oh and as you may have noticed, them there best of lists are out of the way, thankfully. anything i missed? every time i make those i get this pang of guilt knowing there were probably excellent books, albums, or movies that i just totally missed. please correct my ignorance if you are able.

last night was a fun laid back evening of drinks with justin, whose birthday was yesterday. it’s tradition to do a shot as the clock strikes twelve for the official passing of the birthday torch, so we played some darts and had some beers at the cozy inn leading up to midnight.

the weird part was that, the cozy being probably our favorite down-to-earth, divey type bar in los angeles, it was exceedingly weird when b-list celebrity andy dick walked in and sat down at the bar with a couple friends.

of all the places in los angeles i frequent, where i am partially on the lookout for fun celebrity sightings, the cozy inn ranks near the very bottom of the list — along with my neighborhood grocery store (which has also, surprisingly, allowed me to walk past such luminaries as ‘that lem guy from ‘the shield’‘ and ‘that dude from the show ‘numb3rs’ who also played neil’s brother in ‘freaks and geeks’‘) and the jack in the box drive-thru line (as yet, no sightings). i’ll give him credit though; it’s a damn great place to grab a beer.

then on the way out, some girls pulled in asking for the address of the bar to make sure they were in the right place, and when told, ‘not sure, but andy dick is in there!’, responded that one of them was ‘his girl’, so this was definitely the right place.

oh los angeles, you’re so funny.