Idaho's Adventures in La-La Land

My adventures in LA come to a close today. I am a little disappointed at some of the things I missed – the Hollywood sign, the LA nightlife, etc – but I did have a nice 5 mile run on Venice beach.
After the beach, I went straight to a restaurant/bar right next to the beach. I simply wiped the sand off my legs and threw on a shirt. While waiting for my food I met a Hollywood still photographer. He was friendly and invited me to come hang out.
I didn’t post any tantalizing pictures of Venice beach babes, because I didn’t want to be the one pervert on the beach sneaking up to unsuspecting women with my camera phone. Mostly, because the women were not unsuspecting; women eye single guys on the beach walking around like each male who passes could potentially be a rapist.
I did stare at this one woman and her husband more than common courtesy allowed because I thought she looked like Courtney Cox and he looked like David Arquette. Singly, I wouldn’t have made the connection to either one, probably because they were both a little out of shape and didn’t quite have that Hollywood body. But together, I began to wonder if somehow Courtney and David Arquette had simultaneously gone on binge diets. So I approached and asked and they weren’t. Too bad.

To Blog and Die in LA

I am not going to have time to explain the reference in the title because I am blogging with a scant 39 minutes of battery life in my laptop. I am definitely in LA now. I am a little surprised and disappointed because I expected the streets to be filled with beautiful people, but alas, the streets are not teeming with movie star potential.
I am holed up in a hotel in what I suspect is China Town or at least near it. The majority of the hotel staff are Asian and the rest are Hispanic. Fully half of the guests are Asian and speak something other than English. Strange...
Expect the moblogging to continue.

Blogging from the rest stop again

I am at the Donley County rest stop again blogging but this time I printed off directions to my location, Fairfield, California. The quality of the print is low but tolerable for my purposes. Other states should get with the program.

Neat Firefox trick

Here's a reason to download Firefox and dump Internet Explorer: RSS feeds. You can see an example of why Firefox is cool if you try this on a computer with Firefox installed. When you visit my page in Firefox look for the orange icon at the bottom right of the page. Clicking on the icon gives you the option of subscribing to my ATOM or RSS feed. Subscribing to my feed will add the blog to your bookmarks and allow you to browse new posts from your bookmarks folder. Cool huh?
You can also subscribe to my blog manuallyby going to "bookmarks" on the toolbar and clicking "manage bookmarks". Once there, click the "File" menu on the toolbar and select "New Live Bookmark". On the menu that pops up add "my website with this RSS feed url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhoIsIdahosaEdokpayi?format=usm.

Site maintenance

When I put in the new blog template, I neglected to put in the RSS and ATOM syndication. (Those of you with news readers know what I am talking about.) I also didn't bother to make sure that permalinks were working. (Permalinks are the permanent links to each blog post. This way users can link individual posts) I have fixed all that. Enjoy the improved interface!

Pretty people in ugly clothes

Just as Awful Plastic Surgery presents many pretty (or not so pretty) people with awful plastic surgery, Go Fug Yourself presents many of the same people in "fugly" clothes. "Fugly" is a slang term meaning "freaking ugly", well perhaps "freaking" is a little milder than the actual word but I am sure you understand. I think it is all hilarious. Check out the section devoted to Britney Spears.

I have a dirty mind

This ad I saw at a blog called the "Gothamist" made me double-take. I admit to keeping my mind in the gutter a significant portion of the day. But what would you think?

I'm Rachel Wacholder

I will Lay Out
For Every Last Ball