Day 5: The Recap
Okay, so we finally have internet access so I can update yall on what's been shakin'. But since we live in a world or short attention spans I will list them in point form and avoid any big words for your reading pleasure and so that I can quickly get back to all my shenanigans.
Day 1: Concert was great as expected. Halfway through their set the Pour Habit singer threw up on stage for about 7 minutes. All without missing any lyrics (what a pro). Afterwards we went to the casino and then to the strip club, both very enjoyable. I also learned many things about my good friend Mitch. Like interesting fact that he snores like a fucking 747. Should make the trip enjoyable.
Day 2: Didn't do much, which was part of the plan. Saw my little bro and gave him his iPod.
Day 3: Got up and got on the plane, very exciting. When we got on the flight to Los Angeles it turns out they had sat me and Mitch in seperate seats. I got sat next to an old lady on oxgen who needed help with just about everything. She was fairly nice but liked to complain a lot. Also she bogarted all 3 pillows including the 'U' shaped one that I had just bought and graciously loaned to her. So no sleep on the plane but the entertainment was great with heaps of movies and TV shows to choose from. So I got no sleep on the plane and I'm assuming day 3 ends with the plane landing in Los Angeles even thought it was still tecnically Tuesday the 29th due to the time difference.
Day 4: If there was any sleepiness in me when the plane arrived then it disappeared once we landed in LA. Mitch and my first impression of Los Angeles from the airport was how similar it looked to Sydney or Melbourne. We decided to grab the bus to the Metro system and be a bit adventurous (and cheapskatey). We must have looked like a pair of retards when we had to ask a woman where to buy tickets for the train. She was very nice and had a good chat to us about Los Angeles and wished us luck. Once we got on the train, the similarities to Sydney and Melbourne disappeared and we started to see the Los Angeles that you see in the movies. Assuming of course that you are watching a movie about crack whores and vicious gang beatings. As the number of houses with bars on the windows increased, the crowd on the train started to become shadier than a fat man's ankles at midday. Now I'm not an easily intimidated person but when the number of neck tattoos begins to outnumber the amount of people on the train you start to check your escape routes and plan ways to use your best friend as a decoy while you make your getaway. What mainly concerned me was the fact that we were both wearing giant back packs which might as well have been shirts with neon writing saying "I'm not from around here, feel free to jam a screwdriver into my throat and take all my fancy expensive touristy things". Unfortunately for all you out there who hate me, we made it to the hotel safely without one knife fight or pipe beating. We checked into our hotel room which is more like a little apartment and is right next to the most awesome mall I have ever seen, all filled with tourists just like us which makes taking photos less humiliating. We were offered tickets to Jimmy Kimmel live by a spruker but turned it down because I can't stand him only to check the internet and find out that Ricky Gervais was the guest the next night. Luckily I managed to find another one and get tickets to Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher. Then there was a premier for Ellen Paige's new movie 'Whip it' and while the movie doesn't interest me at all I figured I should check it out since I am in Hollywood. I managed to see Drew Barrymore, Ellen Paige, Alia Shawkat (Maebe from Arrested Development) and for some reason Quentin Tarrintino. Apparently he hasn't got much to do anymore so he has to go to premiers of Roller-skating movies directed by Drew Barrymore. So I hadn't even been in Hollywood 12 hours and I had already seen 4 stars. However by this time It was 8:30 and I had been about 30 hours without sleep so I went back to the hotel, rubbed it in to Mitch that I had seen Tarintino and fell asleep watching a new episode of 'Curb your Enthusiasm' because my hotel room is so awesome that it even has HBO. Remember it's not TV, It's HBO.
Day 5: Now that we are up to speed on days past I can regail you with fabulous tails of Universal Studios while they are still fresh in my soft, squishy brain. We woke up well rested (since there are 2 rooms in this hotel and I am insulated from Mitch's snoring). We jumped on the subway (of which we are now confident veterans) and made our way to Universal. Mitch was disappointed that the Terminator 2:3D ride was shut for some reason. He suggested it was because the 3rd movie made the plot redundant, although I don't think the studio would shut down a multi million dollar ride due to plot inconsistencies, this is Hollywood after all. The Simpson's ride had a long ass line but was great fun. Jurassic Park the ride looked a little dated in the anamatronics department and it didn't help that one of the Stegosaurus's had a zipper on his leg. 'The Mummy' the ride was about 20 times better than the movie which means it was still pretty shit. Basically anyone who has been to Warner Bros. Movie World has seen a similar thing to Universal Studios, but it was still a fun day. It was only hampered by the fact that we left early to get back in time to make it to the Jimmy Kimmel show, all excited to see my comedic idol Ricky Gervais only to find out that he was on last night. FUUUUUUUUUCK!!!
Well your now up to speed on the story so far. I've had about 3 duty free vodka's while writing this, just so I wouldn't waste valuable holiday time, so I think we are going to go out soon. There's a place right near the hotel where we can bowl and drink and there is a live music venue with a SKA night tonight so hopefully I will have some funny drunken stories to tell.
- Rhys
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