So, You Like Ripsi?

Geez, you guys must've really liked the video with the drunken Ripsi. According to my hit counter, I had more hits in one day (yesterday) than I have ever had in one day since I created my blog. I even had way more hits yesterday than I did when I talked about racism and Michael Richards. You know, racism, the deep seated issue that America has been dealing with since its birth! Haha....I actually think it's pretty funny. I watched that Ripsi video at least 15 times by now. Seriously, if you only watched it once, watch it 1 or 2 more times. It gets funnier the more you watch it because you pick up little details you missed the first time. In any case, I'm glad the video was amusing to you no life losers, because I found another, much shorter, video of Ripsi drunk again.



On to other things.........I know I have talked about the smog here in L.A. a lot, but I have to again. But this time, I'm talking about the LACK of smog!! And I'm loving it. I heard the there is considerably less smog here during the winter months and it is true. I think this has to do with 2 things. 1). Winter is when L.A. gets all of its rain. Which reminds me, I had to use my windshield wipers for the FIRST time 2 weeks ago. I moved here July 1st! That's crazy. So, the rain helps clear the smog and dust out of thr air and it makes a HUGE difference. The land here is really, really beautiful when you can actually see it. 2). The Santa Ana winds. This is a weather system that passes through L.A. every fall. Whatever smog is left in the air is most likely blown away by these winds. I can't even think of the words to describe it. The Hollywood hills right now look like they do in post cards. They are so clearly visible now from a distance. The other example I noticed while I was driving the other day. I was going to an audition I think and I was getting on the 405 freeway (the bane of everyone's existance here) from the 10 freeway. In order to do that, you have to go over this highly elevated ramp that provides a great view of the city. So, I'm on the ramp, curving southward, and I look to my left (towards the east) and lo and behold. In the distance, I see a huge snowcapped mountain! It was gorgeous. And I never even knew the thing existed!!!! I've been over that ramp many times, but thanks to the smog I couldn't even see downtown L.A. let alone this mountain. I figured it had to be the San Bernadino mountain range because I had just heard in the news that these mountains just got a fresh coat of snow and skiers were loving it. Seriously, it looks like Mt. Kilimanjaro. Look for a post from me in the near future about how we are destroying our planet and things we can do to help. In the pic to the right, just pretend the giraffe's aren't there!

Well, I guess I'll go ahead and post ONE MORE video here. I worked on a semi-porn set today but I don't feel like talking about that right now. I'll write about that in a day or two. I know I know....the suspense!! Haha Back to Ripsi. This chick has problems and now she is getting kicked out of the house. Oh, and as for the show, it's called Bad Girls Club. It comes on Oxygen, but I still don't know anything about it. It's kind of like The Real World on MTV, except its all girls that live in the house.



Ahhh....where do they find these people??? Ok, I'm done with Ripsi now. I swear!!!

The Truth About Where I Live

Most of what I talk about in this blog, I have already mentioned before, but it is worth mentioning again.....in more detail. Three main things: traffic, gas, weather.

First, let me speak about traffic here. All the stuff I heard about L.A.'s traffic before coming here was definitely not false information. Yesterday I experienced the FULL WRATH of the Los Angeles freeway system. It all started when I was bored yesterday and so I decided to try and find a walmart. I remembered reading that there was one on Crenshaw, so I thought I'll just make my way to Crenshaw Ave and drive til I see it. Well, I was driving east on Melrose I think. Little did I know Melrose was too far north to intersect with Crenshaw (if not then, then I just plain missed it) and I find myself dowtown basically. Next thing I know, I'm crossing Normandie Ave, which I happened to learn about while watching the National Geographic Channel. Yeah, they did a whole documentary on one of the most vicious gangs in L.A. that controls most of Normandie Ave. I had to laugh to myself. Normandie is right next to downtown. So, I make a few turns and get going west again. It's easy to do that in L.A. because its just a grid system. So, anyway, I make my way to the wal-mart and of course they don't have what I want. Keep in mind that this is the nearest wal-mart to me and it's more than 10 miles away. I guess West Hollywood/Beverly Hills is too good for walmart. So, I ask the people where a Home Depot is because I need an adapter to convert the un-grounded outlet in my room to a grounded one since this place was built in like 1700. Of course, I have to go all the way to Inglewood. But by now, it's 3:30, and I still have to go all the way to West L.A. to pick up some more pictures from the photographer. I just know I'm gonna be on my way home right smack in the middle of rush hour. I get my stuff at Home Depot, go get my pictures, and BOOM, I hit the freeway back home at 5:30 pm. It was inevitable. I thought I'd try to be smart and take back streets home. No luck, AT ALL. All of L.A., all the streets and freeways were just one big parking lot. I am not exaggerating. I live maybe 15 miles from West L.A. and I got home at 7:45!!!!! That's over 2 hours!!!! Well, I made one stop at the grocery store, but still. It's amazing. I will do my best to avoid rush hour whenever I can, but on the good side, I did learn a lot of the streets in L.A.

Next thing is gasoline. Now, we all know gas is a lot higher in California. But I don't get 2 things. One is necessarily why gas is higher in California. I mean, I know the demand is higher, but gas stations in Cali don't pay more for there oil do they? I'm not good with politics because I hate politics, and I don't understand much about oil and the stuff in the middle east, so excuse my ignorance. But if gas is $80/barrel, isn't that for everyone. It's not $80/barrel in Ohio and $100/barrel in California, is it? Hell, I don't even know!! The other thing that amazes me is how the gas station I get my gas at is $3.19/gallon now for regular unleaded, and the gas station one block over has their gas for $3.39/gallon. How does that happen? Whatever happened to the competition. Oh well, doesn't matter to me....I'm going for the cheapest I see, lol.

The other thing I want to mention here is how funny the weather people are here. I really had to laugh. I mean, it is sunny and hot everyday here. It has been the same every single day since I arrived in L.A. over 2 weeks ago. So this morning I hear my weatherbug chirping on my computer, it says there is an alert for my area. I look, and it says severe thunderstorm warning. I think that's funny. A few hours later, it says something about a flash flood watch. I'm like damn, this is like Ohio weather and stuff. Well, it has been sunny and hot all day today. It's just funny because the weather is so monotonous here (which of course I love), but I guess it could get boring for a weather person. I guess they just wanted to spice up their job for a day, haha.

All right, last topic: the people. Everyone is in such a rush here, which I understand because it's a big city. I've been to NYC so many times since I was born, I know how it is. But man, these people won't even let you park. Obviously there is lots of street parking here, even on busy streets. So, to parallel park you have to stop and back into the space. This makes people M-A-D. You see the looks on their faces as they swerve into the other lane to go around and then speed off into the distance. Cracks me up. The other thing, is the drag queens here. I have never really seen men in dresses just walking down the street before. I mean, buff men with big shoulders, walking down the street in a backless dress with wig and make-up on. It's just something I'm not used to. I guess I'm not in Kansas, err, um, Ohio anymore, lol.

That's all I have for now. I'm just about to get my pictures printed and duplicated and things of that nature, so hopefully after all that my blogs will be a little more "exciting" if you know what I mean.

Later