Updates... Sort of?

Let's see... what has changed? What have I done...

Well I went "nazi" on the roaches. They need to be exterminated because they are disgusting and I don't feel bad about saying it. I take my domain as human to kill anything pissing me off in my apartment (alright fine not people or domesticated animals). There have been two more sightings (one dead, one running... although Chris says it wasn't one) not counting the two I've seen in the hallway. They sprayed on the 7th and it is obviously a useless treatment especially with all the crap we had to go through to prepare. You have to have all of your furniture 2 feet from the wall and take everything out of cabinets and closets so they can spray all along the walls and cabinets. This would be easier if our apartment wasn't freaking tiny and we didn't have so much shit... It all had to be done the night before since putting all of your stuff in the middle of a room makes everything much more difficult. As Chris and I sniped at each other we boxed and moved all of our shit into strategic piles while covering things up so they didn't get sprayed. It's like moving out of your apartment but without the new awesome apartment. After hours we moved the bed in the middle and crashed at 3am. Then we had to get up at 7:30am to put all of the shit on  top of our bed and get out of the apartment by 8am and off to work. I think this experience could be a litmus test for any relationship. If you kill each other during the process than you know you're not meant to be. Especially because one of you is dead. Anyway Chris and I survived and are pretty awesome. I even made him watch all of Friends. Hehehe.

But what else have I done you say other than attack roaches? Well....
I've been trying to see the cool things in the Los Angeles area. It's so spread out though that seeing something usually takes all day and I have to research parking and other crap like that.

I ate some very very delicious In N Out. It's a California favorite and I can see why. Chris and I devoured this before heading off to a party. Nom nom nom.

Also Chris and I had a good date night where we went to the Grove mall which is a unnecessarily fancy.  We saw the Social Network (for a whopping 25 dollars). Along with the fancy stores this mall has a gorgeous pond and fountain as well as a trolley. It's ridiculously expense too so it's more of a walk around mall than a buy things mall...

 But they do have a pretty awesome year round farmer's market (don't have to shut down when there is no winter weather) and it was pretty sweet. It has a bunch of different food stands and 2 bars. It makes me want to eat my way through it. We stopped at the New Orleans food stand and I got some drunken shrimp with sweet potato chips and corn bread. It was so tasty. I earmarked like six different places I want to eat at there including a crepe place and bakery. It's like fatty paradise.

 We also visited Randy's Donuts in Inglewood (not as scary as it seems) and got some famous fritters. They were tasty that's for sure.

 FRITTER!

 I love these little signs because there is no way our drains in Illinois lead to the ocean. The only problem is that Los Angeles people don't care and they are usually clogged with trash.

This was near the Santa Monica Pier. It was part of "glow" a festival and this was supposedly an art instillation. However Chris, Omar, and Tom and I thought it was like a game where you pull on the strings to get the balloons to fall. But if you did that you got scolded... like I did...

On the Santa Monica 3rd street promenade where there is no car traffic. This man, who smelled like sweat and beer, danced to the guys playing guitar on the street. I don't know what the taxi hat means but he was entertaining nonetheless.