living room circa 2004 or 2005

I think Johnny Carson would be thrilled

I think i'm the only person i know that is excited that The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is premiering tonight. But i am! I grew up on Johnny Carson, it was on every night in the Heckaman household. And i do believe that Johnny would be happy that Conan and Andy (!) will be hosting. I'm curious, too, to see if the Late Night with Conan O'Brien crew has traveled to the west coast. Will Conan be announced as "Heeeere's Conan!" - i guess i'll find out in an hour and a half. I can hardly wait!

I could never be your woman

I'm watching a Michelle Pfeiffer/Paul Rudd movie that is actually pretty cute/funny. Henry Winkler makes a cameo - or actually he appears as himself, is that a cameo? Ok, I just looked up cameo on dictionary.com

CAMEO: Also called cameo role. a minor part played by a prominent performer in a single scene of a motion picture or a television play.

So I guess it applies. Anyway, I was reminded of how awesome Henry Winkler is. I bet he's a really nice guy in real life. as opposed to the fake life.








And Henry Winkler makes me think of Ron Howard - another awesome, and most likely, very nice guy.








and Ron Howard makes me think of Don Knotts - he infuriated and made me laugh as a child and now I just adore him. I'll overlook his stint on Three's Company.

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

today's cloudy weather reminds me of when i would hang out at my friend, molly oaks' house during our pre-teen years. we made a fort in her garage above the rafters. looking back, i can't believe her parents let us hang out up there. we'd eat those grandma brand sandwich cookies that were so delicious and listen to either records or tapes. it must have been tapes - of styx. if i was hanging out in a fort today, i'd listen to this girl's playlist i found on last.fm.com: http://www.last.fm/user/mindcage. there are a couple choices that i would hit fast forward on the tape deck - but overall i'd enjoy it!

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Ben and I went to the BMSR show last night at the Bottom Lounge. This was my 3rd or 4th time to see them live and I have to say I was somewhat disappointed. The bass player, who totally reminds me of our friend and co-worker, Ed, wasn't there. The lead singer, Tobacco, wasn't there either yet he was "performing." Which makes me think of the Ashley Simpson fiasco on Saturday Night Live where she was caught lip synching. I can't believe I'm bringing up Ashley Simpson while discussing BMSR's show. I was bummed out. What happened? Where were they? Why is it ok for BMSR to perform live while two members of the band are MIA? And without Ed/bass player, the energy was missing - he has quite a stage presence - tall, thick long dark beard, and 70's style headband. and he moves! he really gets into it and he's a blast to watch. I'm really hoping this was just a one time situation without these two guys.

Fill'er up, check the oil, and some human hair please

When i'm pumping gas, and i suddenly remember i need some human hair, it's good to know there's a one stop shop just down the street. wait. what?

Rhodeersian Ridgebuck

This started off as a drawing of Louie sleeping on the couch - but as i kept working on it, he morphed into a deer. But i don't think deer have antlers, so rather he's a buck. what a dashing buck he is!