Company on my shit list - Westside Real Estate Agent X

So I have been going through a mold problem at my house in Venice and have been living in an apartment for a month while the house goes through remediation. A bunch of my things have been ruined and the landlord is starting to be an a-hole. Needless to say, it is time to move on and get out of that dump. My friend Paul referred me his agent and I have put her to task to find me a house to buy ASAP.

The first property I saw that I possibly liked was in Venice and it went on the MLS last week. I immediately had my agent schedule a showing for Sunday at 5:15 (this was Thursday). Well, time was taken out of my day of being totally inconvenienced by my landlord and having to upkeep two places of residence on the weekend, and I was at the property at 5:00. When we got there a sign was in front of the house saying showings were canceled for the day.

My agent got there at 5:15 (having come all the way to Venice from Pasadena) and had to call the listing agent who used the lame excuse that she couldn't find my agent's info to call her and let her know the showing was canceled due to their client's change of plans (hmmm..funny they walked up from grocery shopping as we were standing outside). Have you never heard of the internet? You are savvy enough to post the listing on the MLS and on Craigslist...I guess you don't know how to use Google (the same tool I used to confirm you are the listing agent).

I take people wasting my time very seriously. Agent X you wasted my time. I will make sure not to see this listing or any other listing you are involved with.

I chose not to list the agent's name or her company because it could be really detrimental to her business to let prospective buyers with LOTS of cash know what a fuck up she is. I am too nice at times.
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R.I.P. Coach Wooden

This is a bit late only because the Plop only blogs during business hours. Over the weekend we were sad to hear of the passing of John Wooden. Those that know the Plop, know we don't really give a flying hoo-ha about organized sports. However, as a person we had a lot of respect for Mr. Wooden. Having gone to UCLA and spent many an hour using the rusty equipment at the Wooden Center (which they promptly outfitted with new equipment the minute I left), I was reminded daily of the legacy John Wooden created for himself. From what we have read on the man he was not only a living legend but he was unanimously respected, revered and had a plethora of knowledge that he imparted on generations of bright young minds...all things the Plop has never accomplished.

R.I.P. Coach!
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Curren Caples - Day in the Hurley Life

Hurley did a great profile on Curren Caples. Watch this and realize why I am so stoked to have this kid on my roster...(it has nothing to do with his dad getting me a smoking deal on my next surfboard...can't wait to blog about it).
View this video at Hurley.com
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License Plate of the day

Well...not really my thing...woah Granny what are you doing with those suppositories?

XXX Granny....if you can handle it!

P.S. I am sure her three grandkids really wanted to know how Granny paid for the Caddy...
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Company on the Plop Shit List - Santa Monica Audi Service

So the damn Bluetooth on my Audi which routes the phone through the stereo speakers has decided to go into "quiet as hell" mode and won't come out of it. So I took the car over to the dealer at 7:30 a.m. to warranty this biznatch and I found out a few things that SUCK:

1) You have to have an appointment
2) NO weekend hours for service
3) NO courtesy cars

REALLY? You buy a luxury car and they treat you like you bought a Yugo...My office is in Beverly Hills and the closest dealer is in Santa Monica. So basically I have to figure out how to get from SM to BH and pick up my car before they close at 5:00 to get this shit fixed.

Guess I won't be talking on the phone in my car anymore.
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Good Meeting with this man...

Josh Hansen, 2X Gold Medal X Games winner, dater of Stephanie Pratt, all around mad man...

RPRT family???
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Plopculture Political Soapbox - The Beach

Thanks to mold problems, as I have previously reported, I have moved out of my house 5 blocks from the beach to a small apartment across from the sand in Venice. Living right at the beach makes me realize what fucking slobs most people are. I do find that most of the people that come to the beach and fuck it up are from somewhere else other than the seashore (besides the homeless people and slobs that live in their jalopies by the beach).

I can't tell you how many people I have seen dump their trash on the road, leave it on the sand, piss in the alley ways and just in general have no regard for the coastline. They love to come visit the ocean but have zero respect for it since they get to get in their jacked up trucks and head inland where they are from.

This pisses me off so much that I actually almost got in a bit of a skefuffle with two guys and two girls who decided to piss right next to my car while I was standing on my rent-a-balcony. I may have blogged about this in the past but DO NOT come to my neighborhood and trash it and think that it is ok. You will not be welcome back.

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Paris rocks Le Doux INSTANTLY!

I love me some instant gratification. Sent Paris Le Doux suits on Thursday. She got them Friday...and was shot wearing on on Saturday. Thanks for the shot JustJared.com.

FYI - JustJared also was the first site to post the shots of Cameron Diaz wearing Le Doux's now famous Lollipop suit which put the brand on the map.

Paris is wearing the "Wildcat" which can be bought for $145 from here.
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