8 of us decided to go on a long hike in Topanga State Park on Sunday. We never actually intended on it but we ended up going straight through to the other side. This was discouraging when we were tired and discovered we were on the other side and would have to go all the way back through it again to go home. But we all had a good time overall and it was great exercise.
Me, Fangso and Brian
There are several trails and our goal was to make it to the waterfall that is deep inside the park. After some detours and other distractions we did find the waterfall. It is actually off the path a bit and you need to go boulder climbing up the creek to get there.Once there I tried to scale the cliff face of the waterfall like an idiot. I was almost successful.
Me being an idiot
Damir at the waterfall
Kristin, Sean and Steven
There were also several cool caves slightly off the path we discovered. One of them is the apparent hideout of the Zodiac killer. The other one I call the Cave of Life due to the secrets it holds. What so I mean by this? Fangso ran up to the cave first and saw some letters and notebooks hidden there. Messages, secrets and truths from the past! We left our own message but I plan on returning and reading the entirety of both books and writing a script about it!
The cave of the Zodiac killer
The Cave of Life
Anyone interested in journeying back to the Cave of Life in the upcoming weeks?
All picture credit goes to Micaela Colman and her camera.
I set up a new Facebook group in order to experience new things and get the most out of life. It was so I could get suggestions for challenges I would have never even thought of. It has been a huge success except for one little flaw. Facebook now emails you every time ANYTHING happens in the group. So I apologize for that inconvenience- I never intended that to happen. You can easily disable the emails on the group page. There is a small box at the top that says "Edit Settings". A dialouge box will pop up and you can disable email notifications.
The idea for the group is as such:
"After I played Zelda for 48 hours straight Shyam said I should create a blog where I got suggestions about what else I can do for 48 hours. I thought about it and decided I shouldn't just limit it to that. I have been trying more and more to live life to the fullest. So now I am opening this group. I will consider and do anything anybody suggests that isn't illegal or will kill me. So suggest away people!"
I will be taking these suggestions and fulfilling these challenges. Most of them will be filmed and probably posted as a web series of some sort.
I feel bad when I don't update this more often. I want a solid record of my adventures so I can remember all the stuff I do out here. I should be more diligent and post regularly like the amazing Crissy Kikkawa does over at PlayBackFilm.
I worked on a couple of thesis film over the past week. One was at a crazy mental institution that had some abandoned wards in the back. Creepy stuff! Then this past Monday I was in the mountains of Malibu and had to drag a 300 pound Fisher dolly up a very steep hill. Not fun. But I like exercise so... worth it?
This thing
I am taking a summer class about Billy Wilder. Shockingly up to this point I had only seen one movie of his and that was "Some Like It Hot". this will be a perfect opportunity to see several films that I have been meaning to see. I guess I can call it catch up work. For example tonight I finally got to see Sunset Blvd.
I also went to a special karaoke event with some Reddit-ers last night. My song was never called though. They were all spared of my awful voice doing my version of White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane. It was my first karaoke song I ever sang and it's amazing so I wanted to do the same here. Oh well...
On a final note my class ends at the end of June instead of August. I can has summer vacation?
