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Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | |
Posted By: Kyle Bolen <kbol711@gmail.com> | Date: 5/18/06 8:58 p.m. |
In Response To: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. (vector40) WOW!! I feel so bad for you. : This is the story of the lousiest weekend ever to hit me or Los Angeles, and
: Mostly it's lousy because I missed you dudes at the LAN :-( : Everything here is completely, factually true. : Some backstory: for any who don't know, I had the intention this weekend of
: Sounds easy. I've made this drive a number of times and it's always gone
: There are three stages to this story. There are the pre-fuckups, the Main
: DAY ONE : We begin well. I bus up, relax at home, get up early and hit the road, all
: About 10:30, I call the Psyjnir guys and confirm their plans; they're going
: I stop, get a sub. A beef dip. Now, if you're not versed with Quizno's (for
: For some reason the right solution to this seemed to be the smooth vinyl top
: Thick, slick, greasy beef juice is on my pants, my car seat, the passenger
: Fast forward, nearly in LA. I'm lighting a cigarette and feeling pretty good.
: I get to LA about 12:30 and leave the freeway, which exits right at the
: I start walking to the center. Now, when I entered the city I was right
: Maybe 45 minutes later I finally located the friggin' Staples Center, and had
: At maybe 3:00, I decide to bounce and head for the LAN. The Psyjnir guys had
: This is where things go wrong. : THE MAIN FUCKUP : I couldn't find my car. : I don't mean that I wasn't able to locate my car within the lot. I assume it
: I thought I could find it. I'd... GLANCED at the street signs before I left.
: I kept looking around the area. But now I wasn't even sure of the area. I was
: I kept wandering. It was unusually hot in California this weekend, and
: I kept wandering and criss-crossing around. Now I was starting to doubt
: I'd been walking for over two hours now. I was running out of beans, and I
: My thinking was twofold: one, if I was lucky, with a description the driver
: I get 411 on my cell and call a cab company. They say I'm ninth in line.
: An hour and a half later, I have completely dispaired of this taxi ever
: I can't check on the cab because I didn't get the company's number, or even
: 15 minutes later I call them back -- I DID get their number, this time -- and
: 20 minutes later, I call and check. Sorry. Tied up. 5-15 minutes. : "Is it actually 5-15 minutes, or are you just saying that?" : Turns out they had no idea. Could be anything. "My screen looks like an
: At least, I thought, I had my cell phone. This would be a disaster without
: I move into the dollar Chinese place, where it's warmer. The woman there is
: It's 8:00. Fuck this. I call my sister (who lives in LA, remember? But I
: We get lost on the way home. : This is about the point where I started to suspect a really systemic problem.
: Sister lives just off Wilshire in Westwood, and we drove down Wilshire for a
: I was exhausted, sticky, smelling, hungry, and sore. All I wanted was a
: I hesitate to mention this because it is not my personal misfortunes so much
: DAY TWO : I slept in. I needed it. : Sister was working all day so she couldn't assist. First thing I did was call
: Oh, no. : Ah, but yes. "It's going to die before I get through, isn't it?" It
: I found a bus back into the hot area, which took an hour. My plan: the night
: Wasn't it. This was at... oh, Olympic and Main. : What was in that area was about a billion parking lots just like this,
: Checked with the police, no luck. They say they don't tow from private
: More wandering. Changed more cash for quarters. Sought refuge from the heat
: I was lost. No ideas and no inclination to keep up this wandering shit.
: Well... Marc MacYoung. : What I didn't have was his phone number; it was on my phone, but that had
: I WAS able to retrieve the number of a friend, floormate, and ex-girlfriend
: Ring ring. No answer. I chill a while and get some food at a Carl's Junior
: Call again and there he is. His advice: do a systematic search of every
: All right, I'll make a start, but first, I need a decent map, so I find a gas
: It's a passing homeless guy. Why not. "I lost my car." : He asks details, ponders the "unusual problem," and calls over an
: At this point I'm 100% sure I'm in a movie. I have the helpful fellow who
: Listening to my story, and especially the detail about the little gas station
: As I ride the train above-ground, along Washington, I do a double-take out
: I arrive at my destination, walk the rest of the way, and find what I was
: Might as well start with that grid search. I start plodding out blocks, but
: I get out twelve blocks or so, then start heading back, finally able to catch
: Think my sister's getting annoyed at my presence. Understandable. Also my
: Ask sis if I can borrow her bike tomorrow. She says no. I lost a car. Fair
: Sleep. : DAY THREE : I don't want to bug my sister, so I don't use her phone or computer. Instead
: It's a Cingular store, and it's closed? Oh, it's Sunday, so they open at
: 11:00. 11:10. Cingular employees keep showing up until what I assume is the
: "What are we waiting for?" : "... a key." : The only relevant and useful employee is... out to lunch or something. They
: I wait until 11:30 then bail. Christ. : Turns out, though, this is... cell phone row. (I was basically in Beverly
: Keep going until I find an internet cafe. Start charging my phone while I do
: No. Turns out there's literally something like 800 of these companies, and
: Well... hell. That sure looks interesting. Look at those long white lines.
: Hmm. : I'm running out of aces. I eat -- another Carl's Junior, by fluke -- and
: Bus. Railcar. Parking lot. : There it was. My goddamned car. : I wasn't sure how much they were going to charge me for three days' parking.
: I got gas and hit the freeway. : At this point we enter the post-fuckups stage. : I was on the road for five minutes when a car tried to change lanes in front
: I pulled over and ran to check on them. Both women were already on their cell
: Let us fast forward, and I've decided to drive straight to Santa Cruz rather
: Cool. : It's a mom with four kids in the car. I check on them, they're fine, give
: We finish up, I tell her to call me and let me know the damage. I think I'll
: I manage to get back to Santa Cruz, get lost, ask for help at a gas station
: Another bus comes. I get on, get to campus, and walk very carefully to my
: Good times. :
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Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | vector40 | 5/15/06 4:27 a.m. |
FIRST POST *NM* | Schooly D | 5/15/06 4:32 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | vector40 | 5/15/06 4:38 a.m. |
Current Vector40 status: ALIVE + CAR! :D *NM* | sorahn | 5/15/06 4:44 a.m. |
\( @_@ )/ *NM* | BOLL | 5/15/06 4:52 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Louis Wu | 5/15/06 5:40 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | vector40 | 5/15/06 3:53 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | KP | 5/15/06 4:57 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | mr_mcmurder | 5/16/06 1:03 a.m. |
Poor Vec... | Funkmon | 5/15/06 5:55 a.m. |
Re: Poor Vec... | The MorningStar | 5/15/06 9:27 p.m. |
Re: Poor Vec... | dipanjan | 5/16/06 5:11 a.m. |
GG Vec *NM* *NM* | Blown-Upp | 5/15/06 5:56 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Hawk7886 | 5/15/06 5:59 a.m. |
>.< *NM* | MasterCheifn | 5/15/06 7:00 a.m. |
Wow. | Spartan Jag | 5/15/06 9:17 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Darkendes | 5/15/06 11:16 a.m. |
sorry to hear | Miguel Chavez | 5/15/06 9:22 a.m. |
That's what you get for defouling all those graves *NM* | Ename Nep | 5/15/06 10:25 a.m. |
Re: That's what you get for defouling all those gr | Ename Nep | 5/15/06 10:26 a.m. |
Dude, where's your car? *NM* | Count Zero | 5/15/06 12:12 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | mnemesis | 5/15/06 12:37 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Louis Wu | 5/15/06 1:02 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | mnemesis | 5/15/06 1:05 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | jman571 | 5/15/06 1:21 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | vector40 | 5/15/06 3:47 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | TheGarbageMan | 5/15/06 3:51 p.m. |
nothing but net | deanero | 5/15/06 1:18 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Jacob.M | 5/17/06 4:50 a.m. |
Hahahahaha... | Skeletor | 5/15/06 1:32 p.m. |
Re: Hahahahaha... | vector40 | 5/15/06 3:44 p.m. |
haha :( | Djof | 5/15/06 5:44 p.m. |
Writing talent I certainly lack - lol *NM* | Djof | 5/15/06 5:48 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Mothergoat | 5/15/06 2:56 p.m. |
Personally. | akba | 5/15/06 3:08 p.m. |
True | Funkmon | 5/15/06 10:52 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | {SS}Zag1 | 5/15/06 3:49 p.m. |
Well, at least you... | Spartan Jag | 5/15/06 4:03 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Wado SG | 5/15/06 4:55 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Varanos | 5/15/06 4:59 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Mikezoom | 5/15/06 5:23 p.m. |
Holy Shit.... | Hawaiian Pig | 5/15/06 5:38 p.m. |
Here, Have this | Hawaiian Pig | 5/15/06 5:48 p.m. |
mnemesis | Miguel Chavez | 5/15/06 7:29 p.m. |
Well... | mnemesis | 5/15/06 10:52 p.m. |
*audibly chuckles* *NM* | Funkmon | 5/15/06 10:54 p.m. |
rofl *NM* | Hawaiian Pig | 5/16/06 3:30 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | RomeoDude | 5/15/06 5:59 p.m. |
RE: | Terra | 5/15/06 7:23 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | serotoninzero | 5/15/06 7:48 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | GAMER4EVER | 5/15/06 7:54 p.m. |
Good God, vec. | Pvt. Jenkins | 5/15/06 9:01 p.m. |
Glad You Had Fun! | Mintz | 5/15/06 9:45 p.m. |
<3 vec, sorry we missed you at the LAN *NM* | The MorningStar | 5/15/06 9:46 p.m. |
damn... | Zattack89 | 5/15/06 9:56 p.m. |
That sounded like hell. | *THASF* A.K.A. "The Halo And Sonic Fan" | 5/15/06 10:08 p.m. |
Bad Luck? | lukey125 | 5/15/06 10:54 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Sep7imus [subnova] | 5/16/06 8:08 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | vector40 | 5/16/06 1:33 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Sep7imus [subnova] | 5/16/06 4:25 p.m. |
well done. | griff | 5/16/06 8:39 a.m. |
Re: well done. | dipanjan | 5/16/06 9:55 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | chess | 5/16/06 10:31 a.m. |
congrats on not being dead, man. *NM* | Max Power (aka- dewbe) | 5/16/06 1:51 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Jake P. | 5/16/06 2:01 p.m. |
Wow... | Cannith[iz] | 5/16/06 3:31 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | DarkBlades | 5/16/06 5:26 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | nicolas | 5/16/06 6:12 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | nicolas | 5/16/06 6:15 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | warbinger | 5/17/06 10:18 a.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Brodingo | 5/17/06 7:58 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | lol@you.com | 5/17/06 10:01 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Raiden | 5/17/06 11:16 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! | Slaughtered420 | 5/18/06 7:00 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | Kyle Bolen | 5/18/06 8:58 p.m. |
Re: Fun times in Los Angeles! Not though. | xX kel0811 Xx | 5/19/06 7:21 p.m. |
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