Don't go Mermaid!

. . . don't goooooo. :(


A change in character for Hermosa Beach?
LA Times
By Jeff Gottlieb
January 4, 2009

When I have enough room for one of these little buddies to crawl around, I'm totally getting one!

This photo practically made me melt into my damn couch!

I've been saying for a couple of months now that I want a new look to go with the revitalization of my blog. As many of you may know, I have a really really really hard time designing for myself. Sooooo . . . rather than beat myself up over my own design, I found and tweaked a template I really like. I hope you dig!

How is it possible that a little bit of gusty wind kept two people up well into the 3:00 hour of the night?

More importantly, how is it possible that James Pee fell asleep about 20 mins ago and I am still wide awake?!

Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo

I saw this video and thought it was pretty cool, so I wanted to share it. Watching this video made me feel proud of the decisions I'm going to be making on Tuesday. Watching it also made me feel the weight of everything that's going on right now. Tuesday is a big important day - probably one of the bigger days our generation has ever seen . . . and I'm kinda glad to be a part of it.

I recently watched two movies that I can't believe I've spent this many years of my life without seeing! One was an awesome 80's classic while the other was an old black and white classic classic! If you haven't seen either of these flicks, I highly suggest you do - they are so choice!

Please please please please please say it ain't so!!!

This afternoon on my way to lunch I noticed that my XM Satellite radio (which is normally playing classic punk rock) was blaring AC/DC. I looked down nonchalantly expecting to see my dial set to the classic rock station rather than it's punk rock norm. Instead I see the words "AC/DC Radio!" on channel 53 where my punk rock "Fungus" should be.

Here's the story according to Punknews.org:

With the XM and Sirius merger in full swing, the first casualties of the partnership are starting to appear. First on the chopping block are the two punk rock satellite stations, Fungus 53 and Sirius Punk which are both being replaced with an 24 hour a day station dedicated to Australian hard rock act AC/DC. While the all-AC/DC station is slated to expire in January, there is no word on what will replace it going forward. Sirius' former punk page is directing listeners to their Extreme Sports station which will include punk, hip hop and metal.

Both stations provided a mixture of vintage and recent punk rock, with Sirius promising acts like "Sex Pistols, Ramones, Misfits, Black Flag, The Clash, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, Pennywise, Fugazi and many more" while Fungus 53 hosted shows DJ-ed by Rancid, Joe Sib's Complete Control Radio and others.

NOFX's Fat Mike even weighed in on the station, noting: "I hate the radio but I like Fungus/The only punk rock station, it's humongous." . . .

I have so so so many thoughts on this matter that I can't even begin to form them into full sentences. There is no other station out there that even comes close to matching what Fungus offered to punk rockers. It was a gem. The fact that they would take it away and replace it with AC/DC is absolutely laughable and disgusting.

Long live corporate rock, right? In the words of Fungus "fuck off and die"

P.S. Lou Brutus, please don't go away forever. I'm not quite sure what I'd do without my Skanorea on Thursdays. : (

I went and saw The Women tonight. Despite the critics' moanings, I thought it was really cute and charming! It held really true to the original and was pretty much a perfect chick flick.

Bette Midler delivers a really great line that I feel in love with. I'm having a hard time remembering it word for word, but it was something along the lines of: don't forget to ask yourself "what do I want?" because after you figure that out, everything else will just fall into place.

Totally great moment.

It wasn't, however, quite as fantastic as this gem from the original "He could crack a coconut with those knees . . . if he could just get them together!"

hehe! Good girly times! : )

Main Entry: de·tox·i·fy
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)dē-ˈtäk-sə-ˌfī\
Function: transitive verb

1 a: to remove a harmful substance (as a poison or toxin) or the effect of such from b: to render (a harmful substance) harmless
2: to free (as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance

. . . where she stops nobody knows.


In a matter of days our partial view will become even more partial.

I wonder if our landlord will lower our rent due to the devaluation of the property. (Bah - fat chance!)

It's occurred to me that I have severely slacked in the documentation of my life over the past year of so. No blogging. No journal writing. No uploading/sharing of photos. Ect.

I have about a gazillion excuses - none of which are acceptable.

This will all be changing very soon. : )





P.S. The layout and look/feel of this blog will also be changing very soon. The green was cool back in the day, but ewe! it's gotta giz-o!

from my horizon during that whole week:


It was amazing and wonderful and exactly everything I needed. : )

Here I sit on a night that is almost a full year from my last post . . . and it's amazing to me how much my life has changed.

I could list all the ways I feel differently now, but as I started typing them out I got about 2 lines in and deleted what I typed. I decided that rather than look back, I'd like to look forward.

Staying at that job for as long as I did and sitting in that car for an many hours as I did brought down my whole spirit in ways I never imagined it would. It drained me. It took more of me from myself than I'd like to admit. And looking back at this point just doesn't make much sense.

This is about moving forward - looking forward.

What it comes down to is this - it's time for a great big slow down in my life. My life was slow this past year, but not in the ways I wanted it to be. It was 15 miles in the fast lane on the 405 and 9 hours full of what I called "time management".

This is about clearing out all that bad energy, learning from it, and taking back my life. It's about achieving in each day the things I'd like to achieve. This is about enjoying the sun and giving in to more kisses. It's about talking to far away loved ones not just to pass the time in the car, but because I want to hear about their day. It's about clearing my monkey mind and relaxing without worrying about what else I need be doing. It's about sitting on my couch with a glass of wine and truly enjoying everything about being there. It's about falling asleep when I want to. It's about turning the tv off and going for more walks and bike rides. It's about sitting on my balcony. It's about making brownies. It's about fully melting into the sand on the weekends.

It's about so so many things . . .

This is about me stopping with the juggling and just holding on to the things that are most important.

. . . and honestly, I can't do anything else in this moment but just shake my head and sigh some relief because it just feels so good to know what I have to look forward to.

no more blogging at work makes lisa something something . . .

go crazy?

don't mind if I do!

Due to my recent post about Pandora, a few friends have caught the fever and seem to be loving the web radio station as much as I do. Amongst recent talk, the “why did you play this song?” feature came up in conversation.

I knew Pandora played songs based on my likes and dislikes, but I had no idea they told you why. So in my curiosity, I found myself clicking on the “why did you play this song?” button. Here’s what I was told:

Based on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this track because it features speed metal stylings, punk roots, a subtle use of vocal harmony, middle rhythmic syncopation, and repetitive melodic phrasing.

Hey!!! How’d they know I like metal stylings, punk roots, and repetitive melodic phrasing!?!? I didn’t even know other people used the word ‘stylings’!! Craaaaaaazy . . .

Either way, to this I say ‘awesome.’ and ‘rock on pandora!’



I know . . . I’m such a geek.

the beach, the sun, bikes, the 4th, o-bombs . . .

and this girl!

pics here and here!

Horoscopes are ridiculously accurate sometimes.

In case you don’t already know, Pandora is pretty much one of the greatest things to happen to Internet radio.

Simply by selecting a favorite band, you can create a custom “radio station” that plays songs from the artist you selected and artists of a similar sound/genre. For me, it creates an awesome listening experience that allows me to not only enjoy music I know I already love, but also learn about new undiscovered music that really fits my taste.

I pretty much don’t know where I’d be if I didn’t have Pandora at work. Which leads me to the reason for this blog . . .

Today is Internet Radio’s Day of Silence. Pandora, along with other radio stations that broadcast over the internet, are currently fighting the recent increase that drastically raised the licensing fees internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. According to Pandora, it’s fees will triple (starting July 15) and are retroactive for eighteen months. They believe, because of the increase, internet radio sites will start shutting down and music broadcast over the internet will die.

Pandora is urging everyone to call their Congressional Representatives today asking them to sponsor a bill called "Internet Radio Equality Act". They believe it will help fix the problem and save Internet radio.

I’m not one for using my blog as a soap box, but I support this fight. While I agree musicians should get paid every penny they deserve, if Internet radio dies, I can’t help but wonder what outlets undiscovered musicians have left since, lord knows, the good ones aren’t getting any play on Clear Channel or KROQ.

For more information visit www.savenetradio.org

“Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. High ocean temperatures and higher air temperatures make for a perfect day for enjoying the outdoors.”

-The OC Register

uhhh . . . does someone wanna tell me why I’m blocked at work from visiting SunkissedDesigns.com due to “sexual content”!?!?