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All in all a pretty lazy weekend here in sunny L.A.
I spent most of it with Stargate SG-1, but I also spent a lot of time doing homework. I wrote up my first intern journal -- ugh why did I ever agree to do a research paper each week AND a GIANT research paper at the end of the summer? What was I thinking? Oh well. I also finished up my rewrite plan. Can I just say, I am not a fan of writing beat sheets. Although it is much easier to write a beat sheet for a script that is already written than it would be for one that is not yet written.
That was most of yesterday.
Oh yeah I also read a book yesterday (I guess I was more productive than I thought).
This is the book I read:
Most people know I am a huge fan of Chuck Klosterman. I realize he has a bit of a credibility issue and a lot of people think he is little more than just another narcissistic hipster with a book deal. But I am a fan. Mostly because he acknowledges his own narcissism. He recognizes the absurdity of the fact that he has a book deal. And most of all because he has an uncanny ability to put into words the things we all think, but can't say, and he does it through a variety of pop culture references and musical analogies.
Anyway, 'Killing Yourself to Live' is all about Klosterman's cross country road trip back in 2003. He went to a variety of places where famous musicians had died -- he went to Graceland, he went to Seattle, he went to Alabama where Ronnie Van Zant died and a bunch of other random places and he did all for Spin magazine, back when he still worked there. It sounds morbid, but it really isn't because death really isn't what the book is about. It's more about love and life and growing up. Anyway, I read it this weekend and I enjoyed it.
Today Luke and Ann and I went down to Sunset Blvd.
Ed at 'Eureka' told me about this massive record store down there that I just had to go and see for myself. It was amazing!
That's it there. It was MASSIVE. It will take me months and years to ever get through all the records they have. Today, in an effort not to bore Ann and Luke to death I settled for the latest The National album on vinyl - 'Boxer.' The only thing that sucks is that I can't listen to it until I get home because that's where my record player is. Bummer.
Then we grabbed a quick bite to eat and sat outside and watched people walk by. We drove around a little after that because it was the Sunset Strip and you kind of have to. We drove by the Real World house from the most recent season, they aren't shooting anymore so it's just an ugly building now. But it is the building where 'I Love Lucy' used to film. That's kind of interesting.
Then we drove down past the Viper Room and Whiskey A Go Go -- considering that I had just finished the Klosterman book, driving past the Viper Room seemed a little more momentous than it probably should be. (It's where River Phoenix died)
Then we drove around a little through Beverly Hills and finally I saw GREEN grass and trees (everything out here is mostly just brown now). Beverly Hills is beautiful, but I think Bel Air is even better.
That's one of the entrances to Bel Air, they are all gated so our attempts to find the Fresh Prince were thwarted. Oh well, I finally saw the pretty pretty parts of L.A. so that was nice.
Other than that, it's been a pretty quiet weekend. Matt and Brianna are in Vegas until tomorrow so the room has seemed pretty spacious. It's good to take time outs from each other every now and then...but I will be glad when they get back.
It's getting late, I'm watching the Deadliest Catch, one of my favorite shows and thinking I should probably get to bed soon since I have to work in the morning. So more later...
MILES TODAY = 20 aprox.
TOTAL GAS COST = to date approx. $375 (gas is $4.69 out here now)
SONG FOR THE DAY = Squalor Victoria by the National