Great Week

Last week was a whirlwind. I took a nice little vacation last week to go to my buddies wedding in WI. Having Jimmy in LA was a riot, didn't get much sleep, though I was expecting it. So early Wed AM, my buddy Gregg dropped me off at the airport and hour before my flight...my mistake, as I missed boarding my flight. So I sat at LAX for a couple of hours just killing time. When I finally got onto a plane, instead of going to MINN/St. Paul, my new plans were to fly to Detroit. The flight to detroit wasn't too bad and the flight from detroit to GR was quick. Finally arrived in GR where my brother Lance and his girlfriend Shawn picked me up and took me out for dinner at The Greenwell which was so good. After dinner they dropped me off at my buddies place where I used to live and Seegs and I went to the Derby. Met some friends there and it was like old times.

We decided to leave for WI a few hours earlier, so Seegs, Max, Trav, and I hopped into a car and took off. It was a good little road trip through the UP of MI. Gorgeous weather. Max introduced us to the Trailer Park Boys, which I had seen earlier by an old roommate, I thought it was dumb at first, but then the more I watched the funnier it got. my love for Canadians increases yet again. Once we got to the Beacons in WI (where the wedding was), we met up w most of our other friends. It was awesome to see familiar faces and catch up over some drinks. I didn't take any pictures which was dumb on my part cause I had my camera, but oh well.

The long weekend was awesome; seeing friends and their parents and celebrating yet another wedding. I've never cried at a wedding, but Jon's speech got to everyone and I dont think there was a dry eye in the house. The food was the next best part as it was the best food I've ever had at a wedding. I had to stop eating or I wouldn't be able to drink. But I was drinking wine all night, so that worked out in my favor. Huiz makes his own wine and it was very good. I'm not a big wine drinker, so the less it tastes like real wine, the better in my opinion. A special thanks to Drew, Evie, Huiz, Steph, Seegs, Max, Trav, Doug, Lindsey, Roede, Jer, Karlee, Dave, Dana, Kurt, Kylee, Matt, Alexis, Jon, Tom, Liz, Jill, AJ, Anna, Sara, Getz, Shari, K-Bomb, Stacey, and of course Andy and Lindsay. If I forgot anyone, sorry. It was good seeing almost everyone I wanted to while back in GR. (I bet only 1 or 2 of those people will ever read this anyways).

It was sad to say goodbye to everyone when we left. I caught a ride home with Matt and Alexis back through Chicago. I texted Huiz and we were both depressed on the way home. It's just a bummer that we miss out on so much as we grow older. People get married and have kids which is awesome, and it definitely gives us another reason to get together and celebrate.

I was dropped off at my sister Linnay and brother in law Matt's place in Munster just in time to celebrate my nephew and my bdays. It was good to see the whole family and I got to finally meet my 2 new nephews (Elliot and Jake). Kaylee, Simon, Cameron, and Adam are growing up really fast and are a hilarious bunch. Again sorry for the lack of pictures.

Monday morning, I went golfing w my dad on their course they live on. It was good to swing the sticks again, but even better to spend time w him doing something he loves. I like golf, but I'm awful at it. But it was a good time to spend together and play sports like when we used to play catch everyday when we lived in Highland.

from the cart.

I went to hang out w a couple of friends in IL Mon night. It was good to see Joe, TK, Vinke, and Brock. We were goign to go see another buddy who was in the hospital, but his nurse didnt' think he should have visitors. I got White Castle on the way home. I'm a dick, cause I do have pictures of that.

So good.

 

 

 

My parents dropped me off at Midway tues morning. I was hanging out at my terminal people watching as I thought about the White Sox. They were playing in KC the day earlier and I thought how cool it'd be to see the players walking through. Literally 10 minutes later, Ozzie Guillen walked by. I grabbed my backpack and took off like a mad man after him, I caught him and his wife on the walking excalator, and asked for a picture. He obliged, but said he was in a hurry as he kept walking. I was so nervouse trying to get my camera out of my bag. Finally, we go to the end of the excalator and posed for a pic, I was shaking cause I was so nervous and then some lady behind us started chirping "Don't stop....Keep moving!!!" Ozzie angrily turned to her as she kept yelled and snapped back "So?!?!" I guess you had to be there to enjoy it, but he was not happy. I took the worse picture of my life and Ozzie shook my hand and told me to have a good day. I told him it was awesome to finally meet him and he again shook my hand and headed off.

me and Ozzie at Midway

It was a perfect end to a great trip. Back to sunny LA. I'm glad to have seen most people I wanted and it's always great to get back to the midwest, but I'm sure as hell happy to be back home in CA.

WINN-ZOER

Got a new phone cause the old one broke. I went to Verizon to get it fixed/replaced, but was luckily due for an upgrade. Landed the Bold. Love it. It's rad. Though i have to make sure to close all apps cause it eats up my battery fast and I hate when that happens. I also hate the people that work at Verizon Wireless on Wilshire and 26th in Santa Monica. They are all worthless. I'll go to the cute girl in Burbank who's from WI from now on.

The past couple of days have been a blur. Literally it's been blurry. My buddy Jimmy Winn was in town on vacation and we partied like we were back in college. We haven't seen each other in 3 or 4 years, so it was quite the scene. I unfortunatly had to work while he was here, but that didn't stop me from enjoying his company and going out and destroying all that were in our path. He arrived Sunday morning and after a low key afternoon or TV and naps, we headed to Q's (a local bar where Taylor plays beer pong every week) to start the partying. But before going to Q's we ran to to the store and grabbed some tequila. There was an unbelievable sale on 1800, so grabbed that and headed home. After putting down 5 or 6 shots at home, we went to Q's to meet up w my buddies Gregg and Matt for beer pong. A couple more shots of tequila and 2 pitchers of beers later, neither of us remember how we ended up at taco truck. Work was gross the next day. I wasn't hungover, but i wasn't normal.

Finally when the work day ended, I headed home to find Jimmy and our buddy Marc (who lives in Redlands now, but is a friend from Illiana) lounging at our apt. A quick little dinner and the rest of the 1800 and we were off to Hollywood. More tequila and some cocktails and beers and what'd ya know, we were back at taco truck. Great night, 3 hours of sleep, and being pretty drunk at work as I sit here trying to concentrate enough to finish this entry. It sounds like I drink alot. I don't. I hardly drink, especially during the weekdays. But a friend was in town. I'll always be up for partying if friends are in town. My liver needs some time to recover now. But I leave for Grand Rapids tomorrow at 5:30a for Andy and Lindsay's wedding in WI and to visit family and friends the rest of the week. It's been a great past couple of nights. Here's to a great couple more this weekend. Cheers!

Currently listening to: The Good, The Bad, & The Queen, tons of Arcade Fire, old Gorillaz, & Queens of the Stone Age live material

Music

I don't have anything new to write about. I downloaded a shit ton of music the past couple of days at work. All I do is listen to a podcast (Dan Patrick) and download music from piratebay.org.

Currently listening to: Franz Nicolay - "Major General".   Just go buy the album. He's the former keyboardest for The Hold Steady. "Major General" is his debut from last year. He will be releasing his follow-up this Oct. It's entitled "Luck & Courage". It's an awesome title and an even better album cover.

awesome album cover

Another lazy Sunday

It's Sunday and I don't feel like making food, so my plans for today are to go outside and maybe swim in our pool for a bit and then go get a burrito. Living in CA has been awesome since I love Mexican food so much. I don't know if I can consider it my favorite food, but it's up there. There's a place by Taylor and my old place on Bundy and Wilshire, that's like 2 blocks away on Bundy and Santa Monica. It's called Taco Plus. Some of the best Mexican food ever. Their burritos are huge and so good.  There's also tons of food trucks in LA which has become the new food fad in the US. I've only been to a couple, but they are always so good, especially coming out of the bars. Best tacos I've ever had. In GR, whenever I stumbled out of the bars, there was always a hot dog vendor 5 feet from the entrance. Out here, there's food tucks (roach coaches) and bacon-wrapped hot dog stands which are also awesome. Especially with the jalopenos. Not so much w the mayonaise. I've actually haven't tried it, but it just sounds disgusting- though I'm sure it does taste good. I mean, if you're eating a hot dog, you might as well put some mayo on it, it's not like you can make a hot dog healthy, right? Nothing wrong w adding lard to bits and pieces that are leftover from pork products.

Most weekends, I sit at home and completely veg out. I'm serious. From the time I get home on Friday night from work until Mon morning when I leave for work, I usually watch TV and take naps. I don't feel too bad about this, until I actually go outside to get a c.d. out of my car and I realize how nice it is. Sunday's we usually have softball, but our season just ended and we didn't make playoffs and our next season doesn't start for a couple more weeks. So now it's back to watching tv and taking naps all weekend. I'm currently watching pop-up video. I forgot how awesome it is. I also forgot how annoying the little sound effects are when the facts pop up.

I just wanted to drop a little note, cause I was watching tv. I'm gonna go outside and swim for a bit and have a couple beers since it's most likely 80 degrees outside and i'm inside in the dark. I figured out how to post pictures, so hopefully I'll be able to take more pictures and post interesting ones. For sure when I'm back home and at my buddy's wedding.

our pool at 11423 Ohio.

Currently listening to: Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Down on the Street (check out the RATM version). This is one of my favorite songs.

NO H8

A CA judge finally overturned Prop 8 yesterday. A huge sigh of relief literally went through southern ca. This is a huge step for the movement of anti-discrimination. Obviously it'll be fought and end up in the Supreme Court, where I'm confident the ban on prop 8 will be upheld. I'm big on human rights. Whether or not you agree with the issue, equality and the right to be joined in union w someone you love is a BASIC human right. Americans pride themselves on being progressive: Civil rights for blacks, women, and now G&L. Progressiveness is a something that can always be improved. Ignorance is the thing that needs to be squashed.

The last couple of weeks, I've been paying attention alot more to the political scale (prop 8, sb1070, etc). When I used to live back in MI, without fail, i would be engaged in at least 1 argument per week w my friends either about politics, religion, sports, etc. These most likely were always alcohol-fueled, but not all the time. I grew up in a pretty conservative area of the US. Mostly dutch, white kids from fairly to very well-off upbringings. Everyone was very blue collar; some people had alot more than others, but everyone has that midwestern work ethic that shines through. People where I'm from pride themselves on that work ethic, as we should. Anyways, arguments every week back in college and post college w friends. I am on complete opposite sides of many of my really good friends. I don't hold this against them, and I hope they don't hold my political leanings against me. I've always thought and mostly gone against the grain. I have no problem w that. I know alot of my friends used to say that I did it just to be different and not to conform. I used to despise when they would say that. But there was some truth to that: I was different. Sure, we had the same upbring and background, but we think differently. There's nothing wrong with that obviously. Of course I think they're wrong and I'm right on some issues and vice versa. but that's completely subjective. As mad and frustrated as I would get during/after these arguments was that it was so cool to be so open with my friends. Yes, sometimes (almost all the time) these arguments would get explosive, turning from calm explanations to yelling matches. But 99% of the time, by the end of the night and after a couple more beers, all would be fine. That's why I think we all got along as well as we did. We didn't always agree on things and arguments became part of our friendship, but I know I would bring up some valid points and they would also bring up some valid points too. What was good was that we listened, argued the shit out of the statements, agree to disagree and still be friends at the end of the night. Maybe, not everyone feels the same as me. Maybe these guys think i'm the biggest asshole in the world. Maybe I'm truly some ignorant shit that doesn't know when to shut up. At least I hope I still have friends back home...Uh oh, better make sure that plane ticket is refundable...

But in all seriousness, I love my family and friends and I miss them more than i can ever say in words. Every week I try to get someone to move out here. I've made some awesome friends out here. Life long friends. And even some people I knew from growing up in IN and MI live in LA too. So it's great to see them everytime we get together. It would just be cool if more would follow. I know that it's next to impossible for many that have family, wives/husbands/kids, jobs and it's expensive as shit. But for now, you better believe I ain't moving back anytime soon.

I've been getting some awesome feedback on the blog so far. To be honest, I didn't think I'd make it this long. I think this is pretty nerdy and to be this open with anyone who reads it, is a bit unnerving. But I'm enjoying this so far. It's cool to let people know what I think and get to experience while on the opposite side of the US without having to tell the same story over (while forgetting bits and pieces which i do all the time) and bore people to death w things i think are cool. but others could care less about. Don't know how to post pictures, anyone know how to do it? Not that I have a ton that aren't on facebook. I hardly use my camera anymore, but maybe if i can figure how to post pics, I'll start to use it more often. If you have any suggestions/stories/questions/etc you want me to address, let me know. Id love to have a mailbox full of shit i can write about on here.

How about them White Sox? some of my buddies have been texting me about them. I unfortunately don't get to catch many games as I'm usually working when they play and we are the only ones in LA that don't get WGN in our package. However, the other week my buddy informed me that we do get the MLB network which I watch more than ESPN now. I could watch baseball highlights all day. Does anyone else watch 'The Club'? Sooooooo good. Biased because it's about the ChiSox, but if it was about the pirates, I'd prob still watch. You can ask my buddy Nardo and he'll agree that I'm the biggest pessimist. in '05 when the Sox were in the world series and up 3 games to none, I was still nervous. I'm not as uptight anymore, it's more that i'm superstitious. so i try not to jinx anything good that's happening in my life, whether it has any direct effect in my personal life or not, i'm still superstitious. I won't take a certain way home if i have a feeling a cop is there. or I'll grab a box of cereal from behind the first one on the shelf cause i think it'll taste better. Im weird. you should all know this. besides, you're the freaks reading this weirdos' thoughts.

I just got done reading Ozzy Osbourne's book. It's awesome. My buddy Matt got it for me from his work. I feel oddly connected to Ozzy. Not like in a truly personal way, but just like 6 degrees of kevin bacon way. I was never really a huge fan of Ozzy until I would watch 'The Osbournes' reality show while in high school ( i think i was in h.s.). He was a bumbling idiot who everyone's parents in the midwest were afraid of. And now, here's this show full of cuss words w his family just being a normal (as normal as you can be when you're a rock icon) family. They really were fairly normal family. Anyways, after I had moved to LA and been out of work for a couple of days, I got an interview at a radio station. What i didn't know was that the station i was at was also the same station where KROQ was located. Until I walked in and saw the KROQ sign in the lobby. I was listening to KROQ's morning show on my way to the interview and Sharon and Kelly Osbourne were being interviewed. Didn't think twice of it until I walked in. As I'm waiting, out come Sharon and Kelly bullshitting with their assistants and the radio people. The next instance was on the next reality show I worked on for MTV. Our EP (executive producer) of the show, JT, was one of the masterminds behind 'The Osbournes'. So he had a couple of stories about Ozzy and the family. He wasn't a name dropper, so he didn't delve into the details, which I respected. As we were in post-production, JT's buddy Jack would drive his Aston Martin up to our office and come in for meetings. The sexiest car I've ever seen. Now, just hoping to finally meet the man himself. His book was unbelievable and now he's one of the people I want to meet before he or I die (this list includes MJ, Junior Griffey, Jim Rome, Larry David, Dave Grohl, Ozzie Guillen, Eddie Vedder. People I'll have to wait for: Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, MLK Jr.).

Currently listening to: The Henry Clay People - "You're Famous Friends"
Go buy: The Deftones - 'Diamond Eyes' and The Henry Clay People - 'Somewhere on the Golden Coast'

My life thus far:

For those of you who don't know how I came to this decision:

I grew up in highland, indiana; a northwest indiana suburb of chicago. my dad is a minister in the christian reformed church and my mom was a special needs christian school teacher. My oldest sister Linnay and her husband Matt still live in IN with their kids Simon, Adam and their newest baby Elliot (whom I have yet to meet). My older brother Lance lives in grand rapids, michigan and is continually starting projects on his house and then 2 years later half-finishing them. My other older sister Lauren and her husband Eric also live in IN with their 3 kids Kaylee, Cameron, and the newest to the clan Jake (AKA Ozzie), also haven't met him either.

my siblings at my college graduation: Linnay, Lance, me,  & Lauren

my nephews & nieces (4 of 6): Adam, Simon, Kaylee, & Cameron

w the Molenaar's and my parents at a Dodger game last year: Simon, me, Adam, Matt, mom, & dad

I eventually moved to jenison, michigan with my parents when my dad took another preaching job. i went to high school and college in MI, toiled through a few jobs that i more or less hated and a couple that i enjoyed, but learned how to work hard doing manual labor. After moving around all of GR to various places with friends, i was so sick of working and living in MI, i started looking for jobs in hawaii. I had a buddy that moved to LA after college and I half jokingly called him up to see if he could get me a job on one of the tv shows he works on. within a couple of weeks I found myself driving out to LA immediately after one of my buddies' weddings.

I've been out here for almost 2 years now and as of now have no plans in going anywhere else. but we'll see what happens.

on set in Malibu for True Beauty season 1

on set of True Beauty season 1 in West Hollywood. this is the back of the house

at spring training in Glendale, AZ, tailgating for the White Sox/Cubs game; Cranfill, me, & Taylor

"Hey Ozzie!"

that brings us up to the present. living in LA is expensive obviously. I've made some good money out here, but i've spent it on dumb shit other than rent. I eat out alot and when i've gone to the bars, i'll drop a pretty penny. I'm getting better as i'm trying to budget and be a grown-up, not relying on my parents so much. This is a lot of information i'm giving out, can't wait til my identity gets stolen or some weirdo I hardly know, can recite my life story.

It's funny, cause at the beginning of this post, I had some stuff to write about, but now i can't remember any of it. It probably has to do with the fact that I went running last night. I don't run. Ever. I maybe, MAYBE ran 1 mile. stopping twice. the 'run' couldn't have lasted more than 15 min. I was dead tired and with my recent back problems, it felt like someone was repeatedly kicking me in the back. so my back is jacked up as i'm running. we'll see if i give it another go round today or this week. what spurred this running excursion on was that i just bought an ipod armband for running, so i wanted to try it out. that's me spending money on dumb shit. i do need to get in better shape. the only real exercise i get is playing softball. and i immediately negate that by going to the bar afterwards or eating a big lunch followed up by a nap in front of the t.v. I am proud that i have been laying off of fast food. I used to eat that shit all the time, especially in the line of work i'm in, the easiest thing to do is to go over to del taco or carl's jr and grab some food. for the past 4 months, the only fast food i've had was popeyes. I went to carl's jr for the first time in 4 months last week, and it'll prob be at least another 4 months before i go back. i can't remember the last time i had mcdonalds or burger king or wendys. Although i'm heading back to the midwest for my friends Andy and Lindsay's wedding, i'm sure i'll hit up White Castle. That's actually going to be a guarantee. I'll be sick for the next 2 days, but it'll be worth it.

While living in LA, i've been very lucky to attend some pretty awesome events and meet some celebrities. I don't like to namedrop (that's a lie, i kind of enjoy it), but i've gotten to meet some huge hollywood stars while working. in my opinion, meeting those people pale in comparison to some of the concerts i've got to see out here. one of the jobs i have is working promotions for a radio station. One of our sister stations is the world famous KROQ. everyone knows this station. I grew up listening to Q101 which is still my favorite station, but KROQ is the mother of all rock stations (thanks for the Pearl Jam tix!). When i was in the office, you get to see celebrities every morning. last time i was there working, i was standing no more than 2 feet from Them Crooked Vultures' Josh Homme (QOTSA), Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin). I didn't get to meet them, but i swear there was an aura around all 3.

I remembering reading about this in Rolling Stone magazine while I was still living in GR. Someone stole Green Day's 'Dookie' platinum record from the KROQ studios. Green Day came back and replaced it with this.

Just the other week, I got to experience part of history (in my opinion at least). I'm a huge Rage Against The Machine fan. I saw them once w my buddy Sean of the Dead in WI when they got back together a few years back. Zach de la Rocha (singer of RATM) has a side project called One Day As A Lion. They have never played a live show. they announced their first 2 live shows ever near where i live in LA. I had no intention of going, but found myself looking for tix the day of the first show, just gauging how much they were. Surprisingly, they're were still tix available. I clicked on 1 and got it for $12. Secret location in Pomona. So I drove over to Pomona a few hours early so I could go explore and grab lunch. Turns out, the venue was a small cafe/sandwhich shop that had an open space next door. This show was fucking loud!! there were no more than 100 people there; very intimate. very sweaty. Pomona is in the valley. it was probably 90 degrees outside, all sun, no breeze or clouds. Inside the small brick enclosure, it was about 110 (I used to do insulation in attics as a summer job growing up, so 110 in midwest summers in an attic is normal). An unbelievable show. I was deaf for about 2 days. Seriously couldn't hear much for 48 hours; everything was muted or distorted. I'll be seriously deaf by the time I turn 40.

the entrance to the Hollywood Palladium

However, the show that topped that, and probably the best show I've ever seen was on July 23 at the Hollywood Palladium. This is an awesome venue that is pretty small. RATM are playing their first LA show in 10+ years. The capacity of the crowd is roughly 3,800. This show was hot and sweaty and full of energy. Although I was in the balcony, I had a great view of the stage and I didn't get sweaty like all my other friends in the pit did. That's fine w me. I didn't have to compete with other concert goers for a view and I enjoy not getting kicked in the back of the head as I'm watching Tom Morello shred.

And to top it off, this was a benefit show to boycott Arizona and the SB 1070 bill. This bill isn't so much an anti-immigration bill, as much as it's a racist, discriminating bill. True, there is an immigration problem in the US. I know first hand living in both Michigan and now Los Angeles. However, I feel that if you made it into this country without getting caught, good job. you're in. But now you should become a citizen. It's not the immigrants fault that he was able to get into this country untouched. Kudos. That's a ballsy thing to do, knowing who is out there, literally hunting people down. But now, the gov't should make these people legal citizens. I digress. SB 1070 gives police the ability to question (discriminate) anyone they suspect isn't here legally. They can literally raid a house they think an illegal is living. Sounds familiar to what the Nazi's did, yeah? It's the same thing. I recently had a good friend of mine tell me that the phrase 'human rights' is something liberals made up to hide behind the left agenda. WHAT?!?!?!? This came from a christian. I was floored when he said this. He, along with alot of my friends, believe that owning a gun is more of a right than whether or not you should be treated fairly and equally. One of the many things I get into arguments with friends. I'm clearly a lefty-leaning liberal. I am not a democrat. I'm clearly not a republican, but I'm not a democrat. I don't know what I am. Human Rights and equality are my 2 main issues. No one should ever be treated differently because of their gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, etc. It's bullshit that there's so much inequality in the world. A world where we in American pay millions upon millions of dollars to Dane Cook to make a stupid movie that won't make back half the budget. Granted I'm not playing innocent in this. I'm definitely part of the problem. I pay money to see baseball game, concerts, etc. I guess, I need to work on my priorites.

Let's give this a try...

driving through Los Feliz

First entry:

so i get pretty bored at work; the internet has been found about 100x's a day. you can't check sports scores when there's none going on. I can't buy everything i find on ebay or amazon.com. and believe it or not, I get tired of facebook.

My sister Lauren writes a blog about her kids, but updates it once every 3 months. My friend's wife Evie writes one that I actually just read earlier today while I was deciding whether or not to do one myself. but what got me to give it a roll was a college friend who I just found out is going through something that is too close and too familiar with some of us: cancer. I won't post their name as I don't know if they want the whole world (or at least the world that revolves around me) to know the situation, so I'll simply say that I'll keep that person and their family in my prayers. I wasn't even that close to this person, however, it was heartbreaking to find out about their situation. This person was always one of the nicest people I've ever met and just overall a good, caring human being.

So, this first entry will simply be a introduction. If you're reading this, you know me. You know I'm kind of an odd person: I can be a serious person, but I can also be a pretty weird. I'm sure they're be a good amount of rants and raves (and it's not because I listen to Adam Carolla, that's just how I've always been). Some of you may not agree with anything I have to say, but maybe I can at least put something new and interesting in the back of your mind. I enjoy politics, though I don't keep up as much as some of my counterparts. I guess I'm a bleeding heart when it comes to certain issues. But always know that I feel very strongly about certain issues. It doesn't matter that people around me disagree strongly w how i feel/react. My parents are complete opposite politically than me, but they have never said I was wrong and they were right. They believe that we all have different situations and experiences within life and that things are always seens through our own eyes. Of course I disagree with them constantly on things, but they respect my views (not to be confused with agreeing w me).
I also enjoy sports and music and food, so I have a feeling that most of the entries will revolve around those. I will try to keep those not living in LA w me, about my adventures in the city that I now call my home. Thanks for tuning in. Please bear w me as i'm not the most technologically advanced and I'm learning all this on the fly.

Hollywood Blvd. & Highland Ave. during the Academy Awards; it's like a zombie movie.

@ the Golden Globes w my buddy Corey during work.

at the Dodger playoff game last year for work

w ESPN Sportscenter host Neil Everett @ LA Live, again for work

Taylor and I went out for lunch in Marina del Rey and this was the burger we each got. Neither one of us finished it.

Laur, if you're reading this, I always wondered why your spelling sucked so bad in your posts, but realizing there's no spell-check or autocorrect, I now understand. My apologies.