Are you feeling lucky?

Today was a big day with the merchandise store. We took an iHome from the "cage" where they keep all the electronic, expensive giveaways and used it to jam to music while we organized, inventoried, and re-boxed lots of the merch. Good for us because we were having fun with the music, and great for us because we got to take some nice SWAG home! Being a college student, there's nothing I love more than free stuff and I'm going to come home with a BUCKET of it. People are going to think my name is Ellen and I get all my belongings monogramed haha. Our boss Megan left today for Chicago and our other boss Gabi leaves Friday. It appears we'll have abbreviated hours next week while everyone's gone for the TBS special filming. That will be nice to be able to aviod some of the rush hour traffic (even though compared to more LAers, I see very little traffic). Speaking of LAers...YAY MAGIC! I finally feel vindicated since everyone's been giving me a hard time about the NBA finals around here. Also, I saw Clint Eastwood today. His office is next door to George Clooney's which are both right outside the door of the Ellen office. He drives a suped up Mercedes that's really nice. We made eye contact but I was too terrified to say anything because he kind of scares me (despite the fact he's like 70). Let's just say, I wasn't feeling lucky. ;)

Tonight the roommates of the "Lion's Den" (Amy named the house) all went out to a Whiskey Bar for Shaia's 22nd birthday. It was my first time going out here in LA and it was surprisingly low-key. Probably because it was a Whiskey Bar/Cigar place. But there was live music and it was really nice. I got a Whiskey Sour but it was reeeaaalllly strong so I couldn't finish it. The drinks out here are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. My small drink with about 1 cup of liquid was $10 plus tip! Ouch! Certainly no XS or Copper Monkey. But we had a nice time talking and hanging out. The only downside of the evening is that my phone broke. I'm not sure what happened or how it happened but the screen is busted and it no longer works. Which means I'm going to have to go to T-Mobile tomorrow after work and get a new one. Perfect. Just what I need...another extra expense. I'm thinking it might be time to get one with internet for the TV station and because everyone in this business has one but that's kind of up to Mom so we'll see.

We still don't have a working washer/dryer and my clothes are still sitting in there rotting. The guy's supposed to come tomorrow so I hope that gets resolved. I worked some magic and got an earlier date to REfix our cable. Now they're coming Friday which means I can't work the extra day but also means I'll "fingers-crossed" have internet and cable fulling functioning for the weekend. Especially since I'll be alone while Amy jets off to a spa in Catalina with the partners at the law firm she's interning at. Yes, I'm both bitter and jealous. But I'll be happier with the arrangement if I can use the free weekend alone to catch up on weeks of missed TV. But right now it's late, I have work early and I smell like smoke so I really need a shower. Until tomorrow...always keep your eggs sunny-side up!