I've always found it surreal to be affected by Hollywood issues in a greater way than those who don't live in Los Angeles.
For example, a golden rule here is to never, ever drive through Hollywood on Oscar night. I made this mistake once. Because the Oscars are held at the Kodak theatre, the city takes over Highland Blvd from Hollywood Blvd to Santa Monica Blvd (Santa who? Hollywhat? Go look up the streets on Google Maps) and turns it into the world's largest limo parking lot. Adds hours to your travel time.
Right now the writers are on strike. Again, while I'm affected like the rest of you by having to watch reruns of Letterman and Leno and brace for the fact that the current TV season may get drastically shorter, it's bizarre to see the picket lines. I'm within a five minute drive of NBC, Disney, and Warner Brothers.
I work at a studio. Yesterday, we got a memo from studio security informing us to make the necessary extra accommodations when trying to enter and exit the studio since there will be strikers outside. Again, surreal.
Surreal. Surreal. Surreal. And I love every minute of it!
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yep i hear you on that one!!!!!!
Strikers are blocking the crosswalk when they're allowed to cross.. effectively blocking the entrance..
yeaaaaaaaa... gotta love it :-p
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