I'm insom. I'm 23. I dropped out of NYU film school and now I work for a tech/ad company doing design, user interfaces, front end coding, product photography, video editing, some producing and a lot of powerpoints/marketing materials. I grew up and now live in a beach town in LA. I have a super sick apartment 3 blocks from the beach that I adore but spend almost no time at since I'm consistently working or drinking. I have also lived in New York and a couple months in Maine and Leominster (central mass) where I developed a love for hockey, cheap beers and darts with my ex digi. I'm not very good at relationships. I spend my time juggling work, class, Hubski, TinCan, freelance projects and having fun. I love being busy and challenged and learning new things. I think everyone in this world can add something of value to your life if you listen to them long enough. I despise being bored or working on something that doesn't challenge me to solve a problem. I dislike working with people who don't add value to a conversation or project but still maintain their authority and make decisions on subjects they know little about. I use the word fuck and cunt far too much about these types of people which occasionally gets me in trouble. Recently in class we had an assignment to describe each other in one word. Here is my list: I think it's pretty accurate, although my classmates were obviously too nice to blatantly call me "loud." I enjoy camping and getting out of cell range. I travel as much as I can which isn't much lately. After dropping out of school I took off to Australia where I lived for three months. The next place on my list is either Berlin or somewhere in South America.
Is LA worth moving out to? I've been to Oakland for a day, wine country for a week, so my California experience is slim. But I like to be surrounded by people and I wanna move out of my hometown of Baltimore. I don't really like New York City, I've visited a bunch and it's not entirely for me. I just like hearing about people's reasons for moving out the left coast.
It is nice. I like it. I'm not in the heart of LA. I'm in this little bubble known as the South Bay which is just beach and beach and bars and beach. There isn't much traffic. I am still close enough to LA LA to party in Hollywood or Santa Monica and Venice and Culver City when I want to though and I have a lot of friends who live there. But I prefer this town because it's a nice balance between city and not city life. Plus, the rent isn't horrendous.
Do you need to know lots of people to make it worth your while? I know.. 2 or 3? people who live in LA, but I couldn't even tell you where. I make friends easily enough, but I'm also into working and then drinking during my free time, and doing that with friends is practically a prerequisite.
I don't know. It's not terribly hard for me to meet people and I don't mind going out alone or taking a nice bike ride or skate around alone. That is an issue with any place you move though. One of the things I love doing is taking classes at my local community college. The night classes are full of people from such a wide range of life that you usually end up making new friends quickly.
Ok, community college classes. I'll remember that. Thanks insom