And they're all made of Ticky Tacky.....

Since I got Netflix as a present from my boyfriend's brother last Christmas, I've started streaming Weeds on my laptop, and now I'm hopelessly addicted! I can't wait to see what happens next after each episode's cliffhanger.

The show centers around a Californian suburban wife and mother whose husband unexpectedly dies of a heart attack and now makes a living by selling marijuana, all the while having to keep up the appearance of suburban "normality". She recruits the help of a motlew crew to help with various aspects of the operation, consisting of her pot-smoking CPA (Kevin Nealon), her "black sheep" brother-in-law, an ex-rival dealer, and a lawyer neighbor who happens to be the husband of her biggest frenemy, Celia Hodes.

I'm still working my way through the second season.



The incredibly entertaining and tragically HILARIOUS character of Celia Hodes (played by Elizabeth Perkins from Big) just makes my day.

Finally going to see this movie tonight

Hooray!!

GIGIL all the time

If there was just one word that sums up how I generally feel at any given moment (okay, when I'm actually not being a grouch), it would be "gigil".


"Gigil" is a Tagalog word which doesn't have a direct English translation, but the meaning is something like having the uncontrollable urge to hug, kiss, squeeze or take a chunk out of someone because you find them so damn endearing and cute.

Needless to say, my boyfriend has tons of bite and pinch marks all over his body (especially on his fleshy belly lol) - I can't help it hahahaha. He is adorable on all levels :-).

Gigil definitely happens with others too. It's not necessarily towards something "obvious" like a cuddly puppy or a newborn, but say, the child-like excitement my boss has when approaching me about a new research project, or a stranger walking down the street snacking on an ice cream cone, or the corner deli guy grinning at me warmly as he packs sandwiches.

I guess I get gigil when I encounter things that make me feel warm and fuzzy, and smile inside. Maybe it has to do with longing for childhood and all it represents, as well as the lovely feeling that I can relate to everyone and that we're not all that different, after all.

What does a 15-year-old girl look like?

I recently came across this page on The Evil Beet. The girl on the left, Dakota Fanning, is almost 15 (turning 15 in February), and on the right we have Ms. Ali Lohan, who just turned 15 last December:

SoCal

The last time I went anywhere (been swamped with work and, well, life) was back in July '08 (!) and I still haven't uploaded our hundreds of pictures.
So here are some of the pics that we took on our first trip to Southern California - mostly LA.
I'm sure I'll be uploading more from this trip later on.

UCLA Medical Center - we visited the UCLA campus before checking in to our hotel

We stopped by a beach on the way back to LA from Santa Barbara

I insisted on spending at least a day in Hollywood and dragged my boyfriend around while I did "my thing" LOL

Santa Monica Pier

I'll definitely be coming back! :-)