Hey! So, there are few things I dislike more than traveling for this job. However, I am coming to San Antonio in July to cast some of our upcoming episodes. So if you are in TX and you want to be considered shoot me an e-mail (echaffin@eentertainment.com). Just include the photo of the person who needs to be made over and why.

Also, I haven't been back to TX in so long, and I LOVE BBQ!!! I'm very excited to have some authentic southern food, so if you know of any great places around SA that we could order from I would really appreciate it! And! I went to ACU with a ton of people who still live in that area, so if you're in San Antonio, stop by!

Does Aunt Becky know you've been acting like this?

We had our Season 7/100th Episode wrap party this weekend. Our show rented out a yacht for the day in Marina Del Rey and then later on we went back to the Style House (our set) to continue the party! I have to say, when I heard we were going to be on a boat I was dead set against it, but after some coaxing from our boss, I felted pressured enough to go. It ended up being a lot of fun.

One of my closest friends, Amy Smark, just graduated medical school this past weekend and is now officially a doctor! Congratulations Amy!!!

This weekend we went to Lake Arrowhead to visit Justin's dad, Karl.




Justin's dad


Karl has three malteses, Daphadil, Anya and Teddy

Associated Press

PAW PAW, Mich. - Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.

His father, Donald Carpenter, was incredulous when police called to tell him his 21-year-old son was OK after the wild ride.

"I said, 'What happened?'" Donald Carpenter recalled Thursday.

He said his son had started to cross Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit, where the truck had stopped for a red light. The light changed to green while Carpenter was still in front of the semi, which started moving forward.

The truck bumped into the side of the wheelchair, which then started turning forward, its handles becoming lodged in the grille, the father said. The wild ride had started.

"He's so low that the truck driver couldn't see him, and the truck headed out," he said.

The wheelchair, with Carpenter strapped in it, ended up being pushed by the truck as it sped down the Red Arrow Highway. Police said the wheelchair was pushed about four miles, but Donald Carpenter said it was about half that.

Ben Carpenter said while all of this was going on, he seriously considered the possibility that he might not make it before the truck came to a complete halt.

"I was probably thinking that this is going to keep going and not stop anywhere, 50 or 60 miles somewhere," he told Grand Rapids television station WOOD.

"It was pretty scary," he told WDIV-TV of Detroit.

The bizarre sight caught the attention of motorists, many of whom called 911 on their cell phones. A pair of undercover police officers who happened to be driving in the opposite direction at the time saw what was happening, did a quick U-turn, followed the truck to its business and informed the disbelieving driver, Donald Carpenter said.

‘Not a scratch’
His son escaped injury.

"He's fine," Donald Carpenter said. "Not a scratch. He was basically just scared."

Ben Carpenter, who has muscular dystrophy, lives with his parents in nearby Kalamazoo. He had gone to Paw Paw to ride on a trail with a medical aide who was on a bicycle, his father said.

If there is a song I hate more than "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", I can't think of it. At work I listen to KOST FM, CA's favorite easy listening station. It's really the only option because I'm not the only one in the office and KOST, after all, is the only station everyone in your office can agree on. And that's fine, except when I hear the SOTDOTB (wow) warning sound-the ten minutes of waves at the beginning of the song-and I know it's coming, and as soon as he starts singing my stomach is in my throat, and I basically want to throw myself- or better yet, Ottis Redding- out of the window (or, to be more appropriate, off the side of the dock of the bay). And although this is a daily intolerable experience, it all works out because shortly after that the "Pina Colada" song comes on and reminds me that it is a good easy listening station after all (and that if I ever find my relationship hum drum I should just take out an ad in the local paper... I do love Pina Coladas...)

Oh well, at least it has a STELLAR music video to make up for it

So someone hit my brand new car yesterday! We were at The Grove and I got back and there was a scratch on the driver's side! I couldn't believe it! I was mad for like, a second, until we realized the Corolla rent-a-car that hit it was parked right next to me. So, whatever, we got their info and I'll get it fixed, but still! Less than a month old and hit already! Oh well, that is LA.

On a different note, in case anyone is still (or ever was) watching "On The Lot", it seems as though most are in agreement on it's poor turnout, so, instead of doing two nights a week, they're dropping it to one (Tuesday). I'm going to predict that by next week they announce that they drop it all together.

Oh! And Mary Baird!!! Congratulations on getting married this past Saturday!!! I wish I could have been there!!! But b/c I couldn't, I leave you with this, what I hope your reception was like: