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On Wednesday Robin and I went to dinner- McCormick & Schmick’s, a fancy seafood restaurant. It was rockin! I haven’t been to Beverly Hills very often, and it was fun to stroll around for a bit (although I was shivering in the cold).

Last month I flew on Alaska Airlines and they had handed out gift certificates to everyone aboard- $20.

According to their website the proper attire is “Smart Casual”. Which made me realize that I need to get new clothes as I don’t really have many nice clothes. I ended up wearing a short-sleeve shirt with a regular t undershirt.

When the meal came of course it was small, but PACKED with flavor. It was pretty neat how you can take your time and really enjoy a meal with someone.. which I need to do more.

On Tuesday our Monkey Butler small group had a dinner/bible study. It was such a great experience to be around people you admire and talk about things and share what is going on in your life with others. = )

Anyway, I was going to post this yesterday, but I forgot.

Randy sent me a link to this short film. I love the message and I hope to make something just as powerful to watch.

I turned it on today and thought..

Hmm, I wonder how a large black leaf got stuck on the screen…

Then realized that the glass and LCD broke. = ( So much for using to take and share pictures!! = ( So sad yo.

I guess that is the danger of the larger lcd screen.. it is in direct proportion to the fragility of the device.

At least it is still working…..

for now.

I know that I can copy a list of folders or files in finder and then paste them into a text only TEXTEDIT doc, or apparently as “Paste and Match Style” in Pages.

However, I want to be able to have a list of my folders and what I intend to keep in them. I’m wasting a lot of time trying to find what I’m looking for on my computer. There are so many programs and tools to write things I frequently misplace them.

Hmm. Someone must have a program out there that puts files in an outline and drop-down type of list.. if not someone should create it.

I’ve spent most of today catching up on various media.. I watched the latest episodes of Smallville and caught up on Homestarrunner.com, and I just finished the Office.

I’m sick of ‘watching’ though. I want to do my own stuff, but I find it hard to allocate time to write and then follow through with it. I’m usually hit with the writing bug when I don’t have the time.. but isn’t that always the case.

I gave up reading digg.com a while ago because it kept draining my time. Now today is mostly over and I’ve accomplished only a couple things.. (darn nap!)

Now it is time to write I suppose. I want to create rather than consume.

I just realized today that I had left something in my car. The parking garage pass for the parking structure.

Now I have to pay $20.

Ugh.

Today is my little sister’s birthday.. and I called her on her birthday! I’ve been meaning to do that with my siblings for a long time, but I’d remember super early in the day and forget as the day went on.

“Are you excited for your birthday”

“Yeah… Everyone likes birthdays at my school because you get to bring treats. Everyone likes food.”

Yeah. She’s 9. Such a funny little girl.

I’m going to try to treat this month as an experiment.. How can I have a social life without a car in Los Angeles? It took me four hours yesterday to ride the bus to and from where I needed to go..

More on that later.

The mechanic told me that the engine wouldn’t turn over so I’ve effectively destroyed my poor engine. This is probably due to my procrastination to take it to the mechanic for preventative maintenance.

I could get a new engine (a coworker mentioned I could get one for $600 + installation costs) but the clutch will need to be replaced at some point soon (it has the same one from 92), the emergency brake has been broken and the tires are bald.

All this would be a LOT more than what I paid for this car.

Fortunately I take the metro to work and this ‘solves’ the issue regarding lack of parking in my neighborhood… but now I have no transportation for my social life.

Yikes. = (

I can’t afford a car at all. I can’t get a loan to buy a new one. Plus I need to get another job to be able to start paying off my credit debt.

Ugh. Well, I decided a few days ago that I was going to take risks in the month of February.. not having a car in Los Angeles will lead to many risks. Taking the bus all the time, asking friends for rides..

It is odd.. I’ve been praying to improve my patience for things, explore the city, spend more time with my friends.. and this is the result.

I’ve often hated asking friends for rides, but I suppose paying them to take me places is the closest thing I can do for my social life.

Hmm.. now I’ll REALLY have to get a bike.

Rehearsals, vlog 59

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