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WHAT A TRIP!!!! Before I went to bed on Friday night, I decided, F*ck it, I'm going to Los Angeles for the kick off for the Solitary v3.0 promotional tour. So, I bought my tickets, tried to sleep for a couple hours, then got up at 3am to get ready for my flight. I took off with no change of clothes, no car, and no place to stay. Once I landed in LAX, I got in a taxi and headed for the Glendale Galleria. The set up in the mall was really cool, so if the tour is coming to a location near you, you should definitely check it out. They had a huge display with two pods attached to it and you could put your friend in it and have them try to solve tests while you watch them and talked to them like Val and mess with the lights and played a bunch of different noises. There were TV screens all around playing the first two episodes of Solitary v3.0. And they were giving away Solitary shirts, hats, rubik's cubes, water bottles, etc… And there was also the "Bed of Nails" from the first season where hundreds of people were giving it a try.

But the best part was meeting my fellow Solitarians from all three seasons:

The first person I saw when I got there was Steve (#7v1.0). He was really nice and he was wearing his Solitary sweatshirt he had made with his mantra on the back. He had fun tormenting me in the pod while I was trying to do the tests. He even did his infamous break dancing right there on the set. I will hopefully have video of that up tonight. However, he had to leave early so I didn't get to talk to him much. L

Next, I saw Leroy Patterson (#5v2.0). We had a lot of fun messing around the set all day. He was really cool and even let me stay overnight at his place so I didn't need to get a hotel and he even took me back to the mall on the second next day and also took me to the airport when I had to leave. I also got to enjoy watching all of his crazy No Mercy Video shenanigans (nomercyvideo.com).

Next, I got to meet Trizz (#6v3.0). He actually lives with Leroy now and he was cracking me up all day. However, I got a little frightened when I was laying on the bed of nails and he cuddled up next to me. Later we were trying to do push ups on the bed of nails. He kept trying to hide the screen when they would show him quitting the first treatment. It was funning seeing him do the same pose from the big promotional displays right next to it.

Next, I got to meet the beautiful Nikki (#3v2.0). She was so nice and funny. However, I had the hardest time in the world getting her to lay on the bed of nails. I really enjoyed talking with her about season 2 from her perspective and hearing about the things that never made it on the show. She tried to get JP (#9v2.0) to come up to the set each day, but he never made it. But she showed up both days and that's all that matters. Later Trizz laid on the bed of nails and Nikki stood on his chest. It was hilarious. I'll have a picture of that later.

Next, David (#9v1.0) showed up and was all too eager to get on the bed of nails and experience something else from his season that he never got to do. And somehow he heard about my tattoo of Val and wanted to take a picture of it.

Next, Deena (#2v2.0) showed up with her children, but her littlest one wouldn't let her lay on the bed of nails. It was really cute how protective he was of her. But they all got in one of the pods together and it was fun filming them from above on the second floor hearing her yell that she wanted to get out of the pod.

Then came the grand arrival of my fellow podmate Andrew (#7v3.0). He was in the neighborhood after a party in Hollywood the night before and hung all of us and watched the second episode. It was fun seeing him again and putting him on the bed of nails. I had a lot of fun being his VAL while he was in one of the pods. Good times.

And the last Solitarian to show up was the infamous Phu (#8v2.0). He's even smaller in person than he looks on the show. He was cracking me up all day. At one point Leroy laid on the bed of nails and Phu laid on top of him. I can't tell you what happened next.

Executive Producer Bob Boden even showed up both days and had fun putting his wife and daughter in one of the pods. He even tried to put her on the bed of nails. He told me Solitary is getting the best ratings ever. Producer Noel Siegal also showed up and tried to get casting director Leyna Raskoff to show up, but she couldn't make it. And there were a bunch of other people that work on the show who made it out and I got most of them on the bed of nails.

I also got a lot of souvenirs, a lot of video, a lot of memories, and I'm so glad I went with my crazy impulse to fly out there last minute. I will post some pictures later tonight and I will also have some video up on my website and my MySpace.