a clown and a mime scared the crap out of me on my drive home from work yesterday

true story.

i was in my car and was stopped at a light on Virgil and Prospect.

someone dressed as a clown went right up to my passenger side window, put its hands up,and said "BLAH!"

big red wig. painted face. round nose. white gloves.

i screamed.

i don't like clowns.

THEN

the clown's friend, the mime, stood behind the clown and mocked me by making a "boo hoo" face and pretended to wipe imaginary tears from his imaginary face while continuing his mime-cry.

my jaw dropped.

frazzled, i laughed and shook my head.

correction, i grabbed my chest in offense, and THEN proceeded to laugh and shake my head all the way home.

i tried to remember what day it was while shaking off the nerves.

i felt like a little kid cooly trying to recover from something embarassing.

it was just a normal day, but a normal day in Hollywood.

this morning i bought a lotto ticket just in case this is the season of surprise

and the next surprise is a good one.

then again, winning the lottery would be just as bizarre.

HMMM....