James Richard Lane blog

Thom, Me, Anthony. My California trip was a huge life lesson for me. I've always wanted to go to CA to see it in person and experience it and what I got out of it was huge. I left Baltimore the end of July and stayed in LA till the start of November . I went with my two friends (Mike & Thom) we caught the Greyhound out and stayed with a crazy bitchy woman named Amy who overcharged us the whole time we were there. We lived in North Hollywood area. We did a lot fun things like mountain climb where the Hollywood sign is, went to Venice and gone swimming in the Pacific Ocean . Ate amazing Mexican food, and smoked a lot of weed. It was sweet! We Also went everywhere high with our awesome friend Anthony from Ohio for example  we waited in a game stop stoned for 4 hours for the new GTA5 to be released and  free Chipotle was served! We baked out our bathroom and drank "weed tea" often. We went late night swimming in our community pool. Life was great.  However t...

I've been doing a lot of work out here and having an awesome time while doing it. I worked Mad Decent Bloc Party! Selling Red Bulls and Waters for Premiere LA! I got paid hourly, and made $125 in tips. I saw Matt & Kim for free and it was amazing! I loved working that then..... I met a guy who had his own company and that needed help for events too. So we swapped contact info and a week later I worked for him at Siren Studios they were hosting Monster Children (Magazine) 10 year anniversary party . It was incredible! I passed out small party foods, was given tons of free beer/shots while doing it. I got paid $100 for it. & basically served a party drunk, ate more amazing food, and watched Reign Wolf play for free (LOOK HIM UP, he's amazingly talented). I was also given a 10 year anniversary book for free by M.C and in this HUGE book it has....Naked Women, Skateboarding, Art, Radiohead albums, stickers, etc. It rules. Other then that I've been worki...

I have been thinking a lot. I'm finally in LA it's been almost a month and a half! Where do I go to next? It's a terrifying step to think I can take the easy way out and back track and head back to Baltimore, or I could make something huge of myself and retire at the age of 25 (As planned since 09'). So I went out and applied everywhere I could here and struggled my ass off! Now I finally got a job at Fossil  (50% discount), and today was my first day, it was cool but the more exciting news is...I work right next to Extra TV in Universal Studios , and today I saw Hugh Jackman , the other day when walking up there to apply I high 5'd Celine Dion , and about 2 days ago I ran into Wayne Knight at the grocery store. Famous people are everywhere and anywhere out here. Other news! I'm working for Premiere LA now too which is one of the biggest event companies in the world, and my first gig is Saturday to work a bar at Mad Decent Bloc Party! Which Matt & Kim, ...

Wow! Wow! Wow! "we were on Let's Make A Deal won nothing but had Wayne Brady shake our hands. Walked the hollywood stars, snuck into a Free People VIP party where some band was playing good music, free wine, pine apple juice, and tacos it was good stuff. We hung out at a bar behind Space Twenty 15 prior to that. It was refreshing to relax like that. Mike and I went to the park 500 Days Of Summer was shot at, we also went to where my favorite movie was shot at aka The Graduate during the water fountain Berkley school scene. Which was incredible to see in person!" My first month in Los Angeles has been intense! I've been punched in the face, hit by a car, threatened to get kicked out of my apartment and played frisbee on the beach during Go Topless Day 2013 ! I'm hardcore applying to jobs daily because I wanna live here...I think... I went on a date and got lost in the Hollywood Mountains till the night then got super high hot boxed two bowls and drank a ton o...

The Run : This blog contains from July 5th, till today. I just broke a new record for my running treadmill goals. I come home proudly running 3 miles in 21:03 minutes. I now announce today is my 1 week left in Baltimore, Maryland and I am so ready to leave and make my big move to LA, California. After I step foot in California for the first time that exact second!!! I will feel so relieved it has put so much weight on my shoulders for many years now not being sure if I can or will ever make it to California but I'm now about to do it and it will be the 29th state I've been too, and after all of that I can finally feel the pressure go away and put a huge dent in the place I have been in North American map at the age of 23. Latino Holiday : My lust life. I met someone...a Latino girl (JHU student UCLA grad, LA born, Costa Rica heritage) as a hook up around 12 at night the day after Independence day and it wasn't suppose to mean anything just two twenty some year old's...

The BaltiTour (The best show I've ever played) http://binderr.blogspot.com/2013/05/lisa-drank-shaky-experience-animal.html (seeing) Dan Deacon-(Giving him) BNote-(I got at) Honfest-(while) VICE filmed (his show) Volunteering at HI-Hostel (helpful) Black Pus - (Lightning Bolt live at Metro Gallery) Simian Mobile Disco live for free in DC (high 5'd James Ford) Arctic Monkeys new album (Amazing/Sept 9th) No phone (I broke it) Sleeping at my Dads house/speaking to my sister (1st time this year) Salsa dancing 101 class (w/Mike at Talara) tennis playing with my aunt (Awesome!) Meeting The Luyas (friends w/Beirut) Running 3miles in 23:02 minutes (GREAT!) Seeing Three Dog Night and Jefferson Star Ship (Last Weekend!) Couch Surfing Baltimore potluck (Diversity) Watching Le Tour De France (Interesting) Ashley's death by cancer (very sad) She was a huge inspiration to me, being she worked two jobs at the same mall I worked at so she could save up and mov...

To speak more what happened the real story of me going to Long Island for the end of December going into early January and celebrating New Years in NYC, I arrived in NYC via China bus it was weird because once I arrived immediately had to head over to the train station to head to Long Island around night time to arrive to Sam's house. I walked straight there and as I was walking it felt like a tunnel of wind pushing me being it was so cold. I arrived and took a 1 hour ride from the city to Ronkonkoma which obviously I've never step foot into LI so I felt like this could have only been an interesting experience for me. I arrived, it was dark and snowy I liked it though, I was carrying all my best clothes in a book bag I had brought being I'd be staying for a week or so. Sam picked me up we head straight to her parents she introduced me it was cool. I slept in the basement and she bought me a cardigan to replace the one I lost on my birthday two weeks before. I...