tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158029302012-01-27T18:17:46.901-08:00my reality: kids wife politics books friends family food fairy tales technology woes music other nonsensesamanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-50001772125678970402012-01-27T18:17:00.001-08:002012-01-27T18:17:46.923-08:00

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-61964096874489130902012-01-12T12:04:00.001-08:002012-01-12T12:04:22.785-08:00

This is the best news ever.  Some people have their Kardashians, I had my MTV VJs.   http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/mtv-vjs-land-book-deal-for-oral-history_...    

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-11907183051278574462012-01-06T17:39:00.001-08:002012-01-06T17:39:21.007-08:00

See the full gallery on Posterous It struck me odd that they have their own cruisers. Why, I wonder...

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-51626697262568659672012-01-05T11:59:00.001-08:002012-01-05T11:59:17.118-08:00

Every Christmas we celebrate by replicating another country's traditional holiday meal.  This year - from our kitchen - we explored Spain.  Of course, we always add a little flair.  This year, my sister-in-law (our family's Ace of Cakes) made a replica of Gaudi's Parc Guell out of gingerbread.  This photo is taken before the kids destroyed it...I mean, ate it.

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I love a new year.  I love the feeling of celebrating the one that was and welcoming the newbie.  Every January offers me an opportunity to recalibrate and charge headlong at a new set of goals.  "I'll finally lose that extra weight."  "I'll set up 10 projects this year."  "I'll be a better mom [in ways that are many, varied and half-realistic]." It's invigorating.  It's hopeful.  And then

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-46489558732482778002011-04-07T11:49:00.000-07:002011-04-07T11:49:07.211-07:00

So proud of this little short Funny or Die short I was part of!   It's a fine example of what can happen when a bunch of creative, talented people are able to do their thing. When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren from Billy Crystal

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I was just sitting here having a little memory of Mother's Day.  I'm pretty sure there are love hearts floating out the top of my head. When I look at my beautiful girls I am simultaneously humbled, filled with pride, and bursting with joy.  I know I've won life's lottery.  

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-55996622353621811692010-04-07T18:47:00.000-07:002010-04-07T18:51:14.285-07:00

(NOTE: Originally written on 2.4.2008 & decided to show up today!) As of Monday, we have hot water!!! Why in the world did we have no hot water for 10 days? Where do we live - a third world country?? Was there some sort of natural disaster that destroyed our hot water heater? Nope. The sole reason we were without hot water for so long -- with two sick 5 year olds -- was thanks to the

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-86256019078770979572010-04-07T18:43:00.000-07:002010-04-07T18:52:55.758-07:00

(NOTE: This was originally written on 9.10.2008 & decided to show up today). I have a few vivid memories about Kindergarten. I remember standing on the porch - more than once - crying my eyes out and throwing the world's largest hissy fit because I did not want to go to school in the dress my mother had forced me to wear. My Mom was sympathetic to me the first few times but as my fits

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-22670746350980312642010-04-07T14:29:00.000-07:002010-04-07T18:53:26.099-07:00

(NOTE: This was originally written a year ago - June 2009 - and for some reason decided to show up today) We hosted a pot-luck brunch yesterday and our contribution was the "Bacon Explosion", which we learned about thanks to the New York Times. It was so goooooooooddddddddd, I'm blogging about it!If you click on the title for this blog post it will take you to the home sit for Bacon Explosion

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-19360309039676328932009-09-01T15:00:00.000-07:002010-04-07T18:54:16.681-07:00

A few weekends ago we went to visit my dad in Henderson. It was hot! So when we weren't at the pool we were sitting in the air-conditioning completely mesmerized by his 60 inch HD TV. I noticed that as part of his fancy Samsung Blu-Ray player he could download Netflix directly into his TV. My Dad watches a ton of movies (what else is there to do in Vegas if you don't gamble??) and I've been

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-78518339791636094412009-08-04T15:15:00.001-07:002009-08-04T15:34:23.566-07:00

I've neglected you, blog. I have. I got distracted by the pretty new kid in town. OK, ok, I dumped you for Facebook. I did. But who could blame me? FB - sorry to use a pet name in front of you -- was just so beguiling. I can post pithy little one-liners about my day or what's going on in my life. And people (who call themselves my "friends") post snarky and sometimes even meaningful

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-14288363255099431962009-06-26T21:47:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:04:30.300-07:00

It's been a weird week. Farrah and Michael in the same day. Two icons (not my icons but icons nonetheless) from my childhood buying the farm in the same day. It made me pause to evaluate. I have a good life so what it fueled was a 6 month check-in on my New Year's goals. I'm one of those people that loves New Year's resolutions. It's the opportunity to set new goals and also pat yourself on

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-64878215336441882862009-05-27T21:12:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:04:58.746-07:00

Yesterday the CA Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8. I was driving Ella to school in the car listening to KPCC as the news came across the wires at 10am. We listened to the disappointed moans & groans of those on the courthouse steps as the news was delivered that Prop 8 stood. Then we heard the panicked questions, "What about the marriages? What'd they say about the marriages?!" We had to wait a

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-42823357689424589522008-09-10T19:52:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:05:56.369-07:00

On August 20, 2008 Ella lost her first tooth (or "toof" as she likes to say). For about a month she claimed the tooth hurt when she bit into things. And then she started to say it was loose. We inspected many times but couldn't see any true signs of loose toothness. But, hey, it's not our tooth so what do we know?! About a week before the big day, Ella began wiggling it like crazy! It completely

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-34188566997143365782008-06-23T16:58:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:11:56.059-07:00

Zoe and Ella learned to swim yesterday. It happened kinda like how the whole crawling-standing-walking thing did. There were mile markers in place and, if we had the whole two summers worth of swimming on video to analyze, we could probably document them clearly. But yesterday -- it all just clicked. It started earlier in the week when I had to make a late night run with them to Target

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-81645514629626730042008-02-27T12:16:00.000-08:002010-04-07T19:06:35.535-07:00

Here’s the thing about Billboards and kids: they can spot them from a mile off and they notice every little nuanced thing. I was cruising around with Zoe & Ella this weekend when they noticed the (awesome) DIRT billboard. Ella, “What’s ‘Dirt’, Mama?” How does one explain gossip to a 5 year old? My quick thought process here: Oh my god! I could skip right over this and they’ll never pick up

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-87379286120667320172008-02-04T15:01:00.000-08:002010-04-07T19:07:01.810-07:00

Dear Friends, Tomorrow is a big day!!! I know many of you are undecided about who you'll be voting for. I thought I'd take a moment to tell you why I am supporting Hillary Clinton and why I believe she is the candidate who can change our country's direction and get us on the right path. There are many, many problems that the next President is going to have to solve. I bet we each have one

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-66577619508479578772008-01-29T20:47:00.000-08:002008-01-29T21:00:16.343-08:00

In the midst of a competitive match of KerPlunk Monica dashed off to the kitchen and returned with a Flakey Flix for each of us. I immediately recalled one of our (drinking) life mottos from college -- Freshman year, first apartment with Melissa..."Flakey Flix and Beer! FOOD OF THE GODS!"I found myself tonight, uttering those words for the first time in nearly 20 years. "Flakey Flix and Beer.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-60371659909891777832008-01-27T21:32:00.000-08:002010-04-07T19:08:04.424-07:00

"My how time flies." "The older you get, the faster it goes." "Where did the day go?" We've all heard all the silly cliches about time passing. Lately, I feel I'm living every last one of them. I can't believe I haven't blogged since August. I can't believe I actually wrote a draft of a New Year's post but never actually got around to posting it. I can't believe it's the 27th day of 2008. You

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-62437690401260983662007-08-10T15:58:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:08:58.202-07:00

History was made last night. The Democratic Candidates running for President were on Logo last night discussing their stance on LGBT issues. My, how things change in three years. In the last Presidential election John Kerry made some half-hearted completely unclear statements about Civil Unions in which he tried to throw a wink at LGBT's to let us know he was secretly with us while attempting

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-23963942269873002212007-06-25T15:17:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:09:47.874-07:00

We went to see the Police at Dodger stadium on Saturday night...it was SO MUCH FUN! That Sting just looks better and better. He's a walking advertisement for the benefits of yoga. We got amazing seats and were 20th row dead center. It was one giant sing-a-long with 55,000 people. If you click on the title of the blog it'll take you to a YouTube video (not mine) of the opening song - "Message

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-40640666510393849082007-06-11T21:03:00.000-07:002007-06-11T21:15:19.915-07:00

Over Memorial Day we went camping at Pismo with a big ole group of peeps. I think there were 40 of us, taking up four campsites. It was a blast. Ella and Zoe (unlike their mothers) are natural campers. These pictures are from the end of the trip. Here's one that Zoe took of Ella and I making our meanest faces...u scared?!?! Oh, I'm wearing the gangsta looking hoodie b/c it was frickin freezing!!

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1170804661982135152007-02-06T15:21:00.000-08:002007-02-06T15:31:01.993-08:00

I'm always at least three steps behind whatever is hip in technology. Given how quickly it all changes it's probably a good thing. I'll bet that I end up saving myself lots of money by not being an "early adapter". I've had my ipod for a few years. It's big, it's clunky, it's heavy, I have to strap it to my body like a saggy boob when I work out...but I love it nonetheless. Anyway, I've been

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1170734251413633592007-02-05T19:53:00.000-08:002007-02-05T19:57:31.426-08:00

thank goodness! we were all getting very worried that winter hadn't arrived here in southern california. as you can see from the photo - it was a blustery day here. poor visibility. warm winter coats. oh, dont you feel sorry for us??yeah, you can hate us now.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1168490400135883872007-01-10T20:17:00.000-08:002007-01-10T20:44:19.720-08:00

This evening we created a jovial competition of sorts in an effort to get Ella to eat some vegetables. It began with, "I bet you can't fit three edamame beans in your mouth at once..." which Ella increased to 5, 8, 11, and then 14 beans. Well, Zoe loves a good competition and so she matched Ella's 14 and then had Monica stuff one more edamame bean in her mouth. Not to be outdone, Ella asked if

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1167448082922868782006-12-29T18:58:00.000-08:002006-12-29T19:10:54.850-08:00

If you can't have a white Christmas, then you ought to get the kind of day we had. 80 degrees, sunny, clear skies and not a stitch of traffic. After gorging ourselves on ridiculously huge burgers & steak fries we went to Santa Monica. Monica, my mom, my sister Jody, her fiance David, and the monkeys lounged on the beach. We were at the beach about 30 minutes before the Monkeys stripped down and

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1166664347636229352006-12-20T15:44:00.000-08:002006-12-29T18:58:04.883-08:00

I love year-ends. They're filled with best-of's, big sales, taking stock of life, and new goal setting. Every January feels like a fresh start to me. In the spirit of the year-end I thought it would be fun to list some of my favorite moments from 2006...(this list is a work in progress so check back for updates)New Year's Eve 2006...We began it all with our annual PEOPLE W/KIDS NEW YEAR'S PARTY

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1165026455135947782006-12-01T18:16:00.000-08:002006-12-01T18:27:35.170-08:00

Ella got smacked on the side of the head with a plastic shovel by a kid at preschool the other day. A huge bruise emerged on her right temple a day or so later. She cried when it happened but didn't tell the teacher about it...nor did she hit back. Monica - sorcerer that she is - managed to get out of Ella what happened. I can tell you that I wanted (and still really, really, really want to)

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1162250663226037642006-10-30T15:22:00.000-08:002006-10-30T15:24:31.026-08:00

Alright people - I read a truly disturbing editorial in the NY Times today ("The System's Broken" by Bob Herbert) that basically said people are so sick of divisive politics that they're just not going to vote. I hate this approach. How can we let the blowhards win? All of these "right-wingers" and "left-wing nutjobs" with their own talk shows have turned politics into something completely

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1158875194758869552006-09-21T12:44:00.000-07:002006-09-21T14:46:45.396-07:00

For anyone who lives in Los Angeles I'd be stunned if you haven't heard of Father Greg Boyle and the work that he's done over the last 20 years helping to get predominately East L.A. Latino/a's out of gangs. He's a pretty amazing guy. I heard this story on an NPR podcast the other day and rediscovered him. There are several things that tugged at my heartstrings. First of all, this guy is making a

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1158624638896133312006-09-18T16:42:00.000-07:002006-09-18T17:28:27.930-07:00

Alright! A game of "blog tag". Wooo hoooo! I'm all for expanding the topics (or is it subjects...or objects?) of this game. I'm going to have to put on my thinking cap in order to find people to pass the torch to...blogging hasn't entirely caught on amongst my peers.There are two reasons why I am playing this game: 1) I recently switched bags & so I've cleaned out my purse which makes it less

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1156566785299097102006-08-25T21:33:00.000-07:002006-08-25T22:44:41.923-07:00

the monkeys stroll with cinderellaWe took the monkeys to Disneyland on Monday. It was a lovely day. We went with a completely zen approach to the whole thing. Although, Monica did have the personal appearance schedule of every character...so much so that you would have thought she was their personal publicist. Anyway, the one potential drag of the day is that we decided to take the Disneyland

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1152656844506299402006-07-11T15:26:00.000-07:002006-07-11T15:27:24.506-07:00

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1152656494569207262006-07-11T14:32:00.000-07:002006-07-11T15:23:58.163-07:00

Commentary // July 10, 2006The freedom to marry: Keep dancingThe silver lining to the New York State high court’s poorly argued ruling in favor of marriage discrimination is, well, that it’s poorly argued. If we make our case for equality directly to our fellow Americans, we’ll win. By Evan Wolfson“Is that all there is?” sang Peggy Lee. I can’t honestly say those were the first words that wafted

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1151616639025742672006-06-29T14:23:00.000-07:002006-06-29T14:30:39.026-07:00

A little gossip about the below post (Van Halen @ the US Festival) -- supposedly, DLR was so wasted that he was forgetting lyrics, (over)vamping onstage, he almost fell in to the audience at one point. As the show progressed he was staggering around with a bottle of Jack and forgot that he was "performing". Eddie, et al (who were no saints themselves, mind you) were just completely pissed off.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1151615958395569802006-06-29T14:19:00.000-07:002006-06-29T14:19:18.403-07:00

van halen jamie's cryin' liveFrom the US FESTIVAL in 1983. A little YouTube.com love from me to you. Enjoy.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1146509667281953772006-05-01T11:52:00.000-07:002006-06-22T18:47:24.610-07:00

One of my buddies from film school entered a short in this AMEX/Tribeca film festival competition. Be a doll and vote for his short!http://clips.mylifemycard.com/view.php?film_id=13162

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1145552901716498842006-04-20T10:04:00.000-07:002006-04-20T10:08:34.466-07:00

I went inside the house for two minutes to get Ella a cup of milk and when I came outside I found Zoe on top of her playhouse wiping down the roof with an old washcloth. Oh my.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1145384340104096702006-04-18T11:11:00.000-07:002006-04-20T10:10:40.506-07:00

I spent all day Saturday with the monkeys. We went to adventureplex (a three-story hamster habitrail for kids) and, amazingly, they were still standing after 4 hours weaving our way through all the mazes. So we popped in on Aghi and George - who live nearby. It was a beautiful day at the beach and since George lives THREE HOUSES from the sand Aghi & I wandered down with the monkeys. It was a

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1141165598883732302006-02-28T12:34:00.000-08:002006-02-28T14:26:38.946-08:00

I've decided that birthdays and holidays are definitely better when you have kids. I got great presents today. But the best moment was when my monkeys said "Happy Birthday Mama!" and then gave me big birthday hugs and kisses. I didn't even mind that they were smearing my face with their germy little snotty noses. (I am the only non-sick person in our house). And if I end up with a birthday cold..

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1131662330152256192005-11-10T13:58:00.000-08:002005-11-10T14:40:28.650-08:00

We returned to our old PLB stomping grounds (Park La Brea, for those of you who are non-Angelinos) for trick-or-treating. PLB is to Halloween trick-or-treating what Disneyland is to theme parks...it ROCKED! It was swarming with kids in costumes and the girls got to travel in their first posse (see photo). The girl in the yellow dress is their b.f. Tess. And yes, that is Princess Lea right there

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1130702395000349932005-10-30T11:44:00.000-08:002005-11-04T15:45:15.230-08:00

I remeber the first time I washed the girls clothes. It was about a week before they were born and I put all of their clothes in with ours as I was doing the weekly laundry. Their little newborn-size onsies, eensie-weensie socks, their diaper covers, their cute little shirts and pants...the addition of their clothes to ours somehow made their soon-to-be arrival all the more real. Even tho I had

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1129619916903117722005-10-18T00:11:00.000-07:002005-10-18T00:22:54.330-07:00

After watching Cinderella on DVD at Tess' house the other night the monkeys have taken to acting out their favorite scene. It is pictured here. In this scene, the Fairy Godmother (played by Ella wearing her Fairy Godmother robe...which is a lush kid-sized W Hotels bathrobe) transforms the sobbing Cinderella's rags (played by Zoe...and yes those are dishtowels!) into a beautiful gown. They've got

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1128714578019249042005-10-07T12:07:00.000-07:002005-10-18T12:33:32.550-07:00

Since we don't do tv The Monkeys are book obsessed. Ella likes the pages in her books that deal with a strong emotion like fear or sadness. So if there's a page where someone is getting the bejeezus scared out of them or where a kid is weeping hysterically Ella is all in it. Soap Operas and telenovellas are so in her future!They just got a new book about this middle-aged duck named Lottie who

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1127779720944093142005-09-26T16:54:00.000-07:002005-09-26T17:08:52.793-07:00

Along the lines of forbidden Disney and the no-TV-unless-it's-the-NFL-or-some-other-important-sports-event (um, that's my exception to the no-TV rule) -- we also said we'd never feed our children fast food, especially McDonald's.Yep, you're seeing it in color people. Those are my children...and that's ME...yep, me taking the picture... And no I wasn't all alone with the kids and trying to buy

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1127519554868401772005-09-23T16:51:00.000-07:002005-09-23T16:55:17.876-07:00

While watching ELLEN in my office with Liz. A Premarin (menapause medicine) commercial comes on.Liz, "That'll be us soon."

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1127517409205887482005-09-23T15:17:00.000-07:002005-09-23T21:58:52.506-07:00

Anyone who knew me as a child knows that I despised anything girly. One time, I believe it was kindergarten, my mother put me in a dress. I tried to talk her out of making me wear it. My mom stood strong. And, just so you know, when I was five it's possible that I was more of a talker then than I am now with a couple of cocktails in me. It was a battle of the wills. One in which my mother was

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1126637477751020142005-09-13T11:48:00.000-07:002005-09-13T11:51:24.423-07:00

As you may know Governor Schwarzenegger announced last week that he plans to veto a bill that was just passed by the Legislature... this bill would have legalized same sex marriages in the state.http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/08/gay.marriage.ap/index.htmlIf you disagree with his actions, please take a moment to contact the Governor's office to voice your support for the Legislature's bill.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1125516800342486252005-08-31T12:26:00.000-07:002005-08-31T12:33:30.416-07:00

I just got off the phone with a friend whose entire family lives in the part of New Orleans that is under water. Thankfully, they all evacuated when they were asked so they're safely tucked away at a family residence in Baton Rouge. Almost immediately after hanging up the phone, this email arrived in my inbox. We're all sitting around wondering what we can do, will here's an easy thing. Donate to

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1125513124604920402005-08-31T10:43:00.000-07:002005-08-31T11:32:12.936-07:00

So I was driving to work this morning, flipping stations, when I came across an ad on KROQ for their programming this weekend -- hey everyone, it's GENERATION X (a.k.a. "the slacker generation") WEEKEND!! They proceeded to play a flurry of songs: Nirvana, Hole, Radiohead, Rage Against Machine, Belly, Soul Asylum -- and I suddenly realized -- OH MY GOD! I'm old enough that KROQ is pulling out my "

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1125379086529789652005-08-29T22:03:00.000-07:002005-08-29T22:18:16.943-07:00

This past Sunday's NY Times Magazine had a great cover story about some of the issues that may come before the Supreme Court in the next 30-40 years. Regardless of your politics -- conservative, liberal, centrist, etc -- this is a really important, forward thinking article. It's definitely more forward thinking than ANY of the politicians presently in office. Um, can you smell my cynicism...

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Every year High Times magazine hosts the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Essentially, people enter cannabis in a competion where it is judged on various criteria and the Judges choose the best bud for that year. I'm doing some research for an idea I've been noodling on and I'm wondering: a) Let's say you harvested your own super-breed of pot...How would you go about entering it in the competition? The

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1125290810094532302005-08-28T21:41:00.000-07:002005-08-28T21:47:05.510-07:00

What's remarkable about this moment is that it is the second time in twp and half years that we've captured on film (well, digitally) the whole clan. It's been ridiculously hot here and we went to Malibu today for a BBQ on the beach. This was taken during "magic hour", hence the gorgeous light. And, yes, the day was a beautiful as it looks in this photo.

samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566989970139614530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15802930.post-1125092773350292072005-08-26T14:44:00.000-07:002005-08-28T21:50:43.646-07:00

You know, you read all of these parenting books that warn about the powerful impact various forms of media have on children. Well, I think it's very important that I share with you -- our friends and family -- this photo that clearly illustrates the dangers of "story-mixing". This is what happens when you "A Bunny On My Head" collides with "Cinderella".

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Zoe & Ella went to the Long Beach Aquarium today. Zoe's goal was to swim with the seals. She's just learning to swim underwater and thus feels she is proficient enough to frolick with the seals in their tank. When I told her that she wouldn't be able to get into the tank -- she said, "We'll see."

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