Hi,

Just back from a day at the studio.聽 Things going great, really exciting.聽 We’re working faster than we’ve ever done before.聽 We’re about half way there at this stage I’d say.

John McCain and Barack Obama are being interviewed on tv at the moment by a California Pastor in front of an audience of church members.聽 They’re being asked questions about marriage and abortion and are receiving different amounts of cheers based on how succinctly Christian their answers seem.聽 It’s very strange.聽 Obviously the election coverage here is round the clock and growing to fever pitch.

The other morning I saw John McCain on some sort of show presented by Whoopi Goldberg and about nine other women.聽 Brad our producer is very political and we occasionaly get side tracked as he explains away his views on America.

It’s my first time in America and it’s certainly living up to my prior expectations.聽 The one thing I don’t like about L.A. is just how spread out everything is.聽 It’s impossible to walk anywhere (that’s what every body told us before we came and you think ‘you’re just lazy, walk the fifteen minutes’) but lots of聽streets don’t even have footpaths.聽 There’ll be one bar or shop and then a tile shop and a plumbing place or something all toghether and then nothing for another five minutes drive down the street.聽 It certainly doesn’t lend itself to having a wander around when you get back in the evening.聽 Although that said, I nearly stepped on a snake last night as I was getting out of the car in the dark so maybe that’s for the best.

So far fabled American delicacies sampled include:

Twinkeys – pretty mean, sort of sponge with radio active ‘cream’ in the middle.

Tootsey Roll – taffey apparently – chocolate.聽 Good.

Krispey Kreme Doughnuts – Incredible.聽 (Propensity to inflict major sugar and caffeine crash about an hour after consumption)

Root Beer – Tastes like Mouthwash (seriously).

Hot Dog from the Sunset Grill (subject of Don Henly song)聽- Oh Yeah.

Ice Tea (very big over here) – Tastes like, well, cold tea.

Kellog’s Fruit Loops – like eating a bowl of opal fruits with milk.聽 Purple and blue should not be colours the milk can go.

The Jonas Brothers – Everywhere, all the time, all the time – Appaling.

Radio – Plays Foo Fighters and Greenday and Smashing Pumpkins all the time.聽 Country Music Radio is also hillarious.

Philly Cheesesteak – not for the feint of stomach.

Sushi – apparently California has the second best sushi after Japan and their聽are places everywhere.聽 People talk about ‘going聽out for sushi’ a lot.聽 Not a fan of raw fish.聽 Lame excuse.聽 Did not get good value at the all you can eat sushi restaurant.

Hope everyone is good.聽 The weather here is amazing but I know that kind of talk will seriously piss people off.

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Eoin

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