L.A.

There is something absolutely scintillating about the city. In all of its old, worn-down glory, there is a dignity that emerges that I have not seen the likes of in all of my days in Orange County. There is something pure and incredibly unadulterated about everything I drink up through my senses here and I can't describe it in any other way. There are so many things to absorb while driving down the street. At first glance, old auto repair shops, downtrodden beauty parlors that you would never in your right mind ever enter to get your hair or nails done seem trite and not worth your time. But look closer and see the people whose lives center around this city, this place thriving with millions of people. The city is alive. It's beautiful and not in a typical well-manicured landscape with cookie-cutter houses beautiful. It's beautiful in a tragic way, a way that seduces someone like me, someone who has lived in suburbia all of her life. I never thought I would say this, but I am beginning to fall in love with L.A.

At first it was very difficult for me to learn how to drive like a crazy deranged maniac, but I'm getting the hang of it. Driving to and from work doesn't scare the bejeezus out of me like it did in the beginning. Driving in L.A. is really just akin to driving through an obstacle course. A Level 10 obstacle course that requires you to be on the defensive at all times or else you're going to hit someone, get hit, or get honked at incessantly while getting middle fingers all around you.

As far as the people go, I am going to stick to my affirmation that people in L.A. are much nicer than people in Orange County. I probably feel this way because I don't venture into Beverly Hills or Hollywood, where DD-boobs run rampant and so do inflated egos. The people I interact with are all very down to earth. None of this high-and-mighty bullshit, especially at the convenience store or the gym. It's refreshing and honestly, my view of people has changed since moving out here.

I have so much to dwell on, so much more to write about, but I will have to save that for another time. It's Sex and the City time.