Lorange Blog

You are beautiful even when coastal hills burn and murk you up.

We had headaches on Saturday. Events slip off my calender, passing without my notice. It's been weeks of work and sleep and that is perfectly fine with me. I love my job, I love coming home and hugging B and how she closes her eyes. We go through our days as I walk in around 7pm, a good 12 hours after I left the apartment for work. I'm happy when I leave home* and happier still seeing the glow of her laptop around the corner. I'm a moth drawn in. * actually I take my sweet time leaving. trust me, I would rather be sleeping.

Hi, I'm Chissum Worthington. As many of you know, I have a strong resemblance to Sean Connery. My personality also has an uncanny resemblance to the character of James Bond. Why doesn't Hollywood agree? I don't know. Let them make their stupid, mindless movies (The Bell and the Butterfly, The Savages, etc) while we eat it up. Fortunately, I have a computer. Here is MY James Bond movie. It should be better than Quantum of Solace, which opens this Friday. Gosh, my boner is HUGE when I think of this Friday. ( click here if you can't see the video ) Chissum on myspace .

A few weeks ago we headed down to the Gardena Buddhist church for an old friend's wedding. Besides this being my first attendance to a Buddhist wedding, this was the first time I agreed to bring along a date.  The last few weddings I just went stag with my friend Corey since we all know the same people with the benefit of splitting gas on the way up to the Bay Area. This worked fine until at the last one when we where seated among a mutual friend and his new wife. Settling in after dinner and drinks, in that same false sense of familiarity one has with their mail carrier, she leaned over and asked us how long we had been a couple. In that moment I vowed to have real date next time. This also happened to be the great LA.metblogs blogger trek from the start of Western Ave in Los Feliz to its terminus at the Pacific Ocean . Something like 28 miles!!   So as we drove to the reception in Torrance we happen to drive by the last three walkers. "That's them!...

A.N.S.W.E.R. LA Emergency Protest & Rally - ALL OUT! No More Hate! Overturn Prop. 8! Equality for All! Same Sex Marriage Rights Now! This Saturday, November 8, 6pm Gather at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake Corner of Sunset Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles 90029 More info at: http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANSWERLA (I'm pretty sure this is a permitted, official event btw)

I have yet to fly Spirit airlines, which based out of Detroit makes it the first choice for my Michiganite GF due to some crazy, great deals. I’ve seen cross country flights range from literally pennies to under $100 on their often amusing web newsletters. Of course the catch is limited selection and a bare bones flight with no in-flight movie, having to pay for everything extra save for the bathroom, all the while crammed together with other cheapskates who put cheapness in front of personal comfort (and with increased odds, personal hygiene). Basically it’s the Walmart of airlines. Anyhow the newest email had this: Ochobama! With Fares From $8* Each Way Spirit, a Maverick in airline sales, brings you Ochobama! He's built his platform around bringing you low fares, from only $8* each way for $9 Fare Club** members. We're also offering many more great fares for everyone. Check out the low fares and save big today! All other sales Palin comparison....

B: So you think I could fit through there? Me: ... .

Hey you're back in town. So I've might have mentioned that October is the best month ever. This year has shaped out alright in my book. A list in no particular order: 1) My new job rocks. With each paycheck I receive a $20 gas card. Twice a week: free lunch. 2) Jessica Dobson (with Beck) on David Letterman!!  3) Ok this is about work again. Since I now interact with the purchasing department I often deal with vendor sale reps that come into work. Today I finally meet the one who part times in the world of porn (really). Mid to late 30s, 6 foot something with a grip of giant hands that frankly intimidated me. Everything screamed giant penis. As he stood up from the chair I swear that I and everything on the desk would be force pushed like droids blocking the path of Obi Wan. He'd be perfect for the porn version of The Office (there has to be one by now). 4) The Happy Hollows are releasing the great EP Imaginary today. Someone wrote that it was experimenta...

So I started a new job a few weeks ago. Again I find myself in the same industry (vitamins) with a very well known brand sold in a chain that rhymes with scmole schmoods. Again I have to remind myself that after 10+ years in this industry, I'm actually quite qualified to do this job. In the interview I was asked if my weaknesses (not having the educational background they were looking for) could be a problem. "No." I replied, "In fact, I've never been properly qualified in any of my previous positions." This got their attention. "I was hired into a marketing job (in this industry) without having a marketing degree. Before this I worked up from customer service to product manager of the same vitamin line. I know where I stand on paper and have always had to work twice as hard as the next guy; I have no choice but to do so."  It wasn't meant in cockiness or as a defensive reaction to the question, just a realization that it wasn...

Band: mr. Gnome Song: Night of the Crickets At the SilverLake Lounge  $8

In a land far, far away called the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.... Man walked among inflatable palm trees and animatronic dinosaurs!!! Thanks to Tina  (who I totally remember from high school by the way) for offering Thursday night tickets up on the Mediabristo/fishbowl LA site. So how was it? Ashley and I had a great (Cheesy) time! Not surprisingly, it was as enjoyable and cheesy as one might think.  Sure it's all based on a BBC science show. But inflatable plants?  A baby t-rex hamming it up for the crowd? An over-sized cave lined with impossibly large teeth? No, what was surprising was the scene located in the Nokia plaza next door. A massive hotel convention party with three bands on top of Wolfgang Puck catered tables. I turned to my friend and asked "Was that crowd especially white or was that just my imagination? "Oh no, I noticed that too!" Our normal Los Angeles (diverse) crowd went from walking with dinosaurs to walking w...

Wow, this video was a long time in the making - definitely worth the wait though. What I love about this song is how it sneaks up on you. Sometime around the second chorus...

Overheard during brunch at Millie's : hipster girl 1:  Oh did you hear about Paul Newman this morning? hipster girl 2:   Who? hipster girl 1:  He was a famous old actor. hipster girl 2:   ??? hipster girl 1:   He created Newman's Own sauces and stuff. hipster girl 2: Oh, yeah him.  (said with total indifference)

Though I have a sore throat (is it allergies, a cold or is it memorex?) I have a 3 day spurt of fun shows to attend. You can choose your adventure: This Tuesday at Canters/Kibitz Room: If you haven't experience an Automatic Music Explosion show, stop by Canters as they wind down their 2 month residency (a rare thing in LA). Highly suggest getting there early for Audra Mae (amazing voice) with Also P-Cow closing the night out. FREE, 21+ This Wednesday at El Cid: Rob Z's Acoustic in the Garden of Gnome and Evil Always fun and always free - Rob's little shindigs brings out great local talent for a night of music, fun and drinks all wrapped within the shell of El Cid. This Thursday at the Viper Room: The Dollyrots , Calamity Magnet , and one of my favorites Looker from NYC

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Sadly Echo Park's Chickens in Love mural painted by Cache has been painted over. I noticed the blank brown wall this morning around ten but didn't have a camera on me to take an updated picture. Looked like the uneven work of LA city employees as it might have been an un-permitted mural -Still searching the blogs to find more info on this. Photo taken from Cache's myspace page

Yeah I've been slacking over here but things have been zipping along on the home front. Now this home front will be moving from Echo Park to Los Feliz up the hill in the next week or two. Trading a quick access to taco trucks and downtown for fish taco stands,the bulk nut store and more hippies and actors. And yes this means I an now living with B. for those not keeping score at home. All part of the master plan, the Lots-o-changes that I promised to write about here, er, except that I haven't. Oh and those road trip updates? Until I get around writing up a summary with pics, you can look at the photos from my road trip on flickr: On another note, deadpan is not blogging anymore = sad face.

I floated over my pillow. Well my head was down and my eyes open. Thinking how much was going change is just a few short hours. I awoke before my alarm on the cell phone rang, set for 5 AM. Made it to LAX by 7.15 for my 9am flight. I call this way to early. I pressed your speed dial code even knowing I would see your face, hold your hand, kiss your lips in just a few hours. We discovered that we've woke up at the same time today, despite the time zone between us. You sounded well rested, my sweetness. I've never flown to Vegas nor on US Airways and never from Terminal 1. I thought of you. The 15 below snaked through the clouds in glimpses. I thought of you again . Watching with the sun shade down the desert looked as if a felt blanket had replaced the sand and rocks and laid twisted by feet, and arms, and bodies. I thought it weird, this distortion from the thick cabin windows because I'm easily distracted like that. And I thought of how weird you are too.

So this Monday I will be flying off to Michigan with a nice 3+ hour layover (by choice) between LA and Detroit. While 3 hours is long for a domestic stretch, it's not just the $100 savings making it worthwhile. No, I'm the strange guy you likes the occasion layover. Between a restroom without lines and the ability to stretch my legs to be less jet lagged are all good benefits for the leisure traveler like myself, it doesn't hurt that my layover is in Las Vegas with slot machines and free wifi. Anyhow, I'm helping B in this little adventure we'll call:  2,177 mi – about 1 day 8 hours (nonstop - ah ahahahah. More like 4/5 days towing a car). The plan is to blog the trip which will be utterly fascinating or completely boring. Regardless we're going to have fun even if it doesn't translate on here.