and this fool, after a Tesla meetup
drove to one of them not far from my house
and flew his $150k electric car over it, crashed it, and ran away.
rich ppl cray
there are steep hills in LA
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heres the thing about LA that visitors are confused about
LA is in a constant state of change.
demographics, housing, cars, fashion, drugs, music, art
it’s all building on itself, it’s moving and growing and
never stopping
so yes you can try to parachute in here from new york city
and you can see if your predetermined expectations are realized
but then you might make a wrong turn and see the most interesting thing
something that no magazine has ever written about
and then what do you do?
do you dare be original?
do you trust your bosses wont yell at you?
or do you just come straight out and say, LA is a caterpillar that is turning into a butterfly
and then a sports car
and then a train wreck
and then a forest fire
and then a drought
and then a race riot
and then a gang bang
and then Woodstock
and then and then and then?
or do you just say fuck that and pay attention to the one thing you loved
and report back on that
because aint no way youre gonna describe the past future and present of shit
not you
new yorker.
i had a big interview today.
it was with a company that i really love, and i wouldnt have to move, and i could do what im good at and i would get health insurance
the person interviewing me said, “wow thats a good question” after each of my questions, and i hope that’s a positive thing. who knows.
i had studied up on some things that were in the job description. and that was fun. like cramming for a final. but those things never came up. it was only a 30 minute interview. thats all it was supposed to be. i don’t think i made any unforced errors.
afterwards i wanted to walk around and get rid of all the nervous energy but it was raining.
later i watched the cubs bash a bunch of home runs.
then i drove for tacos at a taco truck. it has a competing truck around the corner from it that specializes in “plant-based” tacos. echo park, bless your heart.
before ordering my tacos i walked into the drug store to get a healthy blueberry juice. Blue Power or Blue Machine, whatever… and as i was waiting in line two women walked in. and as soon as they got in, the dog that was trailing behind them stopped, looked at all of us in line, and took a leak, right there on the carpet.
the lady holding the leash was so embarrassed. “he never does this,” she said.
both cashiers sorta smiled because whattya gonna do?
when it was my turn i said, “i bet thats not the craziest thing thats happened at this walgreens.”
they both said, nope.
for Chris’s birthday we saw Guns n Roses
any time a band books two or more nights at a venue the odds are very good that the 2nd or 3rd night will have lots of empty seats. got lucky and they were practically giving really good seats away at the dodger stadium show for the former glam rockers.
chris drove over. we had some postmates guy deliver us Bossa Nova and we took an over to the stadium. crazy ride. driver told us he was a car salesman and uber has hurt his business so badly that hes thinking about driving full time. i told him if he does it he has to contact me because i want to set him up with a reporter, probably Steve Lopez, to write the story.
got to the show just in time. it was good. Slash is obvs still pissed at Axl but will take the tens of millions of dollars they will each make on this tour.
it was good because this is the way it should be. you shouldn’t come home and find your Uncle is your Step Dad or you have to share a room with a teenage runaway. Slash should be playing with Axl and Duff should be there. not only does it fit, but it sounds right.
and then that makes way for Steven Adler to sit in for a couple of songs. all smiley and shit.
it’s weird to think that Guns doesn’t have three hours of original material to play. so they served up plenty of covers: Live and Let Die & Knockin on Heavens Door are normal, but they also did Raw Power, Wish You Were Here and the guitar solo from Beautiful Tonight. random dad rock.
Afterwards we walked down to Sunset and Echo Park was alive and beautiful. we are so lucky to live in this city. we were amped. a bit buzzed from the beers and the energy of the show. lots of Slash.
Chris really needed to pee but every bar had a line coming out of it. when we stopped by Little Joy i asked the doorman if Hayley was around. he said no and 2 seconds later there she was with her man.
we rejoiced and hugged and exchanged greetings.
then walked all the way to mohawk bend and got an uber home.
fun night.
Guns could have used more explosions.