Golden State

HI EVERYONE. I didn't want to blog about being in California because I feel like that seems like bragging and stuff. But as Matt just noted, no one is really blogging, and I have nothing to talk about right now except being in California, so I'm going to talk about it. I'll try not to make it braggy. To give you some background on the trip, I spent a summer in LA and have friends here and a bunch of coworkers here. So I came to say hello to those people and hang out for a couple of weeks.

When I checked in at PHL I made a joke to the girl working the check in desk about airline peanuts (basically: what happened to them, comedians need to update their jokes about airline peanuts because they are no longer relevant and they should tell jokes about airline pretzels instead). Basically I charmed this sweet girl working the check-in counter, one thing leads to another and BOOM. Free upgrade, I'm flying first class. Not bad. I'm a tall guy so I appreciate the leg room. Oh yeah the free drinks aren't too bad either (I'm not talking about soda).

Got to LA late the first night, my friends picked me up at the airport with fresh In-N-Out in tow. They brought me two 3x3s, animal style (secret menu, go back to the east coast if you don't know about it) and I scarfed them pretty quick. I love eating lots of food. And In-N-Out is the best food ever if you've never had it then you might as well not even talk to me about anything at all. Rolled back to my boy's place and got situated then hit up the bars in Hollywood.

I don't want to bore you with the details I've been to some sick bars and clubs since I've been here. At one bar we saw Natalie Portman which was cool, she's cool. One of my friends is a semi-famous actor (I don't want to name drop), but he knew Natalie and we ended up talking to her and had a few drinks with her. That was pretty sick. Also we were at a bar with the cast of The Big Bang Theory, and I saw that one guy from Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist and I saw a guy who looked like Heath Ledger I freaked for a second then remembered. S**t man. But it's weird it really seems like no big deal here. I don't know something about the west coast attitude you just don't sweat it seeing all the famous people.

Otherwise, I've been to Muscle Beach, saw the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, went to a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno glad he's back, played mini golf, whacked balls at the driving range, whacked balls at the batting cage, and I've pretty much been subsisting on Pinkberry, medical marijuana, and animal style 3x3s from In-N-Out this entire time.

Oh and I saw Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron at Starbucks in West Hollywood today. That was funny Zac is a cool dude. I actually went up to him and talked to him and I said, "Zac! Why don't you have an 'h' in your first name?" And he just said, "Ummm, what?" And then he walked away with Vanessa.



Also I've seen Ken Jeong 17 times in the 10 days I've been here. He's pretty annoying. He is literally everywhere.