Well guys my luck has run out, I got pulled over last night for running a red light and was issued a ticket, dammit!!  The thing is that the damn light was yellow when I went through and if I didn't keep going my car was going to stall at the light.  Which it had done at the previous light.  Everyone in their cars were all honking and shit, while I am out under the hood of my car wiggling wires and such! 

 I explained this to the cop and he wasn't having it.  Not to mention my car stalled twice as he was writing me a ticket.  I thanked him for my ticket after he proceeds to tell me that my plates were registered to a Subaru and my car was definitely not a Subaru!!  I was like wtf buddy are you smoking crack (thinking in my head) I told him to go read the back of my car and he's like oooh...my mistake! 

Than to top it all off he is like well I could have given you a ticket for not wearing a seat belt (hopped in my car so fast after I got it started at the last light I didn't even think to put it back on) and the empty bottles of beer on the back seat.  At this point I'm like can you just go on and harass someone else!!  So he did, I went back by him and his other little cop buddy and they had two more people pulled over!!

Fucking, Shit Fuck, Grrr, now I have to call my lawyer and have him handle it so I don't have to get points on my spotless driving record.

So I went over to my boy Brandon's house last night and the topic of Bonnaroo came up.  Woot!! I am so excited to go again this year.  We decided that since so many more people want to go this year we will have to get two RV's.  The originals will be in one RV and the "others" will be in the second.  I put my deposit down today, I always deal with that because let's face it I'm the most responsible and I'm over 25 and I have the most available credit on my credit card.  So it's all on me.

I am so excited we got this big pimping RV sleeps 6, not that any of us get any sleep but whatever.  We also decided to learn from our mistakes last year and get a GIANT flag!!  It took me two days to figure out where the RV was located at.  And by that time the show was over. 

I can't wait until the line up is announced it is going to be so sweet, until than I will have to wait for Langerado, (www.langerado.com) another sweet show I will be attending.  If anyone wants a vacation there's a great concert in March, I'll provide the place to stay!!

View from the Marriot Mission Valley

Which way do I go?

Bimbo the Mexican zebra

Dolphins Game

Dolphins Game

Pharmacies Everywhere

Town Center Tijuana

Mexico & US Border

Downtown Tijuana

Hard Rock Tijuana

Monday October 24, 2005, I woke up at about 5am the wind began to whistle and howl, and branches begun to fall to my roof... It was pouring down rain, and I found myself alone scared and wondering what was going to happen over the next 5 hours.  And that's when it happened, the lights went out, I turned on the radio to hear what was going on.  It was about 6:30 am when the eye of Wilma made landfall on the West coast of Florida.  75 mph winds were already being felt at the Ft. Lauderdale airport (1 mi from my house), and the situation wasn't getting any better.  The windows were rattling, trees and roof tiles began to crack and fly around.  I was listening to the radio when they begun to report tornados, great not only do we have to worry about the hurricane but now we have to worry about tornados too.  Top wind speeds of 120 mph, that was some scary shit.  Every time I heard something that would sound like a train coming at me I would run into my closet.  Why hadn't I prepared for this, two bottles of water and a a couple bags of chips.  Who led me to believe that this would not be any big deal.  Anywhoo, poor planning on my part, no extra batteries no extra nothing.  At about noon the winds began to die down and neighbors started coming out to assess the damages.  Thankfullly the only damage I sustained was that all of my car windows got smashed out my car is pretty water logged.

Now the search for water, food and gas began!! And what a search that was.  I myself was not concerned about gas but many people were.  People standing in lines for 6-12 hours for gas.  These spoiled brats where do they need to go, there is no electricity and no where to go, stay home!!  FEMA--who was strategically placed outside of our county (Yeah big joke that was) arrived late or didn't arrive at all.  My house is located across from the distribution center, old ladies crying waiting for MRE's ice, and water.  People were not prepared we had a week to prepare for perhaps a category 1.  Well the storm hit as a strong category 2 and in some places a Cat 3. 

I realized that we would not have power for a long time, the radio stations were reporting a lot of damage and there was damage as far as the eyes could see.  Old 100 yr old Banayan trees down everywhere roofs caved in, patio furniture littered the streets.  What a mess. 

I deciderd I would try to leave I had plane tickets for anywhere in the US, well it wasn't like LA where they were bussing people out.  I called the airport it sustained alot of damage so it was closed, ok I will take the greyhound just get me out of here.  Well greyhound was not operating either.  I was stuck and all I wanted to do was leave.

Well folks, when there is nothing to do you have to be creative, so I decided to go on a 10 day bender!!!  With whatever money (cash) I had.  So the partying began, I did lots of drugs and can't tell you haw many warm beers I drank.   I stopped looking for ice, b/c that was a lost cause, you spend two hours waiting for ice just to cool your stuff down till the next day when you have to go and stand in line for another 2 hours.  It was pointless.  Nothing was open no grocery stores no convenience stores no bars no nothing!!!  Ughh!  When I did sleep I dreamt of air conditioning and an ice cold pepsi.  I walked for two miles (by the way my car broke down the day b4 the storm hit) to find a store that was open, and I got a cold soda.  It was the best glass of caffiene I ever had.

Day 6, still no power!!  You don't see FPL trucks anywhere, you wander aimlessly in circles just to try to pass some time.  Not to mention when there is no power there is no work.  So you guessed it no work = no money.  You can't get to the banks to get your money out of the ATM, no one wanted to take checks this is hopeless.  The only good thing about day 6 was McDonald's Dunkin Donuts, and some grocery stores opened up on my street.  I cleaned out my yard went for a lot of walks and began to get really depressed.  Every morning you wake up and wonder will I have power today.  Not at my house.  it is day 9 and I am finally back to work, I still have no power and I haven't had a hot shower in a long time.  Bird baths are getting old fast.  Maybe when I get home from work I will have power.  The electric companies projected date for all to be restored is November 22.

The on going joke is that they should stock the MRE's with Zoloft, b/c damn this is depressing.