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Los Angeles Category: Chapter 2

  • Chapter 2: LA part 9 – Connecting with Spirit

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    Paal Joachim

    Connecting with Spirit The evening of Monday 3 March 2003. There are many homeless as well as people who lack a sense of spirit in this city. The homeless are the most obvious as they are good at asking for help. When the world around someone does not function, many find a strength in their…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 8 – The Reality Show

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    Monday 3 March 2003 I woke up fairly early and took a quick shower. Headed out on my way to the Reality Show “Do you want to be the next action super star” audition. I got there around 7.30am and noticed the line was not as long as I at first thought, but as I…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 7 – Sailor Church in San Pedro

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    Sunday 2nd March 2003 I had a very good night and felt very strong this morning. I woke up early around 7.30. I felt ready for whatever was to come this day. I checked out and had a goal for the day, and that was to visit the Norwegian Sailor Church called St Olav´s kirke…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 6 – The Exhibit

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    The Raven Saturday 1st March 2003 I have been driving around downtown Los Angeles all day. One difference is that I decided to use the map to guide me, but as I know when I rely on sources outside of myself the result is that I screw up even more and get even more frustrated…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 5 – The Frustration

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    28th of February I read some more this morning at the hotel in The Urantia Book a book about universal wisdom. It is kinda funny as I write this now siting here in the car a couple of hours later in the hills above Universal Studios. To my left stretches the Universal Studios building with…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 4 – Floating seagulls

    Chapter 2: LA part 4 – Floating seagulls

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    I drove around and came across the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and dropped by to ask some questions. It is a 2 year school for people interested in acting and I went inside and spoke with someone there. I asked him if it was possible to take a class, but they did not offer…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 3 – Bill the White Bearded Man

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    Paal Joachim

    Tuesday 25th February I had a feeling I needed to stay longer at the same hotel I checked into last night, so I decided to stay another night. I walked over to 7-eleven to get a hot dog, and a few other things. Bill the white bearded man As I left 7-eleven the same white bearded…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 2 – Dare Devil

    Chapter 2: LA part 2 – Dare Devil

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    Paal Joachim

    Getting to know Los Angeles. Monday 24th February I drove around much of the day getting to know various areas of western Los Angeles. Culver City south of Hollywood has a few major studies Sony, CBS and Culver Studios. The hill top by Culver Studios one could see all the way to the coast in…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 1 – The First Few Days

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    The first few days in Los Angeles ………filled with confusion, not knowing how to proceed thinking the way forward would magically appear with softness and sturdiness. That was not the case. Here are my first days in Los Angeles. The daughter of a friend from Mindekirken (The Norwegian Church in Minneapolis) called on my cell…