LA Chronicles 18.5

Its been a long time…I shouldn’t have left you without a chronicle to read…I’ve spent the past three weeks or so thinking about all the things I could be writing about but I have yet to sit down and write them. I could come up with a lot of excuses but believe it or not the chronicles have slowed down because I was tired over the holidays and always on the go. A lot of things have happened since my last entry but nothing so crazy that I had to get it down on paper…So I’m going to just randomly talk about different things and see where it takes me…oh and some of these things will be completely made up…

- I’ve spent as many weekends in Vegas as I have in LA over the past month. I’ve actually come to the conclusion that you can’t have a gambling problem if you are winning. Anyone want to co-sign that? The crazy thing is I have two more trips planned to Vegas in the next two months. I’ve actually poured my 401Ks into a VegasRA (not to be confused with IRA)….I actually developed a “healthy” addiction to craps. It is by far the best and worst game ever. I made and lost more money on those dice than I’d like to divulge over the internet…for tax purposes…

- I spent New Year’s with the guy from the Allstate commercials…not in the 1 on 1 sense but we shared the same champagne (Why isn’t champagne pronounced the way it is spelled? It would make it a lot more fun to order.)…He was actually really nice until I asked him if he was in good hands…

- I started taking acting classes. My teacher says that I’ve got a gift but it just won’t help me in acting. It is funny how the rest of the class takes it so serious were I’m really just there for the free ice tea and cookies. They don’t like it when I express myself as an artist by free-styling from the script to make myself the main character.

- I took a boot-leg celebrity houses tour. Every thing about it was boot-leg except for the price. I could have used that money to play the field in Vegas…yes I have a craps problem. But the best part was that the tour guide didn’t really know everything about the houses. Once we realized this, we took upon ourselves to ask really hard questions that would further prove the point that she was completely lost. AND the bus was from 1960s. I saw why Rosa Parks didn’t want to sit in the back…And they didn’t finish the entire tour because of traffic like they didn’t know it was going to be traffic in LA….

- I finally joined a gym…and by join I mean I have a key fob that would give me access if I actually remembered where it is located. It seemed like a good idea while I was on Christmas vacation but I have yet to go back and again I could have spent that money in Vegas.

- I went to the Lakers vs. Heat game last night. It was my first time in Staples Center and for those of you that know me you understand how important an occasion it was for me. It was a great game but I must admit that the court looks so much bigger on TV than it does from the seats. It may have had something to due with the height at which I was watching the game. Actually half way through God asked me to move my head so he could see…but being able to witness my team take down the defending champions even without Shaq was well worth the impending neck problems.

- Lastly but probably most importantly, it is official - I am in a relationship. Some of you already know this and others have pointed out that I didn’t make an official announcement so here it is. I got a girlfriend, I got a girlfriend, I got a girlfriend. I’m still working on the her having a girlfriend part but check back…just jokes…well not really…but I’m kidding…unless…nevermind…And while I’m on the subject, why do people tell you your girlfriend is so pretty? It is almost like they are surprised or they think I’m way out of my league…Now don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly agree with them but I just wonder what causes you to tell someone that their significant other is attractive. Hopefully most people believe their SI is attractive. Or are you telling them, “Wow I would date your girlfriend had you not met her first or if you mess it up.” I digress…

In closing, I’d like to give out my normal shoutouts by passing out what I’ve received too many of in the New Year…bills…

QD/KD – Good seeing you guys over the break. You should come to Cali more often.
KW – congrats on the engagement.
CG – putting Miami in the travel rotation.
RC – thanks for the weekend.
EW – Happy birthday!
ANP – Congrats on move to Tokyo.

M. aka “Delinquent Chronicler”