LA LA LAND ARCHIVES - Squishy Shoes

I really love this "LA LA Land" oldie. It really makes me laugh to read and remember the evening at the weird sushi place in Venice.


Anyway, lets see. What to tell. Well last night Chris and Dan and I were invited to go to the Onyen premiere movie with Craige Boyer (another intern for those who don't know). We had a few "directional mishaps" and ended up getting there, not late, but on time actually. However, we apparently were supposed to get there early to get a spot so we didn't get to see the Onyen movie which, by the way, has yet to reveal an actual title. We didn't, however, leave empty handed. The woman who originally yelled at us for showing up "late/on time" gave us all free tickets to see a movie.

We saw Saved! with Mandy Moore which wasn't incredible, but was still quite enjoyable. "I just wasn't quite ready for the return of the Culkin," Craige said.
Ha ha. Macaulay Culkin, our good friend Kevin from Home Alone, played an interesting character in a wheel chair. "Was anyone else freaked out by the fact that Culkin didn't change at all since Home Alone?" Dan said.

Before the movie we had to kill some time so we walked around and went to a sushi restaurant. Here's where a funny story comes in:

We go into this place and are immediately yelled at to take our shoes off. I didn't mind too much, but the guys seemed a bit weirded out. We are seated on the ground, in typical Asian style, and I have a bit of a blonde moment (ha ha Megan!!) as I announce to my friends that I can "put my feet down in the hole under the table!!" Hey, sorry, I didn't realize the tables had cubbies under them for your feet. I, of course, am sure that this area is very sanitary (NOT) being as though we are all placing our bare feet down there and there is no way to actually reach the floor boards with a vacuum or any other cleaning device( any ideas Mom, Grandma!!??). The "foot juices" as Dan and Craige so lovingly called them were starting to take hold of my feet.

The bathroom was, in itself, another experience. I mean who wants to tip toe through the TP in bare feet? NOT ME!! So Dan and Craige take use of the "provided shoes" at the bathroom door which they later come to name "juicy shoes" (Craige said they squished when he walked), and I am left with a child's size who-knows-what to squeeze barely my big toe into as I trudged across the bathroom hallway. I still manage to beat the boys out though (Mom, Nick, Miranda... - thought you'd enjoy that!!).

Craige orders fried green tea ice cream and at its delivery proceeds to inquire upon whether or not they ever accidentally mix up the wasabi and the ice cream (they look the same). Hum, that would pose for a shock if someone was to reach for a big scoop of ice cream and instead gets a nice load of wasabi to the throat (KATE!!!)

The rest of our time at the restaurant is spent trying to calculate the bill ( we were kindly provided with a pen and calculator). Then we went to the movie to which Dan commented upon exiting, "Well that was free."

Fun times

Work is great. I had a meeting with a guy from Score - an advertising and marketing firm that does arena advertising. What a salesman, but I felt right at home with the AD lingo and was thanking my lucky stars that I took Sports Marketing. Sweeney may have had hard exams, but I was ready to ask the hard questions during the pitch, and I think it looked good in front of my boss.

Oh and I met Amazing Race Blake Mycoskie for the first time today - kinda cute.
All else is well. I miss everyone bunches. Write soon.

Heather