Quote of the Day
"We've already got our chocolate,"
-Valerie to the Blockbuster Guy when he asked if we wanted candy, popcorn, soda, etc. She was referring to ME!

I was a total tourist yesterday. I went around taking photos like the Asian man that I am all over Hollywood. It's something that I'll look fondly on later, but at the time I felt like a total shmuck. Anyway, Val continues to be a totally gracious and wonderful host and I'm having a lot of fun. Tonight we'll be going to a radio show where I'll meet the Indian guy from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Kal Penn. I don't really know the origin of that name, but hey- if he claims he's Indian I'm happy with that.

So yesterday Val took me to FORTY DEUCE, a burlesque revue show, where one of the girls dancing was Owen Wilson's girlfriend. Lemme tell ya- she's a cute number.

After that we checked out BRASS MONKEY which is a karaoke bar. One problem though- I didn't get to karaoke. I was plastered. No just kidding, the place was full for the night with karaokers. No more space for me.

Anyway, today's a free day and we're probably gonna check out more apartments like we did yesterday, and I'm excited because Chiku will be comin around to hang wif me.

Quote of the Day
"This set is bueno... that's 'good' in Spanish."
-Terrance

Alright so today I went to the set of a new show called Jury Duty, which is a reality-TV show that's kinda like Judge Judy, etc. The difference (I think) is that you get more interaction with the jurors, the jurors can ask questions, and perhaps-- just perhaps-- it might be a parody. If it IS a parody then great. If not, well hell, I was just happy to be an extra.

Val was one of the jurors and I was in the audience making, "Oooohs," and "Aaahhhs." Not exactly Oscar-worthy material but hey, I was on a set and I was happy. Plus I met a cool cat named Terrance, who is the source of today's Quote of the Day.

Check this out from CNN.com. It talks about the population explosion that is expected blah blah blah..

"We knew as soon as the troops came back that we were going to have a population explosion," Bowman said.
They say 'He got back, and yup, now I'm pregnant!"'

Niice.

Adventure for today- I went to a sushi bar yesterday and it was AWWESOME. Val and I tried a number of things, but the two that intrigued me the most were oysters and Tiger's Eye.

Now note, I've never had oyster before, so it was an eye opening experience. Either way, it was covered in a spicy sauce and some Japanese herbs. Very smooth and cool.

Tiger's Eye was even cooler. Not as cool as its namesake, but it was squid stuffed with a number of crisp vegetables and maybe.. more squid? Who cares, I was in heaven.

I'll keep updating this with more gastronomical delights as time goes on.

So I'm in L.A. right now and hanging out at Val's place. I was like a total kid with all the interesting things around here; different or interesting I can't really tell yet. Either way, I'm sure this is going to be a whole blast of a time..

Incidentally, she's also my quote of the day for today.

Quote of the Day
"The Spanish are just snobby Mexicans."
-Valerie