Universal Studios Hollywood

Well, I rode the Los Angeles subway today for the first time. It wasn't that bad. I rode it for $1.25 to Universal Studio Hollywood. Last week, I paid $24 for a year subscription to some newspaper, and got a free year pass to Universal.

Universal was pretty fun. Most of the rides are the ones where your chair movies, and the screen is 3-D. It's pretty cool. There was also a tour of the actual studio. Among other things, I saw the Hayden Fox's cabin from "Coach."

I rode the subway back for free, because when I got on the first time, no one took my ticket. So I just figured I would ride for free. There was a sign though that said there is a $250 fine and 40 hours or so of community service if I got caught. But I'm a rebel, so I just ripped the sign off the wall, and got in the Metro.

Laugh Factory and Bob Marley

Ok, so I went to the world famous Laugh Factory tonight. Everty Tuesday that have a free show. It's not just an open mic though. Tonight the headliner was Bob Marley. He played Greenley in "Boondock Saints." He is hilarious.

Sushi Haiku

The sushi I eat

From the 7- eleven

Is pretty tasty.

Jason Lee, Black Out, and Rain

Ok, so first of all today, I was working at Starbucks when all of a sudden I am making a Venti Iced Black Tea for Jason Lee. He was in the "Jay and Silent Bob" movies and some other stuff. He was also the voice of Syndrome on "The Incredibles." I guess he comes into that Starbucks every once in a while.


So when I got home at 2, I was standing in front of the fan, because it was hot, and the electricity goes out. The electricity went out of the whole block. No one knew why though either, that is the weird thing.

So we decided to go to a movie so we could do something, and be in air condition for at least 2 hours. We saw "Wedding Crashers." It was a pretty funny movie. It was kind of weird, cause it kept going on and on. It is like 2 1/2 hours.

Then after the movie, we are outside, and it starts raining. I have been in LA for a month and a half, and this is the first time it rains. It was raining, and the sun was out. It only rained for a few minutes.

So it was a different day, that's for sure.

The Move

Ok, so here is what happened when I moved from Indianapolis to Hollywood.

A couple of weeks before I left, I had a hitch installed on my car to pull a trailer to California. U-Haul installed the hitch. I also asked them to put a transmittion cooler on my car, so my car wouldn't overheat as I drove. U-Haul told me that I didn't need a cooler put on, because there was already one on my car. Now, what I didn't know was that Ford installs coolers on all their cars, but they aren't big enough to cool a transmittion that was hauling a trailer. At least not the ones that they put on the '96 Taurus.

So, two hours into the trip, in Effingham, IL, my transmittion went out. White smoke started coming out of the car, and when I got out, the fluid was all over the ground. I put my car in Drive, but it wouldn't go. So I called AAA to haul my car, and I called U-Haul to tow the trailer to the nearest U-Haul. When I spoke to the lady at U-Haul, I told her that I needed to get a Truck and dolly to carry a car the rest of the way to California. She told me that she would send someone to get my trailer, and they would be there in 20 minutes. This was at 4:30 pm.

When we got the trailer back to the U-Haul, it was 5:15 pm. U-Haul was closed. The lady was gone, no one was there. The tow-truck guy didn't know how to set up the rentals, so we were stuck there till U-Haul opened the next morning at 8.

So we got there the next day, and got a truck that cost $1,258. I had Lou, a friend from Indianapolis, come get my car the next day. U-Haul then charged us $55 for the tow of the trailer from the night before.

So that was at the beginning of June. I found out from Lou that the only problem with my car was that the transmission overheated. The car runs fine now. I have been talking to U-Haul for a month and a half to try to refund us the $1,258, since I wouldn't have had to get the truck if they had put the cooler on when I asked them to.

I was finally able to get a hold of the Vice-President of the region, and he told me that they would not refund the money. But I called them everyday for a month and a half.

Finally, and July 8th, they refunded the money. All of it. The $1,258 truck and the $55 tow. So basically, except for gas, we moved from Indianapolis to California for free.

So, back in June, I posted a Blog called "Hard to Get" when I didn't understand why things were happening the way they did. But now I know.

There is more that happened, and as soon as I figure out why, I will post that.

Psalms 1
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,or stand around with sinners,or join in with scoffers.
2 But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants;day and night they think about his law.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper. (emphasis mine)

Harvest Crusade

I just got back from a pretty cool concert at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.



Jeremy Camp and Toby Mac was there, and some guy named Greg Laurie spoke.



It was pretty good. The stadium was packed. The only bad thing was that the stage was in the middle of the field, and we weren't allowed down there so we were pretty far from it. But there were big screens so we could see better. It was a pretty good concert.

Crash

Ok, so I saw one of the best movies I've seen in a while tonight. Crash. Besides being filled an incredible cast, Brendan Fraser, Sandre Bullock, Matt Dillan, Don Cheadle, Terrance Howard, Ludacris, Ryan Phillippe, Tony Danza and others, this is a great story. It is set in L.A. right after Sept. 11. It is a good look at Los Angeles. As only being here a month, I have seen just about everything that happens in this story. This was truly a great film.

Fantastic 4

So I went to see "Fantastic 4" tonight in the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd.







It's a pretty cool theater, plus it's pretty famous. "The deeply curved (126 degree) screen has been replaced to its original size and shape – all 32 by 86 feet of it."




As for the movie...it was pretty good. I wasn't really a huge fan of the comic though, so that might have had something to do with it. It was a fun movie, but it's not Spider-man or Batman. Comic book movies are hard to judge though, well the first ones that is. There is so much time that is spent on the origin of the powers, or whatever, that there isn't that much time left for the action. The sequels are usually better. Even though I didn't like "Hulk", I am sure that a sequel would be pretty good.

Orlando Bloom

So I was out walking today at Runyon Canyon, and I get down to the bottom, and I see this guy and girl walking a dog. I guess I was staring at the guy, cause as he walks by me, he smiled said, "Hi." and winked at me, as if he knew what I was thinking.

As he passed, I said, "Are you Orlando?"

The lady turned around and said, "No I'm not."

I said, "Oh, well are you Orlando" pointing at him.

"I get that all the time." he said.

It was him though. He looked like he did from "Pirates"...it was short meeting, but I met him none the less.

Bum Gossip

As I was walking out of Starbucks today I overheard some pretty good bum gossip. There were these 2 bums sitting on the ramp, and one bum was telling the other about this girl that he had been seeing. The only problem was that this girl had another boyfriend. The first bum said that he hoped the girl wanted him to be her boyfriend, but right now, he thinks that she just wants him in her bed. I put my headphones on and started listening to All Star United before I heard the other bum's advice.

Independence Day

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her,
and guide her
Thru the night
with a light from above.
From the mountains,
to the prairies,
To the oceans,
white with foam
God bless America,
My home sweet home.

Dan Crall's Accordian

Ok, my friend and old roommate, Dan Crall, moved to Oregon awhile back. He too has a blog http://www.dancrall.blogspot.com/. (check out at your own risk!) I found this pic on his latest blog, and I just had to put it on mine. Here he is playing the accordian to make a few bucks in his spare time. This is probably the best picture ever.

War of the Worlds

I saw "War of the Worlds" tonight at Grauman's Chinese Theater. This was the first time I saw a movie there when it was filled. There were more then 1,000 people in there. It was a little different then watching it at AMC in Greenwood. I thought it was a good movie. It is hard to tell if it is the best movie I've seen this summer. This summer included "Star Wars", and of course, "Star Wars" is "Star Wars." There was also a new Batman movie, and of course, "Batman" is "Batman." This is a really good movie though.