It’s the week leading up to the Academy Awards. The entire world focuses on the Kodak Theater in Hollywood as the stars walk the red carpet, accept awards, and pat themselves on the backs. Two blocks away from the hooplah sits my apartment building, which was originally a hotel in the 1920′s.
They blocked off a section of Hollywood Blvd. to prepare for the event. Since I was off today, I decided to be a tourist for 45 minutes and take some photos of the preparation. You can see the photos (and the captions below them) by continuing to read, my friendly friend.
A nice photo of my fast-growing hair before I showered this morning.
James Cameron was actually at the top of that billboard, but he hid when he saw me taking the picture.
A view of the preparations from across Highland Ave.
An interesting tarp.
Nice view of the red carpet, though the security guard on the left was thinking “who’s this douche taking a picture?” when he saw me.
They made us walk inside the shopping center to avoid the middle of the setup. Interesting shot of the giant Oscar wrapped in plastic, too.
I snuck a photo of an Oscar funeral. As you can see, the other Oscars are very upset about this untimely death.
Some journalist with his crew.
The bleachers and red carpet from an outsider’s perspective.
Me with my good friend, Jimmy Kimmel. I swear that’s really him. It just looks like a sandwich board because of the angle.
A closer shot at the red carpet and bleachers.
Nothing to do with the Oscars. Just noticed she had a little muffin top pouring out of her pants and snapped a descrete photo of it.
The other side of the tarp. Thought it looked cool.
Interesting shot of the tent.
This is a cool shot.
Me posing sexily in front of this tent.
A shot of Power House, the bar where you can often find me schooling people at darts in an attempt to woo middle-aged women.
So that was my afternoon. Enjoy the stellar photography I shot some video too, but it’s not very good. The photos are better quality.
If you’d like to see the hi-res versions of these images, you can download the zipped folder at http://www.gettinlater.com/oscars.zip
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for movie lovers, fasionistas, and celebrity watchers. It’s the Oscars.
