Archive for May, 2010

Love and Engagement

// May 11th, 2010 // 15 Comments » // I Love LA.

Pink RoseThis didn’t happen in Los Angeles, but I feel the need to write about it here. Stan and I have been together for four months and on Saturday night I took a 2 hour Amtrak train ride from Los Angeles to Solana Beach to meet him. He had a pink rose waiting for me along with lovely floating candles in glass, flames quivering in their various places around the room, casting the perfect moving hue of light on his tan skin, freckles, and curly black hair. He tends to do random amazing things so I didn’t suspect unusual and in fact wasn’t aware of what I was in for… fast forward to the phone conversation I had with my brother who is in Florida just now.
 
Me: I just got engaged!
 
Taurug: No you didn’t.

 

Me. Dude, I did!

 

Taurug: Are you serious?

 

Me: Yes, bro!

 

Taurug: No, you’re not!

 

Me: Yes, I am. Look on Facebook!

 

Taurug: That’s crazy. I didn’t expect that. Are you happy about it?

 

Me: Ha ha ha ha ha ha!  Yes!

 

Taurug: Makes me wanna meet the guy now.

 

Maybe I seem too independent or insane for marriage, or perhaps too goofy and naïve. But whatever. IT HAS HAPPENED. It feels right. Lovely yet perfectly natural and ordinary. Stan is the man.

David Sedaris in Long Beach

// May 5th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // I Love LA.

Stan is the most amazing boyfriend ever.  I’m not just saying that cause he’ll read this and then I’ll get some action later.  Anyway, he got us tickets to see David Sedaris, who currently happens to be my favorite book author.  This was last night and we drove for about an hour down to the Long Beach Terrace Theatre.  We were in the 3rd row, the room buzzing with excitement.  I turned to see a few rows behind us Jeff Goldsmith, the senior editor of Los Angeles’ Creative Screenwriting Magazine. 

 
“We got better tickets than he did!”  Stan stated.  Moments later David Sedaris came out onto the stage in what he claimed was a “Pussy Wagon” but in reality it was just some sort of vehicle in the golf cart family. 

 
He started off with a story about a control-freak rabbit whose character he based on an airport employee he met while going through security check.  He’d asked why he had to take off his vest since he’d already taken off his shoes and jacket when she yelled “LOSE THE VEST!”  Well.  “I think I’ll write a fable about you, he silently thought.”  With that, I realized once again why I love Sedaris.

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