Overheard in L.A.: How Our Dreams Were Crushed

This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from coffee shops, election parties and more coffee shops.

Overheard of the Week
"Until he started dating that gangbang porn star, I really thought we could work it out."
In a coffee shop via @rickbolton

Election-Night Confessions
"I fucked a Romney spokesman. It was a low point."
At an election party via @sheerling

Great Expectations
"I am so meeting my future husband today. I can feel it."
On Bruin Walk via @adcary

There Are Downsides To Looking This Beautiful
"I wax all the time, and now my armpits are sore..."
In Burbank via @theStevenBailey

Why We Feel So Necessary
"The indie market is begging for this kind of project. Get Michael Cera on board."
At a coffee shop via @lalisa

Why We're Torturing Ourselves
"It's like the Hunger Games, but you want to be picked."
In line at "The Book of Mormon" via @TaylorChestnut

Just Saying
"I'm not saying she's crazy...but she wears colored contacts and runs a cat rescue out of her Ford Fiesta."
At Staples via @GreyDeLisle

Charity Case
"That dancer needs a bump, a drink or something!"
At The Abbey via @mike_a_wilson

Priorities
"I'm sorry I can't come: the coven meets in an hour."
At a coffee shop (East of La Brea) via @JustinMikita

Priorities II
"The only things I'm not vegan for are pot brownies and pastries from my childhood."
via @GriffCarter9

Everything They Say About Hollywood Is True
"I'm a director. Therefore I never pass up on an opportunity to judge people."
via @A_Felds

Drug Dealing Gets Outsourced
"I just ordered peyote on the Internet."
At Griffith Park via @jocelyndaile

Picking Up Good Vibrations
"Hi, I'm Carol. I just came from Soul Cycle! Anyone want some kale?"
At the bowl via @a_ist

Whoa Now
Model-type: "I'm starving! I could eat half a sandwich!"
via @Cardabunga

Lawyers Of The Future
"When it comes to filing my taxes I'm Mitt f-ing Romney. I need an account in the Cayman Islands."
In LSAT class via @JessicaVidalll

Don't We All
"I hope to be as hot and drunk as Diane Sawyer in 40 years."
At an election party via @hijean

Doing God's Work
"No, I'm not going to write a ****** article based on what Drudge says about exit polls."
In the press room via @guyadams

Questions On November 6
"How can Obama fix Bush and the other Bush, the grandson and the grandfather, how can he fix all their shit?"
Outside polling place at Rosslyn Lofts downtown via Mason Stockstill

Our M.O.
Guy talking on his phone and walking down the street: "Deny, deny, deny. That's what I'm doing."
On Fountain in Hollywood via Hollywood Amazon

Dating Justifications
Person 1: You're seeing someone much younger, right?
Person 2: Yeah, she's 23 but since she's Ukrainian that makes her like 35 in American years because they go through so much shit, ya know? I just need to know if she's anti-Semitic, you know how they are in that part of the world.
Person 1: But you already fucked her right?
Person 2: Yeah, of course.
At the Mark Taper Forum via Anji

Why We're Kind Of A Big Deal Around Here
Leggy girl to male friend: "I was hired to inspire those who inspire the world."
At LACMA via Maxplanar

Losing Our (Lefty) Religion
"I'd totally go to a Unitarian church, but I found this great yoga class on Sunday mornings…"
On the way to the Coliseum for a USC game via Andrew Goodney

Our Overheard in L.A. feature relies on you to send us the strange conversations you overhear in this city. Send them our way at tips@laist.com. (In the e-mail, put "overheard" in the subject and tell us who said it, where they said it and any amusing context.)

Previously:
Overheard in L.A.: Places You Might Hear "YOLO"
Overheard in L.A.: How Hipsters Are Ruining Halloween
Overheard in L.A.: Shit People Say At Auditions
Overheard in L.A.: Our Rule For Dating Porn Stars
And more!