The Continuing Crap Fest Of Bad Rental Car Luck - Hollywood Hotel Check In & A Popcorn Bucket Score
It Happened Again
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today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Wednesday August
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28th
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2024 looks as if I have
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another rental
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car that's not wanting to start you
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yesterday I had a key fob issue I walked
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up to the rental car place they put
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another battery in the key fob walked
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back and now trying to
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start here so press
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this this is all it
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does press
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break place the key near the start
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switch the key is in fact very near the
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start
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switch this is all it does put it
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in actually that would
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work keeps doing
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that so I'm going to have to take all my
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love checking out of this hotel to take
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my luggage down to the rental car place
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tell them what happened so now I can put
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it in here I put it in reverse it's
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still not wantan to
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crank parking
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sensor two cars in a
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row what in the name of heck
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man all right looks like I'm walking
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and they're going to have to tow another
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car I have the worst issue with rental
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cars since I I've been in freaking
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SoCal all right looks as if this thing
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is staying here until they can come and
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figure out what's going on with it so I
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had an issue I was staying at the
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Disneyland Hotel the rental car there
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did the same thing it was a whole mess
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about I don't know a week or 10 days ago
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went without a rental car for a few days
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now got another rental car thought okay
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maybe this will work out same freaking
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issue same issue and now the thing is
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not starting I've been messing with it
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for probably 30 minutes so I'm going to
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take my bag my luggage my little hatti
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figure I'm going to walk down Harbor
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back to the r car place and see what
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they can do and worst case I can just
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take an Uber up to LA to my my place up
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state in
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Hollywood what the heck I have this like
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a cursed trip thankfully the weather is
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not bad it's a little overcast out so
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the sun's not too permeating it's about
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a half mile walk over to the rental car
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place on catella from here that's
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probably
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about4 miles let's say let's say half
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mile just shy of a half
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mile I went in the store and got a
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little bag for Hattie so Hattie's
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rolling around the
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bag I got to make some room of my
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luggage though when I finally get on the
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plane welcome everyone out of the woo
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here to my cursed SoCal extended
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birthday
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month what the heck man what is up with
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rent cars how the heck does this happen
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twice see how the day goes I'm inviting
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you to join me it's good to have you
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here I got to get to La I got a hotel up
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there join
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me shall you one thing is for sure I
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will always look back on August of 2024
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and remember all these occasions
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supposed to have that car until a week
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into September and I supposed to return
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at the airport fly to another baseball
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stadium for the 30 Stadium I talked
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about that yesterday usually you're
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supposed to return the rental car with a
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full tank of gas I got about a quarter
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of a tank in that one so when they go
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over there to fix the issue tow the car
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fix the electrical issue it's not going
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to have a full tank it's going to have a
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quarter of a tank hopefully I don't get
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charged for that which I probably won't
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I explain the situation to them I'm not
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sure if I'm going to get another rental
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car today or if I'll just be taking a r
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share Uber up to up to La I don't really
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want to do that rather have a car drive
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it all the way up there
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but okay or I could take the bus I could
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just take the bus don't think that goes
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that way
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though I kind of wish that it was the
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old days for just a regular hard key not
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the whole electrical key fob thing seems
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to be more trouble than it's worth why I
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mean it always happens to me anyway
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it's like something out of a TV show a
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book or a movie it's like a doesn't seem
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real that this would happen two times
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the exact same thing happens two times
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from the same company in the same time
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frame on the same trip it's never
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happened to me
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before it's like deja vu this
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place and I handled it the right way cuz
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I came up here had them replace the key
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there's been an
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update was a little stressed out not
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going to lie so this is the second time
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same issue first time I had the issue
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with the disl hotel they had to bring
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someone over to jump the car off that
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was a whole mess the key fob did not
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have a key inside of it some of the
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newer key fobs will have a key that you
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can pull out of there to unlock a door
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to get into a
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door the one issue a couple weeks ago
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when I was St Disneyland hotel that key
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fob did not so it called roadside
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assistant they ended up coming over the
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guy was like oh that's weird there's not
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a pull out key in there like most of the
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new key fobs have said oh I know I was
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attempting to try to look for that as
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well so they had to basically use one of
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these kind of kit and shove the thing
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down in the window pry the door open get
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the car down to the lower level they
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ended up having a tow truck come that
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was like happened a day or two after I
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was out of the contract with that car I
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thought okay no more no more issues with
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the keys and all that so this just
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happened walked checked out of Tropicana
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Hotel on Harbor Boulevard walked over
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near the convention center to the rental
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car place they said oh you got to go
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back to the rental car call roadside
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assistance through our rental car
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company at some point through the day
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they will show up they will jump the car
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then bring it over here that way we can
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put you in another car but that car has
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to be back on property before we give
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you another car and it kind of was like
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so if I rented a car and there's a car
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issue I have to wait for the roadside
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assistant to show up and take care of
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all that before I get into another car I
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was a little gruntled I want to say it
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was at the point of serious frustration
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but I was a little aggravated and then
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the sales associate was obviously she
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was just doing her job so let me let me
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get to manager manager comes out she was
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amazing very very friendly went a little
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overboard the extra mile a bit to take
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care of the situation and gave me
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another car so dude didn't have to walk
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all I was thinking in my mind I had to
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walk all the way back over to Harbor bu
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Ard wait around till whenever the heck
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who knows when roadside assistant shows
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up so long story short or long story
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longer I now am out of that car they're
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taking care of that the the other car
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and I have another rental car and I'm on
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my way up to Hollywood this is a
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freaking cursed rental car trip if ever
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there was one I need a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage I really did think
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I was going to have a bad taste in my
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mouth with the rental car company I
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really was thinking I was going to have
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to walk all the way back over to Harbor
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wait for roadside assistance but now I
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have to say they really handle the
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situation very well and I'm pretty
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content with how they they kind of did
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it so thank you to the manager there she
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was she was not she was great good to
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go caffeine happening also side note
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this area over here if you ever seen the
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movie Roadhouse The Original Roadhouse
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not the Remake recently with Jake gyen
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but the one with Patrick sesy the first
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scene of the movie was in a bar right
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over here that used to sit in this
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parking
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lot
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St also yesterday I was contemplating
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maybe going elsewhere for a few days
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before I come back for some of the
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Halloween hhn stuff and not scary and
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all that I looked into the hotel that
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I'm staying at for the next few days and
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it was unref
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undable not that I was going to refund
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it and go elsewhere but
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that particular place I'm going to be
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staying at on short notice was
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non-refundable so that pretty much
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sealed the deal with me uh me not going
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anywhere else so I'll be up in be up in
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Hollywood for a few days and hopefully
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Interstate 5 the five as you would call
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it traffic's not too bad going from
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Orange County up to La I think it's like
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noon right now so it might be bad I
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think it's noonish right now maybe a
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little before
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noon it's probably noonish I was
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incorrect on the time it's 11:35 right
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now it was about 10 minutes after
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11: when I
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left still a good time it's definitely
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going to get way worse on the five as
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the day goes on so I'm hit I'm hit
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hitting Northbound at a good time
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frame even though there's a bottleneck
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right here
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what do you bet that these are movie
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prop
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Vehicles most likely cuz it's Hollywood
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I bet they are it's about a little
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afternoon about 12:10 12:15 is
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I usually check in here is not till 4:
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but maybe cuz I had kind of sort of some
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bad luck with the car
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earlier maybe it'll way out in my favor
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and I can check in now I'm not even
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going to roll my bags up there just
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going to walk up and see what
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happens feeling pretty good now knowing
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I'm up in La down in Orange County for a
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while it's kind of needed a little bit
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of a change
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it's good to be back up in La for a few
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days get off of Harbor Boulevard for a
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bit closer to Hollywood
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Boulevard I always love being close to
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Hollywood
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Boulevard I love this hotel it's like a
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Comfort Hotel for me it's like a I don't
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know I just like stay in here just my
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spot while I do like Orange County quite
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a bit I definitely feel more comfortable
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when I'm up in
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La fact sometimes I wonder if Disneyland
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Disneyland resort was not down in Orange
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County if I would be down there as much
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but I always feel a little more at quote
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unquote
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home when I'm up in the Hollywood
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area couple visits ago I saved right
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here at the Sheridan this is where Telly
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seales lived till uh till he passed on
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in fact he passed away in the sharid in
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there and his mom had some artwork all
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over the walls but they've since removed
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that last time I stayed there there it
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was down here near by the pool it was
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okay to stay there but I prefer staying
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here I always like if it's available to
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get a Theme Park View room of universal
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in the valley and then at night you get
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the you get the views of the hillside of
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the valley and Burbank and Glendale and
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North
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Hollywood those whole areas Warner
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Brothers off in the
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distance Disney studi is off in the
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distance so yeah this is kind of like
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this is like one of those spots that I
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just always like staying in again I'm
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here for a few days wasn't able to if I
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was to cancel it I would have lost the
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money wasn't able to transfer that
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through the third party that I book
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through usually use hotels.com and all
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that they said if I was to switch it I
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wouldn't have wouldn't have been able to
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put that towards another place so and
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now that I'm up here in out of Orange
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County and up in La I kind of feel as if
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feel a little bit of a feel a little
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relieve a little cleansing I was getting
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a little
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what the word would be I getting felt
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like I was stuck on Harbor Boulevard for
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a little too long a little too long
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doesn't probably doesn't make any sense
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when I when I say it out loud it really
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makes no sense to even say that but yeah
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feels good to be out of there even
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though I'm going to be going back down
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there feels good to kind of be up away
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from to a different area oh there's my
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reflection right there look there's my
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reflection here in the window I got my
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uh floral shirt on right here now if
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there's someone on the other side of
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this window and they're looking at me
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they probably think I'm filming them but
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I can't see them from here so yeah
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hopefully there's no one on the other
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side thinking that I'm talking about
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them CU I can't see them all I see is my
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reflection all right that worked out
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well I was able to check in at
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222 instead of 4 I've showed up
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sometimes here at 400 p.m. for check-in
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and had to wait an incredible amount of
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time some I've even waited close to 30
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minutes to an hour to check in but there
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was no one checking in at this time they
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go oh your room's already
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ready so I guess yeah
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take the good with the bad I got a
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little good and a little bad earlier
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but checking in
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early maybe this cursed stay is the tide
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is
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turning in the room give a little
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impromptu room tour here now I've stayed
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in I've stayed here quite a few times
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and sometimes the shower will be like a
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traditional tub with the pull across
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shower curtain but a few of the rooms
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will have this style which I actually
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prefer this style over the other ones
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just my own personal opinion of course
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close to the boulevard I've got little
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sign here of Hollywood Boulevard I'll
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definitely be hitting the boulevard
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while I'm here going be staying here for
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four or five days I think four four full
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days and then a checkout day so I'll be
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up in
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Hollywood got a little quein art machine
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here got a couple bottles of water that
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are complimentary you can also call room
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service on the or or the call the front
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desk and they'll bring more Waters up or
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if you want the Voss they're $12 each
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try to try to drink the vosses cuz you
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don't want to charge the extra 12 bucks
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Little Valley View room here this is a
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pullout couch
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here as well and then I got the bed over
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here we're taking my shoes off relaxing
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just a will be taking place soon enough
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figure out what I'm going to do the rest
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of the day and over the course of the
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next few days yeah feeling pretty good I
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was a little stressed out earlier was
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stressed out yesterday just
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with kind of wanting to get home
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and
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whatnot but I'm here for a little while
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longer
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got Super Nintendo World down
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there the allseeing minion
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eye Warner Brothers off in the distance
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I do have a universal Studios Hollywood
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annual
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pass oh it looks like Water World's
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happening down there
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is all right I'm in Hollywood for like
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four or five days give or take a
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day do not feed the
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fish you can certainly look at the fish
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you can and also look at the
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turtles just realized that it is
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passholder appreciation
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days goes through
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September to the end of September over
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at Universal so I'm going to see what
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kind of perks those are but take a look
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at the little turtles right here and a
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few of the day a few of the pass holder
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perks days you can get a free item a
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complimentary item and I think today is
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one of those
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days hello fishies and turtles looks
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like the past member appreciation day
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started on August 15th and go through
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September 30th there's only a few days
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like
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today since I am filming this on August
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28th at
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Wednesday also tomorrow this is
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happening so today and tomorrow and then
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not again till September 4th and then
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the 9th and the 10th you can get this
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little squishy
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tram available to the first 3,500
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passholders so if no pass if only less
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than 3,500 passholders have already gone
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in by 126 should be able to get this
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little squishy tram and then also
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looking down here I've been wanting to
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purchase this these are some of the
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other ones received 20% off of the
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discount collectible 60th anniversary
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Glam tram popcorn bucket which I want to
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get so I'm going to get at that it's
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$19.64 but I think I get 20% on top of
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that I think when this originally came
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out I think it was 39 it's gone down in
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price see a lot from up there can't you
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oneeyed
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this might be the coolest
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Frankie photo ever it looks like he's
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dancing sorts right oh you know what I
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can see from here that there
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are plenty of the Squishies
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Squishies at Universal
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Studios
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Hollywood all right heading in there's
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the glow see the glow right there and
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the archway and upon scanning my annual
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pass going in they gave me this little
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car now I passed these on the way up the
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escalator when I exit back out I'll get
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the little squishy tram that's going to
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look just like this and I was kind of
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thinking maybe they were sold out of
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these cuz they moved them from the last
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place but yeah I'm going to purchase one
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of these two and ship this home along
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with my hat box ghost hat boox ghost
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zipper and there's also a new popcorn
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bucket over at the movie theater a new
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Batman popcorn bucket so maybe I'll just
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go full popcorn bucket today oh goodness
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gracious Che guys the bride and Frankie
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hello
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there I wasn't expecting them to be
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walking by here with tax and the
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discount it was $18 for the popcorn
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bucket but I also get free popcor po
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popcorn throughout the course of the day
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too nice all right I have turned in my
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certificate and now I have the squishy
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tram has been accomplished I also got
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Jamba Juice almost forgot how dang good
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Jamba Juice is this is the assai
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flavored stuff so I got tram popcorn
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bucket here I got the squishy tram there
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I get back up to the room I'll show also
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the Batman just came out but the movie
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theater had Batman popcorn buckets that
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was like the bat light I saw a guy
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leaving with a couple and I go oh
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where'd you get those he goes oh over at
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the City walk movie theater said you
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have to buy a ticket he goes no just go
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in tell them you want to go to the
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popcorn area or to the snack bar area
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and they will sell you one so that's
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what I did after I ended up going in
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universal and buying this popcorn bucket
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I went to go try to get the Batman light
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one which I saw online the other day I
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didn't realize they were already out and
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when I went in they were already sold
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out according to the associate in there
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they go oh we're already sold out we
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have the cups I I don't want the cup I
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want the bucket I said will you be
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getting more in and her answer was I
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don't think so so I'm taking that as
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maybe they will maybe they
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won't but I didn't get it today but it
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looks pretty cool
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bat
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light already sold out I also found a
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very pecul very
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peculiar very
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peculiar and or
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interesting that there's no I was
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looking at some of the hhn merch
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again and they have no Texas Chainsaw
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merch out anywhere Texas Chainsaw
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celebrating 50th Anniversary a massive
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announcement in maze by John mury at
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Midsummer scream there is not one shred
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of merchandise or an inkling with the
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exception of Sawyer Barbecue on the
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lower lot food
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stand that there's going to be a maze or
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a house protected chainsaw which is kind
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of weird even on the pillar in front of
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the universal store on CityWalk where
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they have all the mazes and even on the
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shirt that has all the houses that are
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coming it's not listed on there I have
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no idea why that is really grateful to
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have made it up to Hollywood however
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started off kind of like I was saying
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they have I'm cursed when it comes to
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travel flights always delayed rental
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cars always have issue if you're with me
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and I go to get in a line anywhere pick
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the other line because I'm always going
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to choose the wrong one I have the worst
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luck with everything with travel
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wise and line wise but it seemed to have
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worked out today I made it up here here
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some nice accommodations I got a popcorn
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bucket here I got to figure out how to
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get
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home I got the little
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squishy I got the squishy past member
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squishy I'm going to head back up to the
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room again I'm up in La Hollywood for a
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few
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days then back to Orange County for a
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few days then hhn then a couple days
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later heading out to another
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stadium and then heading home for a few
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days and then back out here
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again I like this it's very squishy it's
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cute comes in the Box it also because
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you could squish that too but you be
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squishing cardboard this is squishing a
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squishy
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tram Studios Hollywood piss pass what am
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I say
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F pass
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member
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oh all right Universal glamour
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TR that's another word for an
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AP that's going to do it for
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today thanks for watching I'll see you
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