OF COURSE that photo i posted of the tornado in spfld ISN’T A PHOTO OF THE TORNADO! my mom sent it and i blame it entirely on her.
i could have looked at it twice, though, and realized that OF COURSE that big building isn’t the hilton, and OF COURSE that’s a PALM TREE there on the left and WE DON’T HAVE ANY PALM TREES in spfld! not to mention the fact that that photo was clearly taken during DAYLIGHT HOURS and our tornadoes touched down WHEN IT WAS DARK.
so i’m sorry about my retardation.
i guess it’s all this LA sunshine and warm weather that’s making my brain addled.
but hey, today there was a demonstration right here in downtown LA. this morning we saw a few groups of people walking down the street past our window, and i was talking to my mom on the phone and she said they were protesting a bill about illegal immigrants, she heard it on the news.
we left for the Huntington Library and Gardens shortly therafter and there were plenty of people on the streets, but we made it out of downtown pretty fast.
but then at about 3:30 this afternoon, jerri called to say that she saw on CNN that there was a protest with ONE MILLION PEOPLE downtown and hoped we weren’t trapped in the apartment. i told her, no worries. she head that there were anywhere from 100,000 to a half million people protesting. bugt then tonight on the news they said there were a million people.
but this could be GROSSLY INACCURATE.
when we got back, they were all gone. but people were pouring into the staples center for the kings (hockey) game. actually right now i still see a a few peopl;e heading towards the center, and right now it’s 8:45. the game started at 7:30.
and we saw the first person LEAVE the parking lot of the game at 8:25. so somebody left before everybody get there. do you think people will still be showing up when the game is actually over?
i’m SORRY, RANDY, that i haven’t been giving MINUTE BY MINUTE accounts of my trip. but i’ve been busy trying to experience it. yesterday morning we went to the very cool disney hall, and yesterday afternoon we went to santa monica, and today we went to the huntington, and i took MANY MANY PHOTOS but i just don’t have the time or inclination right now to do all the stuff required for getting the photos up here. rest assure that there will be many photos, but just not now.
people still heading into the game.
did i mention that it’s warm and beautiful here?
ok then,
saturday night grace.