Hi!
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ive been spending a lot of time in la lately. ive been having a lot of fun and excitement on the weekends, so it just sort of feels like i have to play catchup or take a break from all the fun for a few days before i can go back to having fun on the weekends. if that makes any sense at all.
i am _so_ excited about moving down to la in a few months. i know a lot has to be done before i can actually move down there, but im just totally digging it. ask me 3 years ago where i thought i would be now and la would have been the last place in my mind. lets face it, i cant stand the traffic, lack of parking, smog, and "superficialness" of the surroundings. but i LOVE it.
im not a bar girl. i can't drink many drinks that they sell at bars because (1) they are expensive and (2) they are really strong. i dont really know what to do with myself at bars. just...lounge? and nurse my $8 cocktail? meh. caffeine is my drug of choice.
which brings me to this awesome dive that i discovered (thanks to daniel brummel of ozma..more about that later) in pasadena. get this: on sundays it's the rec hall of a church. during the week its a coffee bar featuring local talents. $4 cover with all the coffee/tea/amazing music you can stomach. i loved it like heck. people need to make more places like this.
im really excited about finding a community in la. im sort of at a crossroads right now, though. i find myself constantly thinking about where im going to live next year. while it would be _amazing_ to live with jess, its so hard to make plans right now because neither of us really know where well be in a couple of months. itd be amazing to live in melrose/hollywood, but parking is sort of a problem and if im going out to hollywood id have to drive and pay for parking anyway. hollywood is the closest thing id ever come to living in a "city".
right now, im really looking into the pasadena and surrounding areas. im trying to decide if i should find a roommate or just find a nice place for myself. and there are nice singles out there within my budget. currently, im leaning towards the single idea. my friend brought up a good point: i only have about 3-5 years to really assert my independence (also the typical time it takes me to move through management within the company) before i start to really think for two and live with a boy and all that fun stuff. the downside is that im going to have a tendancy to keep to myself and get outside of my comfort zone to make friends and to build that community, but i think ive learned a lot about myself this semester and have discovered some character flaws and have been working on them which has helped for preparing for next year. that was longwinded.
and also, i'd be able to walk around in my pajamas all day.
ive been baking a lot. yesterday, i made a vanilla cinnamon swirl bundt cake that sort of foiled because i tried to take it out of the pan while it was too hot. today, i tried to make a low fat chocolate banana bundt cake. right now its cooling. oh heck its only 5:30? i thought it was 6:30. score i have another hour to let it cool.
im being honored tonight at a bishop scholar's event for graduating. yay for being done with school in about 6 weeks. commsymp is going really well and i am SO excited for it. i want to hug it and show it off and i wish everyone could make it.
so thats me right now : ) how are you? i haven't talked to _any_ of you in a really really long time.
ive been spending a lot of time in la lately. ive been having a lot of fun and excitement on the weekends, so it just sort of feels like i have to play catchup or take a break from all the fun for a few days before i can go back to having fun on the weekends. if that makes any sense at all.
i am _so_ excited about moving down to la in a few months. i know a lot has to be done before i can actually move down there, but im just totally digging it. ask me 3 years ago where i thought i would be now and la would have been the last place in my mind. lets face it, i cant stand the traffic, lack of parking, smog, and "superficialness" of the surroundings. but i LOVE it.
im not a bar girl. i can't drink many drinks that they sell at bars because (1) they are expensive and (2) they are really strong. i dont really know what to do with myself at bars. just...lounge? and nurse my $8 cocktail? meh. caffeine is my drug of choice.
which brings me to this awesome dive that i discovered (thanks to daniel brummel of ozma..more about that later) in pasadena. get this: on sundays it's the rec hall of a church. during the week its a coffee bar featuring local talents. $4 cover with all the coffee/tea/amazing music you can stomach. i loved it like heck. people need to make more places like this.
im really excited about finding a community in la. im sort of at a crossroads right now, though. i find myself constantly thinking about where im going to live next year. while it would be _amazing_ to live with jess, its so hard to make plans right now because neither of us really know where well be in a couple of months. itd be amazing to live in melrose/hollywood, but parking is sort of a problem and if im going out to hollywood id have to drive and pay for parking anyway. hollywood is the closest thing id ever come to living in a "city".
right now, im really looking into the pasadena and surrounding areas. im trying to decide if i should find a roommate or just find a nice place for myself. and there are nice singles out there within my budget. currently, im leaning towards the single idea. my friend brought up a good point: i only have about 3-5 years to really assert my independence (also the typical time it takes me to move through management within the company) before i start to really think for two and live with a boy and all that fun stuff. the downside is that im going to have a tendancy to keep to myself and get outside of my comfort zone to make friends and to build that community, but i think ive learned a lot about myself this semester and have discovered some character flaws and have been working on them which has helped for preparing for next year. that was longwinded.
and also, i'd be able to walk around in my pajamas all day.
ive been baking a lot. yesterday, i made a vanilla cinnamon swirl bundt cake that sort of foiled because i tried to take it out of the pan while it was too hot. today, i tried to make a low fat chocolate banana bundt cake. right now its cooling. oh heck its only 5:30? i thought it was 6:30. score i have another hour to let it cool.
im being honored tonight at a bishop scholar's event for graduating. yay for being done with school in about 6 weeks. commsymp is going really well and i am SO excited for it. i want to hug it and show it off and i wish everyone could make it.
so thats me right now : ) how are you? i haven't talked to _any_ of you in a really really long time.