They talk about the things that stress caged cats. I wonder what psychological effects not hunting has on the carnivores.

I'm sure it'd fuck me up.

Listening to new Right Said Fred. "I Love My Car" is impossibly perky. It's a bit scary.

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One thing that weirds me out about LA is that all the fitness people have at least some marginal involvement in The Industry and hence all look like models.

Depends on what one means by "LA". I was born in LA proper and was raised in South Pasadena. I went to school at UCLA. I lived in LA 'til I was 21 or so. I really didn't run into the stereotypical LA people talk about all that much. They filmed some in So Pas and at my school. My brother went to UCLA's Theater School so I met Jack Black well before he was famous and started hearing a little industry terminology. But in general, life for people outside of West LA is pretty normal. Our health care pros look like health care pros anywhere else. It's West LA that's a different world. But even going to school at UCLA and living in Westwood, I didn't run into it much. I didn't have money to belong to a gym and I wasn't going to chiros yet because my family thought chiros were quacks.

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My chiro's not in West LA. And when I went to West Hollywood for coffee I was stunned by how industry the cafe was. When I lived with Allyson in Los Feliz, celebrities were thicker on the ground than they are around me in West LA (well, except for at my gym).

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That's one thing I'm aware of that's really changed. The part of Los Feliz that wasn't the hills was kinda chintzy when I lived there. I hear it's quite the rage now.

Silverlake was just a year or two down the road in its gentrification process. I gather there are some other neighborhoods that were working class in my time and aren't now.

WeHo is included in my definition of West LA. You gots to remember that us folks from the SGV think y'ALL are West. :) Of course WeHo's going to be think with industry.

I'm still trying to catch up with the Buffista stuff. Last I knew you were living in Irvine, ita. Glad you're closer to the action now because West LA's got to be more your speed than Irvine.

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I wonder what psychological effects not hunting has on the carnivores.

It's why they have a cheetah run at the Wild Animal Park. They get to chase and "kill" the lures. Makes them much much happier.

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I was never in Irvine, actually. I moved from Los Feliz to here. But I did spend a little too much time working down there. Ick commute.

I was just reading about West in LA. West Hollywood might be West Side, they said, but West LA was maybe a smaller unit that may or may not include anything not specifically LA (like Brentwood or Santa Monica).

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And when I went to West Hollywood for coffee I was stunned by how industry the cafe was.

I sometimes wonder if my barista could hook me up with an agent.

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I always wonder if my barista could hook me up with an agent.

It was really hard not to laugh--fresh faced kids, maybe waving around videotapes with their names printed neatly on them, being told that they just need the right vehicle, or meeting people who gave them a business card right as they say hello, and scattered scribbling in scripts.

Ah, LA.

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Yeah, my (and probably my family's) idea of West LA is very general. It's kind like saying "Back East" or "Down South". For me, things start getting West LA around LACMA and parts west. But WeHo is definitely included in my idea of West LA.

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I just bought the first "mandatory" item for my Galapagos trip: [link]

Yay!

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