LA - Day 13, 14

This post is for yesterday and today.
We went back to the Grove yesterday to see King Kong. I wasn’t too excited to see it but my sister was. I’m such a people pleaser. Anyway, don’t get me wrong, the 4.5 rating doesn’t necessarily mean the movie was good in the complete sence (I might not know what I’m talking about at the moment). The high rating is dedicated to the absolutly STUNNING special effects. Oh my God. This movie deserves a high rating JUST for the exquisite work and effort of the special effects department. The story.. nyeh. The actors.. nyeh. The direction.. hmm, OK. I felt no chemistry whatsoever from the actors to me and to each other. The only character/actor that had a presence and had a lot of charisma was Jack Black. Naomi Watts was bland, nothing special at all. Adrian Brody tried too hard to be the romantic hero, and ultimately bombed at it. Colin Hanks, I felt, had lots of potential but wasn’t given a chance. Then there was this Jimmy character who was supposed to support the innocence of the movie. He was like a splinter in the ass. King Kong left us viewers in awe. He had more acting talent than half the cast. The direction was interesting. It felt like I was looking at old movie posters or cityscape paintings from the ’20s - ’30s. My last words on the movie is go see it. Everyone should see what the latest computer technology can do.

Today we went to 3rd Street Promenade and we lots of fun. There were many people and street performers. I went on a DVD and video game spree and a Puma Ferrari polo shirt and a pair of black Convers Chuck’s! Here’s what I got:

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 for MAC (I loved this game when I use to play it a few years ago and have been waiting a long time for it to come out for MACs.)
Fifa Soccer 2006 for PSP (I finally found it in EB Games. It was sold out everywhere I looked.)
Rossane seasons 1 & 2 (This is my favorite TV sitcom; after Friends ofcourse.)
The Terminal (My mom said she wanted to see it. So we’ll watch it when I get back home in May inshalla)
The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (Do I even need to say anything at all?)
Titanic Special Collectors Edition (A guilty pleasure no doubt, but I’m a sucker for “collector’s editions” and special feature. I can never get enough special features.)

OK. I’ve been dying to start playing Fifa since I got back so adios!
Check out the photographs of yesterday and today here.

LA - Day 12

Sorry for skipping a the past few days. Nothing special really happened.
Today we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was really great. I took a lot of photographs and I did my best to make them look acceptable. Many of them have netting or the fence in the foreground. My favorite animal of all that I saw today were the elephants. Check out this one’s back legs. Haha. Looks like he’s chilling out. Magnificent gentle creatures elephants. I love them.

Click here to see 49 animal-freindly photographs. Most of the photographs are very loosely titled since it is hard to remember the exact names of them. Enjoy!

LA - Day 7

We went back to the Grove today to see Memoirs of a Geisha. The Grove Theatres are supposed to be one of the best looking ones. It was a GREAT movie. Fantastic cinematography and I loved how the soundtrack perfectly flowed with the plot events. The only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 is because I think the movie would have made a greater impact if the actors spoke in Japanese and had the subtitles in English. It would have been more realistic. Bottom line, I highly recommend this movie.
Here are the 7 photographs of today.

LA - Day 6

Another low key day today. We just took a walk down the road of our hotel. and had lunner in California Pizza Kitchen. Tomorrow we’re going to the Hollywood district since we loved it so much. Just 3 photographs today.

I have a special request for you graphically creative people. I’m thinking of changing the banner on the top. So I need someone to whip something up for me. I’ll leave the designing up to you but all I ask is that Area 77 be in it and that only red, black and white is used for the whole thing. The dimensions should be exactly 700×225. You can email me the banners to the email shown on the left sidebar. I’ll choose the banner I like most when I get back from Christmas break. Thanks in advance!
The new banner you see now is temporary. See how graphically challenged I am?

LA - Day 5

We went to the Farmer’s Market at the Grove today. And this is what I bought at J.Crew. I chose this photo to post here because *-fwai7-* loved the socks I was wearing in the photo for yesterday. And also because Misguided likes them too ;P I like the farthest one on the left best. What about you?

You can see the rest of the 22 photographs of today at the end of this stream.

LA - Day 4

We took it easy today.
Just 3 photographs today in the end of the stream.

LA - Day 3

We went to Universal Studios today. It was fantastic fun. You can see the 39 photographs of today in the end of this photo-stream.

Update: I’d like to thank Misguided for giving me the idea for posting a daily image of my trip.