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backupdump002oh yeah, i never did that vacation post
on the way over. uhhhh i forgot where this is (new mexico?), but it was some restaurant/souveneir/whatever shop that had a native american theme to it (and also oldies??). i just thought the outside was neat.
oh yeah, right on the day we left, i had some kind of stomach virus or something and felt like puking the whole day. I MANAGED TO AVOID PUKING but i had no appetite at all. the morning after the first day i was still feeling queasy and only managed to have a few bites of salad for breakfast before pushing it away. i was too stupidly enthusiastic about everything for that to bring me down though HAHAHA
STORMS
these were the last pics i took for a while, but nothing noteworthy really happened. well, except going through barstow; we stopped at a gas station where i stood in a dirty, dimly-lit bathroom next to a couple of kids and listened to someone in the stall grunt and flush the toilet over and over again for several minutes until i finally just decided to go somewhere else. wound up going to a kfc where i possibly saw two guys exchanging... weapons? in the parking lot. what a fun place
the hotel in... uhhhh... OH, victorville, that was nice. worked out in the gym and had a big dinner and stuff. THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF
i think it was while crossing the mojave desert, but i forget. i guess one of the benefits of driving is being able to say things like "i crossed the mojave desert," but i get the feeling that that's a lot less impressive coming from a middle class family in an air conditioned van rather than someone who came in on the back of a mule or something
DEFINITELY THE MOJAVE DESERT i think
the temperature got up to 116°!
heading into l.a.
OH YEAH, OUR FRUIT GOT CONFISCATED they took our apples and avocados, the fiends. something about keeping some kind of fly out of california, idk
ears were popping like crazy
had to pick up john and sherah, but we stopped at an ihop before heading to the airport. some guy was in there doing balloon animals for everyone! sarah got some flowers to give to john and sherah, while i just got a pirate hat + parrot so i could look awesome. dad tipped the guy $5 and wondered whether that was enough, and sarah joked that he'd come after us with a balloon gun
on the way to the airport, i saw a fat old guy wearing bright orange short-shorts and a bright blue shirt that was unbuttoned and exposing his massive, sweaty belly. he also had a cane. at that moment, i truly knew i was in california.
and yes, i walked around the airport while wearing the balloon pirate hat and parrot the whole time. was vaguely worried that security would think i'm a terrorist
SUDDENLY, SANTA BARBARA
SOMEONE ELSE FLIP THIS
stopped at a great italian place after gaping in amazement and walked around afterward. went back to our AMAZING CONDO (that i forgot to take pictures of) that's A SHORT WALK TO THE BEACH and watched weird public access stuff on tv until bedtime.
everyone worried over the fact that i slept on the couch. i dunno why they're starting this now, considering i pretty much always sleep on the couch on every vacation and have been doing so since childhood
went to trader joe's the next morning where they had $2 BOTTLES OF WINE. mom got like 2948752 bottles. went back to the condo and shared badass childhood stories, then went into town.
john has ninja turtle hands
went on the wharf (or WOOORF as sarah calls it). NO LADIES' SHOES ALLOWED
LADDER
normally i'd delete such pictures, but i was reminded of the washed out stages in killer7 so i thought it was cool
PIGEON CIRCLE
THEY ARE CASTING A SPELL
hey guys HURBLURGHGRUGH
the seagulls were really used to people, so you could get right next to them.
some guy caught a... what is that, an angelshark? i think that's the name.
one of my favorite pictures from the trip.
SEA LION
IT DOVE REALLY FAST BUT I GOT IT BECAUSE I'M THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER EVER
durrrrr
i touched this real good
we rented a BIKECAR and pedaled along the beach. we rang the bell every time we nearly died (which was a lot), and also went OFF-ROADING and wooed a lot. a little kid came up and said "bonjour" to us, haha, awww
went home and tried some margarita, which, as i learned, just makes me sleepy and cranky. not tryin' that again.
drove to los olivos the next day to meet sherah's friend (who was awesome) and go wine-tasting. everyone else got completely wasted while sarah and i just kinda tagged along.
sarah mentioned that neverland is right next to los olivos, so we decided to drive over.
it was really gorgeous; just golden hills everywhere, lots of ranches. michael has good taste, i gotta say.
theeeen...
there was a pretty huge crowd of people there, and loads of stuff that was left in memory. posters, cards, candles, flowers, stuffed animals-- all sorts of stuff, from people all over the world. it was pretty touching, and i liked how it all looked aesthetically.
THE GATES OPENED and all the people there immediately rushed to take pictures. a dumptruck was going through.
hey
guys i'm trying to take pictures of the gates
i really, really want this poster. it looks like it's from one of those low-budget christian cartoons or something. i just want to put it in the bathroom, or bedroom, or whatever the creepiest place for it is
dad sent a photo of this poster to his co-workers, and within about 5 minutes somebody put dad's head in michael's place
i think they put it on a t-shirt
i can't decide whether that's better than the time they shooped him dancing with sarah palin and put it on a cake
i really like the brown one for some reason.
sarah and i left notes.
i also want this. i mean not THIS TRIBUTE but i just really want that picture as a poster
anyway, got some "alcohol-free wine" (just sparkling fruit juice, pretty good) and went back to santa barbara. walked around state street and listened to (homeless?) people yell at each other (something like YOU FUCKIN' WALKED OUT BEHIND MY BACK, BITCH!!! or whatever) and also went to YOGURTLAND, WHICH IS AMAZING AND I AM INCREDIBLY JEALOUS OF EVERYONE WHO HAS A LOCAL YOGURTLAND
I PUT ON ALMOST EVERY (UNHEALTHY) TOPPING
went home, blah blah, THEN
here's the part of the notebook where i become starstruck and babble for 6 pages
i will try to keep it brief, though
first of all, i have a lot of pals in l.a., and i have to say, i dunno how you guys do it. maybe it was the part i was in, but it was really stressful and loud and hot and smelly and everyone drove like they're insane. i saw a guy nearly miss his turn on the highway, so he drove over the curb and mowed over a street sign. IS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS?
while waiting in the line for conan (for hours, in the blazing heat, when the line isn't completely shaded from the sun), i kept hearing people honking as they drove past. just, every five minutes, seriously. i dunno whether they were honking at each other or celebrities or what. security was really tight; people were just herded like cattle for bathroom breaks. line up, get a head count, walk single file while escorted by two guards, wait for everyone, get another head count, walk back. kinda cool walking across the studio grounds, though.
speaking of which, the studio itself is TINY! i heard that it was despite how huge it looks on tv, but i didn't know it was THAT tiny. they played some (actually pretty good) music while people were seated, then a stand-up comedian came out. he was sort of annoying, but then andy came out after his act! he joked about his baseball skillz. i expected conan to come out before the show, but nope. andy is so awesome, though.
anyway, the band went around and played for maybe 5 minutes straight, just went around the audience and stuff. it was so loud, but so good. SOOOOO GOOOOOD. sarah and i waved at the camera WHICH NO ONE WILL EVER SEE SADLY because it was before the show. after a while, the theme started up, and andy did the intro right there AND CONAN CAEH TEHNDFKASDJFKSDF CAME OTU OUT AND MY CHEERING RIASED TO DOG WHISTLE LEVEL SO EXCITEDE AUDFGHFDJVCNXJ EXCITE
HE DI THE MONOGLOUE HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT CONAN'S LEFT ARM TWITCHES BEFORE EACH PUNCHLINE DURING HTE MONOLOGUE SERIOUSLY ERYVER TIEM
also i was one of the idiots yelling "i love you conan" before the monologue HAHAHA but i was kinda far away from the camera so i dunno whether anyone can hear me (I KNOW I HEARD SOME BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO YELL IT SO). also chanted "coco" along everyone else
DURING THE SHOW I TRIED TO WOO AT DISTINCT MOMENTS AND REMEMBER THEM SO I COULD PICK IT OUT LATER but i forgot them
"commercial breaks" lasted about a minute or so, and the band played the whole time. every time the commercials started, the crew would just meet up and discuss things and prepare and all that, just all business. no audience interaction, unfortunately; conan didn't really look at the audience at all. ALSO CONAN HAS DIET COKE IN HIS MUG I SAW THEM POUR IT IN
ALSO ANDY HAD COKE ZERO UNDER HIS PODIUM
I THOUGHT BOTH THINGS WERE EXTREMELY INTERESTING but john just called me a nerd
oh yeah, the show i was at was the dana carvey one! DANA CARVEY, AAAAAAA
Y'KNOW WHEN DANA CARVEY POINTED AT SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS GOING "WE ARE NOT WORTHY"? THAT WAS SOME GUY IN FRONT OF MEFDGJKHDKSDJH ADFKJGHAKDSF SO COOL
i loved dana's story about paul mccartney (especially now that i've just gone to a paul mccartney concert), hahaha. he also did an impression of conan that got edited out for some reason. there was some stuff that the guy after him did that was edited, but i forgot what. IT'S COOL THAT I SAW IT THOUGH. also, it's really hard to hear the people onstage! i was kinda close, and i still had to struggle. i guess they keep it quiet to keep the audience quiet or something.
the musical guest sounded GREAT in person, but the recording sounded like shit. i could barely hear afterwards; conan thanked her and he just sounded like one of the adults from charlie brown. also, the whole time it seemed like conan was really tired/depressed/whatever, but he looked just fine in the recording. i guess he underracts to the camera so it looks normal on film?
OH YEAH, GUESS WHAT
THERE'S AN AFTER SHOW SONG THAT CONAN SINGS
IT'S ONLY A FEW LINES BUT STILL! I NEVER KNEW THAT THE ENDING SONG HAD LYRICS
actually everyone was pretty wacky after the show, conan banged the mic on the desk and everything. they did three recordings for commercials right there; first two had names (news anchors?), last one was called "hey everybody" ("HEY EVERYBODY, WHY WASN'T I INVITED??"). real quick, no outtakes or anything.
SO I THINK I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT KEEPING THAT PART BRIEF
ate at the in-n-out burger afterward. it was decent, but i dunno why tom hanks freaked out over it so much
anyway, yeah, conan was an all-day thing. drove through a bunch of fog and got home at about 9:30 PM. wanted to see the premiere for the new harry potter movie, but everyone was just too exhausted.
the next day i was woken up by a german family swimming in the pool, but they were cute, so it was fine. i just remember hearing the kids cracking up and the dad going NEIN NEIN NEIN... NEIN... NEIN... then laughing
also, this day was mom and dad's 32nd anniversary! woooooo
i just realized they didn't buy a cake for this one and now i feel gipped
anyway, they went on a date, sarah and i saw the new harry potter, john and sherah stayed home. the theater was amazingly beautiful and the movie was neat, so good times. mom and dad were supposed to pick us up after, but they were only JUST getting their table, so sarah and i just wandered down state street. some hobos hit on us, which... i can't decide whether that's awesome or massively creepy.
at some point a group of guys jaywalked so sarah and i did the same thing, and they went "WHOOP! LAW-BREAKERS! LAW-BREAKERS!" i wanted to go I LIVE ON THE EDGE but the moment had passed
mom and dad were so drunk when they picked us up, hahaha
WALKED TO THE ZOO THE NEXT DAY AND I FINALLY STARTED TAKING PHOTOS AGAIN
i wanted to steal this sign and put it on my bedroom door
some penguins started honking at another penguin that was standing on the edge of the rocks. FUCKING JUUUMP
MUSTACHE
some crazy plants
dick tree
WOOO I GOT IT YAWNING I AM THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
there were these old british people next to me who were really stoked about the meerkats, it was cute
at some point the lion started roaring and flipping out, so everyone rushed over and it was just dozing off. WHATEVER, LION
STUPID GREASY WINDOW
hahahahaha
EAGLE
could overlook the OUTSIDE WORLD from this point
vultures are huge as shit
the fox got right next to the cage!
THESE FUCKING BIRDS
THAT TREE IS NOT NATURALLY WHITE
THERE WAS THIS WHOLE PATH AND THOSE TREES JUST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED IT IT WAS LIKE IT WAS RAINING I SWEAR TO GOD
i made it out alive but dad and sarah were STRUCK
sorry about the poop in this shot, it was hard to avoid
hahahahaha mrowww hahahfdhks
duhhhhh
hurrrrrrrrrr
adurrrrrr
FLAMINGO BATTLE
there was one flamingo who kept trying to pull out the netting stuff under the dirt
it did that... it did that for like ten minutes
then we passed it on the way out and it was still there, trying to jiggle it out
just give it up dude
hey guys
have you seen the new episode of firefly
it was eating bugs off the other monkey
porcupines have really cute little bunny faces, i never knew
SO I HEARD THIS PATHETIC MROWING AND I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS DOING STUPID IMPRESSIONS AT THE SNOW LEOPARD
THEN I WENT OVER AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS THE SNOW LEOPARD
there was a bird sitting on its cage out of his reach so he just stared at it and whined, hahahaha
eventually gave up and pouted
it's so funny how similar big cats are to domestic ones. i started missing miko while watching this guy.
off to go shove his face in the food bowl
sign: when a female wants to mate, she goes, "zwaak, zwaak!"
john: ZWAAK, ZWAAK. what's up. i'm a female.
sherah: john, are you hitting on that bird?!
john: UHHH... NOOOO...
sherah: we are having a talk about this!
this bird had really huge eyelashes.
DOUBLE BEAK
it was wagging its tail, haha
went to the beach next to where mom and dad ate.
THE PIIIIT
went home.
next day, went to carpinteria beach (heard a guy seriously say something about "radical waves," had the surfer accent and everything, hahaha) and ate pizza at a neat place called tony's. talked about the 80's/90's. went to a place that had imported indian stuff and got an elephant figure, and got a cat figure at another store. went to yogurtland, and a guy commented on my e3 shirt while i was walking (i shamefully had to admit that i got it at a thrift store but would like to go to e3 someday). while walking back to the car, i saw some middle-aged guy (actually) dancing like a motherfucker to a club across the street. probably one of the more hilarious things i saw on the trip. saw a flickering light in a ladies' restroom and concluded that they were making frankenstein in there. john lamented the fact that he didn't have a laser pointer so he could tease the snow leopard. uhhh i forgot what else, but i showed john no more heroes at some point. travis grossed john right out, it was hilarious
i like stacking things btw
anyway, it was john and sherah's last night, so everyone said goodbye. was woken up to say goodbye again, but i was half-asleep so all i could do was lie there and grin stupidly and roll back over. i was so out of it that i remember looking at some paper towels on the table and thinking they were a box of goldfish crackers. kinda disappointing that they were paper towels, goldfish are delicious
it was sort of depressing waking up to a quiet house. we went to carpinteria again, had sushi (fish there was amazing), and... i dunno what else. i remember watching this really emo high school play on public access about teenagers going through hardships. the acting was horrible, but the whole thing was so strangely endearing that i wound up watching the whole thing. what.
since john and sherah left, i finally got a bed. they said that their mattress was really firm and MAN THEY WEREN'T KIDDING, THAT THING WAS MAD HARD
IT WAS LIKE SLEEPING ON A MATTRESS MADE OUT OF FABIO AND ROCKS
also, the garbage truck was bitch loud
anyway, sarah left. mom, dad and i drove to ojai just to see what it's like, get some ice cream, stuff like that. took about... fifteen minutes? well, while we were there, a huge fire started right outside of town, blocked the road we came in on. the cause?
a tractor bumping into a rock.
california is so dry
it was pretty hard to breathe. had to take some weird mountain road back to santa barbara (though the road in was a weird mountain road as well, so it was about the same).
that's about the only interesting thing that happened the rest of the trip, aside from having a nice dinner. the drive home was dull.
however, before i left, i realized that i forgot to take a picture of something...
BEHOLD, THE BALLOON ANIMALS
they'd been sitting there the whole time, though, so they deflated a lot and lost their shine. THEY ARE WAR HEROES
anyway, that's about it. i was thrilled to get back home, but after going through these, i kinda miss california. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOMETIME, I WANNA SEE WHAT SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE
jesus that took way too long. nobody is going to read this whole thing.
on the way over. uhhhh i forgot where this is (new mexico?), but it was some restaurant/souveneir/whatever shop that had a native american theme to it (and also oldies??). i just thought the outside was neat.
oh yeah, right on the day we left, i had some kind of stomach virus or something and felt like puking the whole day. I MANAGED TO AVOID PUKING but i had no appetite at all. the morning after the first day i was still feeling queasy and only managed to have a few bites of salad for breakfast before pushing it away. i was too stupidly enthusiastic about everything for that to bring me down though HAHAHA
STORMS
these were the last pics i took for a while, but nothing noteworthy really happened. well, except going through barstow; we stopped at a gas station where i stood in a dirty, dimly-lit bathroom next to a couple of kids and listened to someone in the stall grunt and flush the toilet over and over again for several minutes until i finally just decided to go somewhere else. wound up going to a kfc where i possibly saw two guys exchanging... weapons? in the parking lot. what a fun place
the hotel in... uhhhh... OH, victorville, that was nice. worked out in the gym and had a big dinner and stuff. THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF
i think it was while crossing the mojave desert, but i forget. i guess one of the benefits of driving is being able to say things like "i crossed the mojave desert," but i get the feeling that that's a lot less impressive coming from a middle class family in an air conditioned van rather than someone who came in on the back of a mule or something
DEFINITELY THE MOJAVE DESERT i think
the temperature got up to 116°!
heading into l.a.
OH YEAH, OUR FRUIT GOT CONFISCATED they took our apples and avocados, the fiends. something about keeping some kind of fly out of california, idk
ears were popping like crazy
had to pick up john and sherah, but we stopped at an ihop before heading to the airport. some guy was in there doing balloon animals for everyone! sarah got some flowers to give to john and sherah, while i just got a pirate hat + parrot so i could look awesome. dad tipped the guy $5 and wondered whether that was enough, and sarah joked that he'd come after us with a balloon gun
on the way to the airport, i saw a fat old guy wearing bright orange short-shorts and a bright blue shirt that was unbuttoned and exposing his massive, sweaty belly. he also had a cane. at that moment, i truly knew i was in california.
and yes, i walked around the airport while wearing the balloon pirate hat and parrot the whole time. was vaguely worried that security would think i'm a terrorist
SUDDENLY, SANTA BARBARA
SOMEONE ELSE FLIP THIS
stopped at a great italian place after gaping in amazement and walked around afterward. went back to our AMAZING CONDO (that i forgot to take pictures of) that's A SHORT WALK TO THE BEACH and watched weird public access stuff on tv until bedtime.
everyone worried over the fact that i slept on the couch. i dunno why they're starting this now, considering i pretty much always sleep on the couch on every vacation and have been doing so since childhood
went to trader joe's the next morning where they had $2 BOTTLES OF WINE. mom got like 2948752 bottles. went back to the condo and shared badass childhood stories, then went into town.
john has ninja turtle hands
went on the wharf (or WOOORF as sarah calls it). NO LADIES' SHOES ALLOWED
LADDER
normally i'd delete such pictures, but i was reminded of the washed out stages in killer7 so i thought it was cool
PIGEON CIRCLE
THEY ARE CASTING A SPELL
hey guys HURBLURGHGRUGH
the seagulls were really used to people, so you could get right next to them.
some guy caught a... what is that, an angelshark? i think that's the name.
one of my favorite pictures from the trip.
SEA LION
IT DOVE REALLY FAST BUT I GOT IT BECAUSE I'M THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER EVER
durrrrr
i touched this real good
we rented a BIKECAR and pedaled along the beach. we rang the bell every time we nearly died (which was a lot), and also went OFF-ROADING and wooed a lot. a little kid came up and said "bonjour" to us, haha, awww
went home and tried some margarita, which, as i learned, just makes me sleepy and cranky. not tryin' that again.
drove to los olivos the next day to meet sherah's friend (who was awesome) and go wine-tasting. everyone else got completely wasted while sarah and i just kinda tagged along.
sarah mentioned that neverland is right next to los olivos, so we decided to drive over.
it was really gorgeous; just golden hills everywhere, lots of ranches. michael has good taste, i gotta say.
theeeen...
there was a pretty huge crowd of people there, and loads of stuff that was left in memory. posters, cards, candles, flowers, stuffed animals-- all sorts of stuff, from people all over the world. it was pretty touching, and i liked how it all looked aesthetically.
THE GATES OPENED and all the people there immediately rushed to take pictures. a dumptruck was going through.
hey
guys i'm trying to take pictures of the gates
i really, really want this poster. it looks like it's from one of those low-budget christian cartoons or something. i just want to put it in the bathroom, or bedroom, or whatever the creepiest place for it is
dad sent a photo of this poster to his co-workers, and within about 5 minutes somebody put dad's head in michael's place
i think they put it on a t-shirt
i can't decide whether that's better than the time they shooped him dancing with sarah palin and put it on a cake
i really like the brown one for some reason.
sarah and i left notes.
i also want this. i mean not THIS TRIBUTE but i just really want that picture as a poster
anyway, got some "alcohol-free wine" (just sparkling fruit juice, pretty good) and went back to santa barbara. walked around state street and listened to (homeless?) people yell at each other (something like YOU FUCKIN' WALKED OUT BEHIND MY BACK, BITCH!!! or whatever) and also went to YOGURTLAND, WHICH IS AMAZING AND I AM INCREDIBLY JEALOUS OF EVERYONE WHO HAS A LOCAL YOGURTLAND
I PUT ON ALMOST EVERY (UNHEALTHY) TOPPING
went home, blah blah, THEN
here's the part of the notebook where i become starstruck and babble for 6 pages
i will try to keep it brief, though
first of all, i have a lot of pals in l.a., and i have to say, i dunno how you guys do it. maybe it was the part i was in, but it was really stressful and loud and hot and smelly and everyone drove like they're insane. i saw a guy nearly miss his turn on the highway, so he drove over the curb and mowed over a street sign. IS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS?
while waiting in the line for conan (for hours, in the blazing heat, when the line isn't completely shaded from the sun), i kept hearing people honking as they drove past. just, every five minutes, seriously. i dunno whether they were honking at each other or celebrities or what. security was really tight; people were just herded like cattle for bathroom breaks. line up, get a head count, walk single file while escorted by two guards, wait for everyone, get another head count, walk back. kinda cool walking across the studio grounds, though.
speaking of which, the studio itself is TINY! i heard that it was despite how huge it looks on tv, but i didn't know it was THAT tiny. they played some (actually pretty good) music while people were seated, then a stand-up comedian came out. he was sort of annoying, but then andy came out after his act! he joked about his baseball skillz. i expected conan to come out before the show, but nope. andy is so awesome, though.
anyway, the band went around and played for maybe 5 minutes straight, just went around the audience and stuff. it was so loud, but so good. SOOOOO GOOOOOD. sarah and i waved at the camera WHICH NO ONE WILL EVER SEE SADLY because it was before the show. after a while, the theme started up, and andy did the intro right there AND CONAN CAEH TEHNDFKASDJFKSDF CAME OTU OUT AND MY CHEERING RIASED TO DOG WHISTLE LEVEL SO EXCITEDE AUDFGHFDJVCNXJ EXCITE
HE DI THE MONOGLOUE HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT CONAN'S LEFT ARM TWITCHES BEFORE EACH PUNCHLINE DURING HTE MONOLOGUE SERIOUSLY ERYVER TIEM
also i was one of the idiots yelling "i love you conan" before the monologue HAHAHA but i was kinda far away from the camera so i dunno whether anyone can hear me (I KNOW I HEARD SOME BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO YELL IT SO). also chanted "coco" along everyone else
DURING THE SHOW I TRIED TO WOO AT DISTINCT MOMENTS AND REMEMBER THEM SO I COULD PICK IT OUT LATER but i forgot them
"commercial breaks" lasted about a minute or so, and the band played the whole time. every time the commercials started, the crew would just meet up and discuss things and prepare and all that, just all business. no audience interaction, unfortunately; conan didn't really look at the audience at all. ALSO CONAN HAS DIET COKE IN HIS MUG I SAW THEM POUR IT IN
ALSO ANDY HAD COKE ZERO UNDER HIS PODIUM
I THOUGHT BOTH THINGS WERE EXTREMELY INTERESTING but john just called me a nerd
oh yeah, the show i was at was the dana carvey one! DANA CARVEY, AAAAAAA
Y'KNOW WHEN DANA CARVEY POINTED AT SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS GOING "WE ARE NOT WORTHY"? THAT WAS SOME GUY IN FRONT OF MEFDGJKHDKSDJH ADFKJGHAKDSF SO COOL
i loved dana's story about paul mccartney (especially now that i've just gone to a paul mccartney concert), hahaha. he also did an impression of conan that got edited out for some reason. there was some stuff that the guy after him did that was edited, but i forgot what. IT'S COOL THAT I SAW IT THOUGH. also, it's really hard to hear the people onstage! i was kinda close, and i still had to struggle. i guess they keep it quiet to keep the audience quiet or something.
the musical guest sounded GREAT in person, but the recording sounded like shit. i could barely hear afterwards; conan thanked her and he just sounded like one of the adults from charlie brown. also, the whole time it seemed like conan was really tired/depressed/whatever, but he looked just fine in the recording. i guess he underracts to the camera so it looks normal on film?
OH YEAH, GUESS WHAT
THERE'S AN AFTER SHOW SONG THAT CONAN SINGS
IT'S ONLY A FEW LINES BUT STILL! I NEVER KNEW THAT THE ENDING SONG HAD LYRICS
actually everyone was pretty wacky after the show, conan banged the mic on the desk and everything. they did three recordings for commercials right there; first two had names (news anchors?), last one was called "hey everybody" ("HEY EVERYBODY, WHY WASN'T I INVITED??"). real quick, no outtakes or anything.
SO I THINK I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT KEEPING THAT PART BRIEF
ate at the in-n-out burger afterward. it was decent, but i dunno why tom hanks freaked out over it so much
anyway, yeah, conan was an all-day thing. drove through a bunch of fog and got home at about 9:30 PM. wanted to see the premiere for the new harry potter movie, but everyone was just too exhausted.
the next day i was woken up by a german family swimming in the pool, but they were cute, so it was fine. i just remember hearing the kids cracking up and the dad going NEIN NEIN NEIN... NEIN... NEIN... then laughing
also, this day was mom and dad's 32nd anniversary! woooooo
i just realized they didn't buy a cake for this one and now i feel gipped
anyway, they went on a date, sarah and i saw the new harry potter, john and sherah stayed home. the theater was amazingly beautiful and the movie was neat, so good times. mom and dad were supposed to pick us up after, but they were only JUST getting their table, so sarah and i just wandered down state street. some hobos hit on us, which... i can't decide whether that's awesome or massively creepy.
at some point a group of guys jaywalked so sarah and i did the same thing, and they went "WHOOP! LAW-BREAKERS! LAW-BREAKERS!" i wanted to go I LIVE ON THE EDGE but the moment had passed
mom and dad were so drunk when they picked us up, hahaha
WALKED TO THE ZOO THE NEXT DAY AND I FINALLY STARTED TAKING PHOTOS AGAIN
i wanted to steal this sign and put it on my bedroom door
some penguins started honking at another penguin that was standing on the edge of the rocks. FUCKING JUUUMP
MUSTACHE
some crazy plants
dick tree
WOOO I GOT IT YAWNING I AM THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
there were these old british people next to me who were really stoked about the meerkats, it was cute
at some point the lion started roaring and flipping out, so everyone rushed over and it was just dozing off. WHATEVER, LION
STUPID GREASY WINDOW
hahahahaha
EAGLE
could overlook the OUTSIDE WORLD from this point
vultures are huge as shit
the fox got right next to the cage!
THESE FUCKING BIRDS
THAT TREE IS NOT NATURALLY WHITE
THERE WAS THIS WHOLE PATH AND THOSE TREES JUST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED IT IT WAS LIKE IT WAS RAINING I SWEAR TO GOD
i made it out alive but dad and sarah were STRUCK
sorry about the poop in this shot, it was hard to avoid
hahahahaha mrowww hahahfdhks
duhhhhh
hurrrrrrrrrr
adurrrrrr
FLAMINGO BATTLE
there was one flamingo who kept trying to pull out the netting stuff under the dirt
it did that... it did that for like ten minutes
then we passed it on the way out and it was still there, trying to jiggle it out
just give it up dude
hey guys
have you seen the new episode of firefly
it was eating bugs off the other monkey
porcupines have really cute little bunny faces, i never knew
SO I HEARD THIS PATHETIC MROWING AND I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS DOING STUPID IMPRESSIONS AT THE SNOW LEOPARD
THEN I WENT OVER AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS THE SNOW LEOPARD
there was a bird sitting on its cage out of his reach so he just stared at it and whined, hahahaha
eventually gave up and pouted
it's so funny how similar big cats are to domestic ones. i started missing miko while watching this guy.
off to go shove his face in the food bowl
sign: when a female wants to mate, she goes, "zwaak, zwaak!"
john: ZWAAK, ZWAAK. what's up. i'm a female.
sherah: john, are you hitting on that bird?!
john: UHHH... NOOOO...
sherah: we are having a talk about this!
this bird had really huge eyelashes.
DOUBLE BEAK
it was wagging its tail, haha
went to the beach next to where mom and dad ate.
THE PIIIIT
went home.
next day, went to carpinteria beach (heard a guy seriously say something about "radical waves," had the surfer accent and everything, hahaha) and ate pizza at a neat place called tony's. talked about the 80's/90's. went to a place that had imported indian stuff and got an elephant figure, and got a cat figure at another store. went to yogurtland, and a guy commented on my e3 shirt while i was walking (i shamefully had to admit that i got it at a thrift store but would like to go to e3 someday). while walking back to the car, i saw some middle-aged guy (actually) dancing like a motherfucker to a club across the street. probably one of the more hilarious things i saw on the trip. saw a flickering light in a ladies' restroom and concluded that they were making frankenstein in there. john lamented the fact that he didn't have a laser pointer so he could tease the snow leopard. uhhh i forgot what else, but i showed john no more heroes at some point. travis grossed john right out, it was hilarious
i like stacking things btw
anyway, it was john and sherah's last night, so everyone said goodbye. was woken up to say goodbye again, but i was half-asleep so all i could do was lie there and grin stupidly and roll back over. i was so out of it that i remember looking at some paper towels on the table and thinking they were a box of goldfish crackers. kinda disappointing that they were paper towels, goldfish are delicious
it was sort of depressing waking up to a quiet house. we went to carpinteria again, had sushi (fish there was amazing), and... i dunno what else. i remember watching this really emo high school play on public access about teenagers going through hardships. the acting was horrible, but the whole thing was so strangely endearing that i wound up watching the whole thing. what.
since john and sherah left, i finally got a bed. they said that their mattress was really firm and MAN THEY WEREN'T KIDDING, THAT THING WAS MAD HARD
IT WAS LIKE SLEEPING ON A MATTRESS MADE OUT OF FABIO AND ROCKS
also, the garbage truck was bitch loud
anyway, sarah left. mom, dad and i drove to ojai just to see what it's like, get some ice cream, stuff like that. took about... fifteen minutes? well, while we were there, a huge fire started right outside of town, blocked the road we came in on. the cause?
a tractor bumping into a rock.
california is so dry
it was pretty hard to breathe. had to take some weird mountain road back to santa barbara (though the road in was a weird mountain road as well, so it was about the same).
that's about the only interesting thing that happened the rest of the trip, aside from having a nice dinner. the drive home was dull.
however, before i left, i realized that i forgot to take a picture of something...
BEHOLD, THE BALLOON ANIMALS
they'd been sitting there the whole time, though, so they deflated a lot and lost their shine. THEY ARE WAR HEROES
anyway, that's about it. i was thrilled to get back home, but after going through these, i kinda miss california. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOMETIME, I WANNA SEE WHAT SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE
jesus that took way too long. nobody is going to read this whole thing.
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Date: 2009-09-03 12:05 pm (UTC)AHGHHHHH :'((((((((((((
ALSO CONAN ASLDJAKLSJDLKASJD I AM JEALOUS HAHAHAH BUT THAT SOUNDS AWESOME. Yeah, studios are usually SUPER tiny! CAMERA TRICKERY
I READ THE ENTIRE THING DO I GET A PRIZE
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Date: 2009-09-03 06:56 pm (UTC)AND THEY WERE FREE WHICH IS EVEN BETTER finer things in life etc
i expected tininess but man it was like a dollhouse!! though that was the first show recording i've ever been to so i'm a newbie at studio sizes
YOU GET THE PRIZE OF MY AFFECTION
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Date: 2009-09-03 01:18 pm (UTC)DAMN I'M JEALOUS.
PS THIS IS THE MOST BADASS BITCH (http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab60/chumpslamchest/ca09/ca0155.jpg) ANYONE WILL EVER SEE IN THEIR LIVES.
IT WILL FUCK YOU UP.
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Date: 2009-09-03 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-03 03:51 pm (UTC)I LIKE THE MUSTACHE BIRD
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Date: 2009-09-03 07:01 pm (UTC)it's my new favorite bird
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Date: 2009-09-03 04:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-03 07:03 pm (UTC)