GOT GAME When we had trouble finding a room in an L.A. hotel this weekend I foolishly thought it had something to do with valentines day. I figured everyone had the same idea of holing up in a room, getting pampered by room service and then fucking a lot while watching the porn channels. I'm a romantic at heart. Turns out though that there is a big NBA all star game this weekend and that's why the hotels are full. It also turns out that we are staying at the same place as a lot of the players and the press. So this morning we had a stroll around downtown L.A. where I got offered a variety of drugs, saw a score of people missing limbs and sleeping rough and got hollered at by mad people wearing balloons. Then we came back to the hotel and ran into sports celebrities piling out of stretch limos and their girlfriends falling out of expensive dresses. It is interesting to share an elevator with a man who is nine feet tall. "You don't have much basketball in the UK huh?" "Well, we have netball..." Earlier this evening we got peckish and went down to the lobby to grab some MnMs and walked into a gala reception. Throngs of sports fans were desperate to get close to the players and have photos taken while we strolled through - me dressed in my best Spider Man t shirt and thrift store shoes - past all these besuited giants and plastic breasted women. What a crazy fucking place. One more day here and then we are off to Australia. Mike is blogging to: The Beastie Boys