Aight so something about the States, some of them are farther than others. California is pretty far from Chicago. Just to give a nice image to it.
There we go. So the red line represents my flight to Vegas the blue line my flight to LA. I don't believe there are any direct flights from Chicago to LA you always have to lay over somewhere nearby. Most likely that's due to traffic not distance but this little map does give you and idea of how far I traveled. Not too shabby.
I spent around two hours in Vegas airport which was long enough. The staff might be immune to the slot machine sound effects but I'm definitely not. I-pods could possibly be one of the greatest innovations and headphones one the greatest inventions. It wasn't long before I was on my plane to Burbank.
Arrived smoothly, found my bag, and waited for my big bro to pick me up. For his amusement I was sporting some rather goofy looking sunglasses which made me difficult to miss. We hugged, loaded my bag into his corolla, and headed towards his apartment.
Once there I became settled in after saying hello to Tater Pete's roommate. I would be staying on an air-mattress which was fine with me, they are comfortable. The three of us then ordered Chinese and watched Adventure Time on Netflix. Well Pete and I watched Adventure Time cause Tater really hates that show. It was an early night since I had been flying all day but good to be with my big bro again.
The next two days included this,
Also this,
And a little of this,
Ah that LA sunset is wasted on my camera. Just imagine brighter hues and you'd have some idea of its marvel. The day was mostly spent with video games and movies, though mainly video games. Pete has an SNES emulator on his computer and well Super Mario World is an old favorite. Throughout the trip we played through it (I was Luigi as always) and beat everything. We had a few levels left in the secret star world but honestly that's trivial and something to do next time. We did discover new parts of the game which was weird after all these years. Just a quick "for example". Ahem for example there are pink apples that Yoshi can eat scattered in certain levels. If Yoshi eats two of them in a row then a cloud appears and drops smiley faces that give points. Random but not previously known to Pete or me.
I did meet Jake and Mary my second day in LA so the 18th which was nice since I head so much about them, especially Jake. Pete and Jake went to college together and Indiana University so the fact that I haven't met him up until this point is somewhat ridiculous. Both of them are funny and cool just as I imagined. Plus their cats Juno and Penelope are eerily similar to Beast and Mystic.
Really audience those were my first two days, hanging out with pizza and cookies. My parents arrived on Friday but I didn't see them til Saturday since I was extremely tired. It was awesome just relaxing with Pete, that's honestly what I miss the most about him living in LA. Last summer we spent every day together thus it was cleansing to do so again even if only for a few days.
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