .

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It’s very rare for me to comment publicly on political or social issues.  Usually it’s because I don’t feel articulate enough to adequately express what I know in my bones is right (or wrong, as the case may be).  While I don’t have a personal stake in the passage of California’s Proposition 8, the decision absolutely floors me.  Especially on the heels of electing a poster child for equality and change to lead this country.

That said (and given the fact that I’m a cynic and a smartass), it’s even more rare for me to be moved at all by political or social commentary from the mainstream media.  And if I close my eyes, ignore Olbermann’s overloud sighs and the switching of camera angles for dramatic effect, I hear the words I wish I could have come up with myself:

To echo my friend Rebecca: 

What he said.

J

(By the way, it took me 2 hours to write re-write edit this post.  Just sayin’)

….for the spam tonight.  I’ve been using Twitter some lately and found a way to cross-post with my blog.  Since it’s starting to look like summer is fading fast here in Seattle, I’ll probably be finding more time to post here.

So, if I’m lucky, I’ll get you all caught up on what’s been going on.

Till then!

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I’m thinking that’s quite enough geek for me.