It has been another fun couple of weeks.  I have been incredibly busy, so I haven't really had time to write. 

Some of you asked for an update on what I decided to do about the date with the video guy.  I basically just responded "sure" and haven't followed up because I have been busy.  If he asks again, I'll probably go, and probably mention it (just to see his reaction if nothing else.  Nothing to lose, right?  And it might be entertaining.  And if he DOES have a collection, maybe he'll show me!)  If he doesn't ask again, I probably won't say anything.  He seems like a nice enough guy.  I'm sure he didn't know I "caught" him.  From the look on his face, he just thought he didn't set it up right.  So it's not like there's some brewing tension between us.  He was fun to fool around with, so if he just wants that, I'll do that again (but at my place, where there are no cameras!) 

So I found out my health insurance covers what they euphemistically refer to as "mental wellness services", so I'm going to get a therapist.  Why not, right?  At least he/she won't insult me.  And it can't hurt.  Although the one that was recommended to me was "out of network" so I have to pay a $500 deductible and then the insurance only covers 30%.  Screw that!  I need to find one who is "in-network", where they'll cover 90%.  I guess I have what NPR tells me is a "cadillac health plan."  Score!  So I hope the therapist is useful.  I'm afraid I won't be totally honest or open, but hopefully he/she will know how to pry it out of me.  As you know, there are all sorts of issues I'd like to address.  At least it feels good to be proactive; even if it "doesn't work", at least I'm doing SOMETHING for myself.

I had a fun and unexpected encounter this weekend.  I was hanging out at a friend's parents' house.  I was the only newcomer, everybody else were old childhood friends of his.  We stayed up really late drinking and talking on the porch, so when 5:30am rolled around and we were ready to sleep, it was too late for everybody to drive home.  So we were forced to pair off and share the available guest rooms, and lucky for me, I got paired off with the one I thought was hottest.  I had been flirting all night, and while he gave me some cute looks back, I wasn't sure if he was interested.  We started talking when we got into bed, and since it was a double bed we inevitably touched under the covers.  It became clear pretty quickly that the touching wasn't bothering either of us, and we didn't move away.  We got to talking about our "things" (what we like to do with guys), which we both knew was the conversation that would end up with us hooking up.  I usually like to let the other guy make the move, but it was like 6am by this time and I was freakin' tired, so I decided to just kiss him.  We had a really good time (apparently our "things" coincide) and ended up spooning all night.  It was a little awkward when my friend's dad came knocking the next morning to wake everybody up (as it turns out, we hooked up in grandma's bed! hahaha!) but it was all good.   

I also saw two movies in the past couple weeks, which is a record for me.  I think the last time I was in a theater was April, so I had really been missing it.  First I saw Inglorious Basterds with a couple friends at a cool old theater in Los Feliz called The Vista.  I usually find Quentin Tarantino (the person, not the director) annoying, because he clearly thinks he's too cool for school.  But, since he is, I forgive him.  I thought this movie was brilliant.  Brad Pitt was kinda meh, but I loved that they used mostly relatively unknown actors, who were mostly really good.  Especially the young woman who owns the theater.  The movie is so gory and violent, but it works perfectly.  They build a lot of tension, in a good way, and the last scene is so shocking and so fun! 

I also saw the remake of Fame with a couple friends at The Grove.  It isn't going to win any Oscars, but I thought it did what it meant to do really well.  It's just a fun, easy-going end of summer movie.  They tried to pack in way too many story lines and too many characters, so there's not really a deep plot or anything.  But that's not really the point.  It's just meant to be eye candy.  I liked it because the dancing was brilliant, and big musical scenes always get me in movies.  The cafeteria dance thing was really cool (I must learn to do a flip of some kind before I die), and I loved the big graduation scene.  Also, who doesn't like a cast full of pretty young people?  There were two especially hot guys, the singer Marco and the ballet dancer Kevin.  The singer is a little generic, but the ballet dancer is a real cutie. What beautiful blue eyes!  I'm typing this on my iPhone so I can't insert pictures, but you should go check them out here and here.  Yum!  Hopefully we'll get some shirtless scenes in their next movies!  I'm so tired of Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Zac Efron, so it's good to have something else to look at.

Anyway, I would recommend both movies.  Ok, off to do something productive!