September 28, 2008
Living in Los Angeles is not all just traffic, fake people and earthquakes, being that this is also “Hollywood” the heart of show business, you sometimes find yourself at pretty cool parties/events. Last night I was invited to a party on Paramount studios back lot (the place where they film a lot of movies) for a show called “Paramount Rocks”. It was pretty much a concert where a bunch of bands played.
The band Camp Freddy was the headlining band. Camp Freddy is not really a band, they are more like a jam session. All kinds of famous rock stars hop on stage and play. Last nights list included Dave Navarro (Janes Addiction) Billy Morrison (The Cult) Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver) Lenny (Motorhead) Billy Duffy (The Cult) Cypress Hill and that loser Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray.
When I first heard about the show, I was told it was open bar. Well that turned out not to be true, but after my rough Friday night I think its smart to take a night off. Although they were handing out free energy drinks, which I ended up drinking too many of, so I spent the night strung out like a crack head.
I found the night to be actually pretty odd, I mean here were these famous rock stars playing to a crowd of maybe 100 people max! I guess you could call it an intimate night, but it was still strange. The music was great, but the highlight of the night for me was meeting a beautiful girl named Natalia from Italy. Her English was not the best, so it was hard to understand her with the loud rock music in my other ear. So other then totally blowing it with Natalia (picture to the right) all is well for me here in Hollywood, only 81 days until I am back in India!
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September 22, 2008
Growing up in Florida where the average temperature is 73 degrees Fahrenheit, one could say that you truly don’t know what summer really means. I mean how could you? For many, summer is a time of year where you can take off the winter coat and let your pasty white skin feel the warm rays of the sun. A time where people take up all sorts of outdoor activities, a time that makes even the oldest, grumpiest person, feel just a little bit younger. For most, summer is a time that comes and goes in the blink of an eye.
They spend 9 months waiting for those blissful 2 or 3 months of beautiful warm weather. In some cites I hear that if it’s a sunny day out, you can count on half the people calling in sick, and then hitting the beach or the local park. I am now starting to realize how lucky I was to grow up in such a tropical place. It has taken me 31 years to actually realize what the word “summer” really means. I never knew summer was more then a word, I didn’t know that it was something you could feel, something you could smell, and even touch. I guess that’s the one and only bad thing about growing up in a tropical place, “Seasons” don’t mean a whole lot. It took me spending 6 weeks in northern Ontario Canada to learn my first lesson in summer.
When I arrived in Canada it was early July, pretty much the start of summer. A time where people where opening up their summer homes, and getting things ready to enjoy summer. There was something in the air, a feeling of things coming alive. After traveling the world for nearly 5 years now, I must say I have been to some pretty sweet place, and seen some really amazing things, but my 6 weeks in “Cottage Country” has been by far one of the most amazing times in my life.
There are a few reason why I feel I enjoyed it soo much, #1 The fact I was able to spend some time with my family, which I have neglected for the last 12 years of my life. #2 the pure fact that I was truly living in the “moment”, there was no other place I “felt” I needed to be, no other place seemed better, the “now” was prefect. I think I am starting to get the hang of the whole idea of living life that way. It truly is amazing how it can affect your outcome. I only wish I would have known this 5 years ago when I started traveling. I have spent the last 5 years, totally screwing up my trips by being on a beautiful beach somewhere dreaming of being somewhere else, somewhere more “fun” or a place where friends were etc…. there was always somewhere else I wanted to be, the present moment was never good enough. Read more…
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