Love/Hate: LA

Rave:  I love that, in LA, everyone has a notebook/netbook/ipad/legal pad/laptop tucked under their arm in public.  Walking down the street, through coffee shops, and virtually anywhere people gather, people are inspired to jot things down.  Stacks of paper litter tabletops everywhere I go.  I just love that this city is obsessed with creating things, making people laugh, and sharing their zany thoughts and ideas worldwide.  I feels like things are happening here, and it is incredible to participate.  You get the feeling that everybody and anybody sitting next to you is on the verge of the Next Great Something.  

Rant: I hate that, in LA, people are obsessed with being discovered.  Everyone, virtually everywhere, is giving themselves strained necks in order to constantly be looking over their shoulders.  People are overwhelmingly consumed with the idea that the person sitting next to them anywhere could/will be the person to make them Someone.  I, officially, am making conscious efforts to not get wrapped up.  Seriously, celeb gossip is fun for about 5 minutes when they're live in front of you, and then it's ass numbingly boring.  These PEOPLE  make crap that smells as putrid as everyone else's, and they're just as awkward as well.