Happy Monthsary LA!

Tonight, Carms and Ever, a.k.a. mommy and daddy, will pick me up from the apartment after work and bring me to The Grove's The Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my one month here in LA. I cannot believe it's been a month already! Time sure flies when you're relentlessly, thoughtlessly diving your consciousness into every curious thing which crosses your path. And since I'm in a new city, in an entirely new phase of my life, everything falls under the category of curious. I jumped up and down when I first tasted Cold Stone and Pinkberry. I was skipping like a five-year old when I first visited The Grove and The Americana. I took a picture with my ginormous serving of soda and popcorn before watching my first movie. I still have my day pass from my first train ride and kept it like a trophy. I'm a big bouncing sappy sponge absorbing every single detail of every single encounter.

I love the little bursts of creativity around this city. African-Americans with their black and blue dreadlocks... amazingly choreographed random street shows by the local dance crews along 3rd Street and Promenade... pooches in designer labels trotting alongside their owners sporting a cute similar wardrobe.. walking art pieces in the form of heavily tatooed strangers.. poetry in motion..

I like that fact that people here are so comfortable in their own skin. The city is a melting pot of cultures. Each person proudly represents his own race, belief, political party, whathaveyou. Of course, collisions happen. The movie Crash comes to mind. People here wouldn't settle for less than what they deserve. I guess that attitude is one of the main reasons why this country is way ahead of everyone else.

Anyway, I immediately started working two weeks after my arrival. I'm starting to think I took on a job too fast. Or maybe it's just the nature of what I do. I dunno. I'm definitely learning a lot but it just seems to be too much work for a first job, you know what I mean? I'm not being lazy, jusy choosy. Or maybe I'm choosy cause I'm lazy. Hmm I prefer the first one. I imagined my first job to be more fun.. and less serious. Haha.. darnit. I'm an account representative for an outsourced marketing company. It sounded fun. I was definitely deceived. Well, I'm officially done with my training period as of yesterday. Let's just see where this goes..

**Haha. What a choppy random post.