Guys.
Hey. It's Mikie. What is up.
Rain, as of right now. I just turned the 5-minute walk between my house and downtown into a 15-minute slippery-car fest of mish-mashed left turns and a full parking structure. It's bloody pouring.
I have to say, it's beautiful. There's something that feels quite good about smothering rain and millions of people.
Amy and Heather told me to post pictures of my journeys of late - of which there have been many, and all passed-by unphotographed; I have no working camera.
So instead I will recount as much as I can in a list-like fashion, in no particular order:
enthusiastically pumping fist into a camera, for Budweiser
hundreds of miles of sunset and silhouettes
USC screening room and film students' shorts
the Public Storage gate closing just after stepping through it
singing Christmas Carols where James Dean died
sitting in fake high school hallway writing poetry and a lesbian porn
the city lights decked like a sparkling Christmas Tree
drinking Hoegaardens and talking about a two-story KFC at Lucky Baldwins
owning cozy towels from K-mart
car not starting at a gas station 'til it smokes
across a lake at night lies Cinderella's glowing castle
hot pastrami sandwiches and beer
Heat-seeking Venemous Python of Love
shattered wine glass and paper towels
Plumber knocking on bedroom door while fast asleep
scummy shower "before" and "after"
dancing to Michael Jackson with the excellent cast of The Big Bang Theory
Rocky mountains covered in snow
at a pew in Catholic cathedral, looking into Mary's eyes and marveling
snow-capped mountains in every direction
Minoo, Gil, Dani, Shane, Ryan, Deanna, Dean, amazing.
lost walking around Paramount Studios
soaking wet in tent on the set of Bones
tossing vacuum filter into the air to clean it
smacking vacuum filter on the cement to clean it
car not starting in the rain
unemployment application papers everywhere
Phillipines dancing with colours
the anticipation and not-knowing
the comfort of being surrounded by thousands of people
what humans are capable of
Those are the pictures I would have taken had I a camera. Maybe for Christmas Dad would be willing to lend me his old one with a package of batteries from Costco...so I can actually take some pictures for you guys.
That's all. I love you. Merry Christmas so far,
we've got a looong way to go
Mikie
some girl just pulled the fire alarm. WOW
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4 comments:
It's not on here, but I want to emphasize the best few days of these past months - those were the days when Candice and myself worked together to get our things out of the place on Riverside Ave and into the Public Storage, then rent a car and scurry forth to southern California so she could help me set up and drop me off. In a brief 72 hours, we had more adventures and mishaps, funny moments and sweet excitement than most people could fit into a month. It's enough to make a feature film out of. I can't describe enough how wonderful she is, and how grateful I am to her for her help. I am a lucky dude.
Love you Candice
YEAH!!!! i love the tiny updates and perfect gems of details. and i especially love the postscript here. i am still confused on where candice is going to be living now??? anyway, i am glad you guys had those adventures together and your list was amazing and leaves me wondering so much more for example...what are the castle fairy lights across the lake and what do you mean about the colorful phillipines and YOU DID A BUD LIGHT COMMERCIAL complete with enthusiastic fist pump??!! wow. well it is good to hear about all this and now we need the full stories to fill in the mysterious gaps. when are you coming home for the holidays??!! there is TONS going on, as you know, this upcoming weekend. love you kiddo!
Awe!! You and Candy are sooo sweet. I'm with Heather, I feel even more out of the loop. You just gave me little tidbits- need more, whats this about bones-the tv show. The one with Zooeys sister? Can't wait to see you SOON!!
Mikie, I love your list of what you would have photographed. Want to know more about each one. What adventures you have. I am proud of you! I love your additional comment about Candice. Those are the times we remember always. I love you Mikie, Mom
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