So I was in downtown today and came to discover near city hall what was called the, Really Really Free Market in which some people came by to drop some stuff off like food or clothing they didn’t want anymore for anyone else that came by that might want it there. I just took some water and little snack things. People also made shirts and shared stories and ideas with each other, nice little shindig going on.
I was in Downtown today to check on something in the area, and as I was walking by the bank tower I noticed a lot of people in front so I asked what was up. Pretty much it’s a fundraiser event for the YMCA nearby in what you do if you take part of the event is race up the building. There were also tents set up giving out drinks and promoting this new show on NBC Chicago Fire.
But yeah, the stuff I was given, like this drink called Mamma Chia, it was like a more liquified jello with chia seeds inside, and the guy at the tent kept giving me more. I thought it was good. Clearly Kombucha, which is some kind of fermented tea, I haven’t tried it yet but I’m sure it’s fine. This Amazon Coconut Water which I give to a buddy of mine on my way back to my place because he had a long day and he likes the stuff. Sad I don’t get to try it. And last something called CasCal, a fermented, natural soda… I tend not to drink sodas but lets see how this bad boy is anyways.
Wow, I’m doing a lot of promotion here. Maybe you guys can do something cool for me?
I went over with a friend of mine recently to the Museum and now posting the photos from it. Also went by the Science Center in the same little area, which is free.
So, yeah, I found myself bugging scientologists again this month. Wow, thats something I didn’t except myself doing, why not, was fun. And we had some douchebag try and intimidate us because a few of us sat down on this wall in front of this one little building telling us to stop harassing him. Yeah, he came out and started making lame insults and we are harassing him. A guy there got some video of that so I’ll post that up later.
So here they are, photos from the second and last day, took more this time around. How the day started off this time was I went up to the press booth and let them know that I had emailed them a few times asking about getting a press or pro pass but never heard from them. So they asked me a few questions and if I had a card just to make sure I was legit and got what I was after. Now, a long with taking more photos I really roamed around the exhibit hall a lot more and talked to the artists, actors, writers, vendors and such.
For example I saw The League of S.T.E.A.M. guys again from when I saw them at Comic Con in which I still haven’t seen the videos on the site but I should because it has one of the writers from Batman Beyond and Justice League, and I enjoyed those shows a lot. I also ran into someone I knew in Moorpark awhile back in the artist ally, selling some of her drawings and such which I’m not sure I’ve seen any of her work before till last weekend. I would say it’s all good. And there was Steven E. Gordon whose done work on X-Men: Evolution and long with a few other shows and movies I liked only to later find out he worked on a lot more stuff I liked. And lot of good art on his site along with some neat drawing tricks. And last I found this booth with fossils and replica of different animals like a Smilodon skull and Megalodon Tooth to help promote Jurassic Con and the Cooper Center Paleontology Lab. Come on, I like that kind of stuff to.
You know what, I had a lot more fun then I expected I would.
So the day started off heading down the convention center with a couple of friends of mine ready to cause some mayhem. It was rather hot out to. So we get in line and for our passes. I was going to ask them about a problem I was having in which that I emailed them asking about the possibility of getting some kind of press or professional pass and never heard from anyone, but then I had someone come up to me saying they had a bunch of extra tickets and gave me one of them so I used that for the day. Mainly what I did was take photos of people and talked to those I was hanging with. Wasn’t exactly a big con but then again it is still relatively new so it very much has room to grow.
Some people were bored and called me up to see if I wanted to mess with the Scientologists again saturday. I figured why not, so I went.
So a friend of mine messaged me and asked if I can take photos of the two flash mobs she was doing sunday (the same day as the women’s rights march). The first one was in Venice in which I was in Hollywood at that time, and the other one was in Downtown at this park that seemed very new. Meant to post those way earlier but being way lazy again lately. It might be the heat.
Alright, got these online a little later than I wanted. So here is the story, I got there before 1pm which is when the event was starting and pretty much the forces where all gathering in front of HGB, or one of the scientology buildings on Hollywood. I started off with some people giving speeches on some crappy thing they have seen or had happen to them and why they decided to join the cause. At one point there was some guy shouting out something strange and some other one come up to him saying, “dude, claim down” and was pushed. Then he ran off, seemed like some random douchebag.
Anywho, it took over an hour but then we finally started walking… YES! slowly… ugh. We headed towards Highland but not before heading down to Sunset and walked on that street shortly, then we ended up in front of the… Kodak Theatre, or, wait, thats right it’s not called that anymore, now it’s the Dolby Theatre… and we really just hung around there for a bit and cleaned up. After that we put everything they needed in this truck they had and a bunch of people claim on the bed (along with myself) and we rode all the way back to Hollywood and Vine because some people parked their cars over there. That had to of been the more exciting part of the rally, and by far entertaining.
So scientology had there little yearly event kind of late in the month this year. Was a small group of us, some people came by to talk to us asking about whats up and surprisingly no handlers came up to us. thats very strange of them. I guess thats because they know nothing they can do would help.
Wish I got more photos to, I could had, just didn’t, sad. Anywho, here you go.
