My highlights were:
Laser show in the atrium. Proud to be an American!
Captain for Bad News Bowlers
Dancing at the Roxy Club at Sam's Town
Shoe shopping with the girls @ the Zappos outlet. Where ugly shoes go to die! (sorry girls).
Manic Hispanic
Finally getting to see the Adolescents play. (I know. I admit it. Not worthy!)
Wearing our cute vintage cowgirl outfits!
Seeing and spending time with good people (Al, Tammy, Wanda, Jen, Brian, Sandra, Justin and Vicki) and meeting new people (Ruth and her fam!)!
Tink:
I have a guilty pleasure. Well it's not really guilty because I'm not ashamed of it but I love Jane Austen's novels. And for the next couple of months they are showing all the PBS's Masterpiece productions of her novels. It started back in January with Persuasion, then Mansfield Park, now showing is Pride and Prejudice. AWESOME! I love my Sunday nights now.
Transformation!
Camping up in Idaho's Sawtooth's with the family! Stanley, Idaho was the coolest spot in America that summer, if you can believe it.
And that was my year!
Instead of an actual definition of Surreal, it should just read one person's name and that is Salvador Dali. The dude was Surreal in all aspects of his life.
End of 07, beginning of 08, LACMA hosted a show of Salvador Dali's work. It was extensive from early art, to set designs for the movie Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound to the ccollaboration with Walt Disney called Destino, which was truly amazing.
For some reason the project was scraped, either from budget issues or personality issues or a bit of both. In 2003, Disney opened the archives and finally completed the animation.
I was surprised how small the painting The Persistence of Memory was. When you see it in books or in photos, it seems so larger than life but it's only 8x10, if that.
Dali loved Hollywood. He is quoted by saying . . ."I'm in Hollywood, where I've made contact with the three American Surrealists, Harpo Marx, Disney and Cecil B. DeMille."
I like how LACMA used large screens and video to capture Dali's work and yet traditional display of his work. One room had one end of the room screening Dali's screen test that he did for Andy Warhol and then at the other end was the same screening but upside down. There was no sound and it didn't show much. In fact it didn't make sense but I guess that was the point. There was a lot of work to view. To much in fact that it became overwhelming and that they were letting in a lot of people at one time, so things were bottlenecked at certain points.
is Willie Nelson. Went to his show at the new Nokia Theatre in Downtown L.A. Across the street from the Staples Center.
First of all the Nokia Theatre is a decent venue for once. Not to big and not a bad seat in the house.
This was my first time seeing Willie Nelson perform live. I missed Johnny, Roy and Jerry Lee is unreliable (sorry Killa) and well Willie is one of the last "outlaws". Highlights was nod to Crazy and then a triple treat of Hank Williams, plus a few hits.
He has a couple of his sons perform with him. One of his sons is awesome blues guitarist but when he sang I was a bit thrown off. I thought it would be deeper but it wasn't. Just didn't mix. Both sons are into Bob (Marley, that is) which I think brings musically a even more laid back/relax vibe to the night.
At the beginning of the show he played this mini movie/video of him kicking back in Lucky, Texas for the annual lawnmower race. Stars like Luke (I heart) and Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, who I thought was awesome in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by the way, and unfortunately Jessica Simpson were featured. It was very cute and had a few laughs.
Willie played his anti war song A Peaceful Solution which got everyone on their feet. It has great lyrics. I really do think we need to take back America.
I was disappointed that he didn't perform Hello Walls, one of my faves!
Well, I didn't really go anywhere just took some time out for a bit of self-discovery/improvement/transformation. Call it what you like but I'm almost complete with a Leadership program that has lasted for a about 4 months. It has helped me improve my relationships i.e., family, intimate, friendships,working, it has helped me feel physically and emotionally better about myself, I have lost over 10lbs and it has helped me be even more effective in my businesses. It's not therapy and it's not out to "fix" you, it examines what's working and what's not working in every aspect of your life from relationships to finances. It ignites the fires where the burners have become low or went out. The island called me has rebuilt bridges that have been broken, torn down the ones that don't and built new ones and continuing to build more.
What I got out of it for me was therapy, honestly. I have been up, down, in, out with depression for so long that doing this program really helped. I think it shrunk 10 years of counseling down to 4 months. I'm not going to say it's a miracle but it's pretty close.
Also, it helped me realize that life isn't so bad, that I truly do have it good, and that there was really never anything wrong with me, it's just how I internalized and interpreted it and that I let so much consume me. It's also showed me how I was hiding out, how I wasn't letting people get to know the real me ( who is powerful, passionate, creative, sexy and authentic woman) and how I procrastinate and how it creates this huge stressful drama that I never wanted in the first place and it showed me how I take for granted many important people in my life and learn to appreciate them. It also helped me find my voice. To finally speak up and say how I feel. And it's o.k to say no.
And it teaches the value about giving. Just how giving can make such a difference in this world. I just completed a community service project with my Team. We helped the Midnight Mission in downtown L.A. It's a homeless shelters that not only feeds and clothes the homeless but offer other services to get people back on their feet and back into the communities.
On Sunday, normally the shelter does not hand out lunches, so my Team and I, made over 300 lunches and also collected clothing to hand out. It was an amazing opportunity.
I'm starting a record label, well it's still is a band management co. but taking it to the next level. I'm so excited because this is something that I've always wanted to do. And I'm recommitting myself to barflies.net. You will see my by-line more from now on because I have A LOT to say.
So when can I start bowling again?
Yes, the team is back again this year for Punk Rock Bowling in Jan 07
Team One Pin is:
One Pin Jen
Wanda
Occulator
Tinkinator
Wish us luck for we are going to blast the other teams out of this world. . . .
Start your summer off right at the South Bay Surf Stomp IV
10 awesome surf bands all day long!
Been wanting to put up bowling locations for a long time now. Information is pretty accurate and I'm sure it's subject to change and always factor in shoe rental, if needed. This is a helpful site AMF.com.
Bowling Alleys
Santa Monica Areas
Mar Vista Lanes
12125 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA 90291
310-391-5288
After 9 PM on Wed $3.00 a game
- Actually Brian and I have bowled here many times and it's a decent place.
Bay Shore Lanes
234 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-399-7731
Wed Special (starts at 9PM) but you have to call to get your name on the list and you have to bring 4 people. If 3 show up you have to pay for the 4th person who doesn't show up.
5.25 cover but .25 shoe rental, games, popcorn and soda. The place needs some TLC!
El Dorado Lanes
8731 Lincoln Blvd. Westchester, CA 90045
310-670-0688
M, Th after 9 PM $11 cover includes shoes
Tue, Wed after 9 PM $3.00 per person
South Bay
Palos Verdes Bowl
24600 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505
310-326-5120
Wed after 9 PM $8 cover, .25 games, Hot Dogs, Soda
Monday thru Friday after 5PM $4.25 a game, but Tuesday and Thursdays are difficult because of league.
Gable House
22501 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505
310-378-2265
M-Th 4 PM to 2 PM $4.50 a game
Friday 9PM - 11:30 PM $4.75, same for Saturday
Sunday 6PM-1AM $4.75
Gardena Bowling Center
15707 S. Vermont Ave. Gardena, CA 90247
310-324-1244
4.25 a game
Orange County
Linbrook Bowling Center
201 S. Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804
24 Hrs
714-774-2253
Mon and Tue 8 PM-1AM $1.75 a game
Linbrook worked out for everyone to meet at.
Fountain Bowl
17110 Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804
714-963-7888
Wed $1.99 a game
- You need to get there early
Carter Lanes
1501 S. Lemon Ave. Fullerton, CA 92832
714-526-7725
$2.50 per game
Valley View Lanes
12141 Valley View St.
Garden Grove, CA 92845
714-898-2507
They close at 10 PM and need to call to reserve a lane, $4.25 a game
Westminster Lanes
6471 Westminster Blvd. Westminster, CA 92683
714-893-5005
Tue after 9PM $18 a lane, unlimited games for 3 hours, need to reserve a lane.
O.K. I know I'm finally getting to putting up my pics of Punk Rock Bowling 2006.
I really don't have a Top whatever for the event. It was a tough tornament this year. More teams signed up and Bad News Bowlers couldn't even get to Day 2 playoffs. But we did our best and had a great time.
Some of the highlights were (I'm sure there are more but after 3 months what can you expect): Secret Shopping Mission with Wanda to Target, wedding gown shopping with and for Sandra, Dinner @ Billy Bob's Steak House with Brian, Sandra and Justin, Dinner with Wanda's mom @ Cheesecake factory in Henderson.
Here is my photoblog:
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Wish Bad News Bowlers luck. Join us at the Double Down on Sat. Night in Vegas for our Pre Anniversary Party with Alex's Bar featuring Tijuana Knife Fight, The Irish Brothers, and Drag the River.
