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Thursday October 16th 2003 04:48 PM PST

I went to LMU. Most people know that. I also lived in Westchester during this time. Just off 76th street. So when i was on the 405 i would get off at the Howard Hughes exit. Back then there was NOTHING there. Well, i don't want to get into an argument about this.... so there was only an empty lot there. A HUGE EMPTY lot. I don't know how many acres it was but it ammounts to about 5 square city blocks. So i missed what happened. Now this area is home to a number of office buildings and a large mall. I thought this type of thing only happened in Orange County. You drive by a place one week.... and then next week.... there's 42 different restarants to choose from before you see a movie at a theater with 73 screens right after you've worked out at the 4 story gym next to the office building that there are 5 start ups in. So anyway, Jon Simon and I headed out to what most people call "the bridge" which is actually the name of the theaters there. The mall is actually called the Promenade at Howard Hughes. Yawn. So there's a choice of all the comforts of home. (see the beginning of "the beach") Jon and I went to Islands for lunch where we both talked about how utterly bored we both are. Its thursday and the workweek is grinding to an end. The bridge offered me no real boost the way i actually thought it would when Jon suggested it for lunch. I think i might take a page out of Wendy's playbook and head off to some spot on the other side of the globe. Well not this weekend. Can't miss the wedding. This is the one we've been waiting for. I sit here bashing Orange County and that's where i'm spending the weekend. Maybe if i get a chance after everything is over i'll head out to Dromo 1 and have a few more laps.