good evening everyone! i am just about to leave for my overnight flight to miami - and then i'll be whisked away to the island of jamaica for a few days (i'll be back in los angeles on monday evening) to attend my good pal stephanie's wedding in lovely ocho rios! of course i'm bringing my trusty laptop with me but i'm not sure if i'll have internet access ... so i might be quiet just for a couple of days - i promise to update popbytes and twitter when i can! (it goes without saying i'll take plenty of pictures) i wish i could tweet from my iphone but the international rates are a bit high but i'll try to work something out! much love to everyone as always - popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
good evening! i'm thrilled the weekend is here - tonight i'm heading down to on the rox at the roxy over on the sunset strip ... i'm playing host for a small shindig - a gathering of local twitter, social media and blog addicts (along with press folks plus anyone else who wants to have a good time along with super tasty drinks!) it should be a total blast - i even picked up a cute new outfit at american apparel for the occasion - i seriously needed a night out and this party fits the bill oh so perfectly! many thanks go out to my pals heather & nic from the roxy - they've always been way cool to popbytes - and i always have an awesome time whenever i'm over there! i'll check you guys tomorrow - i hope everyone has a great weekend ahead of 'em! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
hey hey! so yes ... today popbytes turns six years old - i can't believe i've been running this blog all by myself for so long (except for my pal DJ paul v.'s awesome mashup posts on thursday mornings) plus i've managed to hang onto my day job (people think i do popbytes full-time but i actually don't - although it feels that way) sometimes i don't know how i keep myself from coming unglued at the seams! as far as this past year is concerned - i must give much love to twitter which has totally helped me connect to all of my readers plus i've made a number of new friends (you guys know who you are ... i love each and everyone of you) i swear i'd tweet all the time if i could ... sometimes blogging can be a little isolating - just sitting behind the computer - so it's been incredible to strike up engaging (and sometimes silly) conversations (using only 140 characters per tweet!) which helps to add even more of a personal touch to the site! this year i also covered the biggest story during all my years of blogging ... the unexpected and tragic passing of michael jackson back in june - in the realm of entertainment and pop culture - his death at age 50 was a major event - for sure the biggest passing since princess diana but i wasn't blogging back in 1997 (i should have been!) hopefully we won't have something happen on the level of MJ's death anytime soon - these past few months we've unfortunately lost a number of great people - the summer of 2009 will definitely go down as an eerie one! but rather than focusing on the negative things - i always try to keep things on the positive side around here - as you know i love to post about things i like - rather than trash stuff i don't - so i tried to figure who my favorite six people are and i came up with the graphic below ... super sexy david beckham was the only guy to make the cut - of course i totally love a bunch of other peeps but everyone down below is totally tops in my eyes - especially whitney houston as of late - i'm so glad girfriend's back! (i thought about including amy winehouse instead of britney spears but she's so off my radar right now ...) looking towards the future - i obviously plan to carry on as usual and i'm still thinking about trying to do some video blogs - i think that might be fun - and if you happen to have suggestions or thoughts about what you'd like to see more of on popbytes ... please do let me know! thanks for continuing to check out my blog - when i first started it as a fun unemployed project - i had zero clue i'd still be writing on popbytes six years later - here's the next six years! popbytes over & out - much love to all as always - xoxo (and make sure to follow me on twitter if you're not already!)
good evening! i just got back a few minutes ago from the happiest place on earth - disneyland! oh yes it's a very happy place - although i don't think it's the happiest place ever ( maui is definitely happier than anaheim...) but overall i had a great time! i was worried saturday at the park was going to be super packed but actually it wasn't all that bad (plus the weather was perfectly warm - i'm trying to send good weather vibes to all my peeps on the east coast - it sounds oh so cold there right now) unfortunately two of my favorite attractions - 'the haunted mansion' & 'it's a small world' were both closed (i was like OH NO!) and then just as i was boarding 'splash mountain' (i literally was seated) the ride broke down and everyone had to leave after waiting in line - ugh! thankfully my boyfriend's niece & nephew (ages 4 & 6 - visiting from australia) both had an excellent time - the park really is for kids - so i'm glad they enjoyed themselves and were well-behaved (i seriously need to go back to the california adventure park which i've never been to - i think i'm done with disneyland for awhile) below are two pictures of moi - chillin' with an adorable billy goat at the mini petting zoo they've got - i could have hung out with 'em all day - i love goats and their cheese (but i didn't like how their horns were cut off - you could totally see and feel the stumps - poor goats) tomorrow i have a bunch of things to catch up on - i so need it to be a productive day - popbytes over & out for tonight...xoxo
hey everyone! another super relaxing day down here in hawaii - tomorrow we're driving to hana which is supposed to be incredible - i can't wait! this afternoon i chilled out on the beach with a couple of very tasty strawberry daiquiris and henry miller's 1934 novel tropic of cancer which is one of my favorite books of all-time - lately i've been itching to read it again - it's a bit of an undertaking but well worth it - i highly recommend checking it out if you haven't read it already! anyways it sounds like things are still semi-slow in the gossip world (except for all the stuff about john travolta's son jett passing away - so sad) this week i will try to post as much as i can - i feel totally guilty for taking a small break from popbytes but i really needed to recharge myself (i have been at this over five years without a break...) so when i get back to los angeles next week - things will be back to normal - perhaps even better than before! popbytes over & out for tonight...xoxo
PS many thanks to popbytes' pals madcao & jay for sending me this article in today's new york times all about maui! last but not least - thanks my dear popbytes' reader marilyn who sent me an email earlier today - you totally rock!
good evening! oh i had an intense (yet fun) friday night - my imac has been recently crapping out (it turns off all by itself after about an hour of use...not good times) so it was time to head to the apple store and invest in a newer model! (plus it was kinda my birthday present to myself!) i got home and set-up everything (while listening to kate nash's brilliant made of bricks - then i tossed on blackout - the oh so hot album from ms. drama herself - britney spears!) but then there was issues with the firewire transfer - which thankfully have all been resolved! right now i'm about to settle into a homemade pizza and a little TV - of course i'll be tooling with my new mac until the wee hours of the morning (along with playing a little assassins creed on PS3 - i finally beat bioshock which overall was awesome - so i've moved onto a new game!) popbytes over & out for tonight - xxoo!
hey y'all! just so you know (not that you really care) but my internet is out again - it was back on almost all day yesterday but went out last night and is still off right now!!! basically i'm calm (at least that's what i keep telling myself...) plus i've got an earlier appointment (friday morning) for them to come check out the modem etc - but i think it should clear up before then - or at least i hope it does! (i am still convinced it is something in my neighborhood and not my apartment...) i've been so very stressed about the situation - it's like not breathing for me - and it makes me realize how dependent i am on having net access but right now i can't do anything - so i might as well not give myself an ulcer over the situation! anyways if it comes back on tonight - i will for sure let you know! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo! 
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hey kids - happy sunday! so can i tell you - i'm about to lose my mind - my internet has been down since early yesterday morning - i have been on the verge of freaking out for the past twenty four hours! (right now i'm at a cafe down the street which thankfully has wireless access) i've restarted the modem probably close to 1000x - plus i've been on the phone with time warner cable a bunch of times - and still no internet! i'm totally convinced it's a problem in my area but of course they want to send a technician out to my place...guess when the earliest appointment is? NEXT MONDAY! i'm hoping that the problem will have cleared up by then - otherwise i really will lose my mind! so please bear with me - i intended to get a lot of stuff done but instead i watched hairspray twice on blu-ray and i've been playing with my new playstation 3 - now i've got all the systems - i'm such a video game addict! (i'm still more impressed with xbox & wii than the PS3 but i really wanted a blu-ray disc player - those movies are better than HD DVD in my humble opinion!) popbytes over & out for now - please keep your fingers crossed that my internet comes back on soon! much love to all as always - xxoo!
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