Let me just jump you back into my life.

all right, i have a lot to catch you up on, but i have to go on a rant for just one second. why is it that my DVR, the HD-DVR from Comcast, always cut out, especially when it rains in Atlanta? And for some reason, it only cuts out during the show i am watching, not during the f*cking commercials?! I know you feel my pain.

Stone Mountain

Finally, after about 7 weeks of being in Atlanta and freezing for most of it, I decided, 'hey, I am not going to let this cold weather stop me from being outdoors!' So I pack up my gorgeous dog Stella and we head to Stone Mountain, the largest piece of exposed granite in America. Now it doesn't look big while you're hiking up the mountain, some of it through a pitch of 30 degrees of hell, but thank goodness it was all of 45 degrees out there, because under my 4 layers and fleece, yeah I got some So Cali blood coursing through these veins, I started sweating! And sweating like I was taking a stroll through the gates of hell, hi-fiving the devil along the way. Anyhoo, this is the view from the top of the rock. It is beautiful and makes me realize, Georgia, your peach is flat!

Mushroom ragu

You know, even though I need to chop the parsley more finely, this dish is stupendous! I feel good tonight, mainly because I have a belly full of deliciousness!

And..

I just figured out his name is Ne-Yo.
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Neo, the singer, not Keanu Reeves

So it has been more thanm 3 weeks since my last post. Cut me some slack, I just moved to Atlanta 3 weeks ago to host 'Designed To Sell' on HGTV Twhich btw won't air til 2010, I don't even know what to say). But anyhow, I'm employed and living in the south, the dirty south, but luckily I got a filthy mouth so I fit in fine. So what have I been up to? Besides the frustration of traffic, it seems that every ATL person takes a left on every street during rush hour to piss the rest of us off, and the cops think it is fine, I haven't done much but try and create a little home. And go to a party, my first outing in the city, since I moved here and ended up seeing Neo! Not that I wouldn't watch Wayne Newton if he were singing for free at a party I just happened to turn up at, but still...this guy was pretty good! And yes, he is wearing a fedora. He sang his hits, 'lovesong' and some other one (yeah I'm a fan) and some songs where he only sang two verses. I felt cheated...the bastard.

Atlanta is a different town folks, smaller town feel and I feel like I can get away with more here, like never wearing anything but 2 shirts and jeans during an entire week. And I'm tempted to buy a fedora. Gawd this town is weird. :)
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