Hollywood baby!
Trip Start
Jun 14, 2005
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16
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Trip End
Aug 20, 2005
Los Angeles,
California,
United States
Saturday, July 30, 2005
So, where to start? Well, from grenada, I got a taxi at some stupid hour like 4am to the airport to board the shittest plane ive ever seen! Looked like it hadnt been serviced since it was bought, but then again, it was American Eagle (part of AA) I was flying with so I shouldnt have expected more. So that was a back breaking 2 hour jaunt to san juan (definitely the hub of the world by the sounds of it!) coz the seats were tiny, with no leg room, so being the freak i am, practically had my knees up to my chin. Being wedged next to a fat woman doesnt help either. But anyway, why am i going into details on a connecting flight? i dont know! So quick dash to another plane to miami, then again to LA. Arrive at LA, and what happens, the fuckers left my bag at miami! twats! So i stood around for about an hour hoping my bag would suddenly appear on the carousel but then decided to take out my frustration on the people at the AA baggage desk. They lose so much luggage, they have a dedicated service for it at LA aiport!!! The little midget that 'helped' me coz a grilling as she tried make me phone them the next day, from my mobile! Told her where she could shove that, cheaky bitch.
Was bizarre finally getting out the airport at about 8pm, had forgotten what the real world looked like, but then realised i was in america....and yeah it just got more and more stupid. Got talking to a shuttle dispatcher while he organised a ride for me. So gave him a generous tip and he shouted back "and a good day to you sir!" in a proper american accent. I just hung my head and thought "oh my god!!"
So eventually got to liberty hotel, hollywood at about 9pm totally knackered. Must have looked gorgeous when aisha found me! But was soooo chuffed to see her again.
Next day, did a bit of wandering around hollywood, along the stars street. Found kermit the frog so im happy. I thought it was just movie stars, but allsorts were there, actors, singer, theatre peeps etc etc, basically anyone famous. Its odd the way they came to be tho: you would imagine they would get nominated then get their star put in the ground, but no..they have to get nominated, that then goes to a committee which decides if they can get a star or not. The famous person then has to pay $15,000 for the star and organise the whole reception themselves. Really does put in perspective the american ego, paying for ur own star! The street itself is a bit of a dive, very dirty and run-down. Not what you expect at all. Theres lots of open door shops with canopies...nothing glass fronted or expensive. So the whole thing stretches for maybe 5 blocks and then just stops and ur in the middle of nowhere! And theres only really one place where anything happens, which is outside the chinese theatre. That place is awesome and has all the famous stars' signatures and handprints on the ground infront. The day we were there they were rolling out the red carpets and setting up stage lights coz the premier of the Dukes of Hazard film was premiering that night. And as we went home, past the hotel next to ours...there was the actual car from film! gorgeous car, although in bright orange! Didnt find jessica simpson anywhere, damnit! So other than the theatre in hollywood, theres not a lot else to go and see, so we went to the erotic sex museum :) was quite good actually, although a little freaky. It had some of the earliest porn films ever made showing. Really sick watching someone who will now be as old as ur granny sucking off some guy with slicked back hair, while she takes one up the arse! A thought i would rather supress! Then upstairs there were exhibits, like the only fully automated cyborg fuck buddy. Not kidding, a full size robot man and women designed to be shagged. Then there was loads of sex toys etc and some wierd pictures of different types of sexuality...images consisting of genitals, piss, fists, old people, gay people, horse's cock etc etc....hmmmm. But quite a quirky place all the same
Another day we went into downtown LA coz wanted to find some nice shops. We must have walked around the entire city and we couldnt find a single one!! Everything was like in hollywood - open doored shops, for as far as the eye could see. Nothing with glass, or nothing designer, and we even went to the best shopping streets, so cant imagine what some of the lesser ones were like. Not trying to be harsh, but every menial job in LA has a mexican/latin person working it!
So in all we stayed there 4 nights i think. We didnt really see much of the place, but then again theres not much to see, and everything is very spread out coz LA is enormous!!!! Wanted to go and see universal studios, but never got round to it...i blame aisha distracting me. But then again im not complaining. We actually ranbomly bumped into two more people in aishas year, john and paddy and so they decided to come to vegas with us. It was set...road trip!...
