today i wore a fanny pack.

technically, it's a timbuk2 handlebar bag for biking that i bought at REI last week, but it also doubles as a sweet "hip pack" (but really, it's a fanny pack) and i was totally rocking it all day (i did bike to my destinations though, so i kind of have an excuse). yea, i'm cool like that.

today i learned a little about the boxing world.

dan's friend brian is working on a documentary about an ex-boxer. he and liam, the actual guy in charge of the project, were in LA to interview freddie roach and others in the boxing world. i had dinner with them and chatted quite a bit with liam about what he's doing, how he got started on this project in the first place. really interesting stuff, though i am quite hazy on all the actual details. they supposedly met manny pacquiao too!

today i joined some runners at work.

last week i found out that a small group of people run a couple miles after work on tuesdays and thursdays, so i decided to join them. they're quite funny, and very encouraging with the whole cheer-everybody-on-at-the-end thing. should be fun as i get to know them better. plus, i've decided to run a half-marathon sometime this year (yea, crazy i know..), so this will be a good way of getting back into good running shape.

today i met an "action figure".

while at club good hurt to see the jasper dickson revue, i met a guy with the self-proclaimed occupation of action figure. from what i can gather, it's basically being a "professional extra" or something along those lines. it was strange. he also invited me to play dungeons&dragons..

today i took a dance class.

it's the first class i've taken in at least two years so it's a big deal to me, even if it's not the first class i've ever taken. it was however, the first class i've ever taken at millenium, and the first time i took tucker barkley's class (i've worshiped him via youtube for years). i'm a bit out of shape (though all the running and biking lately helped i believe) and definitely not as good at picking up choreo as i used to be, but it was a lot of fun and amazingly and refreshingly exhausting. will definitely try to keep going to at least a couple classes a week.

today i realized i have a TOMS addiction.

before today, i had three pairs of TOMS shoes. before today, i knew i was obsessed. today, i was looking to buy my fourth pair, but while at LORIN in santa monica, i found two pairs i adored. so.. i bought both! this is officially an addiction. one is the regular single-color cut and style (above), the other are their fleece-lined botas (below), which will be perfect for the dance classes i plan on starting to take this week.

today i biked to the getty center.

it's 3.5 miles from my apartment to the getty center, so we decided to try it today. it was a tiring ride - slightly uphill the whole way - but totally worth it as it turned out they were turning away people in cars since the parking lots were completely full.

today i had yukikage sake.

recommended by m. kaner at silverlake wine as "the one" i bought a bottle of yukikage (direct translation: snow shadow) home for new year's eve dinner with the parents. even my dad liked it, and he doesn't like alcohol. it was quite tasty, and the bottle and label are very pretty too.

today i ate at josie restaurant.

dan and i went there for dineLA with the manzas. my dinnerwas really good, although the others didn't find their meals quite as satisfying.

today i went to downtown LA's artwalk.

it happens the second thursday of every month. i've never made it down, and wasn't planning on it for tonight as i didn't even remember it was happening. i was reminded of it via some blog though, and figured it'd be brilliant to go down there and walk around, check stuff out and people watch. i had a lot of fun, and would love to go back. i even bought a small print that an artist did of a nikon camera. love it!