No Selfless Deed

Ya know the episode of Friends where Joey tells Phoebe there is no selfless deed? I think I suddenly figured it out... There is no selfless deed. That makes me sad. So does the idea that I've never had an original thought... I suppose that topic is for another day. But either way I tried to do a good thing that I didn't need to do but I realized I did it to be "the better person". Darnit. Anyway, below is the episode I'm refering to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQSEoNdGvk&feature=related

on being thankful

To all those who serve, thank you for allowing me to live in a free country.

In the last years I've met a lot of men and women who serve our nation and I really admire them for everything they've done. I'm also really thankful that I have gotten to meet them because their desire to serve is truly admirable.




Side note: As Thanksgiving approaches (oh shoot it's already November?!) I've realized that we should be more thankful on a daily basis rather than just that one day of the year. Sure when bad things happen we tend think about the things we are thankful for, but I'm going to try to do that a little more often. Don't forget to thank yourself once in awhile. Often at the end of yoga, the instructor tells us to thank ourselves for making time to go, a bit silly, but hey, I'm glad I let myself go instead of doing X.

Umm excited much?

I'm so beyond excited for this. Since Vegas was going to be a little difficult to work in before Thanksgiving, this would have to do. And to be honest, if I can't lay out by a pool, then I almost don't know what's the point in going to Vegas (ok that's not true but it really is top 3 things I want to do there). So Lakers game it is! Might not be the best seats but it's ok. I can sit courtside next time?

Far Something?

Far East Movement did a show at the Key Club in Hollywood, so I thought it would be fun to check them out with some of my girlfriends. It turned out to be this huge ordeal with a ton of people also wanting to see them. Including people who apparently didn't even know who they were (I'll get to that). Long story short, they tried to cut the line off which just resulted in people crowding and trying to cut. So desperate to see them, our group sure enough cut in line. Luckily the people we cut in front of weren't even interested enough to care. Someone even walked up to the girl behind us and asked what the line was for. Her response was, "Its a show for Far? something?" Let's just say everyone within a 10 ft radius of her gave her a dirty look and definitely rolled their eyes. I can't complain, we got to cut in front of her and ended up with a sweet view once we got inside from the second level.


These guys are so much fun. Needless to say, really awesome night. Still on a Rocketeer high. So much so, I'll even add their new video for it. It's just fabulous.

I'm OK without the Tree-Houses

But I won't say no to them either, especially when the have views of the Pacific. Completely in love with this house in Carmel... where do I get $6 mil? For more about the house, click here.
Fountains, cantilevered lots, metal railings... love.

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! Mine wasn't too crazy, just hung out with a few friends at a few bars. A few of us decided to go as sesame street muppets:
I didn't get a muppet shirt but I did dress as a muppet. Can you guess which one? Or better yet, do you know which one I even am?

Here's proof that I even am a sesame street muppet. She debuted a few years ago so even I didn't know who she was. I had to do a bit of research.
Other costumes in our group included Mary Poppins and Bert the Chimney Sweeper. And Russell from Up! I think I will have to steal that idea next year. Sorry my pictures suck, I only took a few.

Welcome to the Family!

I would formally like to announce the birth of Ms. Arion into our sorority family!
This is also the day I realized how old I really am... Here's a little family history lesson:
Back in 2005, it was just me and my big sis before she left me alone in our family. Then it was just me for a long while until I took my lil sis. As soon as I took her, I graduated but it wasn't too long before she fell in love and took a lil. So we spoiled our newest baby and let her break tradition and take more than one lil sis because she was our little overachiever and she was going to take them at the same time because they were inseparable. I've never seen two different girls act like twin sisters more than these two... Anyway, so one of our lil twins took her first (apparently they've decided the get the privilege of killing tradition all together and taking as many as they want) lil sis recently and I could not be more happy to welcome her into our little family. It also occurred to me just how old I am because I don't know anyone in the chapter anymore. It's highly unfortunate that in attempting to do a tiered (its a sorority thing) picture, I'm the shortest but the oldest, and Arion is the youngest but the tallest... I should have warn heels. As you can see I'm having difficulty trying to be the top of the pyramid.