Back in saddle
Los Angeles was great, but jeez are those folks spoiled. If it gets below sixty at night everyone’s ranting about how #$# cold it is. Highlights of trip include:
-Getting an old-fashioned shave at a retro barbershop—my closest shave EVAH. I tried to re-enact the barbershop scene in Chinatown with the guy in the chair next to me, but I’m not sure he’d seen the movie.
-Getting an In and Out Burger and eating it while stuck in traffic.
-Realizing somewhere over the midwest that I’d locked the deadbolt lock on my apartment door, and that I’d failed to give the catsitter that key. A frantic visit to a FedEx in the LAX vicinity prevented The Cat from experiencing a sudden interruption in his supply of dead meat.
-Rewatching Serenity and realizing that it’s not the piece of crap I thought it was the first time I saw it.
-Not working on anything related to Autumn Rain for a period of 96 hours. Christ, I’m going soft in my old age.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
“Not working on anything related to Autumn Rain for a period of 96 hours”
I was wondering if you could write a little bit more about HOW you go about writing. Do you outline the chapters first with a general idea of what u want to write about within a chapter. Or just shoot from the hip and figure it out later?
Thanks
John
December 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
60??? Make that 70 degrees. Don’t forget our bitching is really a complaint about return on our “Sunshine Tax.”
December 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
you’ve never had an in and out burger?
December 18th, 2008 at 3:56 am
What’s an in and out burger? I have some guesses but I just have to know
Yes, I have heard that it has been pretty cold in LA, too.
I’m glad that you got to the right side and liked the Serenity. I have seen it only once and liked it immediately even though I didn’t see the whole series of Firefly (sadly).
December 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
@meesh, I can definitely say he has.
@Joni, In-N-Out Burger is about as good of a burger as you’re going to get in the fast food world. They are a southern California institution (think Beach Boys, Surf City USA, cruising Friday nights, and In-N-Out). If there were such a claim able to be made, they’d be considered a relatively “responsible” fast food company as they prepare their food fresh, pay somewhere near double the minimum wage and have done an incredible job of keeping their menu focused on somewhere around 10 items (3 are burgers, the rest are drinks and fries). Oh yeah, and it’s dirt cheap.
Hmmm…Cost, quality, speed. Pick 2. Something’s odd about that place.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
B–right, but was this his FIRST in and out burger?
December 18th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
indeed. not the last either.
December 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
@meesh No, I can personally account for at least 2 (maybe 3) others that’ve traversed The Williams Gullet. (Book 3 title? I want royalties!)
December 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
@ John C. : interesting question, will have thoughts on a later post. . .
January 7th, 2009 at 11:56 am
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