Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Knife Fights, Grammy Night & the Gas Station From God.

yo!

what a crazyyyy long weekend.. where to begin?

the debutante ball.

what a strange concept, i must say. from what i pieced together.. it seems to be some sort of high-class gathering, where everyone gets really dressed up just to er, get really dressed up. parents pay large sums of money for their girls to participate (not to mention for dresses, makeup, hair, tickets.. etc.), to walk across a stage, throw down a mean curtsy & have their name called out over the loudspeaker. a bit uneventful & pointless, and yet strangely entertaining. after 30 girls walked onstage, i think we were all hoping for someone to eat it on the curtsy. or maybe just i was hoping? haha, anyway, someone did! she took it like a champ though. it definitely made the highlight reel. then there was food.. a dance.. waltzing.. a knife fight.. eh, not really. would’ve been cool though. that was mostly it. it was a fun time. baby sis did great & looked beautiful.

hopped on a flight back to LA on sunday morning. didn’t go to the grammy’s.. but i did go to a couple of the parties. sunday night was the interscope party. it was a good time.. always good to see friends.. producers, artists, staff, etc. will.i.am was running the dj booth with timbaland.. i think pharrell was even up there at one point. it was nuts. the guest list was crazy! some of the highlights included: beatboxing to the soulfoul sounds of andy milonakis. haha he was freestyling! boy can spit!! seeing blink 182.. together again! i’m not one to get starstruck.. but i won’t lie, that was pretty cool to see them all together in person.

the next night was some grammy house party in the hills hosted by katy perry. a little bit of a lame hollywood scene, but i still had fun. this one cougar lady in leopard print who was like 55 kept trying to rip my clothes off & drag me out to dance with her. it was a little strange & maybe a little scarring for me in the long term, but nonetheless extremely fun & highly entertaining. lol. my boy introduced me to katy & i walked away with a bag full of shwagg. :) not to mention i bumped into andy milonakis again. another beatbox/ rhymefest proceeded to go down. haha! also, i got to meet this awesome chick from denmark who was a big NLT fan. so random, but so cool!

the highlight of the weekend however.. was a completely unplanned, unexpected trip to the interplanetary gas station. just… a random gas station down in west hollywood made out of space materials! (or something similar..)

what a strange fascinating place. i took a few pictures because i felt like it might’ve been a mirage or something, or like the room of requirement.. like it was too good to be true & if i drove by the same spot tomorrow, it would just be a busted old arco. i also felt like Lights might’ve been born there. and who needs sophisticated terms like “unleaded” and “premium” when you can keep it simple with good old fashioned four letter words like “good”. and then better…and then best!

yes this town has its many downfalls.. but it is a great, great city that we can find a rare metallic gas station from jupiter right down on robertson boulevard. well done hollywood, i applaud your originality.

that’s all. love you guys. :)

peace.

trav.

ps: hov & coldplay killed it. justin w/ al green was dope too!