chase the light

Since I’m basically trapped inside today because of the L.A. Marathon. I might as well just enjoy it. Besides, how many people have 25,000 runners going by their house at any given time. The added bonus this year was I actually knew someone in it. So I grabbed my beach chair, some cameras, a bottle of water, the left over pizza and I just chilled out on the curb. There were police all over, helicopters flying around, people on bikes, and no cars. Unless of course you were outside of the marathon route. Then it was gridlocked. It was a beautiful day and just hanging out sitting in the sun was nice. No worries.

Some wheelchair riders went by, then the women leaders, then the men leaders, and then the mass of humanity called the rest of them. Sean, a friend from work for years now made a commitment to do the run this year. His father ran the Boston marathon some 30 years ago and so to make the old pop proud he vowed to run the L.A. Marathon this year. His parents were out here to cheer him on. Sean came through my area about 10:55 and whooped it up and looked like he was in good spirits. It’s a long final stretch from my house. I sat and watched for another 1/2 an hour or so and then packed up but realized I couldn’t actually cross the street at this point because of the amount of people. So I just chilled some more in the sun and decided on which movie I wanted to see later.

I found a gap in the runners and headed home then hopped in the car and went to see “V for Vendetta”. I needed to see me some killin’. It was playing at the Vista in Los Feliz which is just the best damn theater in the whole world. Old time movie theater, $5, first run movies. Sweet. And Vendetta…? Meh.