November 2011
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Black Fridayyyyyeeee
A month ago I had an audition for a commercial you probably heard and saw a lot of in the days leading up to “Black Friday.” It’s a commercial for Kohls set to the tune of Rebecca Black’s terrible / amazing internet sensation song, “Friday.” If you live under a rock here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
(If you watched the video you’ll...
Roan Has a Party & Makes an Important Announcement
“Mama I want to have a party. With all the boys from my class.” Says Roan.
“OK” I say.”I’ll send out an email inviting them.”
So I send out the following email to the parents of all the boys in Roan’s kindergarten class:
Hi— It’s Ariane, Roan’s mom. Roan wants to have the boys from class over to our house this Sunday, Nov. 13...
These are the People in My...
I live in a little neighborhood on a hill bordered on one side by the mighty 101 freeway and the other side by the expansive backlot of Universal Studios. If I walk a block up the hill I see this:
And if I turn my head right I see The Psycho House:
And believe it or not there’s often many deer, coyote, foxes and bunnies around.
Like ANY neighborhood in Los Angeles, my neighborhood is...
Homework & Hormones Don't Mix
As I sit here writing while Roan does his homework I am remembering (way back to two months ago) when Roan had his first kindergarten homework assignment. I thought:
1. HOMEWORK? KINDERGARTEN? WHAT? Kindergartners should NOT have homework.
2. WOW, I have terrible PMS right now. (I did)
and then
3. Oh… his homework is literally to draw some diagonal lines… ok, we can handle...
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PAR-TAYYYY!!!
If you read my last post
http://talesofarealhollywoodmom.tumblr.com/post/12444920900/beverly-hills-colonoscopy
you’re probably thinking Los Angelenos are a bunch of vaginal reconstructive surgery-doing, colonoscopy enduring pansies. But that’s only partly true. There’s another side to us!
Over the past two months my new friends and old friends have shown me what a...
Beverly Hills Colonoscopy
On a beautiful sunny 76 degree Beverly Hills day, palm trees lightly swaying in the breeze, the scent of Sprinkles Cupcakes wafting in the air… someone is about to stick a small camera up my butt. And one down my throat too.
I’d had some “questionable” stomach issues over the past three months and also lost eight pounds, through no effort of my own. So my doctor...
