"I must go back!"

What's up world? I decided that during my two hour break between my calc class and logic exam I should throw down on a blog post. I don't have too much direction for this blog post so I'm just gonna wing it like I usually do.

I got GTA V a few weeks ago. It's a ton of fun. The game takes place in Los Angeles, which of course is like one of my favorite cities in the world. I really enjoy driving the virtual streets of Hollywood while shooting out my window. It's really put me on another craze for LA.

The city of Los Angeles and I have an interesting history. At 17 years old I was lucky enough to get to visit my good friend Alex Krauss in the City of Angels. We saw the sights, hit the beach, and taught each other how to live. Then a year later, just two weeks before I left for college, I took to the land of status and stars again and visited Alex for another week of fucking around in the ultimate playground.

Then I started college and I kind of forgot about Los Angeles for a while. With scholarships to be earned and grades to be made I didn't have time to really worry about it. Once I started to figure it out and had secured some assets, Karen and I blew a couple grand on a spring break trip to Miami. Then I ended up getting re-obsessed with Miami and couldn't help but blow another grand down there over the summer. But with all this focusing on Miami I still left my love for Los Angeles far back in my mind.

And now I'm playing Grand Theft Auto and listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers and all of the sudden the flame is back. From the Santa Monica Mountains, through the spotlight-illuminated Hollywood and Beverly Hills, down past LAX and all along Venice Beach, I miss it. I miss the fun times I had with Alex; I miss the dry sunny evenings and foggy mornings. So just like I experienced with Miami around this time last year, I feel this strong "I must go back!" feeling.

But just like in the case of Miami, returning to Los Angeles alone wouldn't be enough. In order to get satisfaction out of it, I feel the need to bring Karen and show her every single thing I've experienced in the L.A. Basin. It would be such a fantastic trip! We would be sipping scotch and cosmos at FL380 as we enjoy the downtime seven miles above the Arizona desert. We'd listen to L.A. Story as our plane past the mountains and intersected SEAVU. The desert would turn to an infinite sea of houses and roads. With our noses pressed firmly against the window we'd try our best to find the Hollywood sign, but all we'd be able locate would be the L.A. skyline as we started our final approach towards 24L.

After landing we'd have to grab a delicious meal at In N Out and watch plane after plane land at the western gateway of America. It would be a great week. We'd be able to see everything, and fit in as the popular crowd in the sprawling mass of Southern California. And only then will I be the least bit satisfied.

However we have some time between then and now, unfortunately. This summer is going to be very exciting to say the least. We're planning on attempting three trips. LA, Ecuador, and of course Rio. If all trips are affordable (which right now they are) then we likely will get to do all of them. This would put the Summer of 2014 at the top of the charts for best summer Decker Loyd has ever lived. Currently the title goes to the Summer of 2010, which included a Honduras trip, houseboat adventure, and L.A. Really the only way to top '10 would be by traveling a ton and never being home and pretty much just living large with Karen.

In other news stocks are still making me money, grades are good, Air Force is good, and I really have no complaints. Oh and I'm trying to fuck shit up in ResLife as much as possible. So far it's going pretty well. So yeah that's all for now. I'll try to blog more this month but I'm writing a memoir of my senior year and needless to say it's pretty damn captivating, so this blog may have a lack of posts in the near future. Until next time...