May 24, 2007

boredom on sunset boulevard

So here I am in L.A., lounging in my brother's hotel room as Amy Winehouse serenades me over the speakers. She's saying something about rehab right now. I am bored. Chris's roommate Brandon suggested the abusurdity of that, being bored in L.A. And he's probably right. The Roxy and the Whisky-a-Go-Go are a couple blocks from here. The former has hosted such acts as Nirvana, Guns 'N Roses, and Janes Addiction. The latter once had The Doors as their house band and housed some of the first performances by Oasis, Led Zeppelin, and The Who. Sunset Sound Studios is also on this street.

So Brandon is probably right. It's crazy to be bored here but I am because I just moved into the Western Hemisphere a week ago and don't have a job yet and thus lack money and thus am incapable of splurging my hard-earned wages on hip attire, concert tickets, food, etc. So I stay bored.

Let this be a lesson to any of you who want to travel. Air fare and youth hostels cost money. Lots of money, you hear? You think you're just going to save up your cash and go to Norway and have fun? Well what about if when you get back your brother is on some popular television show and he flies you out to L.A. to watch him sing and you have several days in the city and you want to go do stuff but lack the financial wherewithal to do so because you spent it all on lutefisk and Norwegian bus tickets? What will you do then? I hope all you readers out there, particularly those afflicted with insatiable wanderlust, heed this cautionary tale.

Last night I went to a party for all the people connected to the show. I had vowed to never solicit photos from celebrities, but when I saw Jerry Springer I couldn't resist. Actually, I didn't exactly recognize him, but when someone pointed him out I knew a picture had to be taken. I considered shaking his hand and thanking him for remembering that we Americans like, no, we have a right to mindless entertainment. You know, what with all these educational shows and issue-oriented crime dramas runnning rampant, it's nice to know that there is still programming that kill brains cells rather than stimulating them.

Nearly everything here is immortalized in song. I suspect that my traveling companions are gradually growing to hate riding in the car with me, as a single glance at a map or a street sign starts me singing:

"...until the sun comes up on the SAN-TA MON-I-CA BOU-LE-VARD!"

"And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called..."

"BEVERYLY HILLS!! That's where I wanna BE! (Livin' in Beverly). BEVERLY HILLS--"

Jon. Quiet please.

Right. Sorry.

[a short period of time elapses as Jon scans the map]

"in the citaaaaaay, the city of Compton, we keep it rockin'--"

JON.

Sorry.

[more time elapses as Jon fixes his gaze on the passing scenery]

"Now let me welcome everybody to the wild wild West, a state..." Oh yeah. Sorry again. No, you're right. I do this constantly. Oh, absolutely. It needs to stop. No more singing, Scout's honor.

Since I'm bored and broke in a hotel room off Sunset Boulevard, I checked Wikipedia to see if there's a list of songs that reference the streets or regions of L.A. There is none. At least not yet...

Posted by jonsligh at May 24, 2007 09:21 PM
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hilarious!
i'm a fan of your blog... found it during the first part of american idol.

~nicole
Raleigh, NC

Posted by: Nicole at May 25, 2007 08:28 AM

Entertaining. Very entertaining. Bravo.

Posted by: Jon at May 25, 2007 11:54 AM

thanks. you're generous.

Posted by: jsligh at May 25, 2007 01:20 PM

I laughed out loud reading this. Perhaps you forgot which Sligh was on American Idol for his singing ability? :)

Posted by: Kat at May 30, 2007 08:44 AM

I decided this afternoon while working [*ahem* surfing the net] at my perfectly respectable legal aid internship that I want to go to the Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel in Entebbe. Then I read this post. Then I thought, "Aww, what the heck. I already owe the Feds $64k for law school--what's another $2.5k?"

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becca,

DO IT. you only live once.

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