Today, I had an LA experience.

     This weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to work on a music video fro Jeremih. For those of you with blank faces on your face, Youtube him. I know you heard "his song" at least once. It was so much fun filming this for the past two days and I've met some pretty wonderful people.

     I can't give out any details about the music video, but what I can say is that you'll see it around November. Let's just say that I got to be a pretty classy person. Even though I was Effie White'd from being a singer to a dancer, I was fine with that. Lord knows that I enjoy dancing way more!

     Now, here's where the real LA experience begins. Before moving from Winterfell, I've joked with people, though speaking the truth, that I can't look, smile, and greet strangers the way I would normally do there, here. So it all happened when Panda and I were walking home from our favorite boba place, Boba Time.

     After an intense workout it was for us at least, we decided to treat ourselves to some lovely boba. Now, we've walked this route many times at night and coming home to a quiet neighborhood and an apartment complex that won't let us in to the building because there is something majorly wrong with the door. Now this last bit of information about the door, is important. Take note.

     Anyway, we walked home the path we usually took. This time, a random white car stops in the middle of the road, next to the Metal Primate, and whips around. When said car did that, I looked over and saw a man staring straight at us. I gave it no further thought, thinking that he had decided to turn around to get parking so he could enjoy his time inside the bar. Then Panda and I got to a certain point when we stopped talking. As we walked in silence, I could hear footsteps trailing behind us and the jingling of keys.

     Curious as to who was behind us, I turned to Panda to "talk to her" when I did said thing so that I could peripherally see who was there. Lo and behold, it was the bald headed Hispanic man I saw earlier in the car. He gave me a bad vibe, so I knew that we needed to speed up. When we got to the crosswalk, a van pulled up at the stop sign. I was ready to run across if it decided to continue sitting there doing God knows what while they were driving.

     When I sprinted across with Panda following suit, the sketchy man decided to run diagonally from the opposite crosswalk so that he could intercept us. When I got to the door, I punched in the code hoping to God that for once in it's miserable life it would open without fail and let us in. In my mind, I was also hoping that when we got in, Panda would make sure to close the door behind us. Apparently, we were on the same wavelength because she thought the exact same thing. When we got inside, he stopped in front of the door, paused to look at us, and went off walking to his next victim.

     Needless to say, we were almost mugged if you weren't following along. Yes. Now, don't think that I wouldn't have been able to defend myself. Oh dear no, I can. I may look vulnerable, but I am a deadly fighting machine. I mean, I am Asian after all.

     In the end, my heart beat faster than it has ever don before and we made it out alive. Oh life experiences, if you decide to throw a curve ball like that, please don't involve us. It doesn't help with the stress levels of having to live in a place where people can't drive.



Sincerely,
An Asian