(3 May) Back home
Ah, what a fantastic few days. I'll post a proper entry about it in a few days, but it involved farewell gifts from Cory, spontaneous decision by Cory to come to Coachella, shopping trips, flights to San Diego, lost hotels, Spencer and bdreligngirl picking us and Mariposa up and driving to Palm Springs, a kick ass concert, randomly running into LapDawg and Amazon Bee while walking around the venue, me losing several drug virginities, the PIXIES, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, insanity, a 45 minute wait at the Jack in the Box drive through, checking into our hotel at 2.30 am, more music the next day, a tearful farewell to Cory, the Flaming Lips, Mogwai and the Cure, three Bluelighters thinking I'd OD'd because I wasn't answering their knocks on my door (they were knocking on the wrong door, I was 4 doors down watching Happy Days), getting lost on the way back to San Diego, missing my train, but still making it to LAX OK, flying home on a half-empty plane and getting to sleep across a row of seats (luxury!), meeting two Mormon missionaries, and feeling like I was going to die as the plane struggled to land in Wellington through gale force winds.
 
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