i've been trying hard to join a cult in LA
Hollywood Boulevard is like if Times Square actually was good and also if it went on and on and on. At the wax museum gift shop, everything was five dollars. A pretty blonde girl stood in the doorway and said everything is five dollars. She said that everything is five dollars a million times. Christopher held a blue basket as my coupon and we filled it up with pink Hollywood hat and Hollywood sweatshirt in color classic blue. They are going to tear you to shreds at the scientology center, Christopher said. They are going to say look at this tourist and tear you to shreds.
A small latino man serving as private security at the small scientology center knocked on the door a few times when Christopher asked about a free personality test on my behalf, but no one came to let us in. They just lost their lowest hanging fruit, Christopher said. you would have done the free personality test and said I feel so clear. You would have said yeah, it's expensive, but I feel so clear. You would have said please, take all of my millions-and-millions-and-millions-of-dollars.
Christopher explained scientology to me like this: a religion and pyramid scheme invented by science-fiction-author L. Ron Hubbard that believes there are ancient alien particles in your soul, and you have to eradicate them in order to become clear. You only learn that part after you've paid hundreds of thousands of dollars though. Christopher explains. And when you pay those hundreds of thousands of dollars too, you have to do confession, but instead of confessing to a priest you confess all the worst things you've ever done on camera, to the scientology officials, who you are also paying hundreds of thousands of dollars. Christopher grinned. It's a good scheme. I wish they were less off putting about it. Blackmail confession. That's such a good scheme.