the weekend was jam packed with fun. on sat night i went to spaceland to see a few bands play. i got some tickets at work and i figured that a free show would be a fun show. the headliner, vagenius, was really excellent. i know they have a terrible name but the music was very good and the lead singer played a keyboard that hung in front of her like a guitar. we also saw a new warner band called world leader pretend. they were also very good, except that i thought the lead singer was a bit melodramatic. you know, closing his eyes and starting the show with a sensitive piano ballad. ha.
sunday was beautiful here in la and i went to redondo beach with my friend. we'd both never been so we decided to see if there was anything worthwhile out there. the pier is very cool and lots of people were out fishing and just hanging out. we got a live crab (well they cooked it for us) and shared it. here is a picture of my friend getting ready to use the mallet:
it was very beautiful out but i had to run home to catch a screening of the film, the house of d. it's a coming of age story directed and written by david duchovny. my roommate is a huge huge fan so we had to go, especially once she found out that there was going to be a q& a afterwards. our friend actually works at the hall where they hold special screenings and he got us seats in the vip room. the movie was very good and the young lead was excellent. the only thing i didn't like about it (besides mr duchovny's goatee in the movie) was the framing device they used for the story. and robin williams is in it and he is very very good. my roommate was too chicken to talk to him afterwards but we did get in a few paparrazzi shots.
oh and kevin nealon was in the audience, as was one of the lone gunmen (xfiles ref). and tonight we just saw a small movie called the moguls. it stars jeff bridges and is about a group of people in a small town who decide to make and adult movie. it's very funny and sweet and not what you would expect at all. i think it's gonna be a hard sell to audiences but if you get a chance to at least catch it on video in the future, i think you should. and lest you think i have not been knitting at all, here are some fingerless gloves that i made my mom. pardon the crappy lighting.
they were a quick knit using some alpaca yarn that i got for $2 in the sale bin at a yarn store. for my mommy's cold hands. not much time for anything else these days. i am gonna try and get the front of cyd done in the next couple of weeks though. i've got a few rows of the hourglass sweater done but not enough to warrant a picture. anyway it's getting near my bedtime. i'll try to update again soon. good night!
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