Day 267 - Farewell To Isla Vista

As I write this I am sitting in a scuzzy hostel in Miami, and am almost moved to tears by my loneliness. I really miss everyone in IV, and my stomach is hurting in a kind of bad butterflies way as a result. The morning was spent just sort of hanging around, snacking and chatting, as the final few people came to say goodbye to me - Angela & Emerald popped by, and Mike, Sam, Rod and B-Roth took me to the In 'n' out burger for my goodbye lunch, which was delicious, fatty and massive, as I have come to expect from IV food. They very kindly gave me a lift to Goleta station, offered to wait for the train with me (I declined, I had said enough long goodbyes in the last 24 hours) and I got on the train back to LA at 1345. The journey was uneventful, I spent most of the time typing up the last few days and gazing out of the window. Back in LA, I didn't really know where to go, so I headed to the Venice Beach Cotel, stored my luggage, went for a dip in the ocean and tried to contact Nate. I managed to get my phone fixed, which allowed me to call him and arrange for him to come and get me, so I could stay with him one last time. We went out for dinner to a really good Thai place called Toi, we discussed the goings on of the last 10 days, and then went to the otherroom bar for a drink. After one, I offered to get another and Nate proposed a far better idea - going back to his, and playing Rock Band on his XBox. It has a guitar/bass, a drum kit and a microphone, all of which can be used simultaneously. We took turns on guitar (which I sucked at) and drums (which I sucked even more at). After loads of embarrassing failures, I managed to complete a level on the drums on medium difficulty, and we decided to go out on a high. We watched some TV then Nate called it a night, as he had work in the morning. I watched the second half of Jackass 2, finished writing up the last few days and posted them, then settled down on the couch for an extremely sweaty night's sleep.