Twerk Miley, Miley Twerk

Let's talk about the VMA's shall we? N'SYNC GOT BACK TOGETHER. How are we STILL talking about some girl being inappropriate while singing her song...which, by the way, is also inappropriate. Nothing makes me want to fork my own eyes out more than hearing people talk about Miley Cyrus. Look, she's not trying to be Celine Dion. She's trying to be shocking and get your attention. She's a genius. She won. N'sync got back together and we are talking about her scrawny self shakin' it on Beetlejuice. Also, yeah it's inappropriate for kids. WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DOING WATCHING THE VMA'S ANYWAYS? It's trash city. I feel like that's the most illegitimate response to that. The song is inappropriate. MTV is inappropriate. There's a reason they aren't playing that on ABC or CBS primetime. You don't let your kids in a club and then complain about the fact that people were being trash-nasty (the behavior in a club is just as bad, if not worse, and they ain't even bein' paid!) Foolishness. Ugh. Rant over.

It's been another great week here. No complaints. I've written a lot of stuff that is (well, what I believe to be) pretty good! I'm getting more of a schedule. I've been getting back into the gym, which is looonnggg overdue. I signed up for a 5K. No, that's not a glitch. You're on the right blog. I, Danielle Durbin, am running a 5K. So, to my California friends, when we said goodbye was probably the last time I will ever see you. I'm fully prepared to meet my Maker. Speaking of which, I'm really feeling my church I've started going to, which is exciting. I met a very nice girl the first week I was here who brought me there and I'm really thinking it could be where I call home. I am enjoying the night life here. There are a lot of places to go and all kinds  of people to interact with, which can be a good or a bad thing. I got twerked on last night and was asked out by my cab driver from the South siiidddee. Chicago came to play. WOOF.

Completely unrelated side note: why do people feel the need to let you know you have the same name? That happened to me this week and I didn't now how to respond...smile and a thumbs up? Nothing magical happens. No bond is formed. Unless you have a CRAZY name, there's no need to get excited. I've never understood the importance of that. WHOA! You have a generic white girl name? ME TOO!  I'm over pretending I think it's a cute coincidence. It's not. Also, I had no say in the matter. Neither did you. So maybe our parents should high five and celebrate over the success of our, obviously kismet, meeting. Thanks, mom and dad!


I'm hitting my "Miss" phase. I miss LA. I miss my LA life. I miss my LA people. I miss my Sundays. I miss my cute little apartment. I miss the traffic. I miss the bad hip hop music. I miss driving through Glendale, Burbank, North Hollywood and then heading over to Santa Monica or Brentwood and the trips to Beverly Hills and the Grove. I miss day trips back to the Central Coast and my goodness, do I miss Coffee Bean. (also, my parents, but don't tell them. They have big enough heads.)
I've had the fortune of seeing two of my favorite California ladies this week, which was great and a nice taste of home! I have a few more weeks until my boys come to visit and I'm already looking at getting my ticket home for Christmas, which is crazy. It's not that long that I'm gone. It feels like all the time and no time...I don't get it either.