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

The New Adventures Of Old Darion

I'm HOME!!!!! As you all probably know, you can take the boy out of Oregon, but the Oregon doesn't really leave the boy so easily. I've made it back home to Ma and Pa's place and it's been a great trip so far! After landing on Friday we saw Kung Fu Panda which was really cute.

Arriving at home it looked as though the new signs dad put up are keeping folks out:That, or maybe it's Bast, the vicious man-eating wolf dog. Hmm. :D
Challenging Bast for the title of Cute Overload Pet is Flash/Crack Baby (name TBD, he's insane though). He's like the cutest and most hyper kitten.... ever. He's basically a walking youtube video. He walks down the street, and people get kicked in the balls. Supermodels fall on their face. It's great!
"Hey who's that sexy stud in the reflection? Hey there buddy!"
"He looks like a savage hunter... are those tiger stripes? Uncle?"
"What is this shiny silver thing you are sticking in my face? Can I eat it? Scratch it? Then I don't care."
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness, stinky human."
"I'm sorry wot? No, no more photos please. I'm bashful!"
The view from the deck is always nice!! Notice the: 1) Lack of smog, 2) Lack of cement, 3) Lack of people, 4) Lack of sirens. Well you can't hear this but.... yeah, I know, not everyone can have the Five Star view of a towing company and cabinet maker my apartment has, but we can't all live in luxury.

Ready for more Cute Overload? Well Bast got a new toy on my trip here...
She killed it good!
I think she's doing Stalker Eyes(TM) here. Sorry Ang, you have real competition.
"DIE GREEN THING! RAWR!"

Here's a cute video showcasing her deathly talents. She pretty much makes that centipede toy her bitch. FUN!
Seeing all this cuteness tends to make one a little crazy:
I insisted to Mom I was Zero, the new chosen King of Cokes, and that I demanded a sacrifice.
Next we walked down to the woods to see Mom's new gazebo....
It's not finished but it's quite purty and fancy!! :) Fun. She's wanted one since she was 23. That's like.... uhm... this many years ago (raises hands).
Woods = nice. You can even see stars at night! I kept looking for the smog layer...
I won't mention the homecooked food much, but I've been... eating. Pretty much nonstop. This isn't a videoblog because my shirt is covered in crumbs. Organic, whole grain from the garden crumbs.
All the other kitties are on strike (they have like 20 or something). They hate the new babykitty! :(

Next it was on to the... hold on to your pants... DRAIN COUNTY FAIR!!! YEEEE HAWWWW!
Covered wagons. That's.... all we got.
Just to remind me of the uhm, locals, I saw this truck and Good Ol Boy (TM) complete with four wheeler in the back. Lovely.
Yeah, the fair was HOPPIN! All 30 residents of town came out. ;)
Nothing like the musical stylings of "Flashbak" to make me forget Coldplay. :D
Fried fair food = good.
Bolemia caused by extreme guilt = notsogood.
Mom's been doing a LOT of weights lately. I suppose it's a new direction.
Dad's running for political office! Yay!
What fair is complete without a pole climbing contest? Yessirreeee, not one in Drain! WOOT!
The covered bridge is nice. And restored. And full of Marlboro's and 40's. ;)
Dad won at the 4H coin toss!
I won this incredibly ugly striped LSD fish! Is it there? Is it not? You may never know!
Winnie, the prized pig with her 12 piglets. Mmmmhhh, if only I ate bacon....
Mom of course danced. Dance OFF!
Fun times had by all, Drain Fair style!
Oh yes, we met this fellow getting ice cream. Ready to visit Drain yet? I shall call him.... Abe.
One of the downsides of mom and dad's great cooking: the insane piles of dishes. "Seriously?"
"FRAAKKKK!"

Sunday we went down to visit Damien and took the scenic route, which had lots of history on how the railroads in Oregon were built and how over 100,000 Chinese came in to help build it. Sad history as in the 1800's all people were NOT treated equally.
The country was gorgeous tho!
These folks were mining for gold.... yes, real life gold panners in the 'crik'. Up and down the crik they looked for shiny stuff (and drank Hamm's).

One of the funny things about Oregon: Beautiful country, notsomuch to do. So, lots of drinking, lots of shooting things.
To be fair tho, that bathroom sign had it coming.
This railroad crossing sign also had it coming, with it's stupid shape, and uhm... color.
Someone put a sign on here that said "dirty tree huggin' hippies want to take your guns! Inside here!"
Nothing like a riverside picnic filled with lots of tasty stuff. :)
Beautiful country!
We stopped and checked out a cool bridge...
It was connected to this freaky tunnel that felt... hmmm... Cloverfield meets Bone Collector.
1905 it says at the top there.
Mom posed for a photo and this weird ghosty spirity thing appeared above her (in 2 photos) and wasn't in mine. I deduced it was probably a whore from the 1800's hanging around cuz she hadn't been paid yet by some of the rail workers. You know it happened, people. I saw Deadwood!
"Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiittttttttt."
The 1800's hooker overtook mom for a brief second and yelled "Bitch betta have my moneyyy!". Maybe it was an 1800's pimp?

We stopped briefly at Wolf Creek Inn that was home to Clark Gables - his hideaway for some time in the early party of the 20th century.
Jack London's room was cool, he wrote some of his books here:
See, authors and actors heart Oregon! Mom found a phone and made some calls:
It didn't work for me. Stupid Sprint.

If Elizabeth Taylor likes the bread, I'm in!
Betcha haven't seen that in LA!! Cabins on the highway...

Today (Monday) we all went whitewater rafting on Hellgate Jetboat Tours in Grants Pass Oregon, which was a total blast!
See us here dry. It didn't last.
This was right after a giant tidal wave dumped about 30 gallons of water ON MY FREAKING FACE. I was soaked to the bone! :D
We were a loud, rowdy bunch!
Mom got SOAKED. :D hahaha
I don't think there's a prettier place to raft! We saw TONS of wildlife, like bald eagles, ospreys, deer, turtles, etc.
Hellgate Canyon!

"It's the end of a superlong post Kitty! But you got a nice intro!"
"Shut yer trap wolfie, you may have 60 pounds on me but I have claws!"

Have a few more days at home before I head back to Hell-Ay... :) It's been great as always hanging with the fam!