Hot day in L.A.

Today is by far the hottest day we've had so far. The high is 102! I won't lie, though. I've been enjoying the warm weather. Sure, it's pretty hot in our room given the lack of air conditioning, but we have the pool just down the street if we really need to cool off, so all is well. It has also had a nice impact on the performance of my longboard bearings, which is always a plus. I went for a nice ride down Wilshire today, took a look a the tar pits, got a little better feel for the area around the apartments, and finished it off with a Blue-Red-Orange Slurpee!!

We finally finished up our 3-hour internship orientation sessions. This morning we just had a two hour session by Jim and Karen Covell about being Christians in Hollywood. They wrote a book called "How to Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out", and we each received a copy. I'm anxious to crack it open! They were a big encouragement, as they have been married a long time and raised a family here in L.A., and their sons are as gung-ho about being Christians in the industry as they are. It's good to know that it can be done!

Tonight we're hearing from Doug Jones, a Christian actor with such credits as Abe Sapiens from the Hellboy films, the Silver Surfer, and the faun and the weird eyes-in-his-hands creature from Pan's Labyrinth. I'm anxious to hear what he has to say, particularly as an actor with a guaranteed role in all of Guillermo Del Toro's films from here on out (The Hobbit inclusive!)

I've also started my first short film script. I'm about two pages in, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. It's due in a week, and I already know what I want to write, so I plan to spend a lot of time refining it after I get it all out.

Still no internet in the apartment. It keeps me from wasting my time, but it takes a while to get used to not having a world of knowledge at your fingertips. Still, I can't complain: I'm in Hollywood!