I need a ride.

From El Paso Texas to the Sunset Strip in L.A. As far as you can take me. PM.

 

Woodstock child! What are you doing? Running away from your problems? Hope you don't find bigger problems where you are headed! Please don't show up w/ no money, no friends and no place to stay! This is not the way to achieve your dream!

 

Yea, do what you must. But from the lack of details given this doesn't seem like such a hot decision. Not to mention the trouble someone can get into from actually giving you said ride.

I've known street-kids your age, but it's not my idea of a productive use of ones early years. Living on the road is an experience like no other, but I would never encourage someone as young and vulnerable as you to do it, quite the opposite. You are very much both of those whether you'd like to believe it.

 

Is there something stupidly wrong with you, or are you just naive?

 

Both. Have you seen her pic? My god she will be eatin alive out there.

 

Yup, both.

Where are you planning to stay in LA? How much money do you have?

 

good luck maria!

 

i know sunset blvd and hollywood blvd well and you being from el paso which can easily be as dangerous you should know to. i can tell by your pic you live in a nice middle class area and that is quite typical most runaways i have found come from sheltered homes. if you got to L.A. alive which would be good luck for you and then was on sunset and survived there any time at all it would only be because a pimp grabbed you. people die up there all the time. i have seen a few of them being bagged up when i was there. Now if you do survive all this your minded will be darkened forever and you will have a hard time ever smiling again. the street kills peoples dreams and lives if you really feel you must runaway go to tucson that is where alot of the rainbow hippie types spend the winters and you can find them anywhere out there. it is alot safer too still dangerous but overall if you must darken your mind at least there you wont kill it. 4th ave is where all the hippies hang out. keep in mind in whatever you pick for a place you will be hounded by guys (and specially hippie boys ) to be with them and it is probally safer to try to find a decent one to hang with because then at least you have someone to watch your back. Just remember there is n o one to save you there no one to bail you out of trouble and you will learn fear first hand .
you will also find out what it is like to be cold and hingry also and maybe you may learn something too.

 

Not that I'm urging WSC to go but you made LA look like The Hell on Earth.

Here:

 

i would never wanna live in la or evenb go there for a day.....yea to me thats hell on earth

 

Why?

 

cause it is! it's almost as bad as Frisco!

 

Your gonna need to graduate from high school or i doubt your gonna go anywhere in life.

 

Hell no. I'm dropping out.

 

ok so you have 3 years left thats not long at all. Plus you cant drop out unless your parents are gonna sign the papers. And if you run away then your just gonna have the cops on your ass for being a runaway and truancy.

Just because you dont get along with your parents or got caught with drugs (if i remember your other posts) deal with it, its not the end of the world. Ive been in the same boat as you but i hope you realize if you do run away your gonna be on your own and no one is gonna help you out because your a minor.

I hope you change your mind and dont throw away your life because you cant get fucked up or you dont like your parents. You have 3 years left with your parents and another 50 or 60 years after that to do whatever the fuck you want. So dont be an idiot.

 

...and that from a 17 year old. C'mon Woodstock child it's not like we are all wrong and you are right. Do the right thing and suck it up with your parent till your 18 like the rest of us did.

 

I would never go to big city...I wouldnt survive there without green fields and clean rivers. My home is heaven on Eearth .

I hope you will make the right decision.

 

We're your family, we love you and you should at least consider what we're trying to tell you. As an 18 yr old in LA in the late 80's it was bad, REAL bad and I know it hasn't gotten any better. LA is not the place to go. Now I'm not saying you should runaway by any means but, if you do at least go somewhere friendly and less dangerous like Portland Or or something tho its very dangerous for young ladies out on the road anywhere. A lot leave and are never seen again. DONT GO ALONE! I dont know what else to say but I hope you make the right decision and at least finish school. Whatever you do PLEASE be careful.

Peace.

 

I know we're all sounding like your parents probably. And that's not our intention. This time though, we happen to share their message. I'm in very much the same situation you are. I hate the materialistic life I've been living and I want to try a new type of existence. I had the same sort of idea that I'd drop everything and leave, just pack up and hit the road. However, the more I thought about it the more I realized that just leaving wasn't a good idea. There was a likelihood that if I just picked up and left without finishing high school, that there'd be problems down the road. So I made a deal with myself. I decided to stick with high school, even though I hated it. In return, I promised myself that as soon as I had that diploma I would hit the road. That will be happening in one month, on May 15th. However, now, I'm in a much more sustainable position. Having my diploma I'll be able to find work and support myself.

So my advise to you:
Stick with high school and otherwise, bury your head in reading. That's what helped me. To prepare you for your eventual journey, I would recommend reading stuff from the beat writers. Try Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs. Start planning out your journey. It'll remind you of the end goal.

However, in the end you need to be true to yourself. Just think it over a bit. Peace be with you.

 

woodstock child! it cant be that bad at home! at least you probly have food and shelter. my advice is to stick it out as long as you can. even waiting a year to go would help you out a lot.