Published January, 2009
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THE EPICLY
LATER’D PAGE
Words and Photos by Patrick O'Dell
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First I tried to leave the skateboard world by leaving Thrasher, only to get sucked back in by VBS.TV. Now I have completed the regression by moving from a luxurious one-bedroom apartment in the East Village to a skate house in West Hollywood. Spanky had an extra room on Ogden Drive and the rent was more than a thousand dollars cheaper per month. Now, you would think that with Spanky being a top pro skater and me producing a hit interweb show that that we would have a phat pad with like a waterslide coming out the window into a swimming pool. No, it’s a tiny shithole. Spanky is kinda tight with his money and I just keep running up my debts.
Anyway, I don’t sleep there that much. I have a girlfriend in Silver Lake so I usually just go there. But the times I have slept over there it’s been the worst. Every night it’s something annoying. One night Cory Kennedy and Curtis from Supreme woke me up at 3 AM to try and get us to go to some hotel party while another person was outside honking. Another night Manute and Spanky were up at 7 AM jamming Sabbath and chain-smoking cigars. They were on shrooms and Spanky was trying to get this projector thing to work and kept dropping it on the floor, and they looked at me like I was some kind of alien when I came out of the room to tell them to keep it down.
I think we need to get a cleaning person too, because the house smells, there’s trash and dishes piled up everywhere, and when an ashtray is filled up, instead of emptying it, Spanky just starts another one. Oh, and when the unit next door opened up for rent, I wouldn’t have minded a stranger moving in, like an old Chinese couple, but of course Spanky has the bright idea of telling Braydon to move in. Seriously, Braydon? The loudest, most talkative party wolf I have ever met? Now he lives there, and every day I hear his voice: “Dude, I banged the hottest porn star last night!”
It’s like I actually live in an episode of my own show. It’s not voyeuristic anymore, it’s my actual life. I love both those guys, Spanky and Braydon, but shit, neither of them ever stops. Maybe we should do that thing where we take tons of pride in our house and give it like a cool skate-gang name, like Ogden Drive Mob or West Hollyweirdos or some bullshit, and we can film a skate video about it. Look for the Ogdmonsters video dropping in 2011.
PS: I just told Braydon and Spanky about this and Spanky was like, “Oh man, you’re going to make it sound so much worse than it is,” and Braydon said, “It’ll make people just want to come and party with us more!”
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Feb 16, 2009 wrote:
Wow, you white text on black background whiners are pussies. For real. | | Anonymous, on Feb 8, 2009 wrote:
white on black text is fucking annoying.
| | Anonymous, on Feb 6, 2009 wrote:
dude quit crying and acting like that’s the first that type of shit has happened. | | Anonymous, on Feb 6, 2009 wrote:
hahaha .. nice life, dude | | Anonymous, on Jan 30, 2009 wrote:
i want that contax | | Anonymous, on Jan 30, 2009 wrote:
i love you pat, but good luck putting up with that every day | |
| DabblesInPacifism, on Jan 29, 2009 wrote:
cory kennedy will probably look wretched in five years. that said, i bet she’s probably a cool chick in reality. | |
| | | Anonymous, on Jan 28, 2009 wrote:
the meter needs a "fun but tiring" reading | | Anonymous, on Jan 27, 2009 wrote:
yeah, and i don’t think his dad is going to ground him, heheh. | | Anonymous, on Jan 27, 2009 wrote:
no doubt, that’s like trying to keep it a secret that the sun rises in the east. | | Anonymous, on Jan 26, 2009 wrote:
i don’t think spanky is worried about getting "fired" from skateboarding anytime soon, buddy | | Anonymous, on Jan 26, 2009 wrote:
i guess your friends are cool with you talking about them doing shrooms on a popular website? | |
| The Max, on Jan 26, 2009 wrote:
where is spanky’s illustration? the one on the table? the last one he did was great, but i can’t really see that one. blow that sucker up. | | Anonymous, on Jan 25, 2009 wrote:
yeah, the white on black scheme works for the blog and photos, but full paragraphs of type is hell. | | Anonymous, on Jan 25, 2009 wrote:
no more white text with a black background would be great. | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
this stupid white on black text is tripping out my eyes | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
Quit bitching, you obviously lead a steez-ass life | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
Patrick me boy, you went looking for milk and ended up moving in with the cows. There’s a reason cows live in barns and not apartments in Hollywood. Look at it this way, at least you’re not living with Lizard King and TK. shep’s right too, never. | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
szafranski is a hero | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
boo fucking hoo | | Anonymous, on Jan 24, 2009 wrote:
bet he’s good in bed | |
| shep, on Jan 23, 2009 wrote:
i’ve never seen a picture of braydon when he doesn’t look like he’s having a blast. | | Anonymous, on Jan 23, 2009 wrote:
that foot ashtray is dope! did spanky get that in mexico? | | Anonymous, on Jan 20, 2009 wrote:
i bet it smells like ashtrays and stale beer. i lived in shitholes like that before. they’re fun for about a year before you tire of living in filth and being embarrassed when people visit. | | Anonymous, on Jan 20, 2009 wrote:
hey odell, you need to put up more of spanky’s drawings. that one a couple you posted was tight. | | Anonymous, on Jan 20, 2009 wrote:
cholula is yummy stuff | | Anonymous, on Jan 19, 2009 wrote:
Working a slow and boring job has allowed me to look into your life more than what is probably healthy. Although most of your cohorts are entertaining, I think Spanky is the only one I could deal with on a regular basis. Maybe Jerry. | | Anonymous, on Jan 19, 2009 wrote:
aaaaarrrrrrrr..... cory kennedy.. | | |
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