Comments | spectralbovine: Winter Road Trip of Destiny, Part 1: Los Angeles (West Hollywood, Whittier, Placentia)

spectralbovine

Winter Road Trip of Destiny, Part 1: Los Angeles (West Hollywood, Whittier, Placentia)

Jan 18, 2010 23:16

On Monday, December 21, 2009, I packed for my two-week road trip, carefully selecting the T-shirts I would wear on each day and making sure I had everything I needed ( Read more... )

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spectralbovine January 19 2010, 08:09:55 UTC

The glories of highway driving! And actually, your mpg would be even higher if you don't cruise control it
Really? Huh! Still: highway driving!

and maybe don't use sketchy fast food joint bathrooms so much?
Yeeeeeah, maybe not. Still, when you gotta go, you gotta go, you know? Should have tried Baja Fresh instead, I guess.

aprilbegins January 19 2010, 08:07:40 UTC

I'm not going to talk about the Jack in the Box incident because it's terribly depressing. I'm still sorry you got stuck alone in my hallway.

Now let's focus on lighter things, shall we?

But the real reason she should have gotten excited is because "Worst Song Medley" begins with "I love you, always forever."

Dude! I totally didn't pick up on that. Bonus points for you!

This picture, however, is false. The flash belies the true vibe of the room! I'd also like to think of it as false because I look faaat. Stupid double chin, always reminding me it's nearby at all times. So the second picture = thumbs up ( ... )

spectralbovine January 19 2010, 08:13:06 UTC

Dude! I totally didn't pick up on that. Bonus points for you!
Yay!

If you're into crepes, we need to go to Sol de Cahuenga next time you stop by.
Okay!

I'm glad you thought I was a good hostess, afore mentioned failure aside. I usually don't cook for people. Or myself. My idea of cooking is making stevia lemonade. Delicious!
Yum!

And HAHAHA at the numbers on the white board. They're calorie counts, btw. I THINK I was adding on another 100, certainly not coming to a conclusion that 290-150=100. Either that or I was safely overestimating my count, which is very likely.
Math!

miniglik January 21 2010, 02:41:35 UTC

Stupid double chin, always reminding me it's nearby at all times.
FWIW, outside observation:

You don't look the least fat, or even like you have a double chin. You look more like someone who has been photographed from a lower angle and is therefore forced to do that look-down thing that is eviiiiiil.

aprilbegins January 21 2010, 02:44:05 UTC

I appreciate an outside opinion! Or, at least, one that's as pleasant as yours. So thank you, haha.

chrryblssmninja January 19 2010, 10:31:30 UTC

aww cool you got to see the Lost exhibition!

Damon, Carlton, and a polar bear!
on black velvet, greatest of all canvases.

I do like the more tart frozen yogurts.

Whittier sounds like an interesting town.

How did they bake that round bread?

at the late Circuit City, I found some weird Australian two-pack of Showbiz and Absolution for I think $10 or $15. It was weird to find.

ack that encounter sounds really scary

cran January 19 2010, 18:45:00 UTC

The round bread was probably baked in a French Bread pan. You can do long loaves of French bread in those, or shorter, fatter breads like the ryes I make at work (I'm a baker). When you cut one of those short, fat ryes (they look sort of like this), the slices are round. :)

Or maybe they have some of these!

chrryblssmninja January 19 2010, 18:48:44 UTC

ooh. That's cool. Thanks!

spectralbovine January 19 2010, 19:00:06 UTC

Coooooool! ROUND BREAD!

I guess I never thought of, like, REALLY FAT BAGUETTES.

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spectralbovine January 19 2010, 16:03:40 UTC

Are you glad you have a GPS? Everyone keeps telling me to get one, but they make me nervous.
Why? It was really useful on this trip, as you shall see! But not infallible, as you shall also see.

sounds like a line from a bad movie ahtrap January 19 2010, 19:58:02 UTC

"step away from the fucking blowdryer"?? Classic!

If you have to have the living shit scared out of you, what better place to be than in a bathroom stall already?

Seriously though, sucks that you had were actually trapped in there, not knowing what was going on, and freaking out...

On the other hand, you now have a catchphrase but that will serve well for storytelling purposes for years in the future. And a wicked prank to play on an unsuspecting friend in the future.

Re: sounds like a line from a bad movie spectralbovine January 19 2010, 20:05:00 UTC

Yes, people really wanted to know what was so important about the blowdryer. Could it have been used as a weapon? Was he an ecoterrorist concerned about wasteful energy usage?