We wish you a Merry Christmas

I had the strangest and most disturbing dream last night. I dreamt that I woke up in an ICU in a hospital and I had suffered a massive injury that had put me into a coma. So I wake up out of this coma to learn that all the people around me are strangers, but they're actually my family. My family now (mom, dad, and matt) were just figments of the coma and everything in my life with them had been made up while I was in this coma. And then I had to start living with this new "real" family and I didn't like them at all and all I wanted to do was to go back into the coma world. Weird, huh?

Yesterday, Brigitte and I went to Buffalo Exchange, which is a used clothing store on La Brea. We parked out at a meter on the street and I got a fucking parking ticket! Came out of the store 20 minutes later to realize that I now owe $65 dollars to the police. Fuck Fuck Fuck. The sign was covered in stickers so we didn't realize we couldn't park there, so we took pictures of the sign. I'm considering contesting it but I'm not sure if it's worth spending my entire day at the courthouse or whether I should just forget about it and fork over the money. At least my car didn't get towed. To end the day though we went to Farmer's Market, which is by far one of my favorite places in LA. I can see myself living and working around there. The Ant Farm, my dream entertainment design firm, is right there and I love going to Farmer's Market to people watch. People watching is a great pastime, until they catch you looking at them from across the market and give you a dirty look. I'd bring my camera sometime if I didn't feel so awkward about taking random people's pictures.

Going to see Belle and Sebastian at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday. I just discovered that The Shins are going to be playing also. Two of my favorite bands! I can't wait.

I'll post pics tomorrow after 4th of July celebrations. I will have probably gained 5 pounds. And as is tradition in my family, we always take a moment on the 4th of July to think about Christmas and vice versa. So here's to Christmas...it can't come fast enough