The Grove

Good gravy, this place is amazing!! After hiking (sort of) up Mt. Hollywood (Griffith Park) at 5a.m to watch the sunrise with Auntie and Andrea (that sounds really corny and cliché, but it was really fun), the three of us went to The Farmers Market, and it just so happens that two of the coolest places in Southern California are located right next to each other! TADA~ The Farmers Market and The Grove!!

I've been to the Farmers Market before and it's probably one of the cutest (for lack of better words) places I've been to. Cute in that it's sort of old-fashioned and there are no big businesses to shit all over the original, adorable, little food stands. It's hard to find a good picture of it because it's one of those places that you just have to see for yourself. It's being cramped together with a bunch of other stands serves as a problem as well.

The Grove has a total European (?) vibe to it and is absolutely beautiful!! I had a wonderful time just looking around and marveling. There's this darling water fountain/pond that randomly does this water show...I think it's on a timer. That was pretty entertaining. :) On top of that, it has the best Barnes & Noble I've ever been to. That's pretty much reason enough for me love the damn place. I haven't been to that many, but it had such a variety!! And they were such nice quality!! It's The Grove man...go figure. Celebrities shop there and shit. There was also this Italian restaurant called La Piazza that I'm determined to go to one of these days...
So there you have it folks! My new favorite place: The Grove.

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On a completely different note, the Inauguration is tomorrow!!! Hopefully my teacher won't be a dick and will let us watch it. It's historic for chrissake!! When my kids ask me where I was when America's first African American President Obama got sworn in, my ideal answer will be, "Oh, children, I was in my 12th grade Ceramics class and I was so gosh darn excited", instead of, "My douche bag Ceramics teacher felt like being a douche bag that day and I missed it..." My pre-cal final is tomorrow too...oy vey. I think it'll be okay though. :) Three cheers for the last finals I'll ever take in High School!!!

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About the whole Twilightverse, I've completely come to my senses.
I could spend hours trying to justify myself, but I'll save that for some other time. :)
Thanks to livejournal blogger Cleolinda and other hilarious bloggers (who are my new heroes), I've completely fallen out.
Fallen out in the sense that I don't think that they are entertaining in the way they were before. More that they're fucking horrible and that's why they're so hilarious and entertaining.
I think it's probably the easiest thing to make fun of because nothing needs to be added to it...it's all ridiculous shit in itself.
At least I never thought they were good literature, so HA!
This also sparked my love for Robert Pattinson...yes. I love Robert Pattinson and NOT EDWARD CULLEN because you know, he's not real.
He totally bashed the books and called them out for what they are *cough* voyeuristic *cough*. And yet, those hormonal, insane, creepy girls keep screaming his name...hmm...curious.
And just so you know, this whole thing developed before Christmas and I was just too embarrassed to say so.

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I love Paramore.
I was going to reveal this to Karen first using our ease-into-it strategy, but I got lazy. :)
I've been listening to nothing but them for the whole weekend, downloaded their entire discography (not to mention learned all the words), and am determined to go to one of their concerts.
I even had this whole daydream about meeting the lead singer (...and becoming her best friend), Hayley Williams, who, may I add, is so incredibly talented that I think I might hyperventilate when I meet her. Notice, I put 'when', not 'if'. :)

Alrighty, enough procrastination.