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I'm leaving the States so my US mobile number is now useless - yo can still phone it if you like but it'll be a waste of time

Rollin'

So we went out for a few drinks last night in a super-stretched Escalade - I think there were about 24 of us in the car, with beers and 'champagne'. The limo was really good fun, although the music being played wasn't really to my taste. There wasn't a single guitar to be heard! Ended up in the Rainbow again, and I thought I saw Angelina Jolie but it turns out it wasn't here. There was also someone who looked very like Snoop although I'm not convinced it was him...

One of the guys staying in the hostel, John, learnt an important lesson last night. When you order a pizza and the waitress asks "are you sharing that with someone?" you might want to consider going for a smaller size....

It's really hot and sunny here today, for the first time since I got here. So, did we go to Venice Beach? Santa Monica Pier? Nope, we decided to go to the movies to watch Speed Racer at the Chinese Theatre (it has a huge screen so it seemed a good place to go watch it) - I've never seen such a bonkers movie, but it looked awesome on the large cinema screen.

I was also dragged kicking and screaming for lunch at Hooters. It says something when the most healthy lunch I've had in some time was Fish and Chips....

And so, the US leg of my trip is almost over. One more evening here and then I fly to New Zealand. That should be a fun flight - hopefully I'll sleep for the majority of the trip. Where did I put those Tylenol PM's?

Rough as pig shit

I feel terrible. Have had three nights on it - had Camp Freddy on Thursday, the pub crawl on Friday and last night we had a PJ party in the hostel. It would have been fine but Seth (the barman) decided I needed Margaritas and that I should have them for $2 even though I wasn't wearing PJ's, and then hooked me up with a free and very strong one for being cool. His words. I didn't even blow his whistle (if you really want to know, ask). I'm going to head to Jack in the box for a Beef, bacon, onion ring and BBQ sauce burger....

Le sange conduire l'autobus avec...

...Sandra Bullock. According to Eddie Izzard anyway. I only mention it because I (almost literally) bumped in to Sandra Bullock at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. That's todays star then, although she wasn't in a reasonably priced car. Just a silver dress and heels... ;)

Paint the whole world with a Rainbow!

So I'm in LA now - have been here a few days and the weather's been pretty crap so far. It's warm but it's a little overcast. It's almost weird seeing clouds after a week in Vegas, where clouds don't seem to exist. Which reminds me, we saw a few tornados as we drove from Vegas to LA - how cool is that? Unfortunately they didn't have bits of houses, trailers and cows spinning in them but still, pretty cool! Hoping the weather here gets better soon so I can go to Venice beach!

The guys have gone home now, but before they left we managed to find time for dinner in the Rainbow, followed by Camp Freddy at the Roxy. Guest stars included Tommy Lee, Jerry Cantrell, Duff and SLASH! Oh yes.

I went on a pub crawl with some guys from the hostel last night and managed to crawl in to bed at about 3:30 this morning, after one of the girls insisted on making pasta at half 2....

Umm, LA, what else? Famous people! Have seen a couple of semi-famous people, although the streets aren't crawling with them like you'd think... John 5, former member of Marilyn Manson, was crossing an intersection outside the restaurant we went to on our second night here, and I'm fully expecting to see someone really famous before I leave... Apparently Lemmy is likely to be at the Rainbow tonight but I'm not sure I'm going to head down as I'm feeling rough as shite after two nights on it... Life is so hard. ;o)

Bright light city gonna set my soul on fire

It's been a while since my last post, but that's because I was in Vegas and didn't stop long enough to get online. Vegas is crazy, there's always something going on.

We went to Stratosphere Tower on the strip while we were there, which is a casino with a 1,000 feet (ish) tall tower where you can look across Vegas. Oh, and there are three thrill rides at the top too. The first one fires you straight up in to the air in a seat, you can't see underneath you - all you can see is Vegas stretching away in front of you. Then there's the ride that sees you sliding straight off the edge of the tower, which is absolutely terrifying. Then there's the really insane one. You sit in a chair, get swung out from the tower so you're hanging above nothing except a very long drop. Then the chair tilts so you're facing down, and then you start spinning. I've never been so terrified in my life, but it was really really cool.



http://www.stratospherehotel.com/thrills/

We also played beer pong, where you place ten cups with beer in them at each end of a table, and throw ping pong balls at your opponents cups - every time you get the ball in they down a beer. Luckily the cups aren't full but it's still dangerous....

We also rode the roller coaster at New York New York, caught a gig at the Hard Rock hotel, and ate far too much...

In LA now, and going to take it easy for a week or so....