Grandpa Chris back in Hollywood

You may remember Grandpa’s story.  The short version is that he was living in Bali and got into a motorcycle accident.  His jaw was broken.  His shoulder had torn ligaments.  His elbow bone was poking through his skin.  Oh yeah, and he lost some teeth!  Here he is nearly 4 months since the crash and the only thing not repaired yet are his teeth!

Chris stopped by the Studio the other day to say hello.  He’s lost some weight since I last saw him, but looks pretty good despite all that he went through the last few months.  Here’s an excerpt of his notes as he traveled back to Los Angeles.

travel time…………36 hours, not counting customs at LAX………….the joys of traveling………like an 11 hour layover at the Singapore airport…………although a great airport to be stuck at as there is a pool, gym, free movies in a theater…………..free internet………not bad……except for the 11hours……..well only 6 hours left……….getting tired as I am trying to stay up, to beat the jet lag……..probably will not have any as I have only been here in this time zone since January…………..fun stuff the Indo to LA side of traveling…………..Singapore air is alright with me, forgot I ordered Indian vegitarian back in January, although they did not forget…………managed to stay awake for about 9 1/2 hours of the 11 in Singapore. f-ing with youtube……..a new experience………I might have to upload a few things my self soon……….heading to Hollywood via Japan…………6 hours from Changi to Narita……so that leaves……..about……..an hour to Japan…………..my brand new passport is almost full………..it’s good till 2018………..at this rate it will need more pages in 2010……… indonesians like the 1 page visa’s and lots of stamps for extensions…………..have to use the other one from now on…….it’s empty……….so Narita -LAX must be 11 or so hours………..getting close to the half way point………..it’s 2 hours to LAX……….must have slept for 4 hours, or so, not the good sleep, as the shoulder does not like the economy travel…………I still wear the sling while sleeping, it’s 4 weeks now so I’ll ween myself off that thing, it’s such a hassle…………just off the coast of San Francisco………I am going back to Cali………to Cali……..to Cali……….when I left George Bush was the President, and the Obama hoopla was in full effect………hope……..and……….change were the buzz words……….I hear it’s still getting worse as predicted………….it will be interesting to see what is going on………it will be really nice to see my friends……….and to hang out with my parents……………I am not having to watch for shoplifters, and hand-cuffed(golden of course)to Melrose………….the chinese………or anything else…….a new sense of freedom………freedom from the bondage of corporate America………..it was a good run in the fashions……….8 + solid years…………I saw one of my former Teenage Millionaire clients in Narita Airport while doing the disembark, re-embark shuffel in Japan………he’s on the plane now, heading to LA to rent a car surf tomorrow, then drive to Las Vegas for the Magic Show……….I wouldn’t mind going for a look, actually…….but probably will not……….Hollywood hear I come………..LA at last and the plane is touching down………the stewardess is handing the hot towels around……….from the terminal gate to the Todd limousine………….wow what a journey………..hopefully customs will not be a problem…………what constitutes food?………….we’ll they let me slide……..no hassles at customs……….sympathy…..for the guy who had an accident abroad………nice………..welcome home Sir he said………..home huh?……..it’s been 12,000 miles from where I was yesterday……….and yesterday is but a long long way away………….and my home is twelve thousand…….twelve thousand miles away…………….but I am here now………..now………..and Todd was at the airport to scoop me up………..a few wrong turns…………and we drove through South Central Los Angeles………..well let me tell you…..it was a nice…….to know………..I do not miss that………the first sign is that LA has nothing for me anymore……….a bunch of idiots hanging on the corners with 4X white t-shirts, and wearing blue, and red shoes……..up to no good………..crack heads………….hookers……….and 100+ degrees out……..late lunch with Digger, Adrienne, &Todd at Swingers……….good ol swingers……….and a stroll down Melrose………..one person is doing great in this economy…….Mr. “for lease”………many signs from South Central, city wide,  and all the way down melrose, “for lease” are signs everywhere………first nite……..4 hours sleep, second nite………about 5………..third nite the jet lagg kicked in…….slept 2 hours. then up for 3 more………….sleep maybe another 3…………..here we go, and I thought I had the jet-lag beat……….yeah right………..well

Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 4:47 pm. Filed under: Bali, California, Photography RSS 2.0 feed.

One Response to “Grandpa Chris back in Hollywood”

1. Carrie White Los Angeles author says:

   September 20, 2009 at 9:37 pm

   WOW…courage to recover…life after mopeds in Bali…I am impressed with every cell of my body…so sorry he had to go through that but thrlled he lived…!