I am leaving Los Angeles at the end of the month. I am moving to Coloardo then England. I am gonna start a list of fun things, great places, and oddds and ends that happened over the last 4 years.
1: class at Art Center with old man who liked asians. I learned nothing but met Ellen in the class. She was just over today. They were all goign to the cememtary to see a film but i was too tired.. Turned out she knew Bridget and Claremont People.
2: goign to six flags with yoshi toshi and emily. we went to get a job at a temp agency and they hired us to work around halloween at six flags. we were all broke so we went to do it. yoshi toshi was a kid who lived with us at 2121 san fernando. we worked at six flags and yoshi got mad at us when we wanted to go on rides for our break. emily and i went back the next day in our work clothes, then changed in the bathroom and went on rides. that was a fun time but i was more nervous than I'd like to admit.i forget this part but i think emily wanted to go have food at a place where workers went. i can't remember if we went there. i think the draw was that it was cheaper (Because it was supposed to be for employees).
3: performing at redcat with andy, cavit celayir-monezis, and anne yambor. we had a fun time. we went for California Pizza Kitchen before our performance. My parents were here on vacation
4: the one time when somebody loft a sign on my car at 2121 that said "do not black the dryway" .. because I was parked a little bit in front of a gated entrance.
5: being chosed by LA.com for a solo show at El Cid. It was a nice show and Miki helped make it happen with jewelry and dressing people.
6: goign to Alverrra Street with Stephanie
7: going on a celebrity home tour with Becca and Drew
8: Richard Peels / Robert Pelles: there are too many great stories to name. But I'll list my top three favorites
8A: The time his friend in Australia said he had a bunch of extra shark fins since they dont use the shark fins in Australia for anything. The people around where we live are Korean and Koreans love shark fin soup so his friend in Australia said he'd send a bunch of shark fins to Richard / Robert. Well, since Richard had a trucking company, he had one of his employees go and pick it up at the Long Beach Marina. The guy who picked it up was drunk and crashed his semi full of shark fins on the 405 freeway adn there were shark fins all over the road.
8B: The time i was in the front yard cutting my hair and Richard / Robert walked by and said he coudl do a better job at cutting it so i let him. He asked me what I was cutting my hair for rand I said i was cutting it for the saxophone lesson I had to give that evening. Richard / Robert said "you play saxophone?" I said "yeah" and then i went upstairs and got it and brought it down and played a beatufiul solo passage form somehting nice.. I sounded good and Robert / Richard goes "i've heard worse"
8C: The time when Richard came over and banged on the door and showed me the winning lotto ticket from Las Vegas adn a check for 1.76 million dollars. I told him I needed a part time job so he said he was gonna buy a buildign in Santa Monica and turn it into a business where suits and dresses are made for underpriviledged students who coludn't afford to dress themeselves for prom. I said, "what am i gonna do the other 9 months of the year when I am not designing suits or gowns". He said "you can make shorts or something." I think that same day he said that I shoudl use dog's foot on my beard to make it grow faster
9: When I competed in the LA City Triathlon. I didn't train for it. I didn't win. I had fun and it was an interesting experience.
10: Taking a new music class through UCLA extension. My teacher performs in Floom.
11: Renting 3 wheeled bikes with Emily at the beach. We went down this huge set of stairs on them. At the bottom we heard another different bike rental owner say "THANK GOD THOSE AREN'T MY BIKES"
12: building a haunted house with Kate on Halloween in my front yard. Many people went through it.
13: Steve at stranger party at 2121. We had a few parties where we invited half people we knew, half people we didn't know on craigslist, and steve was one of the not know people. he had a long pony tail and played the flute at our party. He was about 50 years old.
14: goign to Mexico with Allee and Andy and some lame girl for my birthday. there were horses on the beach. me and lame girl went swimming and nearly froze
15: Temporary JoJo Pinkie Gallery. Right when i got here, I responded to some web ad for an art show in Costa Mesa, CA. I went and set up soem shit for a performance. It was a horrible show. There were boulder things there that were ceramic. Like a year later, I had met Anne. Turns out those were her boudlers in the Temporary JoJo Pinkie gallery. We were in the same Fing show.
16: THE ORANGE COUNTY fair where they had a table dressing competition. It was so good. These are themes that may or may not have been assembled with flatware, table cloth, and napkins : Sponge bob, America the Beautiful, The Incredible Hulk, World War II
17: Demolition Derby at the OC fair
18: decorating 966 with andy and joy at christmas time
19: Hiking with Barkev and Lindsay and co. in Joshua Tree with Stephanie
20: playing tennis in Griffith Park.
21: Being chosen for Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion LA. Huge runway show, 10 professional models, all out.
22: Seeing my Daewoo wheel shoot across 4 lanes of traffic heading to Art's place in Long beach. My Daewoo woudln't see too many more days.
23: meeting, working, and getting to know Rain.
24: AIRGRAMS with Andy, Anne, and Daniel. There were these things at a marching band competition two years ago where you could pay $1 to have a message read over teh loud speakers so we wrote up all these ridiculous comments and we waited and waited and wwaited. i think they maybe have read af ew but we got most of our money refunded because they were too weird. i think we even got $1 too much back. So we got keychains made. Apparently we asked too many questions, so the owner guy said he almost lost money on us because we haulted the flow of traffic at his booth. He sucked but at least Yuma (Anne's cat) got to go on the field.
25: Camping with Kate at C & C campground. We wanted to camp in Malibu but it was too crowded and everything was full. So we drove to some place we found in the phone book. Turned out to be right next to Disney Land it was a concrete spot about 5' X 7'. We got wine coolers and went to sleep. I love that place.
26: Eating at Soup Plantation with Cavit Anne and Andy after we recorded our BHWT demo. Cavit had lettuce with French dressing on it.
27: taking clarinet lessons with Elana.
28: "losing the music" at PCC. Everybody there is senile.
29: Going to the waterpark in San Dimas with Emily.
30: Going to Malibu camp ground with Emily and Bob. The code to get in the bathroom is 321. They have a hot tub, table tennis, washing machines, and a killer view. Miki met us there and then we started getting 1/2 rowdy with people from Canada.
31: Getting fabric from Mike's. They are the nicest people in all of LA
32: Steve Reich concert at the Disney Center
33: Organ in Pasadena on Halloween
34: Not getting into American Idol with Leslie
35: Getting kicked out of Paramount studios with Emily because I fake snored and pissed off the warm up guy. We didn't get paid, but we had Quiznos for lunch anyways. we got escorted off the lot by some bitch with a headset on.
36: Doing drawings for Ultimate Backyard Living.
37: Aiyana and Fook and David Daskal
38: Taking photos of John's windows so he can sell them on ebay. John was the one who set his whole apartment complex on fire. TUPAC (Richard's nickname because he owns a business that makes Tupac Sukur t-shirts) rescued 3 kids from the burning building. The building was set on fire by John because he only had one piece of bread and needed to make a sandwich. He likes his bread toasted. So he put the one in the toaster and went to the grocery store for another loaf. By the time he got back TUPAC was standing there with the children. TUPAC was nomiated for a good samaritan award but turned it down because he didn't want the noteriety.
39: going to the gym on fridays followed by a movie at laemmle playhouse
40: going on lunch break with Lupe at Michaels in Valencia at 8 am
41: step show at cal state long beach pyramid with joy
42: judging theather fest with joy.
43: Paul Bailey Ensemble concert a few months ago in Venice
44: Seeing Daniel Kelly perform at LA opera. Anne waved to him, i think.
45: Pho 2000 (thai), Langers (pastrami), Phillipe's (french dip), Senor Fish (tacos), cha cha cha (happy hour mixens), Mae Ploy (thai)
46: the Kids are Alright and their support with my line.
47: Luke-warm Lasagna at Andy's senior bassoon recital
48: working on Andy's show "Get Out of My Treehouse, Phyllis Diller"
49: performing clarinet at the Panorama
50: St. Vincent thrift store shopping.
51: playing Scrabble with Cynthia to avoid party
52: fake auditions at 2121. we'd post online that we're casting for a show. we were gonna do acting but didn't. but we did do one for msusicians. professionals came over and played for us thinking we were having a show. i guess that was mean, but it was fun while it was going down.
53: USC wind ensemble concert
54: Riding down to San Diego for Thread with Miki, Jenny T, and Andy. We rented a van and drove down there. We got an ice cream cone for the parkign attendant at the drug store, went too fast over bumps, and wiped our cheeto fingers on the ceiling of the van. I also won $500 on bingo at the casino down there. We had food delivered to our slot machines as a way of celebrating (getting rid of it as fast as we could).
55: buying cigarette extensions with Emily in Chinatown.
56: Cat show in Costa Mesa
57: getting my first tatoo with Kate in Pasadena
58: teaching saxophone at Yamaha Music on Wilshire Blvd.
59: 1 year in LA: David E. Stone
60: bingo at Hollywood Park
61: playing Eb clarinet with Long Beach Winds
62: paying 2 shows with My Barbarian
1: class at Art Center with old man who liked asians. I learned nothing but met Ellen in the class. She was just over today. They were all goign to the cememtary to see a film but i was too tired.. Turned out she knew Bridget and Claremont People.
2: goign to six flags with yoshi toshi and emily. we went to get a job at a temp agency and they hired us to work around halloween at six flags. we were all broke so we went to do it. yoshi toshi was a kid who lived with us at 2121 san fernando. we worked at six flags and yoshi got mad at us when we wanted to go on rides for our break. emily and i went back the next day in our work clothes, then changed in the bathroom and went on rides. that was a fun time but i was more nervous than I'd like to admit.i forget this part but i think emily wanted to go have food at a place where workers went. i can't remember if we went there. i think the draw was that it was cheaper (Because it was supposed to be for employees).
3: performing at redcat with andy, cavit celayir-monezis, and anne yambor. we had a fun time. we went for California Pizza Kitchen before our performance. My parents were here on vacation
4: the one time when somebody loft a sign on my car at 2121 that said "do not black the dryway" .. because I was parked a little bit in front of a gated entrance.
5: being chosed by LA.com for a solo show at El Cid. It was a nice show and Miki helped make it happen with jewelry and dressing people.
6: goign to Alverrra Street with Stephanie
7: going on a celebrity home tour with Becca and Drew
8: Richard Peels / Robert Pelles: there are too many great stories to name. But I'll list my top three favorites
8A: The time his friend in Australia said he had a bunch of extra shark fins since they dont use the shark fins in Australia for anything. The people around where we live are Korean and Koreans love shark fin soup so his friend in Australia said he'd send a bunch of shark fins to Richard / Robert. Well, since Richard had a trucking company, he had one of his employees go and pick it up at the Long Beach Marina. The guy who picked it up was drunk and crashed his semi full of shark fins on the 405 freeway adn there were shark fins all over the road.
8B: The time i was in the front yard cutting my hair and Richard / Robert walked by and said he coudl do a better job at cutting it so i let him. He asked me what I was cutting my hair for rand I said i was cutting it for the saxophone lesson I had to give that evening. Richard / Robert said "you play saxophone?" I said "yeah" and then i went upstairs and got it and brought it down and played a beatufiul solo passage form somehting nice.. I sounded good and Robert / Richard goes "i've heard worse"
8C: The time when Richard came over and banged on the door and showed me the winning lotto ticket from Las Vegas adn a check for 1.76 million dollars. I told him I needed a part time job so he said he was gonna buy a buildign in Santa Monica and turn it into a business where suits and dresses are made for underpriviledged students who coludn't afford to dress themeselves for prom. I said, "what am i gonna do the other 9 months of the year when I am not designing suits or gowns". He said "you can make shorts or something." I think that same day he said that I shoudl use dog's foot on my beard to make it grow faster
9: When I competed in the LA City Triathlon. I didn't train for it. I didn't win. I had fun and it was an interesting experience.
10: Taking a new music class through UCLA extension. My teacher performs in Floom.
11: Renting 3 wheeled bikes with Emily at the beach. We went down this huge set of stairs on them. At the bottom we heard another different bike rental owner say "THANK GOD THOSE AREN'T MY BIKES"
12: building a haunted house with Kate on Halloween in my front yard. Many people went through it.
13: Steve at stranger party at 2121. We had a few parties where we invited half people we knew, half people we didn't know on craigslist, and steve was one of the not know people. he had a long pony tail and played the flute at our party. He was about 50 years old.
14: goign to Mexico with Allee and Andy and some lame girl for my birthday. there were horses on the beach. me and lame girl went swimming and nearly froze
15: Temporary JoJo Pinkie Gallery. Right when i got here, I responded to some web ad for an art show in Costa Mesa, CA. I went and set up soem shit for a performance. It was a horrible show. There were boulder things there that were ceramic. Like a year later, I had met Anne. Turns out those were her boudlers in the Temporary JoJo Pinkie gallery. We were in the same Fing show.
16: THE ORANGE COUNTY fair where they had a table dressing competition. It was so good. These are themes that may or may not have been assembled with flatware, table cloth, and napkins : Sponge bob, America the Beautiful, The Incredible Hulk, World War II
17: Demolition Derby at the OC fair
18: decorating 966 with andy and joy at christmas time
19: Hiking with Barkev and Lindsay and co. in Joshua Tree with Stephanie
20: playing tennis in Griffith Park.
21: Being chosen for Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion LA. Huge runway show, 10 professional models, all out.
22: Seeing my Daewoo wheel shoot across 4 lanes of traffic heading to Art's place in Long beach. My Daewoo woudln't see too many more days.
23: meeting, working, and getting to know Rain.
24: AIRGRAMS with Andy, Anne, and Daniel. There were these things at a marching band competition two years ago where you could pay $1 to have a message read over teh loud speakers so we wrote up all these ridiculous comments and we waited and waited and wwaited. i think they maybe have read af ew but we got most of our money refunded because they were too weird. i think we even got $1 too much back. So we got keychains made. Apparently we asked too many questions, so the owner guy said he almost lost money on us because we haulted the flow of traffic at his booth. He sucked but at least Yuma (Anne's cat) got to go on the field.
25: Camping with Kate at C & C campground. We wanted to camp in Malibu but it was too crowded and everything was full. So we drove to some place we found in the phone book. Turned out to be right next to Disney Land it was a concrete spot about 5' X 7'. We got wine coolers and went to sleep. I love that place.
26: Eating at Soup Plantation with Cavit Anne and Andy after we recorded our BHWT demo. Cavit had lettuce with French dressing on it.
27: taking clarinet lessons with Elana.
28: "losing the music" at PCC. Everybody there is senile.
29: Going to the waterpark in San Dimas with Emily.
30: Going to Malibu camp ground with Emily and Bob. The code to get in the bathroom is 321. They have a hot tub, table tennis, washing machines, and a killer view. Miki met us there and then we started getting 1/2 rowdy with people from Canada.
31: Getting fabric from Mike's. They are the nicest people in all of LA
32: Steve Reich concert at the Disney Center
33: Organ in Pasadena on Halloween
34: Not getting into American Idol with Leslie
35: Getting kicked out of Paramount studios with Emily because I fake snored and pissed off the warm up guy. We didn't get paid, but we had Quiznos for lunch anyways. we got escorted off the lot by some bitch with a headset on.
36: Doing drawings for Ultimate Backyard Living.
37: Aiyana and Fook and David Daskal
38: Taking photos of John's windows so he can sell them on ebay. John was the one who set his whole apartment complex on fire. TUPAC (Richard's nickname because he owns a business that makes Tupac Sukur t-shirts) rescued 3 kids from the burning building. The building was set on fire by John because he only had one piece of bread and needed to make a sandwich. He likes his bread toasted. So he put the one in the toaster and went to the grocery store for another loaf. By the time he got back TUPAC was standing there with the children. TUPAC was nomiated for a good samaritan award but turned it down because he didn't want the noteriety.
39: going to the gym on fridays followed by a movie at laemmle playhouse
40: going on lunch break with Lupe at Michaels in Valencia at 8 am
41: step show at cal state long beach pyramid with joy
42: judging theather fest with joy.
43: Paul Bailey Ensemble concert a few months ago in Venice
44: Seeing Daniel Kelly perform at LA opera. Anne waved to him, i think.
45: Pho 2000 (thai), Langers (pastrami), Phillipe's (french dip), Senor Fish (tacos), cha cha cha (happy hour mixens), Mae Ploy (thai)
46: the Kids are Alright and their support with my line.
47: Luke-warm Lasagna at Andy's senior bassoon recital
48: working on Andy's show "Get Out of My Treehouse, Phyllis Diller"
49: performing clarinet at the Panorama
50: St. Vincent thrift store shopping.
51: playing Scrabble with Cynthia to avoid party
52: fake auditions at 2121. we'd post online that we're casting for a show. we were gonna do acting but didn't. but we did do one for msusicians. professionals came over and played for us thinking we were having a show. i guess that was mean, but it was fun while it was going down.
53: USC wind ensemble concert
54: Riding down to San Diego for Thread with Miki, Jenny T, and Andy. We rented a van and drove down there. We got an ice cream cone for the parkign attendant at the drug store, went too fast over bumps, and wiped our cheeto fingers on the ceiling of the van. I also won $500 on bingo at the casino down there. We had food delivered to our slot machines as a way of celebrating (getting rid of it as fast as we could).
55: buying cigarette extensions with Emily in Chinatown.
56: Cat show in Costa Mesa
57: getting my first tatoo with Kate in Pasadena
58: teaching saxophone at Yamaha Music on Wilshire Blvd.
59: 1 year in LA: David E. Stone
60: bingo at Hollywood Park
61: playing Eb clarinet with Long Beach Winds
62: paying 2 shows with My Barbarian
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