Friday the 13th...Lots of Laughing and Too Much Driving in Los Angeles

I met up with the people I camp with at Burning Man. They are some old friends from New York. Vanessa, Harry, and Carlito (who is from California). We hung at Harry's in Huntington Beach, got drunk on the beach, and awoke all ready to go camping. We made the mistake of letting him choose where we were going. After 3 hours of driving, it just didn't work out. Road closed. Even if we had gotten to a destination, they don't allow fires, something that is neccesary for us. So, next time, someone who actually researches things such as fire permittance, water access, etc will be doing the planning. I also realized I still don't like LA. No way jose.

We drove another hour or two to find another place to camp. Did not work out. In the meanwhile, I had started writing the best dubstep song ever, in traffic. My best poems, the published stuff, I write in traffic.

We cooked up this pasta on my camping stove at a park we stopped at, and.... not enough butane. Fucking Friday the 13th.

We went back to Harry's. I could not even drink a drop. A few of the girls passed out, and Harry and Carlito and I watched a few episodes of 90210, 4th season. I like guys who enjoy 90210 on any level. There was lots of laughing involved. I love my friends.

All Points West... free tickets thanks to Lauren Seracene.

Alright, Lauren Seracene hooked it up with free tickets for myself, Erin, and this crazy kid Brett to go to all 3 days of All Points West, a 3-day, no camping, festival in NJ. Going for free was amazing- if I actually had to pay for a ticket, I would not.

Here are some good points of All Points:

-great lineup varying from Jay-Z, gogol bordello, pharcyde (who put on a really funny&entertaining performance), kool keith, mstrkrft, coldplay, vampire weekend (so impressed with, in addition to gogol bordello), tool, list goes on.

-some cool sculptures

- full-time electronic area with GREAT music by dolab

- great view of manhattan skyline&statue of liberty

- nice vibe overall in crowd; douchebag level was low

- i got a veggie jalopeno corndog, which is impressive

OK, just some the bad points:

- public transportation took WAY too long for where it is, and is way too complicated, with many transfers, etc

- not enough portapotties, AT ALL> the lines had literally 50 people waiting at times; a line that winded across the span of the concert field

- beer garden is the only place to drink booze& on top of it, it is way too far from any stages to benefit drinkers

- garbage cans were made out of cardboard, for a festival that rained 2 of 3 days

-recycling not up to par, if even existent at all

- large screens would list who played previously, which is of no help to concert-goers looking to see what's next where

-after arriving from public transportation, there is a 1+mile walk to the actual concert

-No parking if you drive

- Much of the food& other areas were set up so you could hear 2 of the stages at once, which sucks if you have ears

- No where to do a renegade piss/ no trees hide behind

- My luxury sandals were stolen when I was busy

As I said before, I very much enjoyed myself. But if you are going to throw a festival, you should know what you are doing, and if you don't, then do some research. I guess people from the city just don't know any better, so the All Points people don't have to go by the standards I am used to. There really were like 99 reasons why the festival sucked

And by the way, I missed Sunday, cause it was torrential downpour. Instead I had an amazing time at these Turkish/Russian baths. Then indian food at a weirdo place. I laughed so much i ended up not being able to stand by the end of the evening. I was literally falling on the ground cause I could not stand up.