Day 2...
The second day has come and gone. We spent most of the day in various shopping malls or at the Japanese Garden in Glendale. Very beautiful place... At least it was from the outside
looking in. We went there to film the interview with Tyson Mao, the world champion Rubik's Cube master. Once there, we found that the location was... let us say 'Not available for our use at the moment.' Luckily for us, there seemed to be a city-wide terror alert because of some bomb threat in downtown L.A. This scare gave the LAPD reason to shut down all freeways until further notice, thus blocking Mr. Mao from visiting us until tomorrow.*PHEW* Dodged an embarassing bullet there. No problem, we rescheduled for the next day and went home to make sandwiches.
Afterwards, we went shopping at a few very large, very familiar malls. One in Burbank and the other in Glendale. Good times.
Later in the evening we all went to visit Kamelya's uncle and aunt (Goorgen and Anoosh). We had met Goorgen earlier in the day to aquire transportation for the week. Once at their home, we talked for a while and had an all-around jolly time. Most of which was spent watching Goorgen's very own music videos. Not gonna lie, impressive for a man who barely speaks english and knows nothing of computers to do all on his own. Still, we can do better. ^_^
We have come back to the hotel and though Kamelya still insists on going out, she is visibly tired and has (now that I'm typing this) already fallen asleep. Tomorrow looks to be a long and busy day. We are shooting the interview and then going to Hollywood during the day followed by much schmoozing and partying at night. It should be a work-related morning followed by a night on the town.
California has beauty. There is no doubt about it. The people have shown us hospitality and the scenery (away from the highway
and urban areas) is filled with giant mountain ranges that becon me with every mile we drive on concrete and pavement. Still, I miss Chicago. I am not homesick by any means just yet, but there is a lacking in variety here. There is no architecture that captures my imagination like my city and the grid system which I have become so used to driving on is non-existant here. My skills as a navigator are being pushed to the max, so I suppose the lack of beauty in the urban landscape is a positive in that I have to navigate, not sight-see. ^_^
Now Playing: Bach (JS) - "Fugue in G minor"
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