Well, I've been in Los Angeles for a week now, and despite the rain, the potholes and the crazy drivers, I love it here!
Leaving Vancouver, I received so many warnings of how the roads were going to be terrible, but all in all, other than the first day which was a downpour of rain, the drive was beautiful, especially driving through southern Oregon and into California.
After arriving in Los Angeles, I could feel my excitement building as I walked up the steps into my new Beverly Hills apartment, that was, until I looked into my "room" and my heart dropped. The "room" was the size of a walk in closet, and lining all of the available walls were tupperware tubs full of stuff, and a large bookshelf absolutely full of books and pictures and nick-knacks, making the room 8x8 space more like 6x6 for me to fit all of my belongings. My bed is a bunk bed with the bed above and the desk below, and so I set about going to IKEA and Staples for dressers and such to help with the compact space. Thankfully, since there wasn't a closet, there was a clothes rack that was at my disposal at the apartment that I used as a makeshift closet pushed against the bookshelf. Now, the room feels more like home to me, it's still a little more cluttered than I would normally like, but I've made it work.
My school schedule is crazy, school from 9:30am-8:30pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, even sometimes Saturdays. Thankfully, we get Wednesday and Friday off for screenwriting. Tomorrow I go in for my first of 2 orientations this week, then school officially starts on Monday and I'm excited(80%)/nervous(20%). I'm pretty excited about the perks of the school though, I've been receiving regular invites to Screenings and then Q&A's at the Warner Brothers Studio with people like Ron Howard and Garry Marshall. I can't wait to start attending those!
I've also fallen in love with Santa Monica. I found a cheap place to park (parking can be an issue some places out here) for $1/hour so I can jog on the beach. It's beautiful there! I truly have made the right decision for my life. This is where I'm meant to be!
