I wanted to go to this rave called Defcon 5 so I called up the information
line and got directions to the map point.  Looking at a 
<a href="http://www.mapper.com/thomas/thomas1.html">Thomas Brothers</a>
I discovered that the map point was in Pomona, and I live out by the
beach in West LA.  But some online friends managed to convince me to go;
that and the fact the lineup looked fantastic made me essay the trip.<p>

So I drive, and I drive some more, and I drive.  You get the idea.
At the map point I fork over my cash and the guy hands me a ticket
and directions and I go on my merry way.  Now I'm driving even further
east.  And driving.  And driving.<p>

After 15 minutes I get a bit concerned that maybe the directions are wrong,
so I drive in reverse at 90mph (okay not really) back to the map point
and ask.  They say the event is 20 minutes away.  I think for a bit and
decide I don't feel like driving for 80 minutes at 6 am to get home, so
I ask for a refund.  They were nice enough to refund my money and I drove
home, but on the way I somehow stopped paying attention and wound up on
the 101 going north.  So I took a detour through Hollywood back to the 10
and went home, but realized I needed to buy groceries, so I went grocery
shopping instead.  Elapsed time: 3.5 hours.  Distance: 150 miles.<p>

Sad.<p>