LA Parks

A couple of us hung out in LA a couple weeks ago. Then someone asked me a million questions about it. In turn I'll give the 411 and not have to recite our adventure more than once.

I'm not going to lie, Echo Park was a little disappointing. The most exciting thing that occurred aside from Matt and his flawless plank was the massive amounts of goose poo. There was one central happenstance throughout the entire day, or theme. People in LA run funny. Well at least Matt and I thought so. Especially at Echo Park. They were gating off the entire park while we were there, maybe refurbishing? Can you refurbish a park? Who knows, I sure don't. I Probably would still back, however there are other parks I would choose first. 

Now I really enjoyed Griffith Park. If it wasn't as warm I'm sure we would have adventured more. I have to admit I had never been to the Griffith Observatory in all my years living in Southern California and I was completely surprised at how nice and fun it was. Even with all of the tourists it was still fun.

Before you enter the actual Observatory they have this cool like I dunno the right word... inscription, diagram? Anyways there is this thing in the cement that shows the orbit of each of the planets and non planet (Pluto). 

This is probably the teacher in me but I thought it was really fun and exciting. In this photo I'm Earth, Matt is Mars, and Ryan played the Sun. Believe it or not we got this photo in one take. I was pretty excited at my awesome photo taking skills until I saw my face. Either way it was still fun goofing around like children on a field trip. 

Inside the Observatory there are tons of exhibits. I was excited looking through the little telescopes and stuff. Playing around with what you're allowed to touch (and stuff you're not supposed to touch) What can I say I'm a curious person. It drives Ryan mad, however I think he secretly loves it. 

Outside and around the back of the Observatory you can see all of LA, and various parts of Griffith Park. With tons of photo opportunities and places to get lost it's definitely fun for all ages. 

On a Wednesday it was still rather busy all around. I don't really have any recommendations on when to go, when not to go or anything. Bring a camera there are tons of photo spots with the Hollywood sign the background and Downtown too. With telescopes you can spy on Griffith Park goers around back. Who knows maybe you'll see a star! No, not that kind of star, the ones in the sky silly. Any who I would go back and spend more time there in the future, or take a class. There is just so much to do, and  learn!

After Griffith Park we headed over to Bronson Park. To be fair we were actually looking for the Bronson Caves, and since I was driving I might have taken us to the wrong place. I mean I turned right on a road called Bronson Road.How could I have gone wrong? Well we didn't find the caves but we did find ourselves our own little adventure. 

Believe it or Matt is not posing for the camera here, he fell, and got rather dirty.

After walking through trees, and various outdoorsy type scenery we ran into this rather large rock. Matt and I couldn't help but climb it. There was a lot of opportunities to get into troupe throughout the park, but remember no fire!

We climbed trees too. Matt had a complete fail on a plank on this tree. I wanted to climb out as far as possible. Seeing as converse are not exactly the best for this kind of activity it got a little slippery, but ended in some rather rambunctious laughter from the peanut gallery. Notice no one else had the juevos, then again it could be argued that no on else was dumb enough to climb out on a tree. Who knows.

I learned two very important things while crossing this tree to the other side of the ravine. One Matt is a little chicken when it comes to crossing things. Two Matt hates Andy Dick. 

As we were enjoying our day we hear the most annoying voice in the world. Turning to see Andy Dick walk up without a shirt (not the best sight) we all just kind of sit there. Within moments of him passing Matt bursts out "I hate that guy" needless to say we heard the many reasons on our walk back to the car. 

When in LA hiking around the various parks try and make eye contact and communicate with people. They will avoid looking at you and when you speak they are so surprised. Being a kid from a smaller town I like to give a "Hi" or a "How's it going". Well when this started happening it became my mission to make people as uncomfortable as possible by being polite. 

I'll put up the rest of our adventure at another time.

Keep the nerd close.

Comic Con/SyFy/Dr. Horrible

Comic Con at it's finest. Thank you Blastr for the find. I have had a soft spot for P!nk lately. Might be driving the boyfriend a little mad especially when I blast this song in the car.

Check this out. When you thought it was safe to stay in your own house Video Games Can Be Dangerous . Who knew that pulling a Raid on Halo could be so hazardous to your health. Thanks to Nathan Fillion in the previous video we learned the dangers of swamp ass, but this is on a totally new level. Remember to get up and go for a walk!


Bishop Gets Own Bobblehead For 75th Birthday

Talk about weird news. The worst part is...I found the article. I wouldn't mind a bobblehead look alike. Think about them all.

Fargo (Eureka)
Dwight (The Office)
Shawn & Gus (Psych)

I'm sure there are more, however I cannot think of any. It would be just plain fun. Come to think of it, I have never actually owned a bobblehead. Something to work on I suppose, but a bobblehead.

Summer television. Eureka with Felicia Day? Awesome. Not to mention switching everything up at the beginning of season four. Fargo as the head of GD is genius. I have to thank Barbi for telling me about Eureka. Now on Monday night I find myself in front of the television at 8:00PM logged onto Skype sooner or later talking to Barbi. I'm totally #TeamFargo by the way.
If you've never caught an episode of Eureka it's hilarious. I can't think of another show like it. A town full of scientists who have experiments that go wrong all the time and cause...various effects. It's on Netflix. I completely blame Barbi for me liking Eureka. There is a Cafe Diem in San Diego. I'm gonna go one of these days that's for sure.

You know what else is on Netflix? The Guild, also with Felicia Day. Season five also came out this past week. Haven't caught it though.

Since I have brushed over Nathan Fillion and Felicia day I'll leave with this video.

Joss Whedon is awesome. If you like that, check out the rest of it. 

Still to cover in the coming days.

Big Brother: Brenchel, Jeff and Jordan. Who do you want to win? Brenchel is up on the block, but Brendon won PoV. He'll be an idiot and save Rachel. The smarter move would to be to save himself. Think about it, everyone in the house doesn't mind him. 

Rookie Blue: Luke and McNally are over. Will Sam make is move? I sure hope so!

Keep the nerd close.

Take Two

I'll try this again. It didn't go well last time, but who knows I might be able to keep up with a blog.

Are you ready? O.A.R. is coming out with King on August 2nd! http://www.rdio.com/#/artist/O.A.R./album/King_(Deluxe_Version)/

You can stream it from there. I personally recommend Dangerous Connection, however if you're new to O.A.R. try Heaven first.

Something about this album kicked me in the pants and changed my way of thinking from the past year. I had the awesome opportunity to go to the filming of Heaven with a couple other people I know. Namely Selina, Betsy, and Lucy. The video hasn't come out yet, and I'm 100% sure you probably can't see us, but that's okay we all had a blast hanging out that night.
 Don't ask me about the bus, we had fun goofing off though. 


So go out, buy the album Tuesday. Don't steal it! It will be worth the money I can promise that.

ofarevolution.com for pre-order. iTunes for digital, and I suppose Target or Best Buy for the actual CD.

@ofarevolution for twitter (Keep up to date with everything there!)

Onto other news, Castle. Wait did I say Castle? Oh yes. Nathan Fillion, Nerd God. You know that guy. @NathanFillion Need I say more? September is so far away! Will Beckett die, live, hear I love you? The questions are as endless as the wait until the premier. Then at Comic Con San Diego they give us this...

Talk about torture. We all know she will live, I mean as gorgeous as Stana Katic is how could they even think about killing her off? Not to mention it's a television show. The real question is do you want them to get together, or not get together. The honest truth I am so completely in the middle on the matter I cannot make a choice. A part of me wants to see them together, and the other part of me likes the tension. Leave it up to the writers.
It always amazes me at how attached we get to a television show and their characters. I guess the writers are doing a good job if viewers get so attached. *Cough* Firefly *Cough* I'm such a nerd.

Speaking of nerds. @nerdmachine on twitter is your go to spot for all nerd things. @ZacharyLevi is the creator and total nerd himself. I'm a bit of a twitter whore. Love it.
http://www.thenerdmachine.com/

Honestly who comes up with something like this other than a total nerd? It represents my point perfectly. 

So when in doubt about Zombies by all means ask Zac Levi. He will not let you down.

Keep your eyes open for Chuck this next season. I'm sure I'll update and post information sooner or later. 

I will never think of hair dryers in the same way ever again. 

A little video heavy, but it's this kind of stuff that makes being a nerd fun. I'm still completely bummed that I couldn't make it to comic con this year. Next year come hell or high water I am there.

Thank you for reading, and keep the nerd close to your heart. Embrace it, love it, and most of all be who you are. I have learned that much after college.