Los Angeles....call me home

Well I arrived in Los Angeles last night. Tiffany hosts kareoke on monday nights so we went there....it was actually pretty fun. i met a couple people, jeff, mike, cameron and justin....yeah i know..all guys, but i am not sure that tiffany has girlfriends. just kidding, i know she does...just happened that way.
Today we went to the mall to find Tiffany a black dress for Trinas wedding this weekend and to find Joe a job, because he has no money. all day in a mall trying to find a black dress...somewhat exhausting but fun. I dont know what people were talking about before i left about LA....they must have not been where i have been. the people are at times more friendly than in Cincinnati. they look at you and smile. the apartment is near Los Feliz, which is not far from Hollywood. We are very close to Burbank and Melrose. Its a pretty good neighborhood, its no Beverly Hills, but its not Compton either. The apartment is much bigger than i imagined. The freeways are not as crowded as i thought either...just like Cincinnati, depends on what time of day you decide to drive them. But so far my experiences have been great. i dont feel like i dont belong here. i actually feel quite at home. i have a list of things that i plan to accomplish while i am here, which is a start to getting to where i want to be. i dont know how long i will stay...at this point it still feels like some sort of surreal dream, but not a vacation, maybe a little one. i have put in some resumes and tiff has been trying to pull some strings for me. i have to be really careful with how much money i spend because i know it can run out fast...tomorrow we must go grocery shopping because i can not afford to eat out all the time....its expensive. so far gas is 2.45 a gallon for the unleaded....crazy..but its more expensive because they purify it so much to make it better for the environment...supposively. food is expensive, but its not like eating at mcdonalds with the dollar menu...we were at the mall and everything there is overpriced. tomorrow tiff and i are giong to melrose to go shopping at some really trendy stores (like shopping on short vine and mt adams....or cool stores like urban outfitters (though cheaper)). i decided i want to be a hippy....then i decided that i did not want to limit myself to one identity, when i am cute enough to pull so much more off. we went to a bunch of stores today that sell those bohemian style skirts, like the ones i got in israel, for WAY more than i spent in israel. gyspy skirts i guess you could call them too. they are fun...
tomorrow we are going to melrose, crunch and washington mutual...shop, workout and get a bank account. well thats the plan. thursday there are no real plans and friday i am the photographer (candid digital) for trina and patricks wedding and also on saturday. i am even in the program!!! i didnt realize that until today...kind of cool. i think i will try to get some business cards printed out...ya know...networking!!! its all about who you know here...it really is!!
ill come right back....gotta take the dogs for walk...
c.ALIce