L.A. with FWR

I think Rick, producer of Fem Wrestling Rooms, gets a little jealous of all the traveling his models get to do, so he decided to take a roadtrip to Los Angels and invited me along! I was thrilled to join Rick on this trip and show him the hot spots I know of in L.A.! We had a great time talking about anything and everything on the drive and I am very pleased to have Rick as a close friend. Although I tend to get along with and become friends with most producers I work for, it is rare that I develop as close of a friendship as I have with Rick. He has always supported me as a model and is now a big supporter of me as a producer. He has been a big help in getting me motivated in producing my own BatTracy videos and has helped me out a lot with production. Thanks Rick!

During our weekend in L.A. we hung out with another wrestler of FWR, Helena, who had recently moved there. It was great to see her and hang out with her! She took us to some great places to eat and joined us for a visit to the La Brea Tarpits and the LACMA (art museum) where I got to see the a lot of amazing Japanese and Egyptian art and artifacts. Helena is really into Japanese culture so it was really neat to tour the Japanese art section with her. She taught me a few words in Japanese which are difficult, but fun to say. It's too bad I've forgotten them already :( I then chose to tour the Egyptian art, which has always fascinated me. I have also been in a phase lately of watching documentaries about ancient civilizations. Especially about the pyramids and giant structures. There's no way we did this stuff on our own. Aliens, I'm telling you. Aliens!

The tarpits are located right next to the art museum and were really interesting! I learned a lot about all the animals that used to roam the area before there were people. Millions of bones have been pulled from the sticky black tar and they supply a majority of the skeletons constructed in museums all around the world. I always thought it would be a boring tour, but it was the opposite. It was a lot of fun! The giant mammoth skeletons are huge and very intimidating to stand under. The teeth of the saber tooth tigers are also quite intimidating. There was even a section where you could watch the scientists work on the bones. They were in a lab, called the "fishbowl", which was surrounded by glass that allowed us to see in. It reminded me of the lab in Jurassic Park where they see the dinosaur eggs hatch. It was really neat.

However, the best part was that we were there during the Tim Burton exhibit! The LACMA devoted a whole section of the museum to Tim Burton for a temporary exhibit of his art and life's work. It was amazing!!! That man's mind is definitely one of the most unique. Even as a child he exploded his overflowing imagination onto paper. It is a such an interesting collection! And of course it included drawings, artwork and costumes from all the movies he has worked on including Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and several others. My favorite was probably the Beetlejuice room. It was full of all the crazy characters from the movie, with most displayed in blacklight. It was so cool and I can't do it justice with words. If you are a Tim Burton fan, this is something you should find a way to see. It will be at the LACMA through Oct 31, 2011. Or least Google it for images ;)

We also spent some time at Venice Beach. We couldn't go to LA without going to the beach! Also, for Rick who hasn't been there before, Venice was the place to go. I've been several times, but it is always special to take someone who has never been. All the street performers, musicians and vendors provide such a great atmosphere. Rick was able to pick up a nice collection of lucha masks for wrestling and I got an awesome hat for Burningman. It's a warm fuzzy hood in the form of a wolf which I have named Wolfie! So original huh!? Rick looked at me like I was crazy and had no idea why I was buying something so silly. I wore it the whole day and I can tell Rick was a little embarrassed to walk with me. But he realized how fun it was once I started to get compliments on it. I even had compliments yelled at me from the street while I wore it driving around in the car, lol! Rick knows how cool Wolfie is now :) I can't wait to wear it at Burningman!