Say Cheese... Now Smile!

:)

Yesterday, went over to Long Beach for the Metro banquet... it was really really nice. :) Delicious dinner, gorgeous view, great company, and just really a terriffic time. Congrats Mondo!! :)

Afterwards, my dinner companions for the night... Beth, Ryan B, Petey, Mikie, and Lan (whom I might add are some of the HOTTEST guys in CKI... yep. They'd make MY list! *wink*) went over to Huntington Beach just to kick it. 4 Bars later, we found ourselves on playing in the sand. Anyways, Denny's, food, and oh so interesting conversations till 4am. :) Got home really late/early... and since Beth was still a bit freaked because of thursday night's antics... she spent the night and kinda went crazy with the webcam.

Slept... and but awaked by Carlene body slamming herself onto my bed (Poor Beth... I don't think she was expecting that.) and my sweet precious sister WOULD NOT let me go back to sleep, especially since she got online right after and busting up the winamps as loud as it could, typing HARD and loudly on my janky keyboard, and every so often pointing that cursed webcam in my direction so all her internet buddies saw my oh holy hell crap look in the morning. (HI MIKEE! ;P)

I spent the rest of the day with Carlene playing photographer and tourist in LA. First stop, Olvera Street where we met this really cool artist who made these beautiful pictures using a woodburning tool... And then it was off to Union Station (yay 1920's art deco!) and a ride on the subway to Hollywood and Highland to see the new Kodak Theater (new home of the Academy Awards) and Grauman's Chinese Theater. While we were at the Kodak Theater, they had this whole red carpet set-up... and limos were driving up and dropping off these *not famous* people... and the *fake press and fans* started screaming and mobbing them... Apparently there was a press screening for a movie there and the fake press was there to make the real press know how it feels to be on the otherside or something cheesy like that... some dude next to me kept on remarking on how LAME the whole thing was and if he were ever apart of something like that, asking to be shoved off the balcony we were standing off of... Cheesy yes... but hey.. thats Hollywood for you. :)

More walking around.... saw that one dude who play Xander on Buffy at a restaurant... dinner... and then back on the subway to the station... drive home. :) Such a awesome couple of days... Not to mention that Carlene brought back the Xbox and we got Dead or Alive 3 finally, so it was a night of some good ass kicking. :D