Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Overheard in L.A.: Shit People Say At Auditions
Photo by sirimiri via the LAist Featured Photos pool
()
This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from Runyon Canyon, auditions and Abbot Kinney.
Overheard of the Week
"If you're not comfortable being botox'ed, don't audition for this spot."
via @NathanFrizzell
#RealTalk
One kid to another: "Halloween is such a bittersweet holiday. I mean, you get scared...but you get candy."
via @mereg
Pretty Much
"A Pinterest? No, I'm not engaged. Do you have one?"
via @swiper_bootz
Support for LAist comes from
What About "Book of Mormon"?
Girl: "I don't like 'South Park' because I can't really relate to the characters... I like "American Dad" though."
On the bus via e-mail
How We Ride
"Next time I'm bringing beer."
At CicLAvia via Hollywood Amazon
California's Secret History
Girl: Like NO ONE in California knows this but Bundy Avenue has the same name as that serial killer.
Guy: Ted Bundy.
Girl: No. Bundy.
Guy: His name was Ted Bundy.
Girl: What?
In West L.A. via Alissa Orber
How We're Dealing With This Cold Snap
"I woke up this morning and had to turn on the heater, it was 67 degrees! Can you believe that?"
via @MateoTheWombat
This Is The Best
"What is 'de facto'? I'm trying to rhyme something for pterodactyl."
via @verified_hudson
YOLO
Person 1: "You must be starving it's 3 pm—way past lunch."
Person 2: "It's happy hour, let's do that instead."
via @joannezuniga_00
Woot Woot
Husband: "Honey, Trader Joe's now sells kale chips."
Wife: "Exciting."
On Abbot Kinney via @
Support for LAist comes from
Can't Win
"He was fat skinny."
via @CineEdwin
Our Personal Hell
"God, please please help me. I hate this place."
At Kinko's via @TotsyMinor
Heck Yes
"I just got married. I'm gonna go use a crockpot."
In the loge section via @wasupbuttercup
WTF?!!
A "VERY famous celebrity: "Been twat punching girls in their thunder boxes."
At Runyon Canyon via @landonashworth
Godwin's Law For Parents
Father to his child: "You're worse than a Nazi."
At a pumpkin patch via @kileytaslitz
Just In Time For The Holidays
"So I've finished my sculpture. It's a reindeer. I painted it black."
At Sunset Junction via @EatingLA
Strong Insults
"You suck at Haiku."
via @karrijune
Support for LAist comes from
Our Crazy Endeavours
"This is the Twilight Zone. I'm sure this is the Twilight Zone."
Along the space shuttle route at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard via @ronlin
Happy Halloween!
"I'm crying, I don't know [if] it's cause I'm sleepy or scared."
In a haunted house via @CineEdwin
Like, Totally
Valley Girl 1: "What is sake?"
Valley Girl 2: "I think it’s like red bull."
At a sushi restaurant via @benmekler
Reality Bites
"Transformers is unrealistic, Megan Fox would never fall for Shia Labeouf."
via @KurtFinney
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.: How We're Rating Our Break-Ups
Overheard in L.A.: Our Rule For Dating Porn Stars
Overheard in L.A.: Our Obnoxious New Business Plans
Overheard in L.A.: How We're Spicing Up Our Love Lives
Overheard in L.A.:Why Angelenos Really Do Yoga
Overheard in L.A.: The Ugly Truth About Fancy Meals
Overheard in L.A.: How We're Ending Our Relationships
And more!
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
Best of LAist