It was a pretty busy weekend for me and Dave. His brother Justin was in town, and stayed with us on Saturday night. He knows a bunch of people in LA, and we headed out to the Sunset Room with him and a bunch of his friends. Me and Dave were the oldest in the group, which was kind of funny, because a couple of the people we were with were the younger siblings of people we had gone to school with. I also got a chance to meet my sometime poster, most of the time lurker, Carla. Me and Dave had a great time, though, and it was actually the first time that the two of us went to a club together since we moved here. The music was pretty good, but during one dj's set he didn't mix the songs together, he'd play one, the do a scratch, then go to the next song. Can't get a consistent groove when that's happening! The crowd was pretty eclectic for the most part, and it was a good sized crowd, but not packed. Which is fine by me because I'd rather not go home hot and sweaty. It's not a good look on me.

Dave summed up the crowd when he said, 'There's a lot of skin showing, but when you get up close, it doesn't hide that they're not good looking.' Which sums up one of the things that I realized about California. It does have more beautiful people, but not as many as I thought. Though there are more good looking people than Chicago (I admit, we're a chunky people in the midwest) a good amount of the beautiful people here are smoke and mirrors. That is, at first glance they're hot, but when you get close, you'll see that it's an illusion created by stylish clothes, a hip haircut/dye and well applied make up. Once I realized that, it made me feel a little less self conscious about not being a 'beautiful' person. Because I don't really care about clothes, my hair or perfect makeup - if I had all those and was still ugly, then I'd worry *wink*. This is in no way saying that all people in California are like this. I can honestly say that no one I've met and gotten to know here was anything less than friendly and genuine. It's only the people I see around that I apply my little sterotype to. I know it's bad. Sue me.

But all in all, we had a good time. But we know we're getting old. Dave got pretty tired early, and the rest of the group was just getting started!

Yesterday we went to Vinnie and Dean's place so Dave could get a haircut. We actually stayed there longer than expected, but it was a lot of fun. After the guys' basketball game (we stayed behind to watch the Cubs on TV) we had some pizza and got some good laughs watching their cousins try to throw each other in the pool. When I grow up, I want to have a place with a pool! Then I can finally learn how to swim! I got some great shots of them playing pool basketball, and I'll probably post them up tomorrow or something.

Today.....I head out to Pittsburgh. Anyone in this area? Pridey? Anyone?

Posted by Yano at May 24, 2004 02:01 AM

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