its a celebration bitches!

and we couldn't resist the bathroom shot.we had way too much fun last night.

i call him the "crate-hopper"

this is partly why i couldn't sleep last night.
crate 1:crate 2:
this is what we call the twist.

while I'M lounging,

...he's blogging.

all black everything.

(this pic taken couple years back)i was told to go back to black by several people. so i guess the consensus wins again folks. stay tuned :/

artwalk!

downtown LA holds an artwalk every 2nd Thursday in the month; this was september.

this is what my mom has to say about 'blogging'.

"seen one, seen them all, all this useless bantering about fashion and totally debilitating footwear and looks that don't suit them at all and the ooh and aah over Jessica somebody or another who is bone skinny and thus can't be at all a healthy functioning human being.
see, I can banter too.
the blogosphere is polluted now
with totally useless utterly unimportant stuff...empty bits and bytes flying over the ether
ethernet that is
noooooo dont post that!!!!
here lemme write something else
i'll write about food
at least that is nourishing!"

heres her blog.

it feels good to be alive, there's so much to enjoy.

big brother anthony and his friend manny came to visit this weekend, and we had a blast. here's what we did in chronological order:

saturday: rode from our house downtown to alyson's house for breakfast. what a cook! then rode the alife/the space, then rode to VENICE BEACH and RODE BACK to downtown. 35 miles total. made chicken apple sausage spaghetti for the boys then we went to boulevard 3 to close out the night.

sunday: drove (lol we were pooped) to the grove, went to vegan glory, went to alife/the space, went to DO-OVER and had our fill of sangria, then went back to downtown to take a nap, then went to a house party/BBQ. what a night, for real. lol.

here are the pictures to prove it all.

SPEED BEAR!

me with my new gearing! thanks to the lovely and ever so kind sean and alyson :) (i'm only yelling at him in the beginning because we weren't gonna make the light, hence the "c'mon baby, c'mon!!!")

he's not that into TV.

was watching fresh prince of bel-air reruns the other night...he coulda cared less.walking and talking to the bicycle film festival.bicycle film festival!

1 year ago today.

it was 4am Sunday morning and we began our drive. my trunk full and a heart released of all troubles but full of dreams, we drove down the I-5 to Los Angeles with my mom/anthony/Mac in the car following me. after much resistance about me moving all the way down here, they decided to support me and help me move; man i couldn't have been happier. it just felt complete for them to come with me and see where i would be staying. i just remember the drive, thinking to myself, I'm really doing this. I'm really leaving my home of the bay area, my family, a comfort zone, a cush job, cheap rent and my home since birth. but i was also leaving complacency, a broken heart and starting anew. i had put my 2 weeks notice in, had 2 yard sales and had going away drinks with my coworkers and my friends in the weeks preceding the move. i'm glad i made the jump, made the decision to write on my own clean slate. write my future. with many thanks to daryl and my mom, i have survived this year in one piece and welcome the year to come. thanks to anthony, omar, and marisa as well for being the great people that i have to surround me with their joy and peace.
love,
claire

scrambled eggs and leagues under the sea.

these are weekly occurrences for mr. DT. he's the gentleman. (scrambled eggs with basil, turkey bacon, and homemade pancakes)if you must know, we were at the train station, underground. and we were having lots of fun.