Who doesn’t love a good list?! Here’s some happenings since September 10th-

* Upgrade! Upgrade! (C’mon, who remembers Beyonce’s commercial for Comcast?! JB- I know you do! A sexy Beyonce dance to showcase just how fantastic the internet is? Awesome. And clearly effective.) Yeah, so the Bongs have moved. We reluctantly, no, joyfully, left our 400 square foot little studio in the NW for a house in the ‘burbs. Before you judge us for selling out and living the American dream let me reassure you that we are still renting and we aren’t really living in the ‘burbs, but rather in a sweet little neighborhood in an area of town called Hollywood. And it has doors that lead to rooms and hallways and a toilet that isn’t in the shower. Yeah, the studio was rough. But oddly enough I kinda miss the lovin’ oven. Not so much that I’d go back but enough to say that for the first 3 months of married life The Bong and I made it work. We accomplished something together and that’s cool.

* GREEN CARD! Woo. The Bong is officially a legal alien! We had the big interview and my nervous inappropriate joking subsided long enough to win the approval of the Immigration officer. And let me tell you. Homeboy had a severe lisp. I’m not judging, I went to a speech therapist as a kid. Speech impediments suck. But come on. My only coping mechanism is sarcasm and misplaced humor. And we get this guy as our officer!? Needless to say, it was hard. But at the end of the day Koes got his green card and that was a huge burden taken off our shoulders. Who knew it was so hard to stay in America? Obviously I’m relieved and thrilled, although I will admit that it was kinda fun being married to an outlaw for a couple of months. Kinda Bonnie and Clyde-ish. Minus the violence and robberies. And bad ending. OK, really nothing like Bonnie and Clyde at all.

*LA 09- Great vacation including more than one trip to In N Out, spending some quality time with the sis and shacking up with our newish/old friends, Lauryl and Sammy. Can’t wait till they move here. Seriously. The Bong realized his dream of seeing U2 and I dragged him to the fashion district. I’d say it all evens out in the end, no? Oh, and star sightings! We sat on the very same row as Roy from The Office at the U2 show. He was pretty dreamy. Not sure if Pam made the right decision. Also, THE ANDY SKIB bought us burgers at In N Out ! Yeah, that happened.

There are a million more things to share about this insane life right now, but those are the biggies. Can’t you see why I haven’t blogged in a while? Good excuse, right?