March 31st, 2007 by screenwriterguy
The cost of living in Los Angeles is nuts. Seattle can be expensive (and was especially so back in the dot-com boom), but L.A. is a whole new league. It is for this reason that people as old as me still have housemates. And heaven forbid your tank hits empty while you’re in Beverly Hills, where gas seems to cost an extra fifty cents a gallon just to keep the riff-raff out.
Fortunately, there is a secret. My officemate took me under wing when I first moved here, and gave me valuable insight. If you are considering moving to L.A. (and I know for a fact that some of you are) then by all means, heed his words of wisdom:
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March 22nd, 2007 by screenwriterguy
There’s a webcam on the portal page in my browser, and the window rotates through various Seattle views. At different points last week, it produced these images:
Meanwhile, here in L.A., it was sunny yesterday and sunny today. I expect it will be sunny tomorrow, and then probably sunny for like the next century and a half. Seriously, who needs that much sun? Yeah, yeah, I know. You all like the sun. I, on the other hand, grew up in the lands depicted above. Look at that marvelous complete absence of color!
Sigh…
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March 16th, 2007 by screenwriterguy
 I was in a West Hollywood coffee shop today, when a man came wandering in, searching for something. He paced about a bit. He left the shop, then came back in. The man looked at the two customers seated at tables. He selected the guy who wasn’t me, and asked him a question:
“Excuse me? This is weird, but… are you by chance an actor?” |
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November 26th, 2006 by screenwriterguy
As part of my struggle against homesickness, I bring a little piece of Western Washington into my rented garage/laundry room/bedroom each day. My personalized Google page includes a link to a webcam pointed off of this beautiful island in Western Washington. I was surprised to log in today and see that they have snow!
Meanwhile, down here in CA., temperatures have dipped into the 60s. What concerns me is that I have been finding that weather really chilly. Has my time in L.A. wussified me already? |
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November 9th, 2006 by screenwriterguy
 I found a black widow spider on the side of our front porch today. How super cool is that? That sucker was evil looking! All shiny black with these sharp, tapered legs and the famous red hourglass shape. In the cold dampness of western Washington, such critters can’t exist. There’s almost nothing poisonous to be found, so it was an exciting new experience. Naturally, I greeted this exciting new experience by crushing it. |
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