Here in L.A.

Oh, wow. This is not the place where I am going to wax and wane about how wonderful L.A. is. This is my personal blog.

I will never live in this place. Not to say I won't be back or even that I won't relocate here for a short period of time. However, the people here are beyond saving and I cannot stand the mind-numbing things that are considered important. I mean, jesus. Everyone here is basically racist towards every ethnic group that isn't their own and the amount of close-mindedness actually physically hurts me.

The smog is unbearable and ruins the potentially breath-taking scenery. There is no public transportation and every single person (including those that live in the shit hole around our hotel) drives a car that in Chicago would cost over $40,000. They must spend all their money on plastic surgery and cars because the homes around here (excluding those in Beverly Hills and Hollywood Hills) look like absolute shit. They are built like crap and since no one has yard space in this anthill of a city, no one is used to keeping up any kind of level of respectability when it comes to the appearance of their homes.

Pasadena is a beautiful place. It is a nice college town that, honestly, makes me wish I did realize my dream of spending my college days here playing baseball. However, even the most wonderful place I have seen here still has just one season. I cannot understand why people would want such monotony. The people here complain that there is nothing to do Chicago, and yet they are comfortable sitting in one type of season every day of every year.

I suppose it keeps their cars cleaner and their face-lifts tighter.

Now Playing: Leonard Cohen - "Teachers"

The Cat sleeps with Me tonight...

So as I'm sitting in bed, peacefully reading an Achewood Blog and I hear Alf viscously rapping on my parents' bedroom door. They get up in hella bad mood when he does this to them. I put on my noble son shoes and swiped the feline from the base of their door.

It was a good thing for everyone. The cat put up no fight and just came into my room like the good tabby he is. He plopped on my bed and fell asleep on my elbow. This all came after a lengthy conversation with Vicky about my little bouts with depression lately. Vicky helped by giving me an ear and Alf helped by just being next to me all peaceful like. About 20 mins ago he got up faster than I can say jr. bacon cheesburger and a Cubs game (litterally, much faster) as if he heard something loud. He continued to stare at my wall for a minute and then looked at me and blinked real long and went back to sleep.

He's a cool cat and he and my girlfriend have aided tonight in putting my woes to the side. I'm listening to a pretty happy song right now and I think I'll leave this day at that.

Muisc Video.

Now Playing: The Stills - "Let's Roll"

Birthday #4

Heyall...

So today is, infact, the day that I was born all those 93 years ago. Yep.

Enough of that. I went to see '300' last night @ midnight and it ended up being just the second feature. The first, you ask? Running into Nicole. She actually came up to me and started the conversation. It was weird for me because I don't know if she didn't talk to me all this time because I am friends with Derrick and Steve or if becuase she had problems with me as well. The only thing that changed about our relationship before high school ended was that I got a girlfriend and she began to back off. I don't really know what went wrong with us, but I almost want to say I don't care because we both needed a lot of separation from Northside to get on with our lives after hs.

Only thing different was that hers was voluntary and mine was not. Either way, if Nicole really wants this to be a friendship again and isn't just being nice to hang out with me a time or two, then I will not bring up anything from the past because it wouldn't really matter.

In any case, '300' was very pretty and Nicole doesn't look like she has changed much at all... A very interesting start to my birthday...

Now Playing: Antranik Askarian and Khatchadour Khatchaturian - "Song of Complaint"

FRANKLY CHALK IS ONLINE

Now Playing: Boredoms - "[Omega]"

Everything Physical Sucks...

I am so hurt and numb at this particular moment. WTF?

Anyway, aside from my bitching about my body, I have quite a bit to talk about. I will make it brief...

*ahem*

SO MUCH FUCKING SHIT ON MY PLATE AT THE MOMENT THAT I CAN BARELY THINK OCHERENTLY, HOLY JESUS FUCK I AM SORRY THAT WAS SACRILIGIOUS BUT OMG I AM GOING TO FUCKING EXPLODE SO SOON THAT I SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK INTO SELLING MY 'SPLODED ORGANS ON eBAY?!

I'm sorry... So. I tried out for the men's league team last saturday and made it. I could not believe that I actually could still hit the damn ball! I played the field alright but my throws need work as I am still feeling the mental (and a little physical) effects of the injury. The coach is gonna have me play mostly back up IF (I know, that kinda sucks, but I think it will change after the first couple games) and then once my arm is convincingly not busted, he will put me in the outfield full time. It was good and I think that once I get over the fact that I need to part with about $400, I'll be golden.


Speaking of this team, last night was the fundraiser at Champs in Skokie and that was also quite fun. I do believe I got drunk and talked to not only Nicole, but Coach Pagani from HS and Mr. Rogers as well. Holy shit it was fucked up. I talked to my old HS baseball coach. Why?

March 30 - April 2nd: I will have a bunch of equipment rented out for my dream sequence shoot for special studies.

- Eclair NPR 16mm film camera (including accessory kit)
- HMI 575 kit
- Tungsten Tweeny kit

My cousin Ted is letting me use the White Eagle for one of the days that weekend to shoot. This will be the one project I will be proud of this semester and it will be glorious. I don't have a shot list as of yet, but it will be awesome.

Now Playing: Boredoms - "[Two Circles]"