hitchhiking in hollywood
So, where I come from, people work 9-5 week days, maybe hang with some friends after work, get to bed at a decent hour, repeat. Here’s the thing about Los Angeles: work at 9am get off at 5, get dressed and out the door by 6, drink $5 martinis til the floor spins with a struggling actor and/or musician, get home around 3, get up at 8… every…single…fucking…day. I moved to Los Angeles when I was 18, and I hadn’t the slightest clue as to what the FUCK was going on.
i survived 2 years, no problem. Moved around some. Settled in an awesome apartment in West Hollywood between santa monica and melrose. Thats when I broke into the routine.
So one night, I go out with a friend from school and her girl friends that I had never met. We pre-gamed at her house, and by pre-game i mean we threw back about 7 shots of vodka each, it seemed pretty mellow. Pretty funny, being punk rock in a group of girlies. I figured i would get hammered and shameless dance to Lady Gaga with them anyway. We cabbed it to Cahuenga and hit Beauty Bar first to see some friends of mine to get some free drinks. They have this drink that comes out of a dispenser kinda like Jager, but not. And they make you chase it with a whole glass of ginger ale. Basically, what I had heard from the first time I took it a couple months before is, you feel baked and drunk at the same time. easy shwayze. It did. So i decided it would be fun for tonight. Shot, check. Moving on to The Room. Walked in the front door… and then nothing. Couple hours later, throwing up at My House. How the fuck did we get in to My House? Then nothing.
Come to it, I am walking barefoot down the street that was OBVIOUSLY not anywhere NEAR where I was supposed to be, carrying my marc jacobs cowboy boots with one leg of my nylons missing. Oh yeah, and I was alone. Sweet Tits. Why had they dropped me off so far from my house?? ugh. God knows how but I stayed pretty calm… I was completely wasted and underage. I walked for, seemingly, a long time before I realized that I recognized the names of the streets but could not for the life of me stay focused long enough to figure out which direction I was walking in. BTW, i had forgotten to pay my phone bill so I could only get incoming calls. Brilliant.
WAIT WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WALLET AND PHONE!? goddamnit.. maybe I will try to put my boots on. Left foot, on. Right foot.. I cant fucking get my foot in. ugh oh well, forget the boots.
Keep walking, I realize fuck it all if a cop sees me I am going to be screwed. Boots on, attempt 2. What the hell is in here? I stuck my hand in like a genius, WALLET! PHONE! WHOOT WHOOT! small moment of victory. Then, in all my glory I stuck my thumb out and a car came screeching to a halt. Sweet Tits.
I didn’t get killed, so that was lucky. I think he realized that I was too drunk to even know where I was going. While I was in the car my phone rang and I burst into tears while my friend eric, who was back in San Diego was extremely confused by what was actually happening. I spit out my roommates phone number, which I didnt even know I had memorized, and begged him to call her. This part is all very hazey. He hales me a cab, I jump in scream MELROSE AND STANLEY. I tell him I only have a credit card and he doesn’t charge me. He asks me if I was ok and I told him where I woke up and he told me it was about 5 miles from my house and at least 3 from Cahuenga. WHAA?? I thank him and sprint all the way from the corner into my apartment, and laugh hysterically as I make some chicken nuggets and pass out in my crumbs.
Here’s the best part. The next day, I decided to take a walk to the friends house to get my stuff. I get there and ask “Why did you guys drop me off so far from my house?” She got this terrifying look on her face and said, “dude, we dropped you off in front of your house and watched you walk in your gate…” I definitely walked 7 miles on my own AWAY from my house and got lost.. blacked out.
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