drivin down the 101.

there are certain things from my teenage years that i can text to one of my friends and they'll completely get the same feeling that i do and know exactly what i mean. my friend amanda and i do this often with the "o.c." i can literally text her and say what's the GPRA and she'll know. it's weird to me to think of a show having so much of an impact on my life, but it really did. especially a show like the o.c. feelings and situations happening in my own life have been put with specific portions of the show, so when i see it, it really brings me back. i also worked at hollister, which for any of you living under a rock, know that it's california themed. and i feel like our lives kind of revolved around our fake california themed world for that period of time. this all came about because i was thinking of how much i wanted to be watching the o.c. right now instead of writing a human rights paper on child soldiers. it's never a good thing to start when you have work, because it never ends. kind of like SVU marathons.

in case i ever feel like i never do anything...part dos.

so day 2 of our trip was just as fabulous.

8:30 am: alarms. is this real or am i dreaming?
8:40 am: kaela lets me know i'm not dreaming. into the shower.
9 am: champagne headache leads to a hunt for a living social instant deal.
9:05 am: order 20 dollars worth of food for 12 dollars at the hollywood corner restaurant.
9:10 am: get dressed/pack while listening to big girl you are beautiful and incubus on repeat.
10 am: checkout with creepstat man. we don't care that you're going to name your daughter makaela. that's not my name.
10:15-11:30 am: stuff our faces with chicken chorizo, eggs, coffee and avocado. home fries with cheese apparently is a new concept to southern california.
12 pm: get on sunset blvd. and hunt down our tattoo shop. observation, californians love to eat with their pups.
12:15 pm: tell the tattoo guys what we want, they sketch it up. we get the price down.
12:30 pm: shawn, our artist, puts the stencil on my arm and i immediately get it taken off. not for me.
12:31 pm: shawn puts it on my upper hip and i instantly jumped on the bench to get it.
12:40 pm: i had "yolo" on my side in awesome font.
12:45-1 pm: kaela making her decision of body parts.
1 pm: tattoo on the arm!!!
1:10 pm: shawn refused to let us tip him. check out: http://www.americanelectrictattoo.com/home.html if you want an awesome tattoo and experience.
1:15 pm: after being advised that we would probably die if we tried to check out the hollywood sign, we figured it would be a good idea to go.
1:20-2:30 pm: drove super slow around the windiest streets in the world. saw the most amazing views of the hollywood hills and the sign. trespassed on someone's property to get some photos. nbd.
3 pm: arrived at "the love shack" in venice beach. large assortment of bean bags. couldn't fit it in my bag.
3:15 pm: realized what brandon's gf meant when she said we should check out abbot kinney.
3:30 pm-6 pm: strolled around abbot kinney and found the most amazing vintage shops and stores. could have spent all day there. very trendy, but very pup-friendly. every store in venice had either a dog or a water dish in it. we met melissa, who runs luxury jones !!! she told us how much she loved our style, and we got into the topic of free people, leading us to discover she works for luxury jones. a pair of LJ boots were seen in the free people catalogs and here! awesome shoes and such a sweetheart.
6:15 pm: made our way to the venice boardwalk but of course got lost. parking is ridiculous around here!
6:30 pm: finally parked and walked almost the entire venice boardwalk. realized it was 7:30 and we still had to eat, get gas, drop the car off and get through security by 9:30. eek.
7 pm: got gas and spotted: DEL TACO. yes! the moment i'd been waiting for.
7:15 pm: changed outside of in-n-out. might have mooned a woman in a car. kaela put on her hobo-wear.
7:30 pm: got to in-n-out. i ate my del taco quietly while kaela ordered $24 dollars worth of food and paraphernalia from in-n-out. 5 spreads please. 5?! sir, just give me the spread.
8:15 pm: realized it was 8:15 and our flight was in an hour. shit.
8:35 pm: dropped the car off and ran to the shuttle. everyone thought we were on something but we weren't. just happy to be alive. in california. rushing for a plane.
8:45 pm: ran through security dropping things and looking really cute.
9:25 pm: get to the gate and realize that our plane is actually delayed. awesome life.
9:50 pm: no one will switch seats with us so we have to sit alone. "i'm gonna drool all over this guy."
6 am: arrived back in NY :(
7 am: got to john's.
9 am: woke up.
10:37 am: on a train to manhattan.


best.weekend.ever.

in case i ever feel like i never do anything...

i wanted to remind myself of the shit i've done the past 2 days; just in case i forget.

SATURDAY:

5 am: loaded our bags into john's car and headed to the airport.
5:20 am: got mcdonald's breakfast; could not scoop out the yoke
6 am: went through security at checkpoint B
6:30 am: got patted down in checkpoint B
6:35 am: realized we had to go through checkpoint A
6:45 am: made it through checkpoint A
7 am: boarded our plane
10:05 am: arrived in los angeles
10:06 am: left the mexican blanket on the plane
10:45 am: fought with an old women about our car
11:30 am: got the car
12 pm: found out that in-n-out makes burgers with grilled onions
12:10 pm: made friends with every in-n-out worker
12:15 pm: ate massive amounts of food with spread
12:30: made friends with an old lady going to NY in november
1 pm: arrived at our hotel and got settled in thanks to jonah/johan/joe-han
2 pm: drove to santa monica and ended up in a vintage store
2:15 pm: became best friends with Bruce
3 pm: spent $40 dollars on a plain green t-shirt with some stains. best buy 2011.
3:15 pm: found out we were in brandon boyd's girlfriend's vintage store.
3:30 pm: bought cookies, champagne, sprite, squirt, and bacardi
4 pm: drove to newport beach
4:15 pm: kaela begins to drink her squirt with the cup holder attached
4:30 pm: kaela opens my sprite
4:31 pm: sprite explodes and kaela continues to hand it to me while i'm driving on a 6 lane freeway
4:35 pm: attempted sprite cleanup
5 pm: got called "women" repeatedly by drunk men
5:30 pm: saw an amazing sunset on the beach
6 pm: ate at sol cafe. mushrooms in butter for $2.50
7 pm: how the eff do you turn on these lights?!
7:28 pm: cut across 5 lanes of traffic due to dancing from "foster the people."
7:30 pm: cut off 45 minutes worth of traffic going into incubus. because we're from new york.
7:45 pm: attempt at taking a bacardi shot. attempt failed.
7:46 pm: invited to drink a beer with our neighbors
8:30 pm-10:15 pm: INCUBUS<3
10:15-11 pm: no one is really sure.
11:15 pm: quickly get dressed, down mimosas, fill up douchebag and call a cab
12 am: "sooo, like, how does this work?" gain free entry into a VIP club at the Roosevelt Hotel
1 am: shake hands with taye diggs. he suggests we talk with his agent about becoming actresses. we declined.
1:45 am: invitation to go to justin timberlake's house, aka a strange boys hotel room. invitation declined.
2:30 am: returned to our hotel.

i was going to continue with day 2, but then i realized that i can't really see anymore. until tomorrow...

cruisin' down the highway with my friends top down and we're all on our way to the beach...

this weekend i am going to california for one night to see incubus with kaela! spontaneous and crazy? maybe a little. but you must live until you die. picture updates to follow!