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Petersen Auto Museum

how’d my sink end up there?

iPhone = win, AT&T service = FAIL

I love love love love my iPhone… but the AT&T cell service is the pits. I’ve tried turning 3G on and off, to no avail; it’s still crappy both at my old place and my new place. oddly, Sprint never had ANY issues at either location… grr. I wish Sprint offered the iPhone! I’d switch back in a sec!

in the meantime, how can I report crappy reception to AT&T? maybe it’s my local antenna or something… though living on the 5th floor of a building that’s one block off the Sunset Strip, you’d think I’d have killer coverage.

just got this from my mom— though I don’t want to speak for her, I’d be willing to bet $50 cash that she doesn’t see any bias in this; it’s just presenting the facts. uh-huh.

(click to make the image larger!!!)

the kitchen, sans appliances — note the lack of microwave (donated to charity), oven/range (craigslisted and sold for $40) and refrigerator (brought over to the new pad). next step: get the rest of my stuff out of there so I can make the cabinets and countertop disappear! (watch for that dramatic photo real soon now…)

a quick update on my life

it’s been a really bizarre but ultimately good August. here’s the highlights:

• was very, very close to playing Million Dollar Password… was at the studio, on set, just feet away from Regis & the celebs, but ultimately didn’t go on. dagnabbit :-) luckily my pals Madeline and Derek made it; can’t wait to see their episodes.
• other game show fun in the works, however! stay tuned for details on that…
  
• I’m moving. Heading just a few miles away to a new penthouse apartment and then fixing up TFiDL. went out last weekend and bought a range, Sub-Zero fridge, dishwasher and washer & dryer.
• oh, and did I mention, packing all my stuff up and taking tons of things to out of the closet, too? yeah, it’s a busy time.
• heading to Brooklyn again in September, to continue making progress on Flashlight Worthy. Looking forward to seeing Peter again.
• other than FLW, I’m not working (or bringing in any income), which is stressful, but I trust something will come along in the next couple of months, when I’m ready to get back into it.
• I have a fantastic new swim coach, Tony; he used to compete at the California state level, which is pretty cool. had my first lesson, learned a lot about improving my crawl and he says I have a “natural affinity for the butterfly” (and I hope he isn’t referring to the insect). best of all: he thinks I could be competing in six months. WOW. now I’m all about trying to lose the fins and figuring out the butterfly. woot.
• on the other hand, flip turns are still impossible; I flip around like a fish OUT of water, even though I’m in the water, when I’m trying to do them. bleh.

U-Haul: I think the shorts are all wrong for moving appliances around in a U-Haul truck, but I tried to look butch nonetheless. :-)