Better late then never!

Hey peoples! As you can imagine I've been pretty slammed with work-related stuff lately, so my bloggin' time has been non existent.

There are some fun pics to share - unfortch I missed my sister Damien's baby shower that Mom and Dad threw home in Oregon...
She and Kirk AKA BabyDaddy, pose - yeah, she's about to burst! I'm gonna be an uncle SOON! WAAAH!
This is Mom posing in front of her new Gazebo. I totally love it. I got to see it last month when I was home, it's coming along so nicely!
They hung baby clothes throughout the house for the shower - how cute is that? I hear the games were a blast.
My aunt and uncle, cousin and her husband flew/drove in to see Damien. They all live out of state so she was QUITE surprised! :) Good thing she wasn't so surprised it caused some water breakage.
So many baby clothes!
So many gifts!

I'm really sad I missed it, but that's life. Soon I'll be an uncle, and I'll be able to post 500,000 baby pics. You think I've gone crazy with the cats and dogs... hahaha

Done some other really fun stuff lately, including:
Hanging with super great friends at lots of different places, here we got together at Hyde in Hollywood where my friend Ray was spinning. F U N! From left to right: dork, Brandon, Loy, Ben, Josh, Dylan.

Dancing on the wall may have been involved.....
And we made a Saskia sandwich! She liked it, tho. At least, I CHOOSE to disagree with the '100 yard radius' mandate now. I think she's just flirting. You silly, you!

I randomly met these models at the bar and they were hilarious, so we took a pic. Fun fact: The blonde is grabbing my ass. Hence my "Ehrr... ahh... OK..." look.
Fun fact: I'd tell you what the tattoo chica is doing, but my parents read this blog.
Fun fact: OK, actually, she's telling me I need some tattoos. Then she asked me how long I've been a casting director.
Fun fact: Lying in bars in Hollywood is supersupersuper fun.

We all went out to celebrate our friend Brandon's birthday the other week, which included going roller skating at a total 80's disco in the valley:
Yeah, it was superfab. Or ... uhm... killer? Sick? Crap, gimme an 80's term!
Here Loy and Josh in a skate-by photo. Loves it.
Randy is a little too good on skates. Too good, you ask? Yes, I think there may have been soul selling and/or black market trading going on here. First born?
Loy has the gift of being 6'4" like me. Unfortunately, neither of us has ... how you say... balance. :)
"I'M GONNA BREAK SOMETHING! BAWLS!"

I caught up with Trent for dinner the other week and saw Batman on IMAX again, which was, amazing of course, and we saw this sign on the 3rd st. Promenade.
You should have seen the sluts working that store. Man, the economy is so bad they'll stoop to anything!

Last Friday I met up with my SD peeps Ben, Raph, newly-moving-to-LA-Frank, and LA Bobby at the Kevin Smith Crazy4Cult art show - it was really cool, super hot, and had tons of movie related art:

It was great. After, we bounced to Saddle Ranch on Sunset to see some people get tossed around by a mechanical bull:I have to say, that NEVER gets old. lolol :) This chick, who told us her name was Ebony (her friend's name was Ivory... yeah... it was Vegas name night, apparently) ate it like a sack of potatos. :)

Great seeing my peeps, sad they live so far away!

T, Loy and I saw House Bunny at midnight Thursday last week:
L O V E D IT!!!!!!!!!! SO damn funny. Anna Faris is sort of a God to me now. I sacrificed a virgin for her the other day!*
*Come on, seriously? There are no virgins in LA. Britney, please.

Speaking of Britney, I met up with a bunch of great friends to go see Lady Gaga perform at Cherry Pop on Saturday night:
She rocked the house! It was so fun. The blonde girl on the left here totally flashed her boobs, too. Or maybe it was just spirit fingers. I get the two confused.
Rock it Lady Gaga!
John and Jordan were fun to hang with as always, and of course Jordan's suspenders made a really fun snapping sound while we waited for Lady Gaga to come onstage.*
*Sorry, alcohol.
Randy, Ben, Brad, and I'm giving my best "Awwww shizz in da club" look. Or, my 'special' look.... yeah, probably that one.
Steve, who's so ridiculously in shape his bodyfat is now in the negative. Don't worry, we can be jealous together.

Sunday I met up with a bunch of peeps to hit Sunset Junction in Silver Lake, which was cool. Basically it's a mix of music, food, crafts, the usual fair type shizz. Great mix of people...

This was cool, this old dude started dancing with the hot chick who was grooving out. It was a really cute moment. That, or he was her sugar daddy. You never really know in LA.

Das Poopen?
Yup, never running for President.

Monday Julie and Angela invited me to lunch and for pedicures, which having never had one, I thought it sounded sorta fun. Try anything once, right? Unfortch for me...
They wanted me to do the pedi's. OY. It was a lot of work. Julie said her "white boy AC sucked"....

So I fanned her. She then fired me and threatened deportation (I didn't have the heart to tell her I'm sorta here legally).Angela's toes left a lasting impression.... and my lunch all over the floor.
;)

Fun times, great friends, I'm blessed, hope ya'll are well!
Cheerssssssssssssss

Birthday Madness, 27 Style!

Well D-Lo Birthday Week 2008 comes to a close and I had a pretty awesome time. :) My friends showed up in force! My actual bday was Wednesday and I had a delicious dinner at Katsuya in Hollywood:
Trent, Mike, Eric (who has known me for 11 birthdays now!!!) and Jordan all came out to celebrate. The food was great and I had a blast!

Last night was the BIG party - one for the record books - I turned 27, or as my evite was labeled, I Turned Fetus!

We started off with dinner at Argentinian restaurant Tango Grill:
Steph and Alek and I took it quite literally and decided to Tango a bit right there!

After a dee-lish dinner the gang headed to Ultra Suede to start with the drinking and dancing - the club night called Cherry Pop! A ton of my friends came out and really helped make it an amazingly fun night for me:
Angela, Julie, and Vince came out to celebrate, and stayed out wayyyy past their bedtime to grind on the dancefloor. :)
"Whaaa whaaaaa?" Josh and I were surprised by something. Or drunk.
Paul, Mike, and Corey came out, and I apparently have a secret. Also, I apparently shrank 2 feet for this photo - will the wonders of Patron never cease?
Trent joined us after I returned to my normal Freaky Man Giant(TM) height.
He and Ang made out like bunnies on the dancefloor. Awkward.....
Jim & Derek came out to party it up!
It's great looking in the crowd and seeing 15 of your closest friends rocking out. :)
"ZOMG it's my birthday! Hahaha! Have some money!"
"HAHAHA So, what are you like, 37? 36? Seriously, I have this psych paper due and..."
I had to retire the devil horns after this. :(
Angela made me pose with this random group of strangers, which was fun, altho the guy in back apparently has never seen a flash or camera before. "IT's the devil's light!!"
The beautiful BFF's Helen and Joanne came out to celebrate!
Oregon Homegirl Julie Miss Flava makes a triumphant return!

Warning: LOTS of drinks were had. LOTS on tongue in the following shots... ahem...
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH YEAHHHHH"
Julie's pretending she doesn't know Vince, but really, Prada won't help you there.
"OREGON STYLE, BITCHES!"
I think Ang is throwing a gang sign, you never know with those LA girls.
Jeff, Ben, and Raph all came up from San Diego to party! :) They rock - they even drove back that night! I know, I have the best friends...
"Here's lookin at you, kid."
I think Raph was shocked by something here - he gets the award for Best Style of the night!
"HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
That's my babygirl!!!
Speaking of babygirls, the beautiful Yasmin came out to party!! :) We had a blast dancing!
Me and T! While Jeff looks a little angry - he hates the stalkarazzi...
Unless they are snapping him! JJ in da hizzy!
HANDS OFF THE BABYGIRL! ;)
People kept buying me shots and drinks and shots and drinks and... Well let's just say I didn't drive home that night. :)
I DANCED HOME! YAHHH BABY!
Julie Miss Flava kept saying "Mess with the bull, get the horns.". I don't think the bartender got it.
They asked me to be in the photo so they'd have a token white guy - awww, I feel the lurve! XOXO
Mike looks surprisingly sober and T looks... well, not. :)
My amazing trainer Noelle came out with her boyfriend Chad! It was so fun to see them. :) And yes, I'm super-mega-drunk-sweaty in the photo. And yes, my shirt gradually got more and more unbuttoned as the night went on. LOL!

Well that's all the pics I'm willing to posts on the internets... lol it was an amazing night and I had a BLAST! I am so lucky to have such a fun group of people to come out and drive from all over to party it up with me, it was a very memorable bday and deff the best yet!