yes yes y'all, gobble gobble y'all

Thanksgiving was awesome.
Nathan and Silvio made an awesome dinner, even better than last years.

I made a delicious ambrosia salad.
We played charades till my stomach hurt and my throat sore from laughing so much.

good friends are real good.
i felt warm and loved all day.

also i was super excited that nathan said i can have this drawing in about a month. it's my favorite of his.

dam dam da dam

RIchard and Shinobu's wedding.
my camera fritzed out.
golfers teeing off during the ceremony.
i'm telling you, you haven't seen shit till you've seen a dance floor full of middle aged korean ladies with big hair and shiney outfits doing the electric slide in unison to a k-pop song.
i was so floored i had to join in for the macarena.
I had a blast.
Congratulations buddy, I love you.

Here are pictures from Shinobu's bridal shower

Beautiful Shinobi

my favorite little dude, Taiju's feet

ooh la la

dressed to kill

ba dum pum

today my stupid little dog, who i love very much, bit some guy on the street and when i told my friend about it he asked me "are you going to put him down"?
to which i replied, "do you really think insults will help"?
see, i think that's hilarious.
anybody? no, no one?
well maybe i've been watching a little too much golden girls, but i think it's right on the money.

abra kadabra

bbs + yyy = tlf

it's a family affair

house warming party for jenny and mike
so many old friends there it was like a family reunion
it was a bbq and i was starving but when i got there i was so excited to see everyone that i wasn't hungry anymore
it was like being hugged for 3 hours, it felt awesome.
oh! and i got to hold my first baby ever!

This is little Taiju, he's 8 weeks old and the cutest little peanut!
look at his funny little face.
I was totally nervous and sweaty.
This is his big sister Noa, her dad Yoshi, and a highly anticipated cupcake.
she's 4 and so funny and cute.


we played with the mailbox for like 45 minutes.
while we were playing she said, "come on mom", and on the inside i was thinking, "omg i would TOTALLY be your mom".
Hiroko, her real mom is awesome, we met in college in the dorms. I turned in my housing application late, so I was put in the exchange student housing.
I've never really been around kids so I didn't know how I felt about them, turns out, they're pretty cool.
This is Richard and Taiju. Richie is one of my oldest and closest friends, we also met in college in the dorms, freshman year, he lived right above me. He is getting married in less than two months!
He's the first one of my core friends to take the plunge. Way to go Richie!

Look at pregnant Kathy. Four more months and I get to hold another baby!

And it wouldn't be right if I made a post without throwing some dogs in the mix...
Szebie chooch was there

along with his sister Darla

Ta Dah!

more later

my days and nights have traded places and things are getting weird

dog whispers

field trip to my parents desert house with oprah and beyonce

my mom gave them a piece of salmon. after that they followed her wherever she went.

my mom also couldn't remember 'rufus' and kept calling him 'recipe'. then i would correct her and she would say, "ahhhh rupees-ah".

then i went to go hang out with big baby bolo while his dad was away.

look how sad he looks. i kept him busy with yip yaps and buddy biscuits to make up for the fact that i was not his dad.

labor day. you're crazy. i love you.

meet eli.



eli is timmy dow's adorable and hilarious son.
he told me he loved me.
he also told me i was crazy.

then eli had cake and and went into fast fwrd.

garbers birthday cake that babyman nathan made.

liberty's fancy ass phone

a great bbq. it's always always always great to see nathan.

headspace

howdy doody

if you've been in my truck then you've probably seen the little black cowboy hat that hangs from the rear view window.
when my dog is in my truck he likes to get up on the dash and look out the window.
if you look at him at the right angle, it totally looks like he is wearing this tiny cowboy hat.
it kills me evertime. really
it is so funny.

bffs for real

I got to have dinner with some really close friends whom I have not connected with in a long time and it felt good.
kathy and drew are pregnant, richie and shinobu are getting married in november!
i met richie in the dorms in college. he lived upstairs from me and the first time we met was in the common kitchen upstairs.
i couldnt' sleep and was eating ramen and he was putting acid on sugar cubes.
we've been like family ever since and he means the world to me.
congratulations richie!

jenny cho and mike semple.
they just bought a house in highland park, real close to my studio.
i hope that means i'll get to see them more often.
jenny is my unnee and i love her.


my oldest road dog, kevin.
we've know each other for 12 years now?
and best friends for most of them, with a few bumps in the road here and there.
i'm glad he's back in my life.
i know him real well and still love him all the way.

steven murashige.
steven just directed a commercial in mexico city and got to pet a baby tiger.

I'm so lucky to have them in my life. My heart swells with pride to know them.

you winkin' at me?

This is Szeby choo choo. He is my second favorite dog in the world.

This of course is Papi, my fourth, i mean first favorite dog in the world.