Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Transformers

So the last few days have been pretty eventful actually! Got to do some cool stuff over the weekend. I even met Annie Wersching, who plays super hot Renee on 24!















We actually had a legitimate conversation for about five minutes or so about 24's upcoming season, baseball, etc.. haha. She's super cool, funny, and even hotter in person, so that was definitely the highlight of my weekend.

Last night was the Transformers 2 premiere. They went all out with the set up for it, and it was SWEET. Giant Bumblebee, the Optimus Prime truck, etc. Linkin Park played after the movie was over, and they sound JUST as good live as they do on their tracks. It was awesome. I guess some of the funnier moments were that I saw Borat's sidekick walking around after the movie was out, and I was taking a video and right at the end he sort of points at my camera haha.

I saw these two dudes who basically should have been paparazzi. They were chasing around one of the Playboy girls trying to get a picture with her. It was kind of funny to watch, but I don't know if they were successful in their attempts or not.










Red carpet area pre-famous people arrival










Shia Labeouf's Camero on the red carpet










Giant life-size Bumblebee (like this was literally the size of a real Transformer)










Setting up for the Linkin Park concert (I've got vids but no pics so I'll put those up on facebook at some point! Great concert!)

So today I went to Trader Joe's for the first time (a grocery store all my co-workers told me was a lot cheaper than Ralph's). It's a pretty cool place. A lot of stuff is organic but it's not expensive so I might shop there a lot more often. One nice thing about my area is that literally everything is in walking distance, and considering parking is awful around here, it's nice to not have to drive. My parking spot here is $100/month, but it's totally worth it cause there is no way I could deal with looking for street parking everyday, especially considering people get tickets all the time with "street cleaning" on different sides of the street at different days.

Til next timeeee.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Stand-In

So today I was told that I look like Jon Niese, the New York Mets pitcher.

That definitely has to be the most random comparison I've EVER gotten (not to mention we look nothing alike). I don't see the resemblance. Do you? Haha

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sunburnt.

All right, so I know I posted an update here on Friday, but for some reason it has disappeared. Weird.

Anyways, spent the weekend at the beach. I forgot to bring along suntan lotion both days so I'm sunburnt all over. Kind of painful haha. Went to Venice Beach on Saturday and Malibu today. Both are really cool areas. Lots of surfers over at Malibu...hopefully I'll get to try it before I leave LA. I don't actually mind going to the beach by myself as long as I've got my IPOD, although it would definitely be nice to have someone to split the parking cost with.

The one thing that really blows here is parking. I always have to park in parking garages or parallel park (which I suck at). I parked about 1/4 mile away just now after getting back from the gym, and probably spent a good 10 minutes driving around looking for a better spot before realizing I wasn't going to find one.

So yep, that's about it for now. It's Sunday night so another work week begins tomorrow. Until next time...

Monday, June 1, 2009

List of Things to Do

So there is so much to do in LA that I decided I am going to make a list of every place I would like to visit before I leave in August.

Go to Universal Studios Hollywood
Go to Disneyland
Go to Six Flags Magic Mountain
Attend a movie premiere in Westwood
Go to Graumann's Chinese Theater
Spend a day at the Santa Monica Pier
Go to Malibu Beach
Go to a Dodgers/Cubs game
Go to Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach
Go to downtown LA
Walk/drive down Sunset Boulevard
WIN/Be given tix to a Lakers game haha
Tour Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures movie lots
Go to Catalina Island
Go to Hollywood
Go to San Diego
Check out a cool museum? I heard some of them aren't boring...

So yup, there's my list of everything I want to do when I'm not working out here in LA.