CHECK OUT AMERICAN IDOL TONIGHT (May 16th, 2007)!!!

You'll see me and my friend/co-worker, Maricar, in the audience with a sign that says, "Save Sanjaya!!" And we'll look like this...

Another interesting day in LA yesterday. It's our 3rd fire since we moved here almost a year ago. We've only had 3 inches of rain this season, which is probably the reason for the numerous fires. We live about 3 miles from Griffith Park and it "was" a nice place to go hiking by the Hollywood sign.
I took a break away from work to grab some lunch yesterday (05/08/07) and while I was in line at Taco Bell in Hermosa Beach...I looked up and saw this cloud of smoke in the distance:

I turned on the radio on my way back to work and the news was bombarded with people calling in and explaining what they could see from the Valley all the way down to the OC. Turns out a homeless person fell asleep in Griffith Park with a cigarette in his hand and over 600 acres were burned. There was no structural damage and again, no one was hurt...accept the homeless guy, who had 2nd & 3rd degree burns. Here's a little video I found on YouTube:

I'm back home, but had a great time in San Jose. I flew out to San Jose last Wednesday night for work on Thursday and Friday and stayed for the weekend to visit with friends for Cinco De Mayo. On Friday night, I stopped by my old stomping grounds, The Boulevard Tavern, and my co-worker, Ricky and his girlfriend, Marina, met up with me. I also hung out with Darla, Katie, Todd and Adam and stayed the night at Darla's place. Here are a few pics from Friday night:

Ricky and Marina

Katie, Darla and Me..........................Todd, Katie and Darla

On Saturday, I visited with my friend, Jenni, and watched her son, Tyler's, baseball game. Then back to Los Gatos for a wonderful Cinco De Mayo Party at DD and Mark's place. Here are a few pics from the night (see more pics on Flickr.com on the left side of this page):

Landing back in Burbank :)

While I was walking to pick up my luggage, I saw Neil Patrick Harris, aka Doogie Howser walking the opposite direction and it reminded me how happy I am to be in LA, so I can see all the celebrities. Here's a pic of him:

I have 2 guaranteed seats for American Idol's May 16th show !!!
You'll see me in the Audience for the Final 3. Go Blake or Melinda!!!

Dave and I waited in line for about 3 hours and were only 6 people away from getting in to see American Idol tonight. On a good note, I made my flight and I wouldn't have made my flight to San Jose, if we had gotten into the show. Plus, I have guaranteed seats to a future show of American Idol (I'll find out the exact date tomorrow). Hopefully Blake and Melinda will still be on the show :) I'm now in San Jose (Campbell) and settling in for the night to get ready for work tomorrow! More to come...

Don't forget to TIVO American Idol Wednesday night, May 2nd :) And vote for BLAKE (or Melinda)!!!
I had a wonderful weekend, as usual. On Friday night, Dave and I just relaxed, watched a movie on TV and played Scrabble. On Saturday, we planned to drive down to Hermosa Beach to go Roller Blading, but ended up in Venice. We haven’t visited Venice, since we moved down to LA and we forgot how much fun it is to people watch there (much better than Santa Cruz). Here are a couple pics from Venice (from my cell phone camera):

On Sunday, I cleaned my car, went to the Farmers Market (only saw a couple of minor celebrities, whose names I do not recall) and did some laundry to prepare for my trip to San Jose this Wednesday night (after American Idol), then headed to my friend Denise’s place for a fun night of Karaoke.