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So boo-hoo because the L.A. Sparks lost the game tonight, but yay for the section we were in because we were the winning section for the night & got a free autograph session with the entire team. Woot!
I didn’t have any Sparks memorabilia with me (ok so the only Sparks thing I have is a black tank top… not good for autographs and some of those loud inflatable clapper thingys… who knows where those are), so I had them sign this instead:
Yes, that’s right, it’s one of the three parking ticket envelopes that I had with me in my purse. Everyone else was getting their program, jerseys, balls er, basketballs, etc. signed. I got my parking ticket signed.
Heh.
I wanted to have something unique and the players were saying things like, “This is a first,” and “I’ve never been asked to sign one of these before,” and “Oh yeah, living in L.A., I’ve gotten a few of these things myself.” And a lot of the players were laughing… I’m going to believe they were laughing with me and not at me. They may have thought I was a freak, but I guarantee that they will remember it (if not me).
Oh, and some dude (with the Sparks?) was videotaping the autograph session and started interviewing me about my parking tickets. I’ll probably see myself in some documentary about crazy people, but that’s ok. It’ll just be a feature in a future Joz International Film Festival.
Oh yeah, the interview ended because the dude asked me on camera who I had sign my parking ticket to that point… I looked down at my ticket and was like, “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…” (I had no idea. I felt like a such a tool.)
I personally know a bunch of crazy Sparks fans who will basically jump me for “wasting” my autograph session on a parking ticket, but I don’t care.
It makes me happy that the Sparks signed my parking ticket envelope.
And now I’m sharing it with you…
What a cool halftime show here at the Sparks game tonight. These fine athletes probably don’t get this much attention in their own sports, so this is very cool.
What is not cool is how the Sparks are behind ar halftime . Minnesota Lynx 37 v. Sparks 32.
Let’s go Sparks!
UPDATE with 11:25 to go…
After Lisa Leslie got a technical foul, the fans burst into a chant of “Referees suck!” L.A. crowds crack me up.
I am so grateful for having friends and family who think of offering me free tickets to events so that some of my most difficult choices are for things like this:
Choice #1: Box seats at the Hollywood Bowl: Fireworks Finale: A Night at the Moulin Rouge
Artists:
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Paris Combo, special guests
Dancers from the Moulin Rouge, special guests
Program:
Ooh la la…bienvenue à Paris! We celebrate the City of Lights (and Love) to end our Bowl season with one of the most spectacular line-ups in years. It’s the Bowl and orchestral debut of Paris Combo, the quintet that has created a jazzy and seductive twist on French cabaret. Then, from the place it began, 16 high-kicking dancers perform the Moulin Rouge’s original French cancan. And, if that weren’t enough, fireworks inspired by Paris will light up the night sky.
Pros: Box seats at the Bowl with friends, close to home, picnic dinner, fireworks, and it’s a sold out show.
Cons: It’s not Choice #2
Choice #2: KROQ Inland Invasion 4. Flashback to the Future
The show is September 18th, 2004 at the Glen Helen Hyundai Pavilion in Devore, CA.
DOORS OPEN AT 10AM
Side Stage:
11:30 The Walkmen
12:25 Missing Persons
1:20 Death Cab For Cutie
2:15 A Flock of Seagulls
Main Stage:
2:00 Muse
2:45 X
3:30 The Killers
4:15 Ian Brown of Stone Roses
5:00 Tears for Fears
5:55 Devo
7:00 Franz Ferdinand
7:55 Billy Idol
8:55 Siouxsie
10:00 Morrissey
Pros: Missing Persons, Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, Devo, Billy Idol, Siouxie, and Morrissey
Cons: It’s a 3 hour drive & potentially 12 hours of standing/walking around in the desert. Bad traffic, bad parking situation, long drive home after a long day.
I picked Choice #1. Which would you have picked?
That’s it.
I am one step away from going completely bezerk at someone at Parking Enforcement.
Hot on the tails of getting a $40 parking ticket not more than one week ago in front of my house, I found not one but TWO MORE parking tickets on my windshield today after my lunch meeting.
I have been more than careful about displaying my permit since last week’s ticket, so I was completely shocked to see two tickets on my windshield today. I have no idea why I have ANY tickets because I removed the permit from my rearview mirror when I got in my car and drove off to pick up ProfessorEric for our meeting. And they said I didn’t display my permit properly… but I did!
The other ticket is so completely bogus. It was issued for yesterday for a street more than 6 blocks away… someplace I would never park. I feel like I can legitimately contest this one, but how do I prove that my permit WAS properly displayed for the other one?
In total, this is $120 of parking tickets in ONE WEEK, IN FRONT OF MY OWN HOUSE WHERE I HAVE A VALID PERMIT TO PARK. Although I was mad about the first one, I was willing to concede that it was my own fault… but the other two… NO WAY.
It makes me not want to pay ANY of them.
I got invited to a preview screening of Paramount Pictures’ SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie hosted by the The Visual Effects Society.
The screening, the world premiere of the movie on digital print, was held at the Digital Labs Cinema on Hollywood Blvd (which I didn’t even know existed). In addition to the film, they screened a 10 minute featurette about the “Making of World of Tomorrow.” Director Kerry Conran, Sr. VFX Supervisor Scott E. Anderson and VFX Supervisor Darin Hollings were on hand for a Q & A afterward.
The visual effects are absolutely stunning in this film. I’m so impressed by all the detail that went into every single scene. After you go see this film, come back and drop me a line so we can compare notes.
The film opens on Friday, September 17 in theaters. For more information, go to http://www.skycaptain.com
Ronni Sanlo is one of my favorite people in the entire world because she is a wonderful & compassionate person (not to mention of all the important work she does for the LGBT community).
How does something like this happen at a place like UCLA?
I think I’m going to have to make a donation to the Center.
Daily Bruin article: Chain of attacks strikes resource center by Menaka Fernando, Daily Bruin Senior Staff (September 14, 2004)
The LGBT Resource Center was vandalized and burglarized in a series of attacks on Sunday and Monday nights in what university police has classified as hate crimes.
The resource center, located in the Student Activities Center, had a concrete rock thrown through a window Sunday night that caused additional damage inside the building. Then, assailants on Monday night stole rainbow flags that had draped the windows and an LGBT California flag. Both incidents are estimated to have occurred between the late evening and early morning hours, during which the center is closed.
Continue reading ‘Attacks at Gay Center Probed as Hate Crimes’
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue,
I just spent the evening
With JOz, unlike you!
Haha… long live the Joz international Film Festival.
-professoreric
… to do it big!
Cars for everyone?! I wonder how long it will take the folks in that studio audience to get their voices back after that show?
Not that I’d blame them. I’d have screamed for 20 minutes, too.
I loved that story of the homeless girl in L.A., too.
Remember that parking ticket I got the other day?
I was going to suck it up and pay it right now and I just realized I can’t find it.
Eeek.
Incidentally, am I mistaken or did NO ONE send suggestions about what I should write on my check this time?
Hit “refresh” a few times and see if you notice anything different.
So it’s been like a zillion degrees out lately, but that’s not what I’m talking about right now.
The LA International Short Film Festival continues through tomorrow at the Arclight.
My recommendation is Spin (Drama/United States/35mm/15 min) which has been accepted to 28 film festivals. It was also written & directed by our friend David Marmor
After a near-fatal accident, a scientist’s growing obsession with the physics of mortality threatens to unravel the fabric of his life.
If you missed Spin tonight, try catching it in a few weeks at the Silver Lake Film Festival.
[This concludes the shameless plug for my friend’s film.]
… but my connection was shoddy and I got disconnected.
Doh.
So it’s just plain old regular blogging for me, I guess.
Go eat shit.
Much love,
Joz
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…for a sweet dog story.
This one was written by a really awesome 9 year old blog boy.
So little time.
I don’t know if they’re real, but let’s pretend like they are and laugh along.
1. Weightlifting commentator at the women’s Olympic Snatch and Jerk Event:
“This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her
warm up and it was amazing.”
2. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and
I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”
3. Grand Prix Race Announcer: “The lead car is absolutely, truly unique,
except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front
of the similar one in back.”
4. Greg Norman, Pro Golfer: “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother
and father.”
5. Ringside Boxing Analyst: “Sure there have been injuries and even some
deaths in boxing - but none of them really that serious.”
6. Baseball announcer: “If history repeats itself, I should think we can
expect the same thing again.”
7. Basketball analyst: “He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like
it.. In fact you can see it all over their faces.”
8. At a trophy ceremony BBC TV Boat Race 1988: “Ah, isn’t that nice, the
wife of the Cambridge president is hugging the cox of the Oxford crew.”
9. Metro Radio, College Football: “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like
they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”
10. US Open TV Commentator: “One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so
well is that before each final round, his wife takes out his balls and
kisses them. Oh my God, what have I just said?”
From the FatWallet Forums, link via OutOutBlogger
In the last three years, I’ve gone from a 40 gallon fish tank with 3 dozen fish down to a 2 gallon plastic aquarium.
Until today, I had one tiger barb and two catfish left from my fishie menagerie.
We got back from dinner to find that the two catfish went belly-up, probably because the water was too hot in the tank. Damn hot weather.
I’m so sad.
That’s right.
I got another one.
I’ll tell you the story as soon as I stop crying.
CONTINUED @ 5:24pm
Ok, I am done boo-hooing for now.
I have been driving my old car since this weekend, because my regular car needed new brake pads. Since I don’t regularly drive the old car, I don’t have a regular parking permit in the car & have been using the guest parking pass.
It is permit parking where we live and I got a parking ticket because I parked my car in front of our house and forgot to put the parking permit on the rearview mirror (I accidentally left it clipped up in the sun visor).
Ok, I was a total bonehead and it is totally my fault, but it still sucks because it’s not like my car didn’t have a permit inside it.
Besides which, I can think of a lot of things I can spend $40 on, instead of paying it to the City of Fucking L.A.
I hate Parking Enforcement. I am an upstanding citizen who follows the rules and I get ticketed even when I KNOW I didn’t do anything wrong.
Why can’t they ticket those assholes who have fake handicapped parking placards or the ones who “invent” parking spots where there’s not really a parking spot?
This time it’s my fault, but I still think I should send The City of L.A. a nice note… What do you think I should write this time?
Although if I had a pair of hockey sticks, I think I’d just have to whack myself in the head and knock myself out with them so I don’t have to feel this headache or deal with this heat.
HUGE migraine.
Gah.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
No Hearts of Iron video games here.
Sorry.
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