February 11, 2011:

Ocean Beach lumpens at the Young Professionals' party.

Passing the bottle we sing "Louie Louie" at the top of our lungs while the nicely dressed people gape.

Christ, there were women everywhere and over 1/2 of them looked good enough to fuck, and there was nothing you could do — just look at them. Who'd ever devised such an awful trick?

— Charles Bukowski, "Would You Suggest Writing As a Career?"