ComicCon 2010

welcome to ComicCon 2010!

monsieur Vader

Gizmo!

heheey supernerds!

Take the photo or I'll kill you with my EYE!

Mister Prettymonster

Tron bike, inconvenient, but cool

Harry, you failed.

"Who're you gona call?"

tadatataatadadatataaa!

First thing I thought of: "BLOAARGH"

Okay, more to come!

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Imagine yourself upside down, going a trillion miles per hour, totally uncontrolled, from heights to lows in a 1/10 blink of an eye, going so fast the upcoming air and g-forces are pushing your scream back into your throat, being unable to produce anything else than a horrified face, holding on for your life, wishing you would be somewhere else and hoping for it all to come to an end. Sounds like a plane crash, doesn't it? It isn't.

What I'm describing is the feeling that engineers have produced for anybody to experience, in totally safe circumstances: Six Flags Magic Mountain and to be more specific, the beast in red and black: X2. X2 Ladies and Gentlemen. X2 makes your roller coaster experiences into new dimensions, because this one seems to have an endless amount of them.

The seating, the "car"... this doesn't seem like anything you've ridden before. "Whatever, this is going to be just another roller coaster; nothing special." -my deprived mind lies to the body in order to relax. The climb begins, back first, all you see what you leave behind; beautiful desert and increasing height until you reach the top and all you can see is sky, because you're lying on your back, slowly going faster and faster until all of a sudden the car flips you face first into a huge loop dive, fast dive, something you never felt before, something that makes you sure those deprived words when seated was a big fat lie, a lie of which without you would've never came on to this roller coaster. Instead of telling you the story of how it was, let me just show it: X2 POV Front Seat Six Flags - on Youtube INSANE!

Nine hours: Six (absolutely crazy) roller coasters = massive amount of waiting to scream for your life whenever physically possible. Among these were:

• Viper, does 7 loops
• The Riddler's Revenge, you stand and make many loops too in huge speeds. Biggest of its kind.
• Deja Vu, a nice looping and throwing around first facing forward, then everything backwards.
• Goliath, climb up 26 stories and come rumbling down at 85mph (about 137km/h) into a black tunnel. Scary!
• Tatsu, makes you feel like you're flying, looking like Buzz Lightyear once airborne. Fast, upside down, crazy fun.
• and X2 of course.

Worth it. Because of protectiveness, I didn't take my camera with me to the amusement park, I had a hard time keeping on to my phone, wallet and keys. Samsung phone photos this time, In-joy!

 Viper, upside down 7 times? This one is for pussies.

The Riddler's Revenge: Highest and fastest Stand-Up roller coaster in the world. Yes you're standing.

Contemporary Art

Allen Ruppersberg: Still Life at MOCA in Little Tokyo, LA

Hollywood

Oh Hollywood.. You know what, dearest readers? I don't care what people say, I don't feel it, I can't feel it, it's stars on the ground, it's walk of fame, it's Hollywood, it's  o v e r - r a t e d, it's boring, it's not worth it!

People kneel down to Mickey Mouse's and Humphrey Bogart's stars and get their picture taken. Why? Imbeciles. The only thing you get out of this place is to observe people and take pictures of them. They don't seem to care, it's Hollywood, people pose to cameras, or avoid them, depending on their celebrity rank.

If you want to do something truly amazing in Hollywood, get a car and drive up towards the hill with the famous letters HOLLYWOOD. Do something most people do; climb up the private area hill and first of all, enjoy the view, second of all, touch one of the letters, thirdly run down with security behind you once they've discovered you. Absolutely worth it.

"Smile, you're famous!"

Hollywood boulevard

On the hill, not so far away from epic happenings, sweating hard

Enjoying the view with a Norwegian family while running away from security

The 4th of July weekend hurled away in San Diego by spectating fabulous fireworks, numerous ODs and remorseless teenage fights. Furthermore, it was absolutely fantastic. Not because of the ODs and fights of random stupid people, no way, you can see that R-rated crap on TV.

A weekend with Emily's family did this weekend remarkable. The real deal is first a wake board session with Uncle Neil, Adam, Michelle and their singing/howling tiny puppy Lux and our troops in San Diego Bay with a rented boat which ended with the most delicious dinner at a local restaurant and a fireworks session of about an hour on Saturday.

 Michelle being impressed by Neil Showing off around the bay

Later on we stationed ourselves in Neil's house - designed by himself - where we would sleep for the weekend. What a house! The view in the picture is taken from his balcony. To make a little cultural difference notation of traffic planning; in Europe the engineers prefer serpentine roads. Over here apparently it's okay as long as there's a road ..with an angle of 30 degrees. This is another reason why people prefer big engines in their cars I suppose. Well, anyway, back to the 'real deal'

Sunday morning, 4th of July we went to Delicatessen to have some Jewish breakfast and oh man oh man oh man. I rolled away from there, stuffed like an elephant after having swallowed a house...to a BBQ wishing I didn't all that much.

Great people (adding to the list: Tim, Sidney, Ben and Alex along with their dog Rusty), delicious food and a big pool made this BBQ an unforgettable one.  I pushed myself into throwing all kinds of flips into the pool, mainly landing on my face, apparently there's a need of a higher kick-off than ½ meter. Later on we went to a park with a mobile amusement park where we not only listened to Neil's concert but also had some fun in the various rides that definitely flipped you around everywhere. Without face plants. That night ended up in a hot jacuzzi and a cup of hot tea.

Thank you for this weekend, now I'm off to have some chicken breast. Tomorrow I'll break some bones. In-joy!

2nd of July, almost 4th already.

What's the difference between between 4th of July at home in the states and 2nd of July in the Hollywood Bowl? - Nothing. The Hollywood Bowl, a new era outdoor amphitheater, which seats about 15,000 mammals had a spectacular 4th of July night this night, and tomorrow night and definitely the 4th too. It's all about fireworks, the Home Land and country music peppered by the Los Angeles philharmonic orchestra.

 The Hollywood Bowl, do you see what's in the back on the hills?

4th of July fireworks; patriotic!

What's the difference between walking and not walking? Huge! What's the difference between parking your car somewhere and mobilizing your flashy self on to the streets, among other people; Mexicans and tourists (Americans drive or take the escalators hehe)? Huge! So, the absolutely most convenient answer to all this is; get yourself something to get around with. Good pair of sneakers, a bike or something else. I got myself a skateboard and I feel like 15 again! I got it from Rip City Skateboards on St Monica Blvd. The shop's been around for about 35 years, kept all these years by the same guy and this is definitely a place worth visiting in LA.

Last but not least, the priests sure are funny in this country, In-joy:

"Get off facebook and into my book" -God

A boat and some fishes in a tank

Long Beach, Los Angeles, Queen Mary; a boat built in England, now situated in Long Beach, California. Fancy a tour? For about $25 you get a full tour without annoying guides. A guy almost peed his pants in the "creepy" ghost tour and another quit it half way. Come on people, it's a show, like wrestling, but... everybody don't understand it's a show either, so... Well, "When in Rome..."

Anyway, Queen Mary is a boat built in the 30's and was the fastest and relative to its speed the biggest transatlantic cruise ship. WWII came and ceased, time passed by and finally Long Beach decided to pepper up their tourist attractions and decided to buy the "little vessel" in the 60's. So they did and made it into a hotel. Nowadays the boat is said to be haunted. Cool, I always wanted to have a close encounter with paranormal activity, in places you expect them.

What else is there in Long Beach? An aquarium where you can go give a shark or a stingray a little scratch on his back with your own two fingers.

Crap text, In-joy the pictures, they're better.

Queen Mary through some local weeds

The Promenade in QM

Say "Haunted Boat"!

Catalina Island tours

Hi.tech engine room from the thirties

One of the four propellers of QM

Attractions at the Aquarium; JAWS!

"Dad, what is that bird doing to me?"

Just to compare the size of this little fellow

Man is small