Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?

Passport corrected and in hand! Yay. One less thing to worry about now...

This is also to remind me to read this novella that you can read for free online: Lost Inside the Happy Noise.

Oh, and by the way, this is the photo of the girl who was put in my passport. Do we look anything alike?

Clipity Clip

Just to make me laugh, a clip from the episode I watched with Sabrina.

Passport Complications

I need a whole new word for stress these days. Oi! I didn't really have time to go up to New York to get my passport and visa, but Mom and Dad suggested it because at this point, why mail the visa/passport? That being said, I drove up to New York on Sunday afternoon.

I met up with Brian Emery, who went to Prague a year ago, so we could catch up on film and I could ask him any questions about Prague. Brian and I are officially jealous of each other. He is jealous of me for going to Prague, because he wants to go back and I am jealous of him for having found some amazing jobs so quickly out of college. Brian took me to Heidelberg, an ethnically German restaurant, located on the Upper East Side. He attempted to get me into beer, but it was no use. He is disappointed in me for my lack of taste for beer.

By the time I got to hang with Sabrina, I was exhausted. We quickly caught up on how our summers were and resolved to watch television. I'm glad that's all we had the energy to do, because we ended up watching "Flight of the Concords" and I love it! If you want to learn more (and you should! It's freakin' hilarious!): Flight of the Conchords. Also, you can download a lot of free stuff from itunes, including 2 episodes.


That being said, now onto the worst part of this whole trek. I head over to the Czech consulate around 10am and get there around 10:30am. After about ten minutes, I tell the receptionist why I am there and she goes to retrieve my passport. She begins reviewing my information and I immediately notice that the photo on my visa is not me. She didn't notice, after all, the girl didn't look that different. I had to go get more passport photos taken and I was so pissed off, I went West when I should have gone East. By the time my anger subsided, I had gone so far, I needed to grab a taxi back. Long story short, I drove up here to physically obtain my passport and now I have to have it mailed to me. I was given two numbers to call and remind them to overnight in on Wedesday. I basically had a panic attack. While the panic attack is over, I'm still beside myself. It's frustrating to lose control of something like your passport when you're due to leave the country in one week.

Oh L.A.

Prague Status: Good to go! Tickets are bought, I'm leaving September 3rd and arriving September 4th. Now, I just need to get my student visa in order...I really should get my passport back in hand a.s.a.p.

That being said about Prague, I thought I would add a few notes on my few days in L.A., CA. I only came because my Aunt Amy asked me to visit and frankly, killing time here is usually more interesting than killing time at home. While I was here, my Aunt Karen also paid a visit. Basically, it was relaxing. I caught up with my aunts, had some good food, caught up on sleep, etc.

Since I'm still not completely numb to being star struck, I'm going to list the people I saw while I was here this week. When I went to the gym, I caught a glimpse of Matthew Perry. Then at Whole Foods, Ali Larter. When having lunch with the fabulous and talented Rafi Gamboa, I saw a drummer or bass player of a band I must listen to, because he looks familiar. I'll add a note when I figure out who the hell he is. But he has red hair, buzzed, and beady dark eyes. I also saw Nick Stahl at the Grove (aka That Yellow Bastard). I also saw Abraham Benrubi from Men in Trees and George of the Jungle while at brunch with my Aunts and Jeffrey, and then again at the Arc Light a couple days later. And just when I thought, nothing could be better than having seen Matthew Perry (Chandler is my fav from Friends - just ask Sunny or Jael, they will tell you how critical a siting like this is), I pass Shannon Leto in the Arc Light! Good God, talk about star struck. I couldn't function properly for about 10 minutes. I was dying to tell him how bummed I am I'm missing his concert in London. Oi! Too bad I have more integrity than I used to, otherwise, I might have approached him, or any of the above for that matter.

Also, saw Death at a Funeral. Very enjoyable, I recommend it. Nothing terribly new or fresh, but definitely worth seeing for a good laugh. Also went to the Getty again. Always a beautiful experience. Here are a few pictures I took while out and about.


This is an elephant that was painted on the wall of a store called Spirituali.


This is a cool light fixture that was in Anthropologie.


This could easily be recreated at home, but it looked pretty cool at the time.


Sculpture at the entrance of the Getty. Notice the lovely California weather?

Anyway, all in all, a nice few days. I got to hang with Rafi, see my Aunts and their friends. Got to go to a party with a bittersweet tone in the air. Which will lead me into another entry later.

All for now.