Monday, December 10, 2001
FACTS AND THOUGHTS ON A NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD
Fact: Last night, Karena and I, along with 45 of her co-workers, celebrated Christmas at The Magic Castle in Hollywood between the Hollywood Bowl and Hollywood and Highland.
Thought:This sounds pretty hokie, but at least it'll probably make for a good story on my webpage.
Fact: Price of valet parking: covered. Price of admission: covered. Price of any drink from the bar: covered. Price of prime rib or salmon dinner with red or white wine and salad and dessert: covered. Price of multiple magic shows (good ones too): Covered. Spending time with your girlfriend: Priceless. (Sorry, I had to opt for the cheesy joke here).
Thought: How is it that Karena's work gets ALL that covered for her Christmas party, and yet, we at UCLA were expected to pay a whopping $41 to have dinner at UCLA eating food from UCLA Catering?
Fact:We saw many magic shows with tricks including a piano that plays your requested songs without anyone actually sitting at the piano (but refused to play my request of Cheers), multiple ripping up of things and suddenly put back together, a math trick (to please the Asians in the crowd, no doubt), multiple card tricks (one cool one where he drew the Ace of spaids card on a notepad and the card the audience member picked actually floated up from the drawing and ended up on the paper).
Thought: There's just something about deceiving sleight of hand tricks that just pisses me off. I hate being fooled!
Fact: After leaving the Magic Castle, we drove around Hollywood and Highland and saw a high speed chase: Four guys in a beat-up Toyota flipping people off, mooning people, etc. while about six police cars, two vans, and one helicopter gave chase. They passed by us three times because they kept making illegal U-turns on Hollywood Blvd.
Thought: At first it was, "Sweet! This is better than TV." But by the third pass-by, it was more like, "Okay, idiots. If you guys hit my car, or anyone else's for that matter, I am NOT going to be a happy camper."
Fact: I finally crawled into bed way too late, but felt very good. You could say the night was ...
Thought: Priceless.
Fact: Last night, Karena and I, along with 45 of her co-workers, celebrated Christmas at The Magic Castle in Hollywood between the Hollywood Bowl and Hollywood and Highland.
Thought:This sounds pretty hokie, but at least it'll probably make for a good story on my webpage.
Fact: Price of valet parking: covered. Price of admission: covered. Price of any drink from the bar: covered. Price of prime rib or salmon dinner with red or white wine and salad and dessert: covered. Price of multiple magic shows (good ones too): Covered. Spending time with your girlfriend: Priceless. (Sorry, I had to opt for the cheesy joke here).
Thought: How is it that Karena's work gets ALL that covered for her Christmas party, and yet, we at UCLA were expected to pay a whopping $41 to have dinner at UCLA eating food from UCLA Catering?
Fact:We saw many magic shows with tricks including a piano that plays your requested songs without anyone actually sitting at the piano (but refused to play my request of Cheers), multiple ripping up of things and suddenly put back together, a math trick (to please the Asians in the crowd, no doubt), multiple card tricks (one cool one where he drew the Ace of spaids card on a notepad and the card the audience member picked actually floated up from the drawing and ended up on the paper).
Thought: There's just something about deceiving sleight of hand tricks that just pisses me off. I hate being fooled!
Fact: After leaving the Magic Castle, we drove around Hollywood and Highland and saw a high speed chase: Four guys in a beat-up Toyota flipping people off, mooning people, etc. while about six police cars, two vans, and one helicopter gave chase. They passed by us three times because they kept making illegal U-turns on Hollywood Blvd.
Thought: At first it was, "Sweet! This is better than TV." But by the third pass-by, it was more like, "Okay, idiots. If you guys hit my car, or anyone else's for that matter, I am NOT going to be a happy camper."
Fact: I finally crawled into bed way too late, but felt very good. You could say the night was ...
Thought: Priceless.
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