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ive been learning things
one of the things i learned today is ive gotta figure out how many of these ultra long blog posts do i wanna do
these Hear in LA blog posts take two full days.
maybe two and a half.
ive gotta edit them down.
maybe 5 segments tops, and thats it for the blog.
i had making decisions like this.
more is more for me.
everyone is less is more
im all, sure, say that and then go to Costco
something i learned today was how to make the podcast into a youtube video.
this might be easier for my mom to listen to
this is the latest episode: Christina Ortega
bam!
i dont have an upstairs neighbor but i swear
i hear things up there.
it made me thing: would i believe in ghosts if i had not been told about ghosts?
my neighbor is having a party and its probably just her noise bouncing through the walls
but this place is an xbi fortress. usually you cant hear squat.
but after a year in somewhat absolute silence because people didnt entertain
i can hear every little thing
how? i should be deaf by now.
do you know how many concerts ive been to?
i walked around tonight talking to my mom on the phone and she fell asleep on me.
earlier this week my shrink seemed distracted by more important things too.
am i really that dull?
is this it for me?
what would an interesting person do if they wanted to be
more interesting?
ah yes:
seclude
LOL
it’s not even midnight and im tired
am i getting old? IMPOSSIBLE
day started out fine. i had a lunch scheduled in Pasadena near where i used to work.
got there in plenty of time and it was delicious and the conversation was FANTASTIC
and i learned a lot of things about podcasting and what podcasts to listen to
and about half way in i leaned forward and asked
can we gossip for a quick minute
and it was allowed.
and it was delightful because it wasnt mean spirited at all.
but boy did i learn some things.
then we met the owner of the joint and she was so happy to hear from us. wonderful.
got home around 420pm and i was pooped. but i had another engagement.
this was a podcast interview with one William Campbell who i have known for years through blogging but we had never had a nice long chat before.
FOUR HOURS LATER we still could have gabbed more.
got home and ate my leftovers from lunch and thought about all the things he and i had talked about. holy guacamole am i happy that he asked to be on this podcast.
he taught me things i did not know AND he syched up with things that others had talked about independently about hollywood.
this thing is really becoming a thing.
and now i know why im tired
We Drank A Beer In His Back Yard
and i hardly ever drink.
omg im not old thank God.
good things happened today
some annoying things happened too but on balance it was a good day
got my post up last night of William G., it’s the second in our Hollywood series.
people fucking loved it, as they should, as was expected, and to be honest im not so sure how we top it
in part because he is so intense and wild and going against THE LAW in their face
god bless all the other people ive already interviewed who we have in the can
but very few people live his life and do the things he does.
and get away with it.
i hate re-watching or re-listening things but i must have listened to that interview a dozen times.
heres the crazy long blog post i made for it
heres the podcast
a very lovely woman even reached out to me, someone who i very much wanted to reach out to me and she did. and she said she liked it.
swoon.
thats why you learn to play the guitar. not for the whole arena to applaud.
but for that one right there to just look at you for a minute instead of the bass player.
tomorrow more good things will happen.
hopefully very good things.
but one thing for sure is i am going to podcast with a different william who swears he has some stories.
he better because i wanna wrap up hollywood
and i want to do it in the next two weeks and head to venice.
but you know what happens with best laid plans
Steve Coulter wrote about Popsicko and Keith Brown for the Independent and I got a few words in edgewise
do i really miss everyone
i do.
everyone who has ever been close to me i miss.
etienne once gave me a hard time for that, maybe she was saying she didnt feel special if i was just gonna love ashley and michele and chris AND her
but wtf you dont think it’s possible that the heart can have room for everyone?
mine does.
maybe theres something wrong with it but theres lots of room and even the good book says you should love love love
which when its not there means you’ll miss miss miss.
etienne was a handful at times, but i was too. for all of them. but still i miss her.
i miss them all.
i remember when i saw my first girlfriend mary for the last time.
there was a fire in san diego, it circled where she was
for some reason i was visiting her and when i got there she was really stand offish
WHILE telling me all these terrible things her husband-at-the-time had done to her
but an outsider might have thought that i was the scoundrel.
do i miss mary?
yes.
i miss them all.
i miss the girl in sixth grade i asked to be my gf and she said her dad would kill her if she did
because i am of african decent.
i miss the roller rink we used to go to
i miss the girl who kissed me on the cheek there who was a cheerleader
i miss the music they played there
i miss getting blisters
i miss walking home in the snow because i ran out of quarters and didnt wanna call my mom collect
and it was miles in the dark
but that slush in my sneakers eased the blisters from throbbing.
so now lets rock.
people ask me about amber all the time
my shrink, strangers, kids, the cats
to be honest, once i got rid of the Timehop app and cleaned up her office and moved some pictures and cut down the avocado tree, it was getting a lot easier to get over her.
obvs i pray for her every night. but we dont talk or text. she has made her social channels private or im blocked.
whatever is going on is good because it’s good to have a clean break sometimes and move on with life. and heal.
but then people want to get into it with me, especially my shrink and i dont wanna
i just wanna move on.
when we first broke up i needed to talk about it but i dont any more.
i may even end things with my shrink because she keeps bringing her up and im telling you im over it.
sometimes the movie ends and the credits roll and they turn on the lights.
and you drive home
and open the fridge
and eat an entire cake.
today quentin tarantino bought the vista
do you know how many movies ive seen there?
one of the most unforgettable was watching the Lego Movie there.
sometimes its nice to watch a kids movie when some kids are there because its interesting to hear what they laugh at.
i was sitting in the back near a dad and his son. place was packed.
very good movie and when it was done the kid says dad can we get some Legos now?
which was the last thing on my mind but then i was like, was that the purpose of this?
selling legos?
and if it was, it worked perfectly on that little guy.
adults, we looked at it like: dont be boring, dont be a sheep, own who you are, and if you’re a basic bitch – own it.
but this kid probably wanted to be batman in his room via legos. 
after i heard the news i tweeted that i hope QT keeps the Vista’s great manager who loves to cosplay.
whole lotta people seemed to agree.
which is nice.
i wanted to do a thing and i did a thing
and i had a lot of help with it, which is normal, we can try to do things alone
but the Good Lord put a shitload of us all on this crust for a reason
no, not orgies, pee tape man,
so we could work together to make things that are way better when we cooperate.
could a man build a skyscraper alone?
could a man build a 747 alone?
can a man please a woman alone?
exactly.
so after the thing was born unto the world i got a tweet DM from someone who had done this thing many many many times
he said youre doing everything wrong.
i said everything?
he said no, the idea is great, you are great, the sound is great,
even the art is great
but everything else is totally wrong and you are going to be poor forever
and your thing is not even going to reach many people.
i said tell me everything.
two hours later i finally said,
wanna join us?
he said
yes