Where no one has gone before...
...with the exception of 2004...

Our 2nd week on the job here in LA, Dave and I were asked if we wanted to go to Las Vegas and do the Zero Gravity flight with Buzz Aldrin. We were all hmm, i don't know, maybe we should just stay at home in LA without any furniture, television or internet instead...We didn't have to think about that one long! What a treat to meet one of the first men on the moon.

This was not our first Zero G flight. We first boarded G-Force One in 2004 in Ft. Lauderdale. I believe I blogged about it too, so sorry for the re-run!

I wasn't actually on board the flight this time. They have zero gravity trained photogs. I'm glad I was able to experience it in '04 or I would have been one disappointed photog! You may be shocked to hear (and if you are, you don't regularly read this blog) I'm a bit of a space geek. :)

In fact... one of our most outlandish goals in life is to make it into space. Originally, I was shooting for the moon, but y'know, I think I would be satisfied with the curvature of the Earth. For now, this is as close as you can get to that experience.

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! LOVE YOU MOM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARTMAN!



Hartman is 10 years old this month! Since I don't know the exact date of her birth-- we celebrate her birthday EVERY day in May!

My niece, Cydney, bought Hartman a present with her own money. Her Mom, Pam, asked her who her best friend in the world was-- she answered "Hartman!" Isn't that sweet! :)

Hartman unwraps her gift!

It's a Play-n-Squeak Bumblebee! Now I have to tell you... Hartman is one picky kitty. I bought her a kitty condo once--- she hated it. But she LOVED the box it came in! She usually sticks her nose up at anything that is not a milk ring or twisty tie...

Oh, but wait--

Could it be????---

She LOVES her little bumblebee!

Thanks Cydney!


In other news, Rue McClanahan is my first LA celebrity interview! She's quite witty and very friendly. It was a fun chance to break out some of the toys in my light kit for the interview. BREAKING NEWS:


We interupt this blog to bring you this important announcement: Cydney and Hartman have just been hired to anchor the evening news. :)

Well I'm going to go buy a new couch now. We donated our old couch--dubbed the 'most uncomfortable couch---ever' by, well, pretty much everybody who ever sat on it. My sister-in-law Amy actually says the couch 'hurt her eyes' to look at. I can't seem to find a good picture of it quickly enough. I've gotto go to Ikea! (so excited to live in a city with an Ikea again!)

Two Week Reunion!


Dave and I went to Vegas for a shoot the other day. While there we saw our friend, Joaquin from Miami! He and his friend, Moe, designed these shirts themselves. We think they should sell them on Cafe Press!

What the heck!??


Ooooh, I see. Discount coupons for the Bodies exhibit and the Titanic exhibit. :) We've seen the Bodies exhibit by the way and I highly reccomend it!

In other news... our stuff and my car finally arrived on Saturday! I won't blog about our stuff arriving because I don't want to remember the details decades later about our crappy movers! But the car transport is actually really funny:

It's Saturday, April 21st, 8 AM. The phone rings.
ME: Hello?
ED: Yeah, hi. You got a Ford Focus ta be delivered?
The voice on the other end sounds very much like a character from King of the Hill.
ME: Yes, I do! Will you be delivering today?
ED: Yeah...uhm...I'm in Manhattan Beach. Where dya live?
Where do I live? They've had my car nearly 20 days and the guy doesn't know where I live? Not to mention we don't live in or near Manhattan Beach.
ME: We live at *insert address here*
ED: ...oh... Dag nabbit. How do I get thur from Here?
I end up mapquesting directions for him. It's very simple. He only has to make 4 turns.
An hour later the phone rings...
ME: Hello?
ED: Yeah, I'm all turned around. I took the ** freeway (not the freeway I told him) and exited **. What do I do?
ME: Gosh, I don't know and I'm at the bank right now getting your money so I'm not near a computer.
ED: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T TELL ME HOW TO GET TO WHERE YOU LIVE!
Crazy Eddie became furious. I was a little taken aback by the change in demeanor.
ME: Uhm, well considering I did Mapquest directions for you I would hope you are not upset with me. I just moved to town myself so I don't know where you are.
ED: IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHERE TO GO THEN YOU DON'T EVER GET YOUR CAR BACK! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TELL ME!!
ME: Look, you're going to have to turn around, go back the way you came and get on the right freeway. The directions I gave you were very simple.
ED: Lady! I'm 75ft long! I can't just TURN AROUND!! Just TELL ME HOW TO GET THERE!!!
ME: Dude, look, I do not know. You are going to have to pull over and ask someone. Perhaps you might consider investing in a map.
So yes, Crazy Eddie apparently did indeed drive all the way from Florida to California, map free, and without a clue as to where he was going. And he's the type that is completely clueless that it is his responsibility to know where to deliever the car. Eventually, he arrives...
ED: Sorry, I got all turned around!
ME: That's ok.
ED: Yeah, my wife died 4 years ago and it was really tough, but I'm ok now. I didn't work for 4 years, but then my sister acted like my mother and came after me with a baseball bat and told me to get a job, so here I am working again.
I smile and nod my head and will him with my mind to please just get my car off the transport and leave. It seems to be working! He gets my car safely off the transport... but then....
ED: I was a Navy Seal you know. I retired. I got shot in the head too many times. I have a lot of physical damage and..well...mental damage. But I was also a monk for several years and I learned about the energies and stuff. And once you fine start figurin' it out it's amazing! Once you know the energies stuff just works out better than you could have planned.
ME: Oh sure, sure, yeah. Well, here, just hand me that receipt and I'll let you get goin.
ED: Ok, here. Well, good luck with your life here and all.
ME: Thanks, you take care.
ED: Ok. And I hope you get better with your directions!

Goodbye Columbia Square!


Today was the last day KCBS/KCAL will ever broadcast from historic Columbia Square! Everybody signed the walls, including yours truly, even though Dave worked out of there for only a couple days and I've been working out of the new building all along! :)

For those of you who are curious about the new building, Dave did a piece on it today. Sorry, can't show you the totally awesome set until its debut tommorow!

Look! It's Jackie Johnson! Viewers in Miami always asked about her even years after she left!

This is my new buddy, Robert. AMAZING photographer!

BLOG WORLDS COLLIDE!! BeFrank is my other new buddy. :) Be sure and read his blog, too!

Everything is going great in LA! We're very happy (and Hartman is... well, she's Hartman. ;) ). I can't really blog about what I've done at work because it isn't airing until sweeps. I will say that Dave and I are going on our first out of town trip for the station Sunday-Tuesday! I can't tell you why, but it's very exciting!!

Kurt Vonnegut is up in heaven now

CHECK!! CHECK!!

Hartman gave my gear a once over! I had a good first day yesterday. You wouldn't believe the toys I have to play with!
I've got to get to work.