What a week! Capitol Hill, you tricky little death trap, you didn't get me this time! Sure, I barely got my car out of the driveway five days ago during the first snow and before the stormsnowcalypse even hit, but I did. The snow has been beautiful and unexpected and an enforcer of relaxation. I've basically had an IV of hot cocoa in for 3 days.

I've consumed a fair amount of entertainment (and meatloaf sandwiches) during SnowParty 2012 - some Shameless (yowsers), Justified (yehaw), Beginners (lovely but sad) and Hesher (holyshitwhyisn'thisoveryet sad). Despite the Metallica and decent performances, I could barely handle it. And yet, this single scene was easily one of the best moments of Snowebration. Enjoy!

This year, I'm thankful for:

Lunchtime yoga, discovering the movie Foxes, iPhone 4S's camera, My first Maid of Honoring job, Finally getting to the juicy part of the Sons of Anarchy that makes staying up late and bad acting/giant heads worth it, Familiar, surviving 1 year of braces, Dolly at the Hollywood bowl, iMessage (and emoji emoticons), Gus Fring, Marcel the shell with shoes on, Well dressed animals, Jake Locker becoming a Titan, NYC reunions, bowl games, Lake Union runs in badass shoes, Turkey dip secret lunches, Baby Rusty/Grunt/Grant, boot camp, Big brother being able to buy a house, dates with Doctor Vu, having watched all of the LOTR movies twice this year, Where's my water, the popularization of self serve yogurt, dog cuddles, JennyJohnsonHi5's twitter feed, Bruce announcing a new album and tour, new jobs, getting to learn rails/HAML/SASS, baking too much, Happy Tokyo Mawwiage, Portland food carts, my new food processor, and at last…having an outlet for my borderline obsessive and out of control animal findings.

I just want to take a moment to acknowledge how amazing Pamela Adlon is. She was awesome as Kim on Lucky Louie. Her portrayal of Marcy Runkle (along with Charlie Runkle, of course) is far and away the only reason to watch Californication. Just when I thought I couldn't love her any more, she killlllls it on Louie.

No, seriously. Louie is earthshatteringlyholyshit good, but her moments just really push it over the edge of brilliance. Watch this and be happy.

P.S. that scene is at Cafe Gitane, one of two Louie locations that I happened to go to on my last trip to NY. No big.

Thanks Tina, for the above image 4ish years ago that changed my life.