Halloween II "After Dark"

Ok, so yesterday I do not believe I did a good enough job explaining our night.  Maybe because we did not get home until 3:30 AM and I was tired or we were in a rush in the morning but I decided to add an "after dark" addendum to the blog and I feel like it is warranted because it technically is the next day.   Forgot to mention, Glenn's friend's costume which I figured out in 20 seconds or less.  Austin was a road scholar (see pics).  Melissa was Atomic Blonde and claimed she was 5'10" which is my exact height but we were never able to confirm.  Shannon was a gypsy (which is a huge category I put people in if I am not sure what they are.  I don't mean this a negative but it allows me to classify). Of course, Glenn was Captain Consent and he would give you a lolly pop with no strings attached.  I think it would be a great comic book if he decides to pursue.

Jen's quote of the night-"Its the thrill of the hunt" and that is when Malibu Jen became known as the candy killer or candy assassin.  I am adding a few pictures so you can get the full picture of adults trick or treating with only masks bought at Walgreens.

So adding to the night, on our way to eat after drinking and dancing, I decided that was a good time to do my pushups and planks (which I was discussing with our uber driver on the way to the diner). We (Glenn) asked the uber driver to to open the trunk and without warning, we (not me as I was co pilot all night) the girls jumped into the actual trunk and all 6 of us (Jammed in the car) went to our next location.  The best part is we did not take no for an answer.  We told the driver we were doing and just got in.   When I got out of the car, I started doing my pushups (on the sidewalk)and that is when the uber driver decided to join me.  Picture the scene of 2 guys doing pushups next to the homeless people with a car blocking traffic on Santa Monica Blvd.  This is when the story gets even better.  Now a guy walking down the street (Random) decides he wants to race me doing pushups.  I don't know why people are always super competitive with me but this is not the first or second time this has happened to me.  Anyway, now I have to do 50 more pushups and a 3 minute plank.  I rose to the challenge and kept up with the guy the whole time.

Now for my grade of a C.  I think I need to explain a little better.  First off, I negotiated the grade up to a C and here is why.  Jen told me to stop drinking at the bar and guess what?  I listened and drank diet coke the rest of the night.  That is PROGRESS.  I am proud of my grade and remember, C's get degrees (MH).

Woke up exhausted next morning but still had to get our hike in before the James Corden Show.  Hiked to the top of Zuma Canyon (Cyn is the abbreviation for canyon here, like street is st and road is rd. but there are so many canyons).    Great hike and back in time for our planned 1.5 hour drive to go 22 miles to Hollywood to JC.    The traffic here is crazy.  One light turns green and the next light 100 feet away turns red.   I thought wayz was lying when it said 4 miles would take us 30 min but it was 100 percent accurate.  I could never live here for that 1 reason.   We got stuck behind some jackass driving a black range rover driving 5 mph and just singing with his passenger.  No wonder there is so much traffic in this town.   We barely made in time for the last call and just got in.  Lisa, Eric's wife, got us preferred seating and really hooked us up.  I don't have any pictures because I followed the rules (If I got us kicked out of there, Jen would have KILLED me).  Anyway, taping was really cool and the guests were Mila Kunis, Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) and Ty Dolla $ Sign.    Jen loves celebrities as most of you know.  Sometimes when she is on phone with Abba, she will say something like, "...oh, Kate is really sick today..." and I say, who, is she alright?  and Kate who?   She replies, duh the princess of wales, like she was hanging out with her last night.  This happens a lot with a lot of different celebrities.  It is so cute.

I do hate unnecessary clapping.  We did so much of it at the taping, my hands hurt.  I don't mind clapping when necessary but I hate doing it just to do it.

After show, headed up to see Sascha's soccer practice and meet Lisa and Eric.   A bunch of 12 year olds that pass better then high school kids I have seen.  Of course Jen walked the track with Lisa (She is always trying to beat me in steps-not going to happen).  We went to Eric and Lisa's house and had dinner and hung out.  Their house is in the hills overlooking the city and is really nice.  They are doing some renovations that looked awesome but the best part was their dog, Jewey?  He is so cute and smiles!  

Tomorrow we are having a cook out at the Flag with Glenn, Eric, Lisa and one of my old friends who I have not seen for a long time, Chris.  Looking forward to getting together.

No ants so far!  Actually, 1 ant but think it may be random (fingers crossed).

The best Halloween since I was 12

Woke up to the sound of the ocean waves crashing and a view that you can see in pictures below.  Tuned on the news and saw the impeachment commercial we have heard about on the East coast but seems like it airs on the West Coast.  My plan to purposely lean the RV stabilizers a little off so the cabinets Jen opens will automatically close is paying off.  There are a few on the other side but seems like I picked the right lean.  Oh, remember the cold shower Jessee took?   I fixed the hot water heater (I removed something that looked like a flux capacitor and it mysteriously fired up) .  

Our walking plans were not that good and very unorganized.  We were tired and lolly gagging a little.  We thought that maybe we were catching a little bit of Jesse and Alex's slowness (LOL). So, we took a drive looking for the canyon we were going to hike and after a 25 minute drive up the tiny, scary, windy roads looking for the park we ended up going all the way back to beach and it was right there.  Then we ended up walking/hiking almost 8 miles to the top of solstice Canyon (exactly where we previously drove) uphill-awesome hike and, yes, we got the money shot. 

Jen owes me six dollars  after a risky bet on my part.  I bet that a trail was a loop on top of the canyon was a loop which it was (hence me winning) but the risk was if it was not, I would have made her hike more then the plan on a hard hike.  Could have been a tough rest of day for me but it panned out.  Plus, if I lost, I was going to have her collect my $6 from Jessee who made a bet with me that the fog in San Fran was fire smoke.  That may be harder then making diamonds from coal (LOL).   Great hike and pictures do not do it justice.  

Talked to Glenn who said I am not a good texter.  This should not be a surprise to anyone that knows me (especially my kids who say I am a mean texter).   I am a great texter but I use texting as a mean of communication not as a written letter, feel good praise sandwich.  I always text right back and answer all the questions as needed and in fact I usually text so fast you immediately get your answer.  Sometimes I try to use emojis but usually not.  Anyway, we argue (not really KK) about this often.  

Went to store with Malibu Jen to get some baking soda.  Apparently, the camp ground is infested with ants and baking soda surrounding anything that touches the ground keeps them out (every camper has this).  After I squeezed and shuffled to complete task, crawling under Flag, my neighbor asked why I was doing this (his camper was already done)?  I told him it keeps ants out and he said, no, not baking soda, comet.   Well what a pain in my ass but got job done anyway.   This campground has campers with the craziest accessories and covers.  I will try and take some pictures later.  

Did you ever notice the redicouls pictures people take as tourists.  I saw a guy coming in on a fire hydrant and taking a picture like it was a piece of art.  What the F do you do with those pictures later?    

Ok, now for the funny part.  Went to Santa Monica to meet Glen and friends to, wait for it.....get drunk and go trick or treating to the rich people houses.   I never understood all the parents that drove their kids door to door or put them in a wagon but now I do.  We walked a ton and we were both really tired.  Watching Jen trick or treating with kids, waiting patiently in line was classic.  Glenn was pretending to be our parent telling us to say trick or treat and say thank you.   The people did not know what to do except give us the candy.  The other parents walking their kids did not know what to do or say.  The best part is no one knows us.  I am defiantly doing this again next year (obviously not in my neighborhood).      The people we went to have thousands of people trick or treating and movie set decorations.  They spend thousands of dollars on candy and the police just sit there and monitor.     When they run out of candy, they put a security guy at door or one house just handed out money   We had our pumpkins and ate our candy without getting it checked first.  Some people screwed us with tootsie rolls but most were giving real candy bars.  I reached in and pulled out what i thought was a bag of M and M's and put the hole thing in my mouth only to find out it was skittles (ouch).  Then we sent Glenn up to get us each candy bars because we had already gone up to this house.  This is like a Larry David episode!

Next year we are going to bring unicef boxes also.  The name of the street was Carlisle and I went into an alley between the streets like in Beverly Hills cop  where there is a service alley between the houses.  Went back to bars and finished up dancing.  I was so well behaved that Jen gave me a C (which I though was fair).  It was great to see Glenn and meet his friends.  See if you can figure out what Glenn's costume was from pictures. (Captain Consent-Very appropriate for the area we are trick or treating).  

Shout out to Little Alex for doing a shotgun (wow).  

Side note:  Batman mask comes in handy once again.