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Saturday started off with dboat practice in the morning, followed by the requisite nap and then it was off to the comedy show. Winnie had actually seen the show on DVD before and thats how I first heard about it. As it turns out, tonight's gig was their biggest yet and the Wiltern was nearly at capacity. And for good reason too -- these guys were hilarious! Check out the DVD or YouTube for some great clips from the show. Support AAM representation in the arts! With some luck, someday, we will no longer be the butt of all stupid ching-chong/bad english/chopstick/kung fu/racists jokes that still seem to be 'hilarious' even in this day and age. Support. Represent. Evolve.
Afterwards, we headed out for some tofu and then it was off to O's old place in Hollywood to "get on the trolley." This was definitely the start of a bunch of firsts. Its the first time I ever got an evite and was completely, utterly confused as to its purpose. I thought I was retarded at first, but then Krax asked me wtf the deal with this evite is and I felt better in having shared company.
Fly boys and flappers, it's time to put on your ritzy threads and glad
rags and get your wiggle down to your local joint and sample some
giggle.
Every sheik and sheba is gonna be
canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered,
owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified and fried to the hat or it's
scramsville for sure.
Remember...mum's the word.
And the firsts continue. The first Prohibition-themed party. The first time I've been to a party and realized quickly that I was one of the dumbest guys in the entire room. The four of us must have been the only ones in there that only had a Bachelor's degree, everyone else was holding and/or working towards a Masters and/or PhD. I overheard more than a few conversations about proving Linear Matrix transformation theories and something about Quantum Polarization something something. I met some real intellectuals that I never would have had the privelege to meet otherwise and we had very interesting conversation. I'd say things came together nicely by the end and it was an enjoyable time. Thanks for the invite Ollie! Hope you learned your lesson about kicking the Man of Steel though hahaha :)
On Sunday, we all went to brunch together at the Universal City Hilton, which gives new meaning to being ridiculously over-crowded. The number of people milling about was staggering. You couldn't take more than a few steps before getting bumped by people walking by you, or trying to get around you in an effort to get in line for food. The crepe line in particular, was especially ridiculous... it took over 20 minutes to get one!! That said, the food is still pretty decent at reasonable prices, which is the reason people come anyway. A fantastic dinner at Mastro's Steakhouse more than made up for the mediocre lunch and rounded out the night.
Having wasted too much money over the years on flowers that just die after a few days, I ended up getting my mom a large bouquet from Edible Arrangements instead this year. I'd have to admit I was somewhat skeptical when I checked out the website. I thought that there's no way they can possibly deliver something even remotely close to what was pictured. My gut told me it was clearly a case of the Mickey-D's menu - you know, when you take a look at the big juicy burger on the menu and then compare it to the limp, microwaved POS they actually serve you and wonder how in the world the too could even be from the same restaurant, much less the same thing! But this wasn't the case. Instead, I actually got what I saw on the website and I was quite impressed by the whole thing. It might not be cheap, but hey, you can't put a price tag on making mom happy on Mother's Day -- love ya mom!
On another note, I'm going to try and make a switch to display photos on a slide-show with captions, versus the way I've used to do it. I think it makes the posts a lot cleaner, condensing all the pictures into a single area versus having them spread out all over the place and making the page take 10 years to load. I think it works better, but hey, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments. I've enabled it so anyone can post!
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