LAFD Rocks It Again!

I just want to take a moment to exploit this public forum to send out some very personal gratitude to the LAFD's emergency responders.

Thankfully, it was only water spurting out under high pressure this morning and not blood, but the intrepid (and so handsome!) dudes appeared in a jiffy and had the situation under control in short order.

Did I mention they were gorgeous? And that after battling the water I looked like a drowned rat?

Oh and before you downgrade my IQ by 50 points you should know that They couldn't find the water shutoff to the house either.

In fact, now that daylight is upon us and calm is restored, I'd really like to know where that shutoff is....

(and PS, kids: if you're gonna sleep naked, maybe have some clothes in your handy emergency kit. Just sayin.)

WTF - Grauman's Chinese getting sold to developers???

[Sorry, too angry to dig for a CC photo]

I realize the world will end anyway on May 21st, but The Hollywood Reporter is, well, reporting that Grauman's Chinese Theater is being sold and we should Expect Some Changes once their deal closes on May 20th.

Bull SHIT, sez me!

There's a Facebook page to save it but everybody knows what that's worth.

I'm not completely clear if they're only getting the Mann Chinese 6 at Hollywood and Highland, or if the rumor that the developers are "considering turning the theater, which has 1,152 seats, into a nightclub," is anything more than that, but still.

Really? The Chinese Theater? It's not IT enough for you?

The Chinese is on all the historic registries, but developers (and Samaha in particular) are notorious for moving forward with their nefarious agendas and hoping no one will notice until it's too late (Yes I Mean You out there bulldozing Johnnie's Broiler).

Let's not let this get swept under the rug, Angelenos!

What the hell are they putting in the water at the Grammys?

Serene Branson - what? - speaking in tongues? Abducted by aliens?

Or am I just having a heavy birtation tonight?

This is post-Grammy news coverage on LA's CBS News. The news dudes made no comment ~ and sincere apologies for the crummy sound but I shot this off the tv with my iPhone.

Poor Teddy. Rough night.

Two dead wigs on a wet curb

Santa Monica. Christmas week.

Believe!

Don't be alarmed; it's just a rental while my car is repaired

Yo! What-Up, Football???

Okay I understand, but I'm getting a little tired of all the quizzical looks when I express my newfound (and admittedly obsessive) love … of FOOTBALL!

Agreed, I've spent the better part of my life being at best indifferent and pretty much adamantly avoiding sports of any variety. Sure, I was a Cubs fan as a kid, and we sorta followed the Blackhawks too (although I've still never seen a live hockey game). I've never been a sporty person, and besides being a yoga enthusiast I have no athletic abilities of my own.

Fast forward to sometime last fall, when I fell in with a group of ruffians who, among other things, are generational supporters of the Green Bay Packers.

If you read anything I wrote here last year, you may have heard me refer to last year as The Year Of Saying Yes.

So after a lifetime of saying No to football, I said Yes. Or at least Why Not?

It didn't hurt that my friends were buddies with a couple of the players, and that my very first live football game was the Packers/Arizona playoff game, which I viewed from the 45 yard line, no more than a dozen rows up, in the players' seats, sitting with the players' families and friends.

We wore jerseys given to us by The Real Guys and we were stoked. I'd seen portions of a few games and had a basic understanding of the rules.

And guess what?

I freaking LOVED it.

And for the record, whoever said football is boring is full of crap.

"We" lost that playoff game, but I still followed the rest of the season. In February I went to my first Super Bowl party, at which I never took my eye off the game.

And when this season started I was READY.

With the exception of my birthday weekend, I have seen every Packers game. I have the cap in the back window of my car, and I wear my zip-up Packers hoodie with great pride. I get texts with team updates and of course live coverage of the games.

I love this damned game!

Every single game I've seen has been seat-edge exciting. I figured coming in and learning at the playoffs last year meant every game would be more exciting; that I was lucky to have missed the "boring" regular season play. But I've yet to think one game is even the least bit slow.

Maybe it's just me coming off a lifetime of disappointment as a Cubs fan: The Packers WIN. And whether they win or lose, they're still a great team so the games are all goddamned thrilling.

Yeah, I have a lot to learn about the plays and the strategy, but I have to tell you I am Hopped Up On Football even now. I watch and follow the games, I read up on the stats and the predictions and the history, and I know what I'm talking about when I talk football with people.

I'm enjoying the hell out of this, can't wait for game day, and am jumping out of my skin at the possibility of seeing a game at Lambeau.

Plus, I'm completely in love with Clay Matthews. But nevermind that; he lives too far from LA for that to work.

This weekend the Pack goes up against the 49ers and of course I hope they give them what they gave the Cowboys last month. Or what they gave the Vikings the week after, WHICH WAS DELICIOUS. I know the history with San Francisco, I know the 49ers haven't beaten Green Bay since 2000, but I also know about That One Time they really made it count.

So I'm hopeful but not complacent. Every game needs to be won on game day, so Don't Get Cocky, and fer chrissakes enough with those penalties already boys – because I'll be watching – and yelling –

GO PACK!