Had quite the birthday vacation trip to Detroit. Everything got off to a bad start honestly. The light blowing out in my doorway was probably an omen I should have heeded. First off I almost left my wallet with my ID and bank cards then when I finally got to Michigan I heard nothing from the dude I was supposed to stay with. I found out days later he was in jail so I had to spend two days of my trip in a hotel until I was able to connect with another acquaintance (with really bad car brakes and no A/C). Then things took a turn for the worse because while we were parked in a garage in downtown Detroit someone went into his car trunk and stole my huge backpack which had all my clothes,my laptop,my Ipad,my ps vita my camera,my vudu streaming stick and my passport along with my work badge. As devastating as that was I took it all pretty well but then another buddy's mom had to be taken to the hospital while we were out at an African festival.  Truthfully just about everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. It was as if someone cast a spell or something. When I contacted the hotel/casino where the theft happened they had me make a police report then they told me they actually saw on their cameras the perps taking my stuff and driving off. A detective told me the perps were identified so I may have to go back to Detroit sooner than later for court. It sucks that I can't do anything other than wait and pray I can get at least some of my stuff back, Thankfully my devices were all locked with passwords except my camera. Its creepy to think of some nutcase going thru all my personal photos and shit. Its disturbing that they have my passport and work ID too. I went online to deactivate the vudu stick so they can't access my movies on it. This is all a big mess and I can't believe its probably only part one. Thanks Michigan.

So I left my job and went straight to the airport. Almost left my wallet behind! That would have caused alot of problems without my ID or bank card. My flight was pretty uneventful save for the sinus headache that took forever to go away. I get here in Michigan and the dude who was supposedly hosting didn't show up at the airport and never responded to my calls or texts. I had no choice but to check into a hotel. He made my 49th birthday a memorable one thats for sure. I think I'm actually more shocked than angry. Its weird to me that you know a person is flying thousands of miles to visit you and yet you just string them along and then throw their life into chaos by not having the decency to cancel before potentially stranding them in a precarious situation. This is the second time I have had a seemingly cool and sane person I trusted turn out to be a complete psycho. I'm starting to wonder if maybe I'm just a bad judge of character. At this point I just gotta decide what my next move will be. I could stay here and just leave Sunday as planned. I can afford to kick it in this cheap hotel (Quality Inn). I could do some sightseeing. Maybe I'll hang out with some friends. Today I'm probably just gonna stay in the hotel and relax.That's something I had a hard time doing back in LA.