I'm tired today. I went to bed at 1 am on Sunday, and woke up still tired this morning. I do this every week. By Sunday night, I'm so wound up from the weekend, that going to bed on a time is next to impossible. There has to be a way to control this very bad habit of mine.

I have a ton of work to do today too, so being tired is really not a good idea. What to do?

I'm still bummed at myself for the book/magazine buying bing I went on this Saturday. I had convinced myself on Friday that I couldn't afford to go see The Pirates of Penzance show on Saturday afternoon. After all, I'd spend way too money this month on my trip to LA. So what do I do? While in Borders at Union Square as I was looking for a specific diet book, I decided to check out the magazine section. This was not a good thing. I found four magazines, three on screenwriting and one on writing, that I absolutely had to have. Then I saw James Redfield's new book, which I hadn't read yet. Of course, I absolutely had to buy his book as well. So my spending free Saturday turned into a $81 buying binge.

If I'd gone to see Pirates, the ticket would have cost $30. I love my rationale for why I do things, don't you?

Honestly, I'm not even sure I needed all those magazines, but I just didn't want to spend the time reading them in the magazine section. Screenwriting magazines are not cheap either, costing about $7 per issue.

Part of me wanted to not buy the Redfield book new, because I know I could get a used copy for cheaper on Half.com. I told myself however, I'd always bought Redfield's books new. It's like a tradition with me. I get so much out of Redfield's books. Whenever I read his books, I freak out because he writes exactly how I've been thinking about issues. No other author has this effect on me. I don't mind paying full price for his book, but the price tag shocked me. I've been buying all my books at half.com in the last year, and I'd forgotten that $25 is the standard price for a hard back book.

Oh well. I'm sure there's some divine reason why I paid full price for a James Redfield book. At least, I hope there is.

Here's the link to Live105, one of my favourite radio stations, just in case you want to check it out.

Live 105

I can't decide which movie to watch tonight if any. Choice number one is The Insider with Russell Crow, which I saw in the theatre. Crowe plays the corporate fat fbomber to a T. I used to sit in meeting with corporate jerks like the one Russell Crowe plays, so I know the type well. Check the way he walks. He totally has the walk down and the pudgy body too. On any given day, there are guys like Russell Crowe in The Insider walking around corporate board rooms dreaming up way to get more money out of their customers, the government, and anybody else they can think for that matter

Choice number two is to Live and Die in LA. I was obsessed with this movie when I first saw it, and I don't know why. I even own the soundtrack. I love the title song, To Live and Die in LA. I think the guy who is the star in CSI is in this movie. He plays a crooked cop, a very crooked and bad cop. Most of the movie takes place in the yucky places in LA like Long Beach.

I suppose I should watch To Live and Die in LA again. Maybe I'll figure out why I was obsessed with it. Maybe not. Maybe some obsessions can't be explained, like my obession with eggplant. I've loved eating eggplant since I was a kid. I crave eggplant and have to eat for it at least a month or two nonstop once a year. To Live and Die in LA and eggplant. Go figure.

Signs, which I saw on Friday, and Yoko Ono's art exhibit, which I saw on Saturday, are topicsI know I need to write about. I still haven't completely digested either event yet so, I'm not sure what I want to say. Maybe later.

A new phrase I wrote, made up, read or heard somewhere, who knows - cheers and all that.

I'm listening to Live105, one of my favorite radio stations, because I feel a little out of touch with new music. God, LA has the best radio stations. It's a bigger city, so there are many more radio stations than here in the SF Bay area. While I was in LA in my hotel room and working out, I found two great rap/hip hop stations and one radio stations that played nothing but dance music.

In West Virginia, we listened to this radio station in Virginia, that I think was called 94.9 Star Country. I tried googling the radio station, but I couldn't find any information, so who knows if it's the right name. Anyway at 10 pm every night, this radio station would do a call in request line called Tuck Ins. You call up and say who you want to tuck in and the deejay would play a country song. What we loved about the radio station, was listening to caller's accents. Their southern accents were so cute.

I think the best southern accent comes out of Hotlanta. At one job, I regularly spoke to a sales director in Hotlanta. His accent was so cute, I was tempted to ask him to marry me. I just wanted to listen to that accent for the rest of my life.

Speaking of accents, people who were born and raised in West Virginia say the out and about like Canadians. It was very strange to hear. The West Virginia accent, at least in the part we were in, was like a softer virginia accent but with a canadian out and about.

I wish I could find information on Star Country 94.9. Why don't they have a website? Why can't I find any information on Tuck Ins? I am being driven insane. I hate when the internet doesn't have the information I want.

Some song called "Rock Star" by N.E.R.D. was on earlier. I really liked it. I love rap and hip hop infused with heavy metal type music and power chords. Love those power chords.

What my life is like right now from To Do List for the next few weeks.

Reread Possession by AS Byatt. I read this book in the early 1990's when it first came out. Although the movie is getting so-so reviews, I'd love to see it, and I think rereading the book would refresh my memory of the story.

Buy more Brahms cds. I'm listening to Brahms right now. He was such a fantastic composer and I only own two of his cds; Concerto No. 2 and Cello Sonata, op. 78 and Sonatas for Piano and Violin, op. 78-100-108.

Go to Macy's to buy eyebrow pencil color no. 3

Start rewrite of screenplay, "Playing Catch with Dad", renamed to "Going Home Again".

Decide which yoga class to take and where on Saturday mornings.

Try out the Pi-Yo class, which is yoga and pilates techniques combined into one session.

Plan picnics for Free Opera in the Park and Free Shakespeare in the Park for September.

Buy tickets to see Puccini's opera, "Turandot". David Hockney, one of my favorite artists, created the sets and I have to absolutely see them.

Go through the 2002-2003 SF Opera schedule and decide what other operas are worth seeing besides Turandot. Maybe Madame Butterfly?

Make plans to see the Egyptian Exhibit from the British Museum, now showing at the California Legion of Honor. I spent hours in the Egyptian art rooms at the British Museum during my stay in the London.

Think about buying the new Enrique Inglesias cd, because I'm Iove with the english and spanish versions of "Escape". I cannot escape this song and it's stuck in my head on repeat.

Think about buying more jazz cds from people like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.

Think about buying cds from Zero 7, Linkin Park, The Strokes or System of a Down.

Keep on working on second draft of "Crazy Eddie" short story.

Sew the buttons back on which fell off three of my sweaters. Pain!

Start new diet. Not again!

Continue walking 5-6 miles a day for 35+ miles per week.

Go to the gym and lift weights because the month fee keeps coming out my checking account, whether I go to the gym or not.

Buy Fortnum & Mason Royal Blend tea, the best tea in the world!