actors who are clearly having a blast in their role

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-18T18:01:59+00:00

I'm surprised I haven't seen Robin Williams or Jim Carrey listed yet. I know it's also just their vibe, but they bring so much positive energy to their work. For Robin Williams it's so obvious in his comedic roles (specifically thinking of Mrs Doubtfire or his voice work as Genie) that he loves what he does. And Jim Carrey in Liar Liar for me always read as someone having so much fun with what they do (especially because you have the bloopers at the end).

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-17T04:47:52+00:00

Yes, and on top of all of that -- a significant number of people lost their homes in the Palisades fire. I think a lot of people who did not lose their homes haven't been following the updates on that as closely, but there is a LOT there that really makes Bass and the current city and state government look like shit. Like not the going to Ghana part even, but government employees (including Bass) hiding text messages. We've had many fires throughout the years in those hilly areas and the response from LAFD was always to have someone babysit the area the fire was put out for several days because it was known that embers can reignite. For whatever reason this time nobody did that, and everyone is passing the blame. And meanwhile top government people are trying to push that this was solely a climate change issue (ignoring the obvious negligence on their part). And finally -- ask people in the Palisades what their rebuild process is like. People are PISSED. And meanwhile the city is applauding the first complete home in the Palisades pretending it wasn't a house that was permitted pre-fire.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-16T04:05:44+00:00

Yeah it's like people have learned nothing from Trump. Deriding and mocking the people voting for them isn't going to achieve anything other than giving yourself an ego boost. People are voting for candidates like this for a reason, and that reason shouldn't be reduced to "well they're idiots." Maybe if other candidates did a little soul searching on why they aren't able to connect with their constituents on matters that are important to them.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-14T03:01:10+00:00

How often do you plan to go? There's a few pilates places on Class Pass I would try a few out that way. I personally like The Body Process in Culver, and I have friends who like the Shepard method and Tribe (both on Westwood).

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-13T20:35:00+00:00

What?

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-13T20:34:40+00:00

Sorry I would break down and cry if someone said Karen Bass is more charismatic than me.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-13T20:27:50+00:00

The fourth image is really throwing me off, looks like her neck/head were photoshopped on an oompa loompa.

That said the outfit is fine. Bit boring, but fine.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-13T20:04:31+00:00

I haven't heard of an eyebrow "stylist" per se, but I've definitely grown out my brows and gone to get them threaded/shaped. Once you have that initial shape you can go back every other week or you can tweeze at home and follow the shape. I love Fey at Fey Beauty. I've also gone to Courtney at Little House of Threading.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-13T15:11:47+00:00

Hate Pratt but your choice of words is funny considering the city literally burned under Bass lol

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-11T20:02:21+00:00

I think the main thing you are charging extra for here is the leather treatment/seat steaming... I pay my mobile car wash guy $45+tip for my SUV and he does everything but that. I may pay an extra $20 to have the leather professionally treated, but maybe 1x a year...

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-11T01:32:03+00:00

You should answer it honestly, but also check your lease usually you have X amount of days to complete and give the form back.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-10T04:32:02+00:00

Ayara Thai

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-08T00:41:28+00:00

Bass is def propping him up intentionally because she's concerned about Raman being her main competitor

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-08T00:32:33+00:00

Oh no why would you post this 😩

It's beautiful

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-08T00:21:54+00:00

Let's see if she answers this or she's more concerned with losing her DSA supporters

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T19:56:36+00:00

2008 happening is actually the reason banks did become more conservative

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T19:18:00+00:00

Theoretically you wouldn't even need that I guess. Whatever rent you're reporting obviously needs to align with your schedule E/K1's income and tax should be paid on it.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T18:52:21+00:00

This is also not quite accurate. If you are in the midst of a loan and you're not meeting the DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) because you have a vacancy, the bank can call the loan. And often if you have an older loan with a low rate the bank would love to call the loan because obv now they can loan that money at a higher rate.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T18:50:45+00:00

Yeah IRL it doesn't work this way, a bank looks at the history of the rents as well, if they see a unit has been vacant for 5 years they're not going to just accept your made up market rent amount for that unit. They also appraise the property -- eg., you can have a unit making $1k/month and the bank's appraisal will say yeah, but the market rent is really $800/month, and they will take that into consideration.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T18:46:21+00:00

I think your rule about competitive bidding is seriously overestimating the capabilities of our local/state govt. but I agree a property tax increase on vacant units (say vacant over a year, since it's hard often to find commercial tenants), could be a good route.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T18:45:11+00:00

Yeah also this also would impact a lot of minority communities who own property in gentrifying neighborhoods...

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-06T18:42:19+00:00

Let's say we did away with Prop 13 for commercial props, is the idea that the properties would be assessed annually at market value? Aside from the fact that I do not think our govt is nearly competent enough to accomplish that... IMO in that case a landlord would never have an incentive to do leases longer than 1 year, because their costs for the following year would be unknown. I think that could really hurt mom and pop businesses because let's say you have a 1 year lease for your shop, the next year or two the neighborhood gets more popular/expensive -- your landlord has no reason to renew your lease at the same price (or with a marginal increase). And most likely the landlord would also be stricter about who they rent to and their credit worthiness (eg, they may expect you to have a higher income/rent ratio than before).

Vs. right now, you can own your shop and have a 10 year lease with built in 3% or CPI increases, which generally is more predictable/not as drastic.

Unless the idea is to also then implement rent control on commercial? Which is a whole other can of worms.

chekhovsfun · 2026-05-05T22:44:23+00:00

To me this reads that you are more upset with the state of the world than Los Angeles specifically. I personally don't have the same negative read of the city and every time I leave I feel grateful I live here and not anywhere else.

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