Why Phone Apps Are Fun!

Does not take much to get enthused by the iPhone apps, here is a Quad photo. Four photos taken in succession … Baby never looked sexier!

Hipstamatic Action
Makes Dodger Stadium look like we are back in the 70’s!!!

Me and Jeff Lynne, Hipstamatic… Just don’t mention The Move!!!

The Importance of Good Health

The Importance of Good Health

Two days ago I had (I think it’s fair to say), one of the worst days of my life.

The day started out by getting pulled over and ticketed for the first time in my life. I’ve been driving since I was 15 and a half and have never once been pulled over. I was pulled over on my way back from physical therapy where I was treating for injuries sustained from being hit by a drunk driver last year. Oh the irony. (Note to self: a California roll does not count when encountering a stop sign.)

The day progressed and I started to feel a stabbing pain in my lower right abdomen. The pain worsened and I ended up spending the entire night in the emergency room with needles poked in me, and tubes sticking out of me. I’ll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say – good times were had by all.

Several hundred dollars and a bruised body and ego later I’m counting my lucky stars that I’m going to be OK. Good health can never be underestimated. Every day we spend on earth is a blessing. I’m not a religious person in any classical sense, but I know when to thank the universe, and now is the time. Good times, bad times, it’s all part of it, and every second I have, I am thankful for.

Here’s to good health.

– Laura

2012

“2012”

I woke up this morning at 5AM to the sound of six helicopters outside my bedroom window. Normally I’d brush it off and think, they must be doing the traffic report, but they didn’t leave. I’m pretty sure they’re still there now.

I live within spitting distance (literally) of the 101 freeway in Hollywood, so I’m no stranger to police chases, fire trucks, car accidents and blood curdling screeches etc. But there was something particularly unnerving about this fleet of helicopters outside my bedroom window this morning. Perhaps it was the ungodly hour of their tirade, or the unrelenting whir of their blades cutting through the smog, but something made me get up and check the news to see what was up.

Have you ever seen the movie “2012”? The one where global cataclysm brings an end to civilization, as we know it through one natural disaster after another? That’s what the news looked like today. Here’s a photo from today’s front page:

Yeah. That’s a giant sinkhole. Have you ever seen anything like this ever?!? There was a tropical storm in Guatemala this past weekend that has killed many and destroyed cities. Oh, also, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a 15-day state of calamity after a volcano erupted. That’s right – there is also a volcano wreaking havoc on the place. I mean come on! How crazy is that? And that’s only what’s going on in one part of the world. This is why I don’t read the news.

After I briefly skimmed the paper to investigate the helicopter situation (to no avail), I previewed one too many catastrophe and decided to curl back into bed, put a pillow over my head, and try to drown out the sound of the city. It’s mornings like this that make me think about all the things I’m grateful for, of which there are many. I’ll take helicopters over sinkholes any day of the week. Thank goodness this is 2010, not “2012” and I have enough faith in mankind that come what may, we have enough manpower and perseverance to survive whatever mother nature throws at us. My thoughts go out to Guatemala and to all the marine life in the South currently being drenched with oil from the giant spill, and to anyone and everything in pain or struggling to make it in the world – you will. We shall overcome.

All the best for June 2010!