Red Carpet!

So now I've watched the E! red carpet and oh Ryan.

First, I love his very classic look tonight; it goes with the new hair. He was so cute with all the little kids from Slumdog, and funny about Idol with Kevin Kline. And the idea of Ryan sitting in his hotel room in Orlando staying up past his bedtime to watch Seal on PBS is too much for me to handle, to be honest. He's so dorky!

RPatz is awesome everywhere he goes, isn't he? It's like all of his appearances are an extended satire about fame—much better than whateverthehell Joaquin Phoenix is doing. Ryan was so respectful about Mickey Rourke's dog, too.

And that's the end of the awards season, so Ryan can go back to just four jobs instead of five, just in time for Idol going live.

Monday Music: Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd.

I don't have any Oscar winners on this list, so I'm going for something a little more meta this week.

Ryan Adams' album Gold uses New York and Los Angeles as frames; the first song is "New York, New York" and I brazenly used these songs at the beginning and end of a mix I made for a friend moving from NYC to LA. I'm a sucker for the end-of-the-album slow song with strings. When it's good, it's very effecting; when it's bad, it's all but unlistenable. "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd." is the former.

( Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. )

In other news

jenncho made gorgeous photo manips for my story! I am very excited; I think I've only inspired art once in the past, excepting artist friends giving me lovely gifts.

Here's small David's graduation pic, and Ryan at the BBC. Thank you so much sweetheart! They look beyond fantastic!