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Are You Really from Outer Space?

The other day I was waiting for the bus on Sunset Blvd. There was a homeless man eating some leftovers he'd dug out of the trash. He seemed quite content with his find.

That is until another homeless guy showed up...

The intruding homeless guy had a sign that said PLEASE HELP and he was walking among the cars stopped at the light.

This angered and interupted the first homeless guy's lunch as he stood up and yelled, "Hey, you can't panhandle here. This is my spot."

The second guy ignored him and continued walking through the heavy mid-day traffic.

The first one continued while waiving a spork in the air, "Hey, you. It's illegal to panhandle here. You need to leave before I call the Mayor."

That triggered a response, "You don't have no Mayor's number and besides I see you panhandle here all the time. Don't the laws apply to you too?"

Now with arms akimbo the first guy said, "No asshole, I am not subject to your human laws."

The second guy angrily asked, "What the fuck does that mean?"

The first guy did a big (and impressive) doo-wop move and proclaimed with his proud gesture of matter-of-fact, "I am from outer space - your human laws do not apply to me."

It worked as there just was no arguing with that so the second guy shrugged and took off down the street.

Satisfied with himself he returned to his lunch. He took a bite and then realized that I had been a witness to this bizarre encounter. He looked up and I asked, "Are you really from outer space?"

He pointed his spork in my direction and said cooly, "Not really."

Beauty CULTure at The Annenberg

There is a great photography exhibit on view at the Annenberg.

If you are in LA you must go... exhibit link: Beauty CULTure.

You know I loved it when in the entrance hangs a photo of Tammy Faye!

The following are a few secret pictures...

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The bathroom mirror had a video loop inserted of women powdering.

I feigned shock.

Graves

A couple of weeks ago I went to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

At one point I walked by a headstone marked Graves.

My brain went all together 5th grade as I thought to myself, "No d'uh."

Peg Leg at Renaissaince Pleasure Faire

Sunday I went to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire with friends.

In the food court I saw this peg-legged guy eating a turkey leg.

I quickly snapped a pic.

(I did not have that courage when I saw a pinhead a little later.)

Paula saw this and wanted a pic too and asked him to stop.

He obliged & struck a pose hiding the turkey leg behind his back.

Paula put on her photo-shoot hat and offered instruction,

"No. You've gotta chew on your leg."

Under my breath I couldn't help but laugh, "Whoooooops."

Hamburguesa

On Saturday I went to a lovely festival downtown called The Blessing of the Animals. A traditional Latin American ceremony held annually on the day before Easter.

At the end of the day there was a parade of the animals that all passed by a priest for a splash of holy water. I was told that the parade is always fronted by a bull.

The parade began and as the bull came toward where I was standing it began to wobble on its frail-looking legs... Then, just as the bull was right in front of me it dropped to the ground and eventually (from what I witnessed) died.

It was the damnedest thing I've ever seen.

The felled bull excited some in the crowd into audible concern while it spurred others to make jokes. A guy behind me yelled something in Spanish - of which I understood only one word: "(something something something something)... Hamburguesa!!!"

Within minutes a truck was summoned to carry the poor bull away.

I looked at the woman standing next to me and she asked in disbelief, "What the hell just happened?"

I shrugged, "Gosh, I dunno." Then I made an oddly enthusiastic 80's New Wave video gesture showcasing my peepers and proclaimed, "It must have been my killer blue eyes."

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Warning: There's a photo of the fallen bull if you click on "continue reading." I took it only because if I didn't nobody will believe me.

Happy Easter with the Blessing of the Animals

Yesterday I went to the Blessing of the Animals on Olvera Street.

It's an annual Latin American Easter festival.

It was a day filled with animals of all sorts & heart-melty kids performances.

Please click HERE to view my photo spread.

It WAS a Good Friday...

Yesterday I stumbled upon a Passion of Christ reenactment.

And boy did I get my camera up in it!

You can check out my photo of the event HERE.

Chux at a Fork in the Road

Ok, so it doesn't quite rise to the level of a Sophie's Choice...

But still, I chose to go Hollywood.

A "Model" Day

Yesterday Paula and I joined a photo group for a tour of LA.

They provided 'models' to work with. It was a very strange day.

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Ah yes, the ol' Titanic move.

Um. Yea. I didn't ask for the Lolita - but she gave me the Lolita.

Didn't this session get a couple of the old guys stuttering shuttering.

This ran thru my head: Save me Obi-Wan, you are my only hope.

Turns out Laura was. She rescued us mid-tour. For tacos.

Incredible. Butt crack.

Look. Horsies.

Me?

Someone has to wipe down all those finger print smudges.

This woman was not a 'model' - I ran into her when we stopped in Hollywood.

She demanded I take her picture anyway. Then she asked to marry me.

HAPPY OSCAR DAY!!!