Saturday, 31 March 2007

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  HOLLYWOOD AND THE FUNKY FOUR PLUS ONE MORE

  As I’m typing this it’s 6:45pm on a Friday evening.  I’m looking out of the window of my 4^th floor apartment in Burbank, California, and the sun is just beginning to set.  A layer of hazy brown smoke is hovering over the city. Earlier in the day there was a brushfire nearby in the Hollywood Hills two miles south of my apartment.  A couple of teenage boys visiting from Illinois turned themselves into police for starting the fire.  They were apparently playing with fireworks.  Their little play date resulted in a 150-acre brush fire that sent pretentious entertainment industry types running for their lives (thankfully, no one was hurt, unless you count hurt feelings and egos).

  Now, brush fires are a dime a dozen here in southern California, but they usually occur in forlorn places far away from the city, such as the Inland Empire, and no one really cares about what goes on in the 909.  But this fire happened in Hollywood, the home of the entertainment industry, the heart of Los Angeles.  I don’t know if there’s supposed to be any cultural significance to this event, or if it’s even an event at all.  I’ll leave that discussion to sociologists and USC film students.  But, for some reason the fact that Hollywood is burning to the ground is compelling me to stay inside and write a blog entry.  I think I would feel guilty if I didn’t.  Besides, I don’t want to go outside because it smells like barbeque.

  I admit that I have no idea what to write about, but two interesting things happened at work today.  Actually, the same thing happened twice.  I called my patient in from the waiting room, and when he saw that I was his doctor, he rolled his eyes.  My very next patient did the exact same thing.  I decided to be extra nice to these people who discounted me from the beginning because I wanted to gain their respect and trust.  In the end, I didn’t feel redeemed or rewarded, so I probably should not have treated those troglodytes any differently than I would have anyone else.

  I hope they live in Hollywood.

  And now the Funky Four Plus One More (some of my favorite blogs):

  5.      popping_sanities_insane:  the name says it all.  I have a soft spot for people from Gainesville, too. 

  4.      California_Gal:  Bay Area Xangan who likes to complain! 

  3.      JessML :  If only I could be half the writer that she is.

  2.      Meemee925:  part-time militant pinay, part-time protective older sister, full-time student.  What are we gonna do when the countdown is over??

  And 1 more.  miss_lyrical:  a Seattle native who is obsessed with poker.  Isn't "Miss Lyrical" the dopest name ever??  It's not lame like "Ya Kid K" or "Manila Jones".  Overall, she’s just a down-ass girl with a very kind heart.

  Hall of Fame (Furious 5ive):  LittleMissGrumpy, mikejchung, angelidoc, average_female, kaleidescopeeyes88.

  (*od2005 gets a shout out, too.  Optometry and, apparently lately, Asian American literature.)

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