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California How to be an ally: What you can do as a bystander to race-based harassment or violence. Jaclyn Cosgrove. Follow Us twitter instagram email facebook. Subscribers Are Reading. Lifestyle The L. Only after they have brought everything to near disaster. LA is the trendsetter. And that is especially sad because,. Your main product, the entertainment industry, should be put out of its misery or is it should put us out of our misery. But people will still pay to watch Batman 12 or whatever junk LA puts out.
This is as much an indictment of the rest of the US as LA. But LA is the provider. And while NYC has Wall Street, there are other things in the city to make up for that center of greed and exploitation. All of LA is permeated by Hollywood and its delusional drugs. And Wall Street still serves some purpose, even if it is in need of a good kick in the jaw. I could go on about the filth but that should come as no surprise to anyone , the price of renting and of living in general and people love to compare all of LA to Manhattan.
Can I say the same about other cities? To a degree, but not to the same degree as La-la land, the land of fruits and nuts. And some the food, for example , are really unique to LA. And, yes, I have my own damaged dreams, but those have nothing to do with my utter contempt for this place. Here, I can say two things:. You get relatively fresh produce year round due to the climate. And you can probably really enjoy the climate if you are rich. So, move out if you hate it so much, right?
As soon as possible. I have been in LA but thankfully never of LA. And I tried. I really did. But at least you can always say LA is not Detroit. Or Camden. And I hear Chicago has got pretty bad, too. I have to respectfully disagree. LA has a lot of unfriendly, self-absorbed people. I lived in New Jersey, Colorado, Vermont and other places and met a lot of decent nice people there. Not everyone here is like that, but there are many, many people who are living in this city on their own terms, writing their own maps to navigate this fucked-up world, and trusting themselves when everything else falls to ruin.
There are a lot of true freaks. The hardest thing to be in L. That impatient sound alone — shared by agents and producers, too — makes me break out in hives immediately.
The tiny, strange microcosm of Hollywood does not reflect the true nature of this massive city, and it never has. You need to be the miserable freak that you are right now. You need to lie down on the ground and cry right along with him. You are two bewildered animals who feel all kinds of crazy things.
Surviving in a marriage requires accepting that both partners have wild, unexpected feelings that are not some moral verdict on who they are. Being brutally honest without feeling ashamed will set you both free and make you closer. Letting go of the person you used to be, and becoming who you are now. Letting the porcupine be a puppy. You might not want to become the kind of person who talks about feelings without throwing a punchline in at the end, but trust me, life is a lot more relaxing and happy among the unabashedly honest and unashamed.
The somewhat paradoxical secret to feeling good in fake, cheerful L. Most of the people I know here love honesty. People can tell. Surviving past the age of 35 is humbling no matter where you live. Ten years ago, that was me. I wanted a lot more. I wanted everything. No one seemed to like me anymore.
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