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SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Tried to lurk the Zoom Web Crawlers live broadcast last night!

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Yeah so, trying to figure out these Hollywood types has got me coming up short... in more ways than one!

But relax, there is nothing STATIC about Hollywood! In fact, we are witnessing one of the biggest transitions since the Golden Age of film... and that's not to say it's a good or bad thing! Time will tell, and as always -- it will work itself out.

Two or three years from now the DYNAMICS could change completely!

Ask yourself this, where were you seven years ago?

I was right here X3! Ooohe!

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

ho-ho-ho

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

I can remember back when I first heard that Easy E Christmas song that I posted above... at the time, a Tween IIRC -- it was a righteous tune. Just what every growing boy needed! Really can't help it that a few times during the Holiday Season, I like to spin it.

Having made it thru Christmas 2023 without totally going off the rails I feel pretty good, and it was a most Merry Christmas 2023 here in Plymouth, Michigan! I hope everyone in this thread had a Merry Christmas regardless if they are religiously affiliated with the Holiday or not! There is nothing wrong with getting time off to be with family, or working and getting paid tripple time! Of course, not everyone celebrates Christmas -- and nobody does it like I do! lol

That being said, I was most pleased to see Rachel with her dude Brenden at Christmas time -- it's really a relief for me. I thought she was going off the deep end there for awhile, but it appears she has had a course correction along the way and went to play with friends in NYC for the Holidays. I didn't see much in the ways of Melissa this Christmas, and I can only assume everything is going good over there... just a shame she won't let me play in any of her reindeer games on Twitter, and she has been pretty quiet on Instagram -- I suppose I should start following her again, and maybe check in on them Web Crawlers to see if they are doing okay! After all, we're only 10 months away from Halloween and I have been thinning out my monthly subscriptions... It's still winter here, getting dark at 5:30PM, however they say each passing day will be longer from here on out -- but can't say I have noticed any difference yet myself. What I can tell you is that since Christmas has passed my guts seem to be feeling a lot better! I don't know what it is about Christmas, but it has a physical element of worry that comes along with it... did I buy enough gifts for family? Did I decorate enough? Will Christmas day be a good one? Truth is you'll never know until it's over, like many other things in life I suppose.

Now that Christmas is over, and we are barreling towards New Years 2024 like a locomotive on ice, at full speed, with no brakes -- I don't feel like there is anything I want to change! And I hope that deep down, everyone else feels that way too! Sure, I'd like to make more money, love longer and harder, and be as healthy as possible! But I also want to enjoy life and think back fondly on my memories -- good or bad. Nothing wrong with taking the New Year to look back on life and make course corrections to start off the New Year! Sometimes change is a long complicated process, and sometimes it's just not possible to change overnight... or in my case, even after 48 years!

This thread has always been about my personal exposure to all that is LA and Hollywood. My fascination with it leaves me feeling like there are many ways you can get caught up in it... Probably the best way is to be born into it! Followed closely by being married to it... but that's not to say you can't break into it! Hollywood has a very good eye for talent, and if you're too good -- Hollywood / California life will find you... but we're talking lottery odds on the latter!

What am I doing? Me? I'm just hanging around! lol

And then there is Eden... she got me the same thing I got her this year for Christmas -- which was absolutly NOTHING! biggrin

Nothing from nothing leaves -- nothing! Pleased to announce that this year for Christmas I just nipped on a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, just so I wouldn't get shitfaced and shit on anyones Christmas. It worked! Made it thru without getting too carried away.

New Years might be another story! I'm getting what writers call a "writers block"... maybe I'll start nosing around to see what's out there for New Years and report back!

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

Did you get coal?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

No Shawnee... I did not get coal! LOL

What I did get was a break from what has long since ailed me... all but one of the women who star in this thread!

I say that because I have cut off all financial ties with all of them... I did this because in 2024 I plan on working on myself! Perhaps in this many of years I have come to realize that there was a reason that MySpace and chat forums before that used "handles"... and that was so that you could just "move on" without really knowing who you were talking with -- unless you met up IRL.

Since I never met up any of the dozen prudes who star in this thread it pretty much means were at a new point in the internet... Do you really expect us to believe your name is Shawnee? And if it is, what is your last name?

At a loss for words? Well that means you just got coal! Because you're really not playing at the same level as I, or any of the thirteen women in this thread... all of us are using REAL names! That is something different that I seen with Twitter (Now X)... People are not hiding behind handles, and they don't want to be forgotten! I doub't I'll ever forget about anyone in this thread so long as I live! You included, except I don't even really know who the fu@k you are IRL! LOL, same goes for PowerStroker, Rastus, Stoma, and many of the other people in this forum!

These people in this thread were using real names -- putting themselves out there! That is what drew me to them! I got a LOT of respect for that, and it's the MAIN reason that I have followed and wrote about them over the years!

Of course, as of tonight -- Eden Dranger and I have officially parted ways. That's not to say we have ever held hands on any trail or anything, rather I have exausted EVERYTHING that I can offer on her with no reciprocation. I cannot deny that she is screwed in her ways, in ways that I could only explain to her by way of photos on Twitter tonight -- but even still... I'm sure she's a good person for someone, but no doubt that other person must be a Jew for her. She gives off mixed signals the likes of the sea! I cannot traverse her unstill waters any longer. The distraction for me has been immense over the past year! One only needs to look at the past years worth of post to figure out that dispite the fact she had no real interest in me -- she was more than willing to play the "fool" and reap whatever crumbs befell her. I found it very ODD how the rolls had reversed from what was traditionally.

So whatever!

It matters not that I tried to repopulate the earth with a few women on this thread... one of which I was lucky enough to +2!

Even Melissa was able to pull off a +1 with modern medicine -- although I'd argue I could have gotten it done naturally!

I dunno... it's 2024, loyalty to the group is still there -- but from here on out, if they are doing fine I'm just going to leave them alone! Maybe I'll catch up with the Web Crawlers (aka Melissa Stetten) later in the year... but I have always wished for nothing but the best for everyone in this thread, and even the entire forum! Stoma included! Just because I'm at a point in my life where things have changed drastically doesn't mean that I wish any ill will on anyone in here! It has been an honor to share their stories and experiences here because at least the 13 women in this thread -- ALL of them have stood on their own name! I got respect for that! And that is why I write about them, that is why I follow them (even if I'm not following them)...

This is my life! This is their life! This is what we do!

And until the end, I'd just say, (even though this tune has appeared in this thread before) -

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Well it's been almost 24 hours since my last post in here... and I don't know if you realized it or not, but I was a little liquored up last night. LOL -- just a little bit. Sometimes after a few drinks you get to feeling in ways that are difficult to express in words without coming off as a "dick"... I'm good at this even when I've not been drinking -- or so I am told... but it's amplified on liquor.

The unsavory propoganda photo above, and my mention of "roll reversals" was my attempts to convey that in my attempts to woo Eden, I had started to feel like the guy in the photo trying to buy a girls affection. Hince my whole "roll reversal" statement. The feeling was clear in my mind at the time, but my efforts to concisely convey that were washed away in the alcohol. I'm not angry with Eden, nor do I hate her... I guess in many ways I've always known how she really felt, which could best be discribed as "not interested" -- but she seems to enjoy the attention, and clearly I enjoyed the chase. I think we both know that it was inevitable that from time to time all this one way passion would boil over... and it has several times over the past year as I tried harder and harder.

So I'm taking my own "course correcting" advice above. The fact we are at the start of a New Year may have contributed to this because in that moment of drunkeness I asked myself, do I want to look back in another year and feel like this? Because that is what I did yesterday morning after having went back a year in this thread. Do I enjoy getting on the internet and engaging with people? Maybe a little too much! We can go back DECADES and see that being online has been one of my most favorite things to do for entertainment! I like being online, I like conversing with people. I feel bad that I roughed up Shawnee, PowerStroker, Rastus and everyone else for keeping their classic "handles" of anonymity -- I only lost it because I lost mine long before Twitter... Sure, I use a handle in here too! But this place is like Cheers where everybody knows your name.

I have even seen that this New Year has brought forth some new clairty for Melissa, who had a most excellent Instagram post recently that I enjoyed reading... you can clearly tell she had found her "Mom Power" and it made me feel quite happy things worked out for her. I also appoligize for anything I might have joked around about, because honestly as you all know I had the SERIOUS hots for her, for quite some many years! You'd have to go back SIX pages and you'd realize for how long... and while I have been on and off again with being obsessed with the ladies in this thread I have come to the conclusion that these are my people... even if some of them would rather not be. The idea of meeting any other new "peeps" outside the circle is scary. It's been safe in here, and while I complain about them from time to time it's only been out of frustration. It's hard to be friends with someone of the opposite sex for heterosexual people! VERY HARD! Even more so IRL! Back before the internet it was all too easy to sleep with your married friend of the opposite sex! Before computers and cell phones you could just find yourself alone with a friend and before you know it you're sucking face and trying to get their pants off! I'm not saying it doesn't happen in todays day and age, but the internet really is an outlet where 2,000 miles of distance can often times keep you relatively safe from anything impulsive... but I wonder if that only makes you feel crazy at times?

Anyway, that's about all I've got for tonight... I'll leave you with this tune to enjoy!

Rastus · UNSTOPPABLE!

ROTFLMAO....

Virtual reality Stellar, hook line & sinker...

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qt." I also apoligize for anything I might have joked around about, because honestly as you all know I had the SERIOUS hots for her, ( Melissa ), for quite some many years! You'd have to go back SIX pages and you'd realize for how long... And while I have been on and off again with being obsessed with the ladies in this thread, I have come to the conclusion that these are my people... Even if some of them would rather not be. The idea of meeting any other new "peeps" outside the circle is scary.

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You are suffering Stellar from a slightly different version of Trumpdt-syndrome, called "Virtual reality syndrome"...

There are many solutions, though they generally depend on current life-circumstance, that meaning change it !!! The boys are grown-up, your marriage clearly hasn't existed for a number of years, so pack-your-bags & head-off into the West, which is where you seem to want to be...

1. You'll be happy again.

2. Your family will be likely even happier, as they'll be free too.

3. You will change virtual-reality into reality.

Go for it ! We need more happy people living-the-life !!! (Not people wishing they were living another one).

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

I'm at a loss for words, Rastus... Are you telling me everything you think I wanna hear? Or are you just being cheeky?

I reckon anything on the internet involves a bit of VR, no? It's not for everyone but look how far we have come since the days of BBS systems, dial up and AOL! Just about EVERYONE who is ANYONE is online now!

That having been said, you're no better than I in this regard, my VR friend! lol

Although you did give me something to knaw on the past few days... and having thought about it a great deal I have come to this conclusion,

"Hollywood is a FUCKED UP PLACE!" And I don't mean that in a good or bad way! I mean that as to say that crazy shit happens there! It's almost like they make magic and pump it all over the world. It's the land of show-biz -- and we all know there is no business like show business, no business I know!

Looking back to my earliest days when I became "aware" of Hollywood I was in my teens... Beverly Hills 90210! LOL! But were talking the late 1990's here! It was good stuff! Way more wholesome than that smut on Melrose Place, but I digress -- I did like Moonlighting back then too! (even if I didn't really understand anything in the show but how hot Cybill Shepherd was) IIRC, Moonlighting was out well before 90210 -- but anyway, 90210 is when I became "aware" Hollywood wasn't just some magical place owned by Walt Disney and Bugs Bunny. At that time in my life, I gave SERIOUS thought to moving to California! NGL, I came very close! But back then when I was in my Senior year I had the youth, the looks, the car -- and of course the girls! I had my own Hollywood unfolding before my very own eyes IRL! So I stayed in Michigan.

It wouldn't be until my trip out West with Brandee in the Corvette, crusing the Hollywood Hills on a warm clear night with the top down driving under the Hollywood sign that the "magic" feeling of "Hollywood" crept into my veins once more. Us being alone in them Hills under the Hollywood sign felt AMAZING! It was everything it ever was on TV! Very powerful!

I don't think it had the same impression on Brandee... even though she loves TV and film. She was more of a Melrose Place and Friends kind of fan... She didn't care for NYC when I took her there either... so don't feel bad Hollywood! LOL, and to be honest -- NYC was always too bougie for even my taste! So a lot of my inspiration to visit Hollywood from that point on came from the women in the first two pages of this thread. At that time (2017) in the Hills of Hollywood balling out top down in the Corvette, I really didn't know how much of an effect it was going to have on me -- and I think most of my desires to return there were from reading about Melissa (read: https://prettybored.com/ ) uprooting her life and just moving there -- just like I had planed to do back in the 90210 days -- and just like Rastus has mentioned above.

But I have always suffered from being homesick, no matter where I go it's just a matter of time before I want to go back home -- and you know what else they say "There is no place like home!"

Hollywood is like a network of sorts, when you're with people IRL you can connect with them by quoting a movie, sometimes just to see if they are "aware" of the VR magic (movie scene) that sparked an emotion in you. Most often times when they do recognize and elaborate it's like an immediate connection. And that is what Hollywood is all about! A connection, or magic if you will.

My problem is that I have assosiated 2023 California with Eden... and she's just a writer! LOL, I need to shake that!

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Rastus wrote:

There are many solutions, though they generally depend on current life-circumstance, that meaning change it !!! The boys are grown-up, your marriage clearly hasn't existed for a number of years, so pack-your-bags & head-off into the West, which is where you seem to want to be...

1. You'll be happy again.

2. Your family will be likely even happier, as they'll be free too.

3. You will change virtual-reality into reality.

Go for it ! We need more happy people living-the-life !!! (Not people wishing they were living another one).

Oh, and FYI... My marriage very much exist -- for going on 23 years now! I've told Brandee about Melissa and Eden! I wouldn't say we have an "open" marriage, but I'm open with her about how I feel. This is a public thread you know!

1. I am happy -- I just wanna have fun.

2. As you said, my oldest has moved out and my youngest is in college. Their happiness is 100% on them now! And it's fair to say if Brandee wasn't happy she wouldn't be here either! We are family, regardless if we're all apart -- or all togehter. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family!

3. Maybe you need to flip back a few pages to see that I have actually BEEN to Hollywood IRL -- multiple times! All them photos weren't AI generated you know! lol

Go for it? LOL, funny thing about that saying... back when I was maybe five or six years old my Mom had gotten a new Ford Escort and my Dad and I were following her home in his XKE Jaguar... at the light he looked over at me and said, "Do you think I can catch up to your Mom?" and I said to him "GO FOR IT!"... when the light turned green he revved it up side-stepped the clutch, however the clutch blew up -- throwing insulation and leather all about the cabin. The metal shrapnel also messed up his leg too! Thankfully the XKE spared me, and just left me covered in dust -- but from that moment on I have always been a little gun shy whenever someone says "Go for it!"... odd thing is, the street that the clutch blew up on my Dad's 1966 XKE just happens to be two doors down from where I live now! So it's really odd that you use that term.

All that being said, I'd much rather stick with the people in this thread than to meet new people -- at least online! And while it's true that none of us can pick our family, I'm trying to make friends -- even if it's just VR.

It's literally below zero temps here for the next week in Michigan... I won't lie I've been tempted to get away for 48 hours, maybe rent a Lamborghini or something new to review the next time I'm out there... It sure would be nice to have some friends to meet up with, but I guess I'll just have to settle for VR until they give me the okay -- which may be never! But I'm okay with that! I'm happy with the scraps!

Rastus · UNSTOPPABLE!

LOL !

Live-it-up Stellar !!!

This tune always reminds me of you guys State-side...Enjoy, & play at maximum volume !

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Rastus wrote:
Stellar, my friend, you really are a 1st-class idiot beyond description...

It really is a wonder that you've survived for so long as you do, living the life that you have.

You're lucky that people like PowerStroker ( & even myself ) somehow try to understand your dilemma, & even stick-up & help you, even after you chew-our-heads-off, with no valid claim. ( Remember the house renovations & asbestos that you breathed in you fool) !

Anyhow, I pretty-much think that your imaginary " autotrend.activeboard.com/t67354885/tried-to-lurk-the-zoom-web-crawlers-live-broadcast-last-nigh/" thread speaks volumes about your state-of-mind.

Rather than help, you rather self-validate your own claimed superiority, to little or no avail...This indicates a really poor self-esteem, as witnessed by your fantasy thread above...

But still, we'll try to help you out !

The pressure is on, & pretty-soon it seems reality will bite everyone on the ass that isn't aware of, or prepared for the shyte to come...But all the information you need to be prepared is within this site, so look around. Simply follow Shawnees advice if you don't understand what I offer. ( Facts not fiction ).

As for your reply above, WTF are you talking about ???...

No clues.

(quote above from https://autotrend.activeboard.com/t68223611/electric-power-tools-any-suggestions/)

Oh, thank you so much Rastus! That really means a lot coming from you... The power tools were to make Eden jealous -- not you, you big jug head! LOL

I'd like clarification on that whole "really wondering how I managed to survive as long as I have, living the lifestyle that I do" statement... What exactly do you mean by that?

You guys love your heads chewed off! What can I say? You keep coming back for more! LOL

This thread is a mix of fantasy and reality... eventually one of these chicks will cave!

At least you're trying to drum up traffic to this thread by linking it in other parts of the forum where otherwise "normal" people might happen across it... even if you claimed all the women in this thread were lesbians!

I'll quote the other part of your out-of-order rantings in the power tools thread later -- but really... do you consider this thread and it's stars to be some kind of shame? Because I'm not ashamed of anyone in this thread! These are my people -- these are my dreams!

You don't appreciate that passion, Rastus?

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

P.S. This thread wasn't moved because of you... but Pandora's Box is wide open -- and ain't but ONE thread currently in that taboo forum.

Rastus · UNSTOPPABLE!

Hmmm...^^^^^^^^^^^^

I have no idea what they're putting in "E"'s these days, but the results speak for themselves...

If nothing else, you might just have some of this below LOL !

Play at maximum volume for best results :) !

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Recently tried my hand at PhotoShop.. what do you guys think?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

It's been awhile since I have posted on this thread, but as you can probably still imagine -- I'm still VERY MUCH hung up on Eden... I know it's not exactly conventional thinking, but it's my one little thing that keeps me going on them really tough days. I'm almost positive she has some sort of feelings for me, even if they might be similar to the feelings a dog develops when you feed them... in other words, she knows I enjoy her company enough to give her the occasional few bucks -- but is hessantant to allow me to explore just how far down her rabbit hole goes... in other words, she still either doesn't trust me, or herself enough to meet... maybe a little bit of both.

No doubt, I'd like to meet ANY of the 12 women in this thread -- some of whom have fallen off the face of social media! Others just have me blocked because it's just easier for them not to have the drama or distraction... it's cool though, I still admire them and I'll be here should they ever change their minds! That said, I have recently re-instated our membership on the Web Crawlers with a most handsom pledge to make up for the holiday months when I got all bent out of shape about Melissa's charitable donation choices. To be completly honest, at that time I simpily could not keep up with all the content they were rolling out, plus it did bother me they were basiclly giving all the money away to charities that I couldn't get behind... having been in poltics long enough I realize that people have different ideas and feelings -- it became clear that I was really just looking for a reason to take a break. But that's over now, and I feel somewhat obligated to support their pod because when you get right down to it, Melissa and her crew are responsible for a majority of our Hollywood exposure... I say "our" because I share everything in here whenever I go out there.

Recently I no-showed another trip out to Hollywood whereas I had gotten REALLY good prices on pre-purchase airline tickets way in advance. I was supposed to depart Detroit DTW airport on Feb 27th 2024 bound for LAX with a few hour lay-over in Dallas, where I would have FINALLY been able to enjoy our AMEX Centerion lounge perk -- as you know I have tried many times to enjoy this perk, only to get denied for various reasons. But this time, while in Dallas -- I would have been laid over in waiting for my connecting flight with LAX so I would have qualified for admittance. I could have spent several hours there drinking and eating for free! Then I would have caught my connection to LAX and that adventure would have been -- well, we will never really know because again -- I no showed... I no showed because I could not get a confermation from Eden, whom I wanted to meet while I was out there. Since I could not get that confermation I figured I'd just no show the very inexpensive tickets, rather than rock the boat. Everything happens for a reason I guess, and on the return trip home from that trip I would have flown out of LAX to Houston (IAH airport) to spend a few days with my Son before I flew home to Detroit.

None of it happened, and honestly the tickets were so cheap buying them way in advance that it felt like I'd be saving $1,000's by taking a $180 loss in not going. And lets face it, airfare from Detroit to Dallas for 4 hours, then to LAX for five days and then from LAX to Houston and then back for $180 was a SMOKING DEAL! But I have come to learn that you cannot pre-plan a tryst... EVER! Such things must be done in the passion of the moment with an almost "stand-by" urgency where there is just no turning back! I have learned my lesson and Hollywood is now a destination where I will ONLY book and fly out in the passion of the moment or not at all... Since Brandee hates California so much and refuses to go, it's not something where I could go there without rocking said boat. I don't know why she hates California so much, she watches TV all day and night -- seems there always has to be a TV going, even if she's not watching it or even if she's sleeping! I know I have mentioned this in the past, but I still find it to be one of her interesting quarks, and the irony that she don't even like California? *Cheff's Kiss* -- drives me crazy! I should also mention, as with Melissa -- Brandee already knows about Eden... So this thread has a level of satire, fantasy with a few bits of reality mixed in...

All that said though, this Eden situation extracts a very large amount of passion from me that would otherwise be focused on automotive and or home improvements. I'm not complaining, but at the same time I'm not getting any traction and thus just spinning my wheels... and while I love a good burn out as much as the next guy, at some points you're bound to have the tires blow out! I dunno... I guess there could be far worse things to be strung out on -- but I can't discount this having some sort of cosmic energy surrounding it. It's really sort of up and down, round and round like a roller coster. She must be filthy rich or something -- I can't seem to figure her out... she can't be that hard up for attention! But who knows, like I'm on to talk! LOL

Anyway, I'm still dabbling with my photoshop skills and using her as my muse...

I dunno... if you ask me this new version of Photoshop is pretty good! Photoshop is one of them things you just have to keep practicing in order to get used to all of the different methods of photo editing, clipping, pasting -- etc.

It's not any easier to use Photoshop, than it is to crush on Eden... both are pretty complex and hard to get the hang of... I tend to be most creative Photoshopping in the still of the night

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

I have to admit that this has taken a seriously biblical turn...

The Web-Crawlers have gone bye-bye... at least for a spring break of sorts. This isn't bad, and given the crazy amount of content they have been putting out since Melissa bounced back from her pregnancy, I feel a month or two of vacation/spring break are in order! Sure, I did leave them high and dry for awhile there while they were supporting -- well, lets just say it's got to be pretty hard to make it in Hollywood without pissing off the Jews... (see previous page)

That said, Eden is not turning me loose. I wish she would! FUCK! I wished she would! But she is not... I don't even think she cares about the back-story at this point -- for her it almost seems personal! Any normal chick would have blocked me and sent my money back by now! But not her! Noooooooo... she's gonna slug it out with me on Twitter/X until the bitter fu@king end! She really has me at a loss for words currently.

I don't know what is going on right now, things have sure flip-flopped from the COVID days! But people need to stay calm! Prior to the manufactured COVID days we got on just fine -- and we had more than our share of problems! So let's not go acting like this was the 1990's or anything! LOL, So people are tightening their belts, so what? That just means we need to come up with new ways and means!

As much as it sucks, it sure seems like everyone in this thread has grown up a whole lot since 2021! We are only talking about THREE YEARS! Go back to the VERY FIRST post in this thread when I Rick Rolled the WebCrawlers! The past three years has felt like 10 years!

This would not be the first time we have all had to pick ourselves up and try again! THREE YEARS! That's it! Can you fu@king believe it?

Rick Ro$$

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Welp... I been keeping it under my hat for about a week now -- it all happened so fast... I was there and back in what feels like no-time and no sooner as I got off the plane and drove home -- I was handed a wrench and was back to working! But that's just the way I like it...

This Memorial Day I had myself quite a little adventure! I had purchased plane tickets awhile back when they were on sale to LAX -- got them for a SUPER DEAL! Less than $100 round trip! The orginal dates were for 48 hours, arrive Monday 7:45AM Monday morning on Monday the 27th and depart at the same time on the 29th... but at the time I purchased them I didn't realize it was a holiday... so closer to the trip I was able to get an earlier flight for just a little extra and ended up arriving at 7:45 AM Pacific time on Saturday morning and this gave me a little more time since most everyone else was on vacation and I'd be able to slip away for a little longer.

I guess you could say I was really hoping that SOMEONE from this thread would have met me, most especially Eden... but since it was a Holiday I decided that I was just going to take it easy and enjoy myself either way... plus the element of spontaneity of going early on Saturday was really getting my jucies flowing! Would I be able to make it in LA for four whole days? Last time Eden had me running for the Hills in less than 48 hours -- but this time was different... I was almost certian she would meet me because I made a generous offer that I thought she wouldn't be able to refuse (not sexual for some of you people wondering)... With that on the table I gathered my things and snuck out like a theif in the night at 4AM to catch my 5:45AM flight to LA. Since Uber/Lyft are so expensive now days I just decided to drive my Corvette and leave it in long term parking, I figured I was paying top dollar insurance -- why not get off the plane and enjoy my ride home in my car? I even put the top down on the way to the airport for maximum enjoyment but it started to downpour when I was about 5 minutes out from the airport! LOL, thankfully the Vette did well in the rain with the top down, but it just added to the whole ambiance of care free, footloose -- nothings gonna stop me mood.

So I land in LAX after what was over a five hour flight, but it felt longer. I had already been up all night so I wouldn't miss my flight, and with the three hour time difference it was only 7:50AM when I arrived at LAX -- although my body was feeling it like was getting close to noon! But once I got outside and smoked that first cigarette -- I let out a sigh of relief because I was now officially on vacation! I made my way to Hertz, as I have had good luck with them over the years... I had a CONFIRMED and Guaranteed reservation for a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG which as some of you may know is a 600+HP Hybrid! I was excited! But when I got there they said they haven't had the AMG in THREE YEARS, and that I would have to take a Volvo! I told them to get bent! We went round and round and eventually they tried to slide me into an Impala for more than what I was quoted for the AMG! Very upset, I just told the guy I wasn't going to settle for their bait and switch! So I left and went to Enterprise across the street... since it was a Holiday weekend, and I was arriving early / spontaneously I was reasonable -- but firm. Upon arrival at Enterprise they too were low on inventory for Saturday, but they pulled this beast out of their hat with only 33 miles on the odometer!

A 2024 Range Rover Velar P250 Dynamic SE 4WD (brand new with only 30 miles) -- they said I was the 1st person to ever rent it!

Now this car isn't exactly my style, but like I said... I showed up early, and it was a holiday weekend! I figured I needed to be a little bit flexible! It was at the time I took this photo that I sent a private message to Eden thru her little Substack thing she has going for her "Not so starving artist" blog. Anyway, I told her I was in town, posted photos of the vehicle I was driving and offered a handsome sum just to meet up! Honestly I just wanted to say I at least met someone from this thread and partied with them, and there was no expectation from me for anything outside of maybe getting some food. I would grease her little palm the moment she showed her face, and I kissed her hand... she could have turned around and walked away -- and that would have been just fine too! (my exact words). I was on her turf and I was willing to meet her anywhere of her choosing! After all, meeting her was pretty much my main reason I was there in LA.

With all that out of the way, I decided that I should probably book a hotel! I drove around in the Range to a few different places but most all were booked solid! Thankfully my trusty AMEX card found me one of the few remaining rooms at the Hilton in Universal City, California! Just so everyone knows, Universal City is pretty much right in the middle of it all, Hollywood (2 minutes) - Burbank (2 minutes) - Beverly Hills (10 minutes) - Los Feliz (10 minutes) and Echo Park (15 minutes) depending on the time of day and traffic of course.

I drove around awhile and took in the sights... as is customary, I took my photo standing by the Hollywood sign... I even know how to get there without GPS now! LOL

After that I found my liquor store that I would get all my supplies from the next few days on Ventura Blvd. About this time I was starting to feel the drain of the flight, logistics, reservations, rentals, and driving around sight seeing... I headed back to the Hilton where I would take in the scenery while having a few smokes on my little smoking perch that had a very beautiful view at any hour!

So I'm finally feeling relaxed with a little buzz creeping on when I decide to check my phone to see if Eden had reached out... And NOPE! Not a peep! She wasn't even posting or liking anything on Twitter! A little bit let down, and generally not having very much fun in the Range Rover I checked Enterprise to see if their selection would improve tomorrow since I only rented the room and the Range Rover for one night, not knowing if Eden would want me to stay somewhere else closer or whatever... and sure enough, most people were returning their rentals on Sunday so I reserved a different car that I would pick up at the same time as my contract expired on the Range (10am the following day)...

That being said I decided not to drink the bottle of 12 year old Scotch I purchased on Ventura Blvd as I had to be on the road early to beat traffic to pick up my new rental! Truth be told I was BEAT! I had been up for over 24 hours and dealing with a three hour jet lag! So I laid down in my bed and quickly fell asleep looking at the Hollywood sign.

Okay... so it was only a picture of the Hollywood sign! LOL, but like I said, I pretty much showed up on a Holiday weekend that was a Saturday of all days -- un-announced. I had to be flexible!

The next day I woke up refreshed and feeling good. I went out to my smoking perch and puffed a few while I checked my phone, STILL NO EDEN! So I figured the original plan was for 48 hours Monday-Wednesday... so in my mind I'm thinking, well it was spontaneous and I did show up two days early -- so maybe like everything else I just had to be flexable... I packed up my things and checked out because I was still unsure if my plans would change if Eden contacted me. I drove to Enterprise and returned the Range Rover with 100 miles racked up on the clock... not sure how I did so many miles, but the AC was nice and I did do a lot of driving around.

Thankfully they had my rental when I arrived... it had a small flaw in the clear coat on the bumper and the tires were getting close to needing a new set... I made mention of the issues and they gave me a free day rental which I thought was REALLY cool and I was almost over the moon! I was very impressed with Enterprise going the extra mile for me after being treated so poorly at Hertz! So I turn in the range and pick up this new rental, which I'll have for the remainder of my trip (with 1 free day)! Since it was classified as an "exotic" they made me produce insurance stating that the $94,000 vehicle would be covered in the event of a total loss. Once that was confirmed, they let me know that exotics only get 100 miles per day and each mile after would be .99 cents! So a total of no more than 300 miles when I returned the car or I'd basically be pay $1 per mile over!

So I had the dude mark down all the flaws, had him pull the targa top off and I headed to The Santa Monica Pier to take some proper photos

It was at this very moment, after getting a "proper" rental that I FINALLY started to feel like I was on vacation! (even though I will review both vehicles thoroughly in the forum as always).

I was well rested, in the car that I wanted to be in and it was still morning! Not only that, I felt really good about the free rental day!

So I headed to the Santa Monica Pier where the lot closest to the pier was full due to the ongoing holiday. Since I didn't feel like walking a mile back and fourth I just pulled into a lot just down the road to take the photos.

I immediatly posted them online, and once again tried to contact Eden and let her know I was now in a black 2024 Corvette Stingray! I also told her about the discount and how the final cost of the rental was so cheap, if she didn't meet me -- she would more or less be paying for my rental! LOL -- I thought for sure this would get a bite... but in the meantime it was time to take this vehicle for a long cruise up and down the coast!

One thing about these new cars, they sure are fancy! I was VERY impressed with the power! WAY faster than my Corvette -- and WAY more aggressive in just about every single metric! Hell, it's a mid engine vehicle and is now officially classified as an exotic!

Suddenly things started to turn around and I was feeling much-much better! I think I even caught myself smiling a few times as I goosed the throttle! I was VERY impressed! This thing was so fast, even with the traction control on it would break the tires loose at 60MPH on a flat pedal merging on to the highway! It was INSANE! Had it not been for traction control I probably would have buffed out! Not even gonna lie! This thing was FAST-FAST! The power seemed endless - yet it felt like a luxury ride! I won't get into it anymore as I'm saving the best parts for my review, but if I were ever in the market for a new Corvette -- the C8 would be it! I know came to meet Eden, but I pretty much fell in love with this car!

Did I mention it had a KILLER sound system? Just amazing! The placement of the woofers made it feel like this car had a professional system with subs!

-- photo limit reached posting 2nd part now

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So there I was... on vacation in the Hollywood Hills with my rented 2024 C8 Corvette that Eden was going to be paying for if she failed to meet me... I have to say, I felt pretty good about that part because honestly I was going to give her some serious coin just so that I could verify she was real -- and what she REALLY looked like. That being the case, all of my anxiety instantly melted away! I was officially feeling like I was on vacation! The car was so cool I didn't even mind being caught up in LA traffic, it had great air conditioning, a SUPER stereo system that linked up to my iPhone to play all my music -- and the targa top was off! I drove it all thru the hills and down Hollywood Boulevard and people loved it! I loved it! Kids would stand there with their mouth open and just point! I was even next to a few Ferrari's and to be honest -- this Corvette looked more the super car than they did! With the exception of this one Lamborghini on Hollywood Blvd and this one car (an old Volvo of all things)

LOL, it just goes to show... once you start thinking you have the coolest car in the parking lot -- something like this shows up and steals all the attention! LOL, but it was pretty cool -- clearly a "local" car.

As nice and fun as all of this was, I still couldn't get my mind off Eden! It really hurt that I had come all this way to meet her, and so far -- nothing! Not a peep!

But for the first time on this vacation time started to speed up, as it was already past 4PM! (Check in for most hotels)... having not heard from Eden I had no idea! So I just went back to the Hilton Universal Studios and asked them if they had a nicer room with a better view... they said they did, and I rented room 1569 -- a corner room with a view of Universal Studios and the Hills. It was only $40 extra, and the first night I was able to use my Hilton Honor points (I'm a gold member) and it didn't cost me a thing! So I figured, why the hell not!

At this point... I just figured -- whatever happens, happens! I mean, the view was incredible -- the rental Corvette was incredible! I guess regadless how it turned out it was certainly going to be nicer to cry in this room with a view or my rented Corvette than some shithole discount bargain flea-bag room down by the river in a Hertz Chevy Malibu! LOL -- because it didn't matter at this point what LA threw at me! I was standing tall for the next 72 hours!

Yet still... I couldn't stop thinking about her! Was she really going to stand me up? AGAIN!?

So I got in my rented Corvette and took in some more sights... got some food in Burbank and for once I was relaxed. I could auto-pilot until Wednesday morning by just staying at the hotel! I started to think, maybe I'm still just too early? After all, the orginal plan was that I'd be flying in Monday morning at 7:45am... maybe she was just tied up? So I headed back to the hotel to chill for awhile, hoping maybe she would call -- but when I pulled into the parking garage there was an attendant who insisted that I park the Corvette in the "Hilton Honors Diamond" parking spot right in front of the main elevator entrance... being only a "gold" member I jumped at the oppertunity. Once I parked he said this was my spot now! So it felt pretty good considering they didn't do that when I was driving the range rover. So I parked in the reserved Diamond spot like some kind of pimp -- I mean honestly, this spot was it's own little spot where nobody could park next to you and ding your doors! LOL.

So then I smoked this diamond infused left hand cigarette at 64% and went up to my room and cracked back open that bottle of 12 year old Scotch and started drinking! This meant that I could no longer drive, but honestly I was starting to feel like maybe I had gotten a bit too much sun on my forehead driving around all day with the targa top off... I had picked up some really good smoke at the Pineapple Express in Hollywood apparently and it was already past 6PM, so I started drinking even more! It was at this time I needed a cigarette -- and I couldn't smoke in the room, or I'd have to pay a fine... fuck that! So I took the elevator downstairs and when the door opened for the lobby there she was! Eden motherfucking Dranger! My body went cold, I got goose bumps! She immediatly thrust herself into the elevator and we embraced in a hug that made me feel like the whole elevator was spinning out of control! When we stopped kissing I looked into her eyes when this really annoying person was saying "Sir... Sir...", I looked over and suddenly I was back in the parking lot -- and some tourist with his kid was asking if they could take photos in front of my car with their kids... perhaps somewhat irritated that I was dreaming I said "Sure" as I walked away to smoke a cigarette and digest what just happened... turns out I never even went up to the room! LOL, I was so fucking wasted it was all just a day dream!

Okay, so I exaggerated a little bit on that last part -- but trust me! I was turnt up and WASTED on Sunday night boy, let me tell you! Felt like I took a swim in a pool full of liquor!

Now I'm not 100% sure how exactly the events of Sunday night went down after about 8PM, however I did manage to drink some 300ml of Scotch and smoke everything I had gotten from the Pineapple Express by the time I woke up early the next morning. All I can remember is thinking about trying to put the targa top on, and then saying "aw fuck it, I'm not putting it back on -- I'm just gonna leave it off and let them deal with it when I turn it in!"... and that must have been true because the next morning when I woke up and had my morning cigarette there it was sitting without the targa top on with the windows rolled down in the Diamond reserved parking spot! Again, there were kids taking their photo when I walked off the elevator, but I was so hung over I just acted like it wasn't even my car and just walked past them for fear they might try to engage me in conversation.

It was while I was having my morning cigarette that I realized that Eden still hadn't responded, nor had she posted or liked any mind-fucking relatable shit on Twitter... As I puffed my cigarette in total and udder defeat I started to realize that I really burnt the shit out of my forehead driving around with the targa top off all day yesterday! I mean I was beyond lobster! Shit was already peeling! LOL, shit! and I was hung over! This meant WAR! So I sent her another message and told her I was gonna go see Rachels Brother at Fluffy McCloud's ice cream joint -- which was only 15 minutes away at that time since traffic was light. I figured at the very least I'd get an ice cream and buy a hat so I didn't burn my forehead any further! LOL

I went back upstairs and changed, took a shower -- had a free complementary (gold members) buffet breakfast and set my GPS for 1814 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles... only by this time it was a 20 minute drive, but I didn't care. I was so depressed that if I got my ass kicked, it would have felt better than I did at that moment! LOL... the drive did me some good, but the sun was shining and I REALLY needed a hat! I arrived at Fluffy's but apparently there is no sign -- and I could not find it... being hung over and sun burnt bad, I did two passes real slow and did not see any sign... the neighborhood was somewhat salty -- and at times I could see the LA city scape... and when I say it was salty, I don't mean ghetto -- it just was somewhere I was not familar with! That being said I did not park or go investigating on foot -- mostly because there were no open parking spots on Sunset at that time, and without a damn sign -- where the hell would I go anyway? Just start asking random people "Hey, do you know where Fluffy's is? I really need a hat and an ice cream!" LOL, didn't matter though... I was there! That is all that mattered.

So I kept on, persuing to the next stop... which ended up being the Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Blvd where I purchased a hat and some Hollywood swag (Authentic Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood Shirts) for the whole family.

Yes... I know he was a boot-leg Mickey Mouse... but I needed the photo and it only cost $5 lol

But then...

I was offically a tourist! LOL! But look at that lobster forehead! LOL! WTF! WHERE ARE YOU EDEN!?

It was starting to sink in... Eden rented me a motherfucking a brand new 2024 Corvette for my trip to LA!

And that's pretty much just how it went down... Eden must be rich, she rented me a damn 2024 C8 Corvette Stingray!

I can't deny that it's bitter-sweet... but I'm prolly just lucky I didn't run into Rachel, she strikes me as the type to grip it and rip it.

But I did have a very good burger at the Hard Rock Cafe! If you remember back to my last trip to Hollywood, the Hard Rock Cafe is 1st place I offered to meet Eden... so fitting that I had a good lunch there, and actually -- I did have a whole lot of fun. It's taken me a solid week to take it all in! But now I don't know how to feel... I guess thankful is what I feel most, but in moving forward -- what does this mean? It's clear Eden might not be the best investment for me... I often wonder how she get's ANY work in Hollywood if she doesn't even have the drive to meet someone who was going to pay them a Corvette rentals fee for three days (well 2 but Enterprise gave her a free day)... but as I have said before, there is NOTHING Eden enjoys more than standing me up in Hollywood! LOL

So with my head held down, I returned Eden's rental and got on that plane return home to Michigan -- where MY Corvette was waiting for me!

And now that it's been a whole week and my forehead has finally stopped peeling I'm just stuck wondering... Why, Eden? Why?

I don't know... I didn't even bother trying to make contact with our Web Crawler friends while I was there... but they seem to be doing good -- even though they have been on semi-vacation the past two months.

I guess in many ways, I enjoy California... If Eden or anyone else there gives me a good reason to visit from time to time -- I guess that is better than nothing.

All is well that ends well, and hey... how many guys do you know that visit Hollywood and have their rich, Jewish internet girlfriend rent them a Corvette for three days?

Huh?

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Look... I don't care what anyone says! That last trip to Cali was off the hook!

The ONLY reason we don't have video of that Corvette doing donuts and even more crazy stuff is because the other LA Women in this thread just didn't come thru!

Clearly I'm not going to impose on anyone -- but let's face it... I can only do so much!

But I had a good time!

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Best I can figure at this point is that Eden thinks I'm ugly, and that I have bad taste in music.

Eat your heart out babe!

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SELLC wrote:
Tonight was the big Hollywood Crime Scene episode but I had a hard time accessing it...
I like that Rachel Fisher chick, maybe not as much as Melissa, but I'd seriously consider settling... both Aries fire!

-- Edited by SELLC on Wednesday 18th of August 2021 04:13:08 AM

Boy... did I have a good drunk this morning! Been a very strong work load and punishing heat, so I think perhaps them low 70 degree temps really helped them drinks go down!

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Well folks... it's the end of July! It's going to be my birthday this weekend -- I'm turning 32 (lol j/k) but it feels like I'm turning 49!

I'll probably just stick around the house because I'm getting too old to go out drinking and causing trouble like the good old days -- and even the past 10 years dealing with these Millennials it's become clear to me that they are also getting old with me!

I say that because it just feels like many of them have fallen off... they have become too up-tight! More than anything, they have not put enough trust into their Gen X friend that dedicated an entire thread to them and brought in almost 10,000 organic views.

Used to be I could talk about how some of them would hunt down male cats and have their balls cut off -- or one of them using a Boeing 777 as a dildo.

Now days it's a photo with an ice cream, maybe the occasioanl sexy public bathroom photo, and of course baseball games... I mean, okay -- I guess. But baseball just doesn't do it for me! Wished that it did!

Even Melissa has gone social media conservative on me! Baby photos, photos of her locked away in the LA dungeon. Even WebCrawlers is starting to become -- how shall we say? Less raw?

But I get it! They have boyfriends, or husbands -- well, not Eden lol, but Rastus may have been right about "that one" biggrin

I just have to come to grips with reality! I'm not getting older, these women are! I'm not saying they don't lead exciting lives behind closed doors, I'm just saying that I've gone out there three times with pockets full of cash and every single time I've come home with my pocket full of money! I guess I should probably feel lucky? Right? WRONG!

What is wrong with women these days! Too afraid to take any risks or have a good time! So shy they blush when they look at themselves in the mirror! I'm fucking married! I still get out there!

Got my 23 year anniversary coming up! That's almost longer than some of these chicks have been bleeding! And I'm just an asshole because I am trying to live out the same kind of smut that Hollywood pushes? WTF is that?

I'm not hating, and I'm really turning 49 in four more days... I'm not the young stud muffin that I was back in my 20's -- but that's okay! I still got it baby!

So if anything, if it makes it easier for these women to hate me -- by all means

Just know... I'm still waiting! And that extends to Brandee -- who has also become complacent and somewhat less spontaneous.

And I guess what scares me the most is that I too have become complacent and less spontaneous! I could be out there right now, casino hopping and chasing the muff around IRL... the cars are all gased up and sitting there! Where am I?

In here, chasing the muff around -- saving gas... saving money...

Fuck... I'm old!

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But I don't want to be saving money and gas... I wanna be out there with someone unfamilar, feeling the spice of life -- not giving a fuck!

That new rush of... how shall we say -- LUST, or magic if you will! It's not easy keeping things new for 23 years! In fact, I think most relationships last when two very co-dependant people meet.

The fear of being alone long enough to meet someone new -- knowing damn well that even IF you meet someone at this age, it's going to be short lived by the almost certainty of baggage they will bring into your life -- I'm mean lets face it... you don't live 40 years on this planet without collecting some baggage along the way! LOL So it just becomes easy to fall into a routine... because let's face it -- when we were single and in our teens and late twenties it really was a lot cheaper to get by! Sure, we didn't know what the fuck we were doing -- but we were having a damn good time trying to find out! Bills and responsibilties ain't no joke, yo! That's the baggage!

I know ALL THIS SHIT IS TABOO... but why the hell else do you crazy people keep coming back?

I'm sorry guys... I'm not even drunk tonight! I'm just sitting here pondering life after almost 49 years... I don't have any regrets -- well, except for that one time... lol, but even then -- it was that spice of life! I'm really not a bad guy... I'm just cast that way!

Feel like I'm living in a Rupert Holmes song...

I was tired of my lady
We'd been together too long
Like a worn out recording
Of a favorite song

So while she lay there sleepin'
I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read

If you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like makin' love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape

I didn't think about my lady
I know that sounds kinda mean
But me and my old lady
Had fallen into the same old dull routine

So I wrote to the paper
Took out a personal ad
And though I'm nobody's poet
I thought it wasn't half bad

Yes, I like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
I'm not much into health food
I am into champagne
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O'Malley's
Where we'll plan our escape

So I waited with high hopes
And she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant
I knew the curve of her face

It was my own lovely lady
And she said, "Oh, it's you"
Then we laughed for a moment
And I said, "I never knew"

"That you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean
And the taste of champagne
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
You're the lady I've looked for
Come with me and escape"

If you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape

Yes, I like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
I'm not much into health food
I am into champagne
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O'Malley's

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And before anyone starts to get any strange ideas -- with the exception of maybe Rachel, everyone here was more or less single (or at least advertising that in their profiles) when I joined Twitter ten years ago! My 10 year Twittervesary was this year too! Rachel I think has been dating the same dude for a decade, I think... although you might not have picked that up in her style of posting say, five or six years ago... not only that, she's on a Pod with Desi -- and I'll just leave it at that.

But what I'm thinking -- with ALL the ladies, Brandee included, is that there was that first connection... or should I say, attraction. Where it goes from there, eh... It just feels cheap in the digital age -- and I've been online since the 1980's (I did an entire write up about it a few pages back). I'm not saying I'm unhappy -- or that I want to go back to dial up (well maybe I wanna go back to dial up and AOL a little), I'm just saying what IF there was a way to feel alive again? Without cocaine, or wild women? Is it possible? Is it required that you have to quit giving a fuck about anything? Or am I just tripp'n?

I dunno... I got some strange things going on in life right now -- first of which is I really never thought I'd make it to 49... I don't know what's gonna happen next year when I turn 50! I'm probably gonna just fall the fuck apart right here on this forum! LOL

FIFTY! Say it with me folks! 5 - 0!

Optimistic people might say, well you have only lived half your life if you live to be 100! But I'm realistic! I have seen what happens to people when they get in their 90's! That last ten years of your life, even if you make to your 90's -- you spend it much like you did the first 10 years! Shitting your pants, sleeping and pretty much having someone else take care of you -- IN MOST CASES, anyway.

Honestly... when I was 20, anyone older than 40 was OLD! And anyone in the 50's was considered a grandpa! But the worst part is, even when I turned 40 -- 50 was old-old... now that I'm almost 50, I think 60 is old-old... it's linear.

And you just become clueless to the fact you're old! Is it a bad thing? No, it's life -- it just creeps up on ya! You wake up one day and you're 49! You can feel it -- you can see it... but you can't do a damn thing about it!

Sometimes when I'm posting to this thread I feel like I'm too old to be having a good time online -- too old to be joking around and sharing details of my life. That I should be caring about more important things, not wasting time living.

But fuck that! And for me, I think early Web Crawlers helped me to feel like I wasn't getting old -- that there was other people out there just as crazy, sharing crazy shit -- pondering taboo subjects in public and just having a good time!

I don't wanna be no rock superstar or nothing -- but I'm going to get me some coney island!

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So... I got to drinking a few shots of my 12 y/o swill (Johnnie Walker Black) and I decided to buy the last two remaining OG girls (A and B list) an X Premium Plus annual subscription... I won't even mention how much that cost, but let's just say it wasn't cheap! But given the fact that Elon Musk has been donating money to the Trump campaign, I figured it was the best way for me to make a donation -- without making a donation... many in this particular thread might not know that I have had credit limit cuts in the past for donating to Trump or WINRED in the past, but I have supporting screenshots should anyone want to use the search button you'd see a pattern that was otherwise undeniably in favor of what I just said.

That said... I think there is maybe TWO women in this thread that are conservative... and the rest liberal, however it would seem they like to call themselves "Progressives" now... perhaps it has something to do with the current state of the economy? I mean it's not cool to be a "liberal" in a recession. So I purchaed Eden and Rachel an annual subscription to X Premium Plus (spared no expense!) -- and I felt like they sort of deserved it considering the last time I was in LA, I tried to reach out to both of them. While they were both too shy to meet up (even for a free dinner), I figured -- what the fuck? In fact it was SO EXPENSIVE, I was actually glad that Melissa and Desi had alreay blocked me! LOL, because damn! That shit HURT!

People who don't use Twitter (X) on the daily might not realize what an X-Premium Plus membership entails, but it's more or less like handing someone the keys to the Kingdom on X (formerly Twitter)... Both Eden and Rachel both had their coveted bluecheck icons prior to Elon Musk buying Twitter, but lost them soon after Elon purchased Twitter due to his raising the bar for what a "real" celebrity was -- aka 1 million followers or more! The requirement for X premium plus and the bluecheck icon was later lowered, but the bar was no-where near low enough for Eden or Rachel to pole-vault over with their current following (fame)... But thanks to Elon and the monitization of Twitter, now X, it was possible to aquire this once was status symobol for an outrageous amount of money -- which I did for both of them on the 4th of August. At first, the bluecheck was not issued -- rather it wasn't until the following Monday before they more or less realized that their bluechecks had returned... this ruffled some feathers, NGL! But honestly, the option to "gift" someone a Premium+ subscription wasn't even rolled out until July 29th 2024! On the morning of August 4th 2024 when I gifted these two subscriptions I was drunk as a skunk -- and I wanted to see what that little gift box icon on non-premium accounts did! LOL! They say curiosity killed the cat -- and in many ways... well --

How it started with Rachel before she knew

it was me who purchased her bluecheck

How it went with Rachel after she knew it was me who purchased her bluecheck

By far my favorite to date (8-15-2024)

I have NO DOUBT it was Desi who DEMANDED that Rachel blocked me... after all, Desi is just so -- EVIL and possessive it just made her furious!

[screenshot above courtesy of a woman in this thread]

So now, thanks to Desi -- we lost Rachel! Even though Rachel is very happy and thankful she has keys to the X kingdom -- I'm no Desi, and it was a small price for Rachel to pay (blocking me). After all, I'll probably be back in LA within the year anyway. LOL

Rachel, not being the sharpest crayon in the box resorted to changing her screen name -- which automatically stripped her bluecheck... she did this on purpose -- and likeley because she didn't know there was an option to "hide" her bluecheck... but at the same time it's entirely possible she was just trying to reverse the gift... but that's just not how business is done -- and she was stuck with the gift. So she tried to imply she was an actress on Melrose Place (Heather Locklear) who was brought on to the show to increase ratings... I think once she realized Desi was just madly in love with me, she just surrendered to the name Frankenhooker because the entire situation was just spooky... but that's just my personal thoughts on the matter.

The REAL PROBLEM was that as much fun as I was having with Rachel and Desi -- Eden was none too impressed! In fact, she too shed her bluecheck a few days after... likely because I was just stirring up too much drama, and she would rather gag herself with a spoon than accept the fact that people on Rodeo drive (much like Hollywood and Twitter/X) don't like people -- they like credit cards!

So Eden shed her bluecheck, but she did so by choosing to "hide" it, rather than change her screen name and "force" it...

All things told, I don't hold any grude against any of them... I honestly just wanted to see what happend when I clicked on the little "gift box" option for gifting an X Premium Plus annual subscription... and like I said, I was really drunk at the time! And while it may seem funny, it was expensive! So expensive in fact, that I had to cancel my membership to Web Crawlers three months early! Was it worth it? I don't know yet... but -- I mean, it's safer than alley catting around Detroit! And I can always catch up with the Web Crawlers in October -- or whenever they grow up.

For now, outside of a few who who shall not be named -- it would seem Eden is the only one still playing the game... but she's pissed! Maybe not as pissed as I was the last time I was in LA and she stood me up -- but she is pissed none the less!

But you know what they say in these situations...

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I spoke too soon... Rachel and Desi are still VERY much in the game!

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And that shit I said about the WebCrawlers growing up?

I just said that because I was trying to get under their skin... they are both -- or should I say ALL THREE of them -- are grown up.

They just serving cunt in their own little ways.

I just said it to piss them off.

Rastus · UNSTOPPABLE!

Whatever man...

It's been over 3-months, & we're still awaiting the Corvette review, or is that another something you managed to forget about ?...

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Ouch... I'll get right on that boss!

doh

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Welp... I have gotten word that our so-called-friend Rachel is none too happy with the annual X-Premium Plus membership we purchased her. Apparently she went thru great lengths to whine to X, rather than just hit me up and say "Thanks for the gift, but no thanks!"... I guess it could save everyone time if people vying for fame had the ability to communicate their wishes directly, but I suppose if you're in the business (however small) it's hard to tell a fan to get bent. But from what I'm hearing, we can take Rachel and Desi off our Christmas card list.

I guess I could say something mean... but what is the point? I could say that she's been bothering me for a long time with her provocative crotch shots and dirty sense of humor, but you would assume someone like that would be capable of communicating that they are not interested. I though perhaps she blocked me because of Desi, but clearly after hearing what I have heard, I'm just bothering her. So we just won't mention her anymore... If she wants out, then it's goodbye! I have no time to waste on someone who thinks I'm bothering them! She is right that I have tried to get her attention for some time, but she's wrong if she thinks it was because I was trying to "bother" her.

However, it would appear that her request to return the gift to X (formerly but still Twitter) has resulted in my losing my Premium Plus subscription! Yep, I lost my bluecheck and it would seem that until this mess is all straightened out I'll just be a regular Joe on Twitter... I mean, X. I don't suppose Elon Musk or X is very happy with my referral... you know how it goes, you bring someone to the party and they make a big scene -- then all of a sudden it's your fault for bringing someone who isn't cool. I get it... totally my fault for thinking she could handle it! Because it's not like she doesn't post on X all the time, and it's not like she hasn't been a member for over a decade. But for whatever reason, the idea that I gifted her a subscription to a place she freeqents often -- well, that's just too much for her...

The only problem I got is what I'm going to do with this table I purchased for their Hollywood Crime Scene show on November 7th? If I'm "bothering" her now, I damn sure don't want to be in the same room as her anymore! Maybe I can scalp the tickets or sell them to people that don't "bother her"... I was looking forward to their performance live on stage -- but I guess it's just small potatoes! Nothing wrong with small potatoes either! I just wished I'd have found out before I bought tickets!

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Honestly... the boss move here would have been to buy out the entire venue of 300 seats and then go alone to watch them...

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SELLC wrote:
Both Eden and Rachel both had their coveted bluecheck icons prior to Elon Musk buying Twitter, but lost them soon after Elon purchased Twitter due to his raising the bar for what a "real" celebrity was -- aka 1 million followers or more! The requirement for X premium plus and the bluecheck icon was later lowered, but the bar was no-where near low enough for Eden or Rachel to pole-vault over with their current following (fame)... But thanks to Elon and the monitization of Twitter, now X, it was possible to aquire this once was status symobol for an outrageous amount of money -- which I did for both of them on the 4th of August. At first, the bluecheck was not issued -- rather it wasn't until the following Monday before they more or less realized that their bluechecks had returned... this ruffled some feathers, NGL! But honestly, the option to "gift" someone a Premium+ subscription wasn't even rolled out until July 29th 2024! On the morning of August 4th 2024 when I gifted these two subscriptions I was drunk as a skunk -- and I wanted to see what that little gift box icon on non-premium accounts did! LOL!

And I just want to clear something up right now... Eden had her bluecheck WELL before I was deep into Twitter, Rachel DID-NOT!

Even though Eden is the 1st of the "B-list"... Rachel was NEVER verified on Twitter before we all hoisted her up! I say "we all" because you guys (forum regulars) have had to suffer thru this thread as long as I have.

But my point is, I don't care if I have a blue-check anymore! Honestly, so long as I get my $98 back from AMEX for the seven months I was ripped off, I'm totally fine with the crazy amount I paid to re-instate Eden's bluecheck... I'm also totally fine with paying Rachel's first ever bluecheck! Rachel has always been totally off the grid -- the only reason I never gave her anything was because I couldn't ever figure out how! When Twitter (X) said I could gift her a bluecheck and an annual subscription I felt she was un-discovered talent! She was an A-lister on our forum! So of course we paid for that shit!

But it's all gotten so convoluted... when I was assigning A, B and C list I wasn't really looking at the whole picture! I was just looking at what the Twitter algorithm (now X) was feeding me! At that time, it was chicks with pods... then it got into the layers -- the writers, the enforcers, the daughters of powerful people and even a country rock/rap star for good measure.

There are like BILLIONS of people out there! Just like stars in the Milky Way -- yet only a few will ever catch your eye.

For that reason alone, we will now refer to the women of this thread as the G13... none of them better, and none of them worse than the other. No longer an A, B and C list... just ONE group of 13... who knows who might come around five or ten years from now? Who knows! But when we're all gone we can say we rocked this mother fucker like it was ours!

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And "let me be clear"...

$27 per ticket X 300 = $8,100

I could have easily swung this at the spur of the moment on any one of a half-dozen credit cards who would have been more than happy to tender that!

But I didn't... even though I thought about it!

But if we take the 300 seat capacity and times it by the amount of shows, which is nine... you would get $72,900

Sure... I could swing that on my AMEX Platinum charge, but I'd have to pay it back in 30 days...

But $72,900 isn't bad for a quarter (no pressure)! I've got to hand it to their handlers! But the question is, can they nail all nine in a single quarter?

They better! They just have to show up, it's not like they have to fix anything or solve any problems! LOL, regardless how they feel -- regardless how they might feel the rigors of back to back performances -- they just have to show up and be themselves! That's pretty easy if you ask a guy like me!

So I wish them well! I've done better than 3X my own -- but we will see... Original plan was to fly Eden in, so I could sit with her at my table while feeding her a Charcuterie Board of cheese while sitting on my lap -- but who knows... might just end up being three old school buddies of mine on a mission to find cocaine on the streets of Detroit...

One thing is for sure, I'll be there... and if they pull the same kind of petty BS as they have on Twitter -- well they can deal with AMEX just like Elon Musk (aka X, formerly known as Twitter)... But you can best believe I'll have a suite at the Hollywood Greektown Casino should they want to party in the "sweet spot" of the Downtown Detroit area.

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There is a local rap group that goes at "Marshal" pretty much as hard as one could go... but you know, it's all about Dre!

and unlike Obie, I have actually partied with ICP in a trailer park with strippers!

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Okay... I know a guy who partied with Obie.

He has pretty blue eyes too!

But back in the late 1980's we were jamming our red cassette tapes of

But back then there was no Eminem or Dr. Dre!

Fuck -- that was so long ago Ice-T was relevant!

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Hollywood Crime Scene...

And Eden? Pffft... This Rachel and her pit-bull Desi coming to the D!

Damn these b!tches roll'n deep!

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Ok... so I was a "little" hammered last night! LOL

Spinning old classical gangster rap tunes -- and next to Melissa, Rachel is also a big fan of classic gangster rap -- although neither of them were listeners back in the 1980's I'm sure. That being the case, I felt obligated to throw some samples out there -- even though I am sure they have heard some of them before, I was listening to them when they were fresh and new... NWA, 2Live Crew, Esham, Rolling with number one -- and so on. Some say that Ice-T was the person who made gangster rap pop back in the 1980's but I was always more partial to Ice Cube myself. Ice T did appear in that movie New Jack City, and ironically he was a undercover cop in that film (probably why Ice-T got the gig on Law and Order) there were other such movies like Juice and the hip-hop movie House Party. ICP came around much later, and they do have a somewhat cult following -- including the FBI lol!

But for me, back in the day -- I liked Ice Cube... and of course both of Dre's records (The Chronic and 2000).

I'll just spin this last tune from Ice Cube that I used to listen to when doing audit at the Hilton back in 1999/2000 in honor of Frankenhooker

Supreme Gangster shit!

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Awe shit... Rachel is throwing mud over on Twitter

You see that? She called me a fucking weirdo!

She's complaining about a blue check she can't get rid of... meanwhile I'm over there stripped of my bluecheck and stiffed out of $98 (The amount of money Twitter stiffed me for by canceling my Twitter Blue seven months early) -- nevermind we paid $168 for hers!

What the fuck did I do wrong? What am I going to do with these tickets to her show?

Eden don't wanna go see her, even Brandee doesn't want to go see her...

But what am I gonna do? I don't wanna be a punk-bitch and hide like they do every time I fly in to LA! If they wanna turn me away that's one thing -- I'll cry about it on here! But I'm not gonna let them say I was too chicken to show-out when they come to town!

I'll sit at that table all by myself and eat the whole damn charcuterie board of cheese myself! In fact, I am sending my suits for cleaning tomorrow and Imma turn the insurance on the Corvette for the week -- or maybe I should rent a limo?

Anyone from this forum want to go? I'll put you up in the suite and buy food and drink! I'll even buy steaks! LOL! (Rastus begins to perspire)

And if Rachel wanna beef, we'll buy her so many shrimp she'll get iodine poisoning!

Weirdo! WTF! I thought she would be more original than that!

Then she goes on about how Twitter used to be fun, all the while posting with her replies turned off... LOL, WTF? HELLO!

This entire show gonna be LIT AF when Trump wins in November 5th! I'll prolly still be grinning from ear to ear come the 7th!

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Welp... Rachel just lost her shit and deleted her Twitter account!

She could always re-instate it... I think they give a certian amount of time for buyers remorse, so we'll just hang tight and see.

Anyway, I have four tickets to a comedy club even on Novermber 7th if anyone is interested!

Looks like Brandee and Eden were the last ones standing out of the internet G13!

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Well... she's back! You know who... HER!

I'm glad too! I was getting worried. We all need a break once in awhile, just ask Rastus. LOL

She's also still wearing our bluecheck, which is good on Musk and X for delivering on their gift obligation... I only hope it runs to the full annual term, as they were paid. I took an extra $98 hit for all the trouble when she canceled because since I sent the "gift" her canceling just went back to my account and kicked me in the ass. But that is fine, I got my bluecheck back too -- although I'm month to month now.

Truth is I really had no idea what gifting a pre-paid annual membership for Twitter Blue/X Premium+ would do... but since she never blocked me, even when I joked around with her -- I felt compelled to gift it to her. I didn't know she would be so upset by it, I mean she blocked me! Had I known buying her the gift was going to result in her blocking me, I wouldn't have purchased her the gift! HONESTLY! It's not like anybody outside of this thread would really have any idea who paid for it -- but I can respect Twitter/X's possition that they want that money, and I can respect her position that she didn't want the gift -- at least from me anyway.

I guess she was right, I have been trying to get her attention for quite some time -- and now that I got it, well... it's very cold and distant! I guess the old saying of "Careful what you wish for, you just might get it" rings true!

So I'm sorry! I won't do it again... unless you end up liking it.

In other news, Brandee has commited to going to the show on November 7th -- should I feel like it's okay to go. If they feel I'd be a distraction for her or Desi and don't want me there, they can simpily just tell me! In fact, I would send them the tickets I bought, no hard feelings! If they have some members of their pod who live in Michigan and are big fans and want to see the show but can't afford it right now, I'd be more than happy to donate all four of my tickets! I've got four, which is supposed to be an entire table according to the venues website. I say this because I don't want no hard feelings, I was always more attracted to their personalities than their show anyway... in other words, I found them in the wild on Twitter -- and not some podcast app.

I hope this will help bring this "saga" to a happy ending... unless they want to rough me up a little more first.

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Welp... I don't hold any hard feelings, but it would seem our friends at the HCS podcast have blocked and locked their Twitter profiles.

That's fine, no need for me to waste any more time or money on them.

I did however pick up some merch from them a few days back... I purchased a "Diamond Level Pussy" coffee mug for Brandee, since she is the only one that is married and actually has a diamond... lol, I also picked up some stickers that say "Stong Load" so that I can always remind myself that neither them would know a "Strong Load" if it fell out of the sky -- landed on their faces and wiggled... because again, ain't neither of them got any kids either!

I guess perhaps I just didn't realize what high-class women I was dealing with here...

Perhaps they are chauvinist over there on that Hollywood Crime Scene podcast?

The only thing they sell in their merch store for men is a uni-sex wife beater in black!

What can you do? Apparently you can't please everyone! I even reserved a fancy suite at Hollywood Greektown Casino complete with a bubble tub,

I also planned on sending them some flowers and a charcuterie board to the comedy club a few hours prior to their schedualed performance -- just so they felt welcome. I guess in the grand scheme of things I'm only out for cost of the tickets since I have pleanty of time to cancel the reservation for the suite -- and I haven't placed any orders in Detroit for the food or flowers... as far as the merch goes, well at least I get something to show for that money spent -- unlike the near $240 I spent to get Rachel her first ever Bluecheck on Twitter.

And while I don't harbor any hard feelings, I must say -- I'm a little disappointed :( Even Brandee has already changed her mind about going, so that ship has sailed.

At this point, they would literally have to show up at my house -- present themselves to me, put their heads between their legs and kiss their own asses for me to consider going. I'd settle for a YouTube video also. ;)

So that's that... such a shame too! I was probably the biggest fan they had in all of Michigan... but, they fucked it all up. I was actually really excited to go see them live, especially considering it would have been my first time ever seeing or hearing one of their Hollywood Crime Scene podcasts. Would have been nice to say that I saw them live for my first impression... but oh well, maybe I can scalp the tickets on Facebook Marketplace? Chances of them selling out the comedy club are pretty slim -- so I'd probably have to sell at a loss, but it's just par for the course with these two.

I hate that it has to be this way, I really wanted to give them the proper welcome -- but what can you do? They clearly hate men! I guess that I should have probably known that when Desi was catching stray male cats and paying to have them neutered.

Ah well... piss on it!

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November 7th is right around the corner... I got all my HCS merch in the mail today!

Something in me says don't give up... show out -- do onto them as I'd have done on to me... blow the coin, if Brandee changes her mind at the last minute -- fuck it! The more the merrier!

These are two of our G13 stars! Both of them A-List (according to the old testament).

I have no choice but to let it run it's course. These are two of my most favorite LA Women!

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Keep in mind... it's two days before a MAJOR Presidential Election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harrist right now...

And when I say RIGHT NOW, I mean we don't know the results!

Come the 7th, who knows... But one thing for sure -- it's NEVER been about politics in this thread!

VOTE 2024!

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Welp... I have canceled my reservation and have decided that I am not going to the HCS show in Detroit on the 7th.

For whatever reason, regardless of the gifts and attention -- I just can't seem to get Rachel or Desi to warm up to me.

There really is no point in going to see their show... furthermore, there really is no point in even mentioning them or trying to get them to warm up to me anymore.

I hope they enjoy their stay in Detroit, I won't be there -- but if anyone wants these four tickets I have, LMK.

I'll be taking their merch and the tickets and storing them next to my Web Crawlers merch in a file cabinet just in case any of them ever do make it big in Hollywood -- then maybe I can re-coupe some of my cost. lol, but I'm not holding my breath.

So congratulations are in order for Rachel and Desi -- they have officially run off a fan!

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At this point, they would literally have to show up at my house -- present themselves to me, put their heads between their legs and kiss their own asses for me to consider going. I'd settle for a YouTube video also. ;)

Although... I may consider going should they opt for a proper apology as outlined above ^^^^

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I'm not gonna hold my breath for that either, but I sure as hell am not going to spend over $500 for a hotel room and a few hundred dollars on cheese and flowers for them to just shit all over me! I've got Eden for that! LOL

It's not even about the money... but come tomorrow I will be close to being past the 48 hours to cancel without being charged... clearly since they have blocked and locked their profiles they must do these shows as a hobby or something.

Sorta like having an ice-cream shop with no exterior signage... another front?

I don't even know why I feel like I'm letting them down... clearly I'm the one getting the shaft here -- per usual with these liberal LA women.

Tomorrow is Election Day folks! Vote!

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Rachel flipped out again...

I dunno.

She'll be back -- but man, she's a fiesty one!

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In route to Detroit!

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Welp... it's like this.

HCS left me high and dry!

Tuened me down and rejected me for $142 in tickets for their show.

Bouncers literally would not let me in the lobby!

More tomorrow.

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But one thing I turnt out for them!

Rastus · UNSTOPPABLE!

SELLC wrote:
Ouch... I'll get right on that boss!

Yo,

Over 3-full months have passed, since a simple request was asked, for our host to write his review about the new model Corvette...And look at the bollox delivered instead...

qt."Oh, I'm too busy at work" was one reply along with the quote up above...

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Rastus, sarcasm is totally wasted on the internet... did you think when I made that reply I was being serious? LOL, my C8 Corvette thread is about more than just my test drive! I will post it when it's to my satisfaction.

Now getting back to the show...

I did drive to Detroit the night of the 7th... I even drove my Mustang because the weather was pretty warm, at least it was when I left... once the sun went down it got a bit chilly, but with the heater it was managable -- even on the highway.

Canceled the Hotel room because it was pretty expensive, and with Brandee saying she didn't want to go -- and nothing but mixed signals from the HCS crew I figured it would be best to play things by ear since there was no major events going on in Detroit that night. If I needed a room there would have been pleanty at any one of the three casino hotels.

I finally got on the road about 5:00ish... I drove directly to the venue since it would be my first time to this comedy house. I wanted to get photos of the Mustang in front of the club -- and I really thought they would have had the name of the nights guest on the sign like most places that host talent... but they don't do that at the Detroit House of Comedy.

The club seemed to share a building with the Hockeytown Cafe -- and it was also nearby very popular clubs such as The Fillmore and The Fox Theater.

I was a little early and it seemed like nobody was there so I drove around a little bit and checked out the parking situation... there were no lots that I would feel safe leaving the Mustang.

The casino closest to the Detroit House of Comedy was the MGM Grand Casino -- so I headed over there to park and I'd just get a Lyft (an Uber like taxi app).

I still had some time to spare so I drove around the city and checked out the other two casinos parking garages before I settled on going back to MGM because I liked being able to park on the roof where it was mostly empty.

I had a lot of fun driving downtown Detroit... did a few launches here and there -- some show-boating and of course the obligitory reving the engine inside the parking garages -- which sounded GREAT if I do say so myself.

By this time it was getting ready for me to park, immobilize the easily stealable 1988 Mustang. There are a few things I do, which I wont share them... but some of them are under the hood and the hood is padlocked.

If someone was going to steal the Mustang they would have to use a tow truck!

I took the elevator downstairs to the Casino and hailed my Lyft driver -- who would pick me up in a black Chevy Silverado.

It was fairly cheap, so I figured it was better to leave my car in a safe place than somewhere close by the club where it could have been messed with or worse.

The Lyft driver dropped me off right within 30 feet of front door -- and when I walked up to the doors I could see the security inside scrambling and they pointed for their biggest bouncer to stick his head out of the door and tell me,

"Sorry, but they told me I can't let you in here!"

So they must have some kind of facial recognition outside the club because I literally walked 30 feet and by the time I got my hand on the door handle the bouncer already poked his head out and refused me entry! I didn't even make it into the lobby! I hadn't pulled out any ID or even any of the four tickets that I had on me. They were literally watching for me! And while I posted many of the photos (and more) to Twitter while I was in the parking lot -- I got dropped off in a black Chevy Truck! Yet they STILL were able to identify me in less than 30 feet! Just something to think about!

How I felt at that moment was absolute betrayal! I told the guy "I can respect that" -- but in the back of my mind I was thinking why the hell HCS (the girls) couldn't be grown up enough to tell me themselves MONTHS ago when I pre-paid for the tickets! I decided not to argue with the guy because it was clear he was just doing what he was told (his job)... so then I pulled my phone back out of my pocket and hailed another Lyft to pick me up -- after snapping this photo

My Lyft driver showed up in a few minutes but not before some chick with pink hair poked her head out the door to get a look at me. Not sure if she was with the HCS crew, or just a chick looking for someone else.

There was NO LINE, although I didn't even get in the lobby... so I don't know if there was anyone even there yet. When the security was scrambling they were pretty much the only people in the lobby.

My Lyft driver arrived in a Jeep and drove me back to the MGM Grand Casino. As I sat on the smoking bench in the main Hotel entrance I took these photos of my tickets

As you can see, I had FOUR tickets -- which should have afforded me an entire table to myself for their show -- according to their website.

I tried to look at the bright side and tell myself I must be famous because people I didn't even know, at an establishment I never visited spotted me in less than a few seconds walking 30 feet to the door... then I started feeling more infamous than anything.

The sting was starting to set in... but the reality is it looks bad on Hollywood Crime Scene and even more on the venue -- for booking such childish talent. Doubt I would ever buy another ticket from The Detroit House of Comedy. Mostly because the guy who refused me entry would not give me an explanation... in fact it almost seemed like he was trying to start an argument by giving me no details... a professional business would have offered me a refund on the spot -- because it's not my fault! But they didn't -- so I'd never buy another ticket from them.

I was considering filing a chargeback -- which the wife wanted me to do when I got home and she found out they basically ripped me off for $142 and change... but at this point I am pretty sure that it has passed 60 days, and I have long since paid off the charge assosiated with the tickets -- so HCS and the DHC can just consider that severance! Because they will get NOTHING from me in the future! The whole thing really opened my eyes about what kind of people these two characters are. If you're an actor, (and I use that term loosely in their case) then you should be able to perform regardless who is in your audience! Their content is more or less smutt "adult" content anyway -- but they don't act like it. Very unprofessional! You can't just take money from a customer for a show, and then rip them off. For all I know they might not have even showed up for their event! Clearly the club has excellent facial recognition hardware -- but when it comes to doing the right thing and refunding the customer, well let's just say it makes me wonder what they are doing in there? Are they in on the grift?

For me, it was all about "showing out" for two girls who I thought were interesting. Two people who I have followed and joked around with for YEARS! It really hurt that they would do that, but now I just figure it's a lesson learned about people you meet online. As I mentioned their content is more or less "adult" so I can't for the life of me figure out how they could host a show called "Hollywood Crime Scene" and yet be that shy! It's their right to refuse entry of course, however they don't have a right taking money from me for a show and then refusing to let me see it -- especially when they have a brick and mortar comedy club involved. Unprofessional is the best word.

So I went back into the casino and played a round of roulette so I wasn't just being a lot lizard.

I was going to need a stiff drink if I was going to put out these flames from crashing and burning so badly... so I went back up the elevator to the Mustang for my drive home where I'd get so wasted that I couldn't even make this thread last night.

As I licked my wounds on the chilly ride home the only positives that I could think of was that I didn't rent a hotel room, and I didn't have Brandee or any other friends there for them to embarrass me even more.

I didn't send them flowers, food or anything -- although I had plans to send them food from the venue and even order up $60 worth of Little Caesars Pizza for their stage help.

More or less I minimized my losses, because if you have been reading this thread I had plans on going all out! Even if they didn't come back and hang out in the suite, I still had plans on making a night of it! So not only did I lose, Detroit took a hit as well.

Instead of sticking around, having drinks and dinner -- and more than just a single go at the roulette wheel -- I wouldn't be renting a room. Wouldn't be eating lunch there the next day -- wouldn't be ordering my usual late night room service.

Perhaps Harris and Walz losing to Donald Trump just a few days earlier was just too much for them... Perhaps when they booked the venue Michigan was a blue state -- but on the 5th of November Michigan flipped RED! LOL

But that is no reason to act like a kid... and no, I don't hold a grudge against them. They have to live with their legacy of chumping a big fan -- and that is not something that I did! They did it!

So that is that... I guess we can finally turn the page on Hollywood Crime Scene! And yes, they are going back! LOL

-- Edited by SELLC on Saturday 9th of November 2024 04:20:31 AM