Jen

Last night, as I was making a very legal, very consciencious right turn onto my street, the car that I turned in front of, not cutting off in anyway, began to honk like crazy. Here I was thinking something was up with my car, when she pulled next to me and yelled" That was stupid! You're stupid!" Apparently the 8 miles of road between us when I turned was not enough. And those are California drivers.

Later that eve, Matt, myself and upstairs peeps Mike and Zoobie, went to O'Brien's on Main Street to see friend's Ryan and Danny do a little acoustic set. O'Brien's is a cute little Irish pub like place - nice big booths, dark grren interior, punk or Flogging Molly on the jukebox and delicious chips (fries). Anyway, the buzz was that Pete Yorn was there to celebrate - this is where it gets fuzzy - his birthday or a friends. Now, for most people, Pete Yorn is pretty much a nobody. Let me rephrase that; he is not extremely well known. Now, let say if Bob Dylan walked in the bar, things might have been different. All people I happened to be with did not seem to know Mr.Yorn or his radio hits "Life on a Chain" or "Strange Condition" (there also might be another song off the new album but I have no idea what it is.) which is fine. Really, I think they are good pops songs; well written catchy tunes. I bought "Music for the Morning After" after I heard "Strange Condition". It's a decent album with some incredibly cheesy songs. Matt thinks it's a little too adult contemporary. Back to my story. The rumors were true, "The Yorn" was in the house. He watched Danny and Ryan play, and hung out at the back of the room with a couple of guy friends. Seemed like a pretty regular guy that just happened to have a couple of albums out. Good for him. So, can I add this to my "Celebrity Sightings List"? I mean, I do have the host from Streets Smarts on there, why not Pete Yorn?

1. Host from Street Smarts
2. Helen Hunt
3. Ron Eldard
4. Brittany spears
5. Paulie Shore
6. Pete Yorn

The Getty opening was really nice. I'm glad that we got there early so I could actually spend some time with the art. By the time we left, it was a madhouse; it was nearly impossible to get close to any photograph. I met a few artists, a few collectors and a few other people. The Frederick Somer cut pieces are incredible. I wish there were more. And as for Paul Strand, the Getty features all the famous photographs; even if you know nothing about photography, you have seen this at some point and time. Oh, and how could I forget? The Getty, the white palace at the top of a hill, is amazing itself. The view is killer and it's worth going just for that.