Well I made it. I made it through 3 days of my father singing 'California Here I Come' every time we past into a new county. I made it through 3 days of, while very pretty, very boring country side; I'd like to thank Ludlow, California for miraculously showing up right as the gas was about to become non-existent. I made it to the point where all of my boxes are unpacked, furniture has been purchased, TV and internet have been hooked up, and groceries have been procured. I am currently sitting on my lovely queen bed watching what seems to be a horrible horror movie staring Renee Zelwegger/Bradley Cooper about some sort of demonic kid. Been there, seen that. But hey, it's on Netflix and I just set up my Blu-Ray player with internet so I felt proud of myself.
For those who don't know, I got a job as a production assistant for a CBS Films production that starts shooting on the 7th of November. So needless to say, I managed to land a job, find an apartment, and drive 1400 miles to an entirely new and foreign land all in about a three months time. The only good part about having to do it so quickly is that I didn't have a whole lot of time to think about it or realize that what I was doing may have been considered to some as certifiably insane.
So, we went through Albuquerque and Kingman, AZ to get there, but here I am in a 500 sq. feet studio apartment that I'm paying double what I would in Dallas. Believe it or not, that's a deal out here. Especially with a washer and a dryer. The trip wasn't as horrible as I anticipated, we split it into three days and at least had a Rangers game to look forward to each evening. We don't count game 3, as I've deduced that was a fluke and will never happen again. We got here Monday morning and went straight to Ikea worried that we'd have to get the mattress delivered so the earlier the better. Word for the wise: if you get a memory foam mattress they roll them up and can fit perfectly in a Ford Escape. My car's gotten quite the work out having hauled my entire life cross country and then two dressers, two chairs, a desk, and a mattress all within the past 5 days. I never want to put another piece of furniture together again.
So work doesn't start for another week and a half so that time will be spent trying to navigate this city. I made it to and from LAX yesterday and have decided that I need to make friends quickly and/or need people to come visit me so that I can use that damn HOV lane. I think it's the only way people get there in any sort of timely fashion in this town. So that's your cue people, come save me from LA traffic.
Tonight is game 6 of the World Series, it was supposed to be last night but I'm sure my dad called in a favor or something because it was suddenly raining in St. Louis. His flight would've coincided exactly with the game. I however was stuck with nothing to do last but unpack and go to Target; the only non-sketchy one mind you, is about 20 minutes away, right next to the only Wendy's I have yet to find in this town. I made it through my first night alone and only woke up once at 3:15, the advantage of that being that while it's 3:15 here it's 5:15 back home, and that gives me more options for late night TV viewing.
So that's that, my current life in a nutshell. I'll update again once I start working and have more to update with.
Off to watch demon girl.
