On Thursday, December 3rd, I headed with a friend to L.A. so she could take care of some personal business on a day road trip. We had to go to the federal building at 11000 Wilshire Blvd; as you walk towards the federal building and it looms bigger and bigger you almost expect the building to reach down and yell into your face: I AM WATCHING YOU!

After taking care of business and then having to head back a few hours later, I took out my camera to photograph the beautiful lines that the atomic age of the 50s-60s influenced on the architects of this enormous building. The life of a photographer... a uniformed federal officer comes running up to me yelling that it was illegal to take pictures of any federal building. WHAT THE FUCK?! He told me to delete it off my camera, or I would have to give him my ID and be detained until the government could figure out what my activities were all about.

A little strong arm tactics - I was half tempted to challenge that a building in the public is not exempt from having its photo taken; but then already being on a terrorist watch list didn't help my cause. I told the fucker that I would delete it - yeah right - as he walked away and got caught up in non-English speaking people trying to navigate their way around the bureaucracy that building oozes. Fortunately around that time, it was time to go, and my two friends and I drove away.

If these people are going to waste my tax payer dollars with bullshit on me, rather than doing their jobs as they should really be doing, I may as well make it a fulfilling revelation for them. I should strap on a vest filled with explosives and run towards the 11000 Wilshire Blvd. federal building yelling Allahu Akbar!