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So got back from my LA trip. While I did post some stuff on twitter/facebook/google+, didn't get a chance to make any LJ entries. Anyways, flew to LAX on Wednesday, arriving the same time as isabel79, 7500centfish, sparkyboy, and moodysweetie, and various other relatives. The rest of the fam wanted to eat at some Flip restaurant, which we did. Got to the hotel, and tried to organize the jillion people there to some sort of plan, but were unsuccessful. (A trend that repeated itself over the next few days) Some of us were gonna go see 7500centfish's bartender friend at the bar he worked at, but we were hungry and tired, so me and sparkyboy and moodysweetie and her friend A went to look for food, and ended up going to In and Out burger. Which was okay, but certainly not as great as people made it out to be. 7500centfish and Uncle C eventually made it to see her friend, and I missed out, because apparently a lot of the hotties at Exxxotica (which was going on in LA these past few days) were staying there.

Thursday, we hit Disneyland with Uncle C and his girls. On the way there, we saw Brit from Glee in the car next to us. Or at the very least, someone who looked a lot like her. It was a fun time, but also exhausting.

Friday, hit the Santa Monica pier, while some of the others hit the beach for surf lessons. Ate lunch at some sketchy joint full of mosquitoes and had pigeons walking around the inside. (Although I was bad and fed them some fries). Had the rehearsal dinner that night. Apparently Kurt from Glee was at the restaurant, but I missed out (the first of a few celebs on this trip I was oblivious of) After, we hit a karaoke bar near the place. I put my name in to sing a couple of songs, but there were so many people ahead of me and the place was full of drunken idiots that I never got the chance to sing before everyone wanted to leave. Eh, I would've felt like an a-hole anyways singing properly when everyone else was drunkenly butchering the songs they were doing. Well, mostly. I didn't get to sing on stage, but that didn't stop me from singing along.

Saturday was the wedding, which was on top of some Malibu mountaintop that we had to take a shuttle bus up a scary narrow road to. It was a beautiful place though. The reception was also up there, which was outdoors, and I managed not to freak out about eating outside or at all the bugs flying around the lush gardens.

Sunday, apparently Carson Daly was at church, then we had a celebratory lunch at the Fairmont, where 7500centfish and moodysweetie saw the Governator while I was getting us a table. Afterward hit Venice beach for a few hours. Had dinner at El Pollo Loco, which was more fast foody than we were expecting. (Wasn't that the restaurant Ryan worked at on the OC? It seemed fancier in there) After we got back, I took a break to watch the latest ep of True Blood, then hung out with sparkyboy, 7500centfish, and isabel79, A, Z, J, S, and Uncle C at the hotel bar (since I quit drinking, I did not partake of any alcohol), wherein they made plans to fix me up with S's cousin (since J, Z, and S live just north of me). Heh, I'm sure the hotel was pleased that we basically just parked there until almost 2am in the morning when the bar usually closes at 10. But they were nice to let us have run of the place after they closed up.

Flew back this morning. I was pretty lax about it, and ended up getting to the gate right at boarding time, which is a first for me. I'm usually getting there at least an hour before. Of course, we ended up getting delayed because the plane needed a part replaced. But yeah, now I'm back in the ATL. It was a fun vacay all in all.