...Forever (see previous post)

The line waiting to get into the cemetery

        Last night was my first night attending one of Cinespia's screenings in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  Right by Paramount Studios, the cemetery was filled with people eager to see Johnny Depp (in all of his youthful cut-off shirted glory) play Glen Lantz in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).  It was my first viewing and I was happy to find that not only did the movie make you jump even with dated effects (there was the added element of seeing it in a cemetery at night with a man dressed as Freddy Kreuger sneaking up on unsuspecting audience-members) but it was also quite funny.  Small quips throughout, playing off of a comical reverse of parental roles, made the movie much funnier than expected.

       Although we were a bit of a ways aways from the screen it was a lot of fun to sit out on blankets as the sun went down over the not-so-distant ocean.

I went to a flea market today and picked up a piece of artwork for my room: a painting of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Even though it's in the wrong city I suppose it reminds me of the east coast.  The price was right at $22 for an oil on canvas that's about 1.5 ft by 2.5 fit.  Looks great in my new room.     

 

On the way home I passed this sign.  I thought that it was a remarkable idea, perhaps I'll try it when I run out of books on "tape" (aka CD or iPod, times they are a changing).  First, I have to get my Los Angeles library card, something I was happy to find was on the top of one of my 

friend's to-do lists upon moving to LA as well.