Ok, so in West Hollywood, there's this woman named Rosa.  She's 48, latina, and walks into all the gay bars selling roses.  She is perhaps the most amazing woman in all of California.  She'll walk up behind you and yell "rrrrroses?  rrrrroses?" and then smile.  She even has these women who try to capitalize off of her fame and pose as her, saying ( Read more... )

And it has come.  As I reach the halfway point of my stay here in sunny SoCal, I have finally uploaded the last pictures of the drive TO SoCal.  I am truly the king of procrastination.

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Sooo I'm a little tipsy from a FREE drink...however, I've decided it's time for another update. This time you'll be seeing pictures from Zion National Park in southwest Utah, where James (pronounced "Yayems") and I hiked up 2,000 (I think) feet and eight miles to the top of Zion Canyon, and fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, where we got an ultra-cheap ( Read more... )

As promised, here is yet another installment of pictures of the drive from Chicago to LA.  This time it's the 4th of July and we start near Denver and proceed west along I-70 until its terminus in south central Utah.  It was probably the most beautiful drive I have ever been on, rivaling only the drive along the Italian and French Rivieras.  And ( Read more... )

Ohhh, Nate.  It's been decided...everyone in LA is indeed crazy...and drunk...and amazing.  More later...perhaps.

Yeah yeah, I know I said I'd put more pics up, but I simply do not have the patience right now.  Also, I have only been able to steal internet from the neighbors at times when I can't put much energy into here.  So until then, I must announce one of the many differences I've noticed between LA and Chicago ( Read more... )

Okay, so here's the deal.  I have more pictures than I can ever put up in one sitting, so I'm gonna do it in portions.  The first part will be Boulder/Denver.


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THE SANTA MONICA LIBRARY IS CLOSING.

So, I've made it to LA.  I'm currently STANDING in the West Hollywood Library and trying to think of a way to get free internet somewhere else.  Anyway, the weather is amazing and the club we went to last night was out of control.  Ok...the guy in line behind me is getting antsy.  More soon.

OMG OMG OMG OMG. They have wi-fi in teeny tiny Green River, Utah, where James and I are currently sitting in my car and mapping out the next, and perhaps most horrifying, portion of the drive. There will be no services, aka no people, for the next ONE HUNDRED TEN MILES, according to the Utah Dept of Transportation, which posted scary signs ( Read more... )