Coming out from hiding and going black tie

Yeah, it has been a while. Seems My Human decided to hide me under some sofa pillows and left me there for a while. She, of course, blamed Jack the Cat who was innocent in all this. After finally digging me out and fluffing me back up, she started taking me out on adventures again. The first being the Director's Guild of America Awards. I think that made up for the sofa pillow thing.

Anyway... Off we went dressed to the nines to the Century Plaza Hotel. We skirted to outside red carpet since my fame has not yet spead to the masses.. and went into the glittering room downstairs for a cocktail reception then dinner. It was pretty cool seeing the likes of Jodi Foster, Christian Bale, Ron Howard, Marisa Tomei, Roger Ebert, Christopher Nolan, Frank Langella... and so on and so on.

We were there cheering on My Human's friend who works on Mad Men. (An awesome show - go watch it.) The show did not win this year, but we still cheered just the same.

Here are a few pics:

Me with Janis and Loren

Myla and Maryann

My Human and the director's chair that had her name on it.. She lets me play on it and yell "ACTION!!" once in a while. Then me at our dinner table

Janis again on the way home after a glittery, star studded night.

We voted!!!

GO VOTE

Today is the day. Months of talking heads, ads, mailers, campaign posters and SNL skits have brought us here, to Nov. 4th.

My Human dragged me out of bed early this morning to get in line at her polling place...there was a bit of a line, but she was there early enough to be in and out of the whole thing in about an hour.

GO VOTE

If you don't vote, you have absolutely no right to bitch for the next 4 years - no matter what the outcome.

The gnome has spoken.

Busy week!

**NOTE** you can now download Flat Emong to take with you on your adventures. Send in the photos and the story and My Human may post it here. Got to my homepage for the files.

This week was working. My Human's boss was shooting for a "fast food chain" and I got to see what it was like on a food shoot. One of the stylists, Shellie Anderson, let me pose with her and told me I was cute. I like her.
Then Stephanie agreed to take me on an adventure to the Hand Prop Room since I had been stuck in My Human's purse all week and I was getting bored. It was interesting and kinda scary. I really need to get arms and legs one of these days.

First she introduced me to one of my ancestors. He was kinda mean looking and looked like he wanted to kick my ass.

Then she let me check out some funky dolls.

Tried to feed me to some sort of dinosaur...

Let me sing karaoke (almost got us kicked out.. I can't sing for sheot.)
Then she puts me next to some dead head... not like Grateful Dead but DEAD as in CSI dead. At least she did not put me in her mouth.
Then we played in the perfume bottles...and in the birdcage.. where she stuffed me then started to walk off like she was gonna leave me there. She LOOKS all nice and innocent... but she is a troublemaker. Seriously.


When we got back to the studio, I met Andrea. She works at the studio and is also an awesome photographer.

One of the clients, Peggy, also decided to pose with me. She is cool even when she makes funny faces...

Thursday night, My Human took me to dinner at her friend Helen's house. (not to be confused with Auntie Helen.) She made corned beef with potatoes and carrots and we all had a fun time being silly. Of course, no night is complete without me getting to check out all the sites. First, the chandelier.

Then the Shrine. This area has no real explanation other then a random collection of religious icons from all over the world. First, I met Buddha and Ganesh.
Then Buddy Christ and the Maneki Neko cat who was waving for good luck.

Then I met another giant gnome and saw Moses's Sermon on the Meat (it is best not to ask, just smile and nod politely....)

Finally it was time for dinner and FE made another appearance in his full-color photographic glory (Thanks, Lew for taking the portrait.)

My Human spent a quiet weekend at home. Sunday we awoke to the sound of rain - which is a very rare thing in LA... so we had to go on the patio and get photos!

Wii-diculous!

Friday was really cool. First, BFF Lorraine came by to let My Human know that little Wiggle is a GIRL!! She brought the sonogram by so we could see, then I had to pose for a photo with Lorraine and Wigglette.

Little Wiggle will be showing up around March, so check back for those pics.


That night was Wii night at the studio. I got to play a little till the rest of the humans came over, then there was no way I could get in the middle of all that. They were laughing and yelling and having a great time with the Wii on the BIG (14') screen.

Ella took me over to the buffet for some munchies. It was a tasty spread.

Thought I ought to include a photo of the humans playing Wii tennis.

Then Dana, Fran, Ella, Loren and Laura posed for a photo with me. They were warned it would not be the last.

Auntie Helen also came by and she brought Indio. He was not sure what to make of me at first, but he laid there patiently while My Human and Auntie Helen took a photo. Indio is a good dog - especially since he did not try to eat me.

It's a Party!

Happy birthday, Adam!

Not sure what was up with that scarf around his head under the sombrero...but it IS his birthday, so he can do what he wants. 

Seth was the official photographer, though he did not look like he wanted the tables turned. Too bad for him! My Human was too quick with the shutter release!


I got to go to a birthday party for my friend Adam. There was  candy, piñatas and beads. They let me ride one of the piñatas, luckily Lorraine saved me before they started trying to beat it open to get the candy out. 

I got to play Robo-Elmo and walk along one of the tables. It was interesting having arms and legs.

Lorraine gave me some ice cream to eat.. Kind of hard to eat without hands, but I managed.

Thanks to Lorraine at Lunchbox for inviting me. Well, thanks until she and My Human started experimenting with places to put me while on the move. Not bad work if you can get it, I suppose. 

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Take a walk on the wild side

So one day on the cruise, my BFF Bethany took my brother, Flat Emong (we call him FE for short) out with her. She was going to ride the zipline, but they would not let her take the camera with her (said she needed both hands or something like that.) But FE did get to meet Dallas and his wife. They headed over to start their adventure and FE got his picture taken with the guide. He was a bit nervous about the ziplining so he is a little pale in the shot. Chicken.


After the zipline adventure, BFF Bethany took FE over to get a bite to eat. They had crab, shrimp and all sorts of things at Mauricio's.
Bethany's mom is awesome and she shared her crab with FE. (Crab, not crabs.. sheesh)

Now, after that things got a little confusing. From what I hear, they started teasing FE about being scared of the zip line and waterfall and he started getting all mad.

He was like "who you calling scared" and they were like "you, you flat chicken."

Then FE got all in their face, then somehow the cops came (they were in plainclothes working as security) and found out FE did not have a valid passport but was using some bad fake one and then he gets ARRESTED!! They put a gun to his head and everything.

BFF Bethany begged for them to release FE and they finally let him out after getting all up in his face and threatening him about using fake passports and causing trouble.

FE got all quiet after that and BFF Bethany and her mom let him have a beer before they headed back to the ship.

Learning the Ropes

Today, My Human took me to work with her.. I got to meet the UPS guy, Dwayne. He is pretty nice, but looked a little skeptical when My Human asked him to pose with me for a photo. She bribed him with a cold drink from the fridge and he agreed.
I also met Jack, My Human's cat. She set me down with him and he was sleeping, then all of a sudden that beast opens his mouth wide and bares his fangs. I learned he was just yawning. Then he gave me a bit of a hug and My Human scratched behind his ears. I am still not sure if I want to be left alone with him, but we seem to have formed a truce for now.