Day 2 and 3-- The Depths of Hell
Day 2
For my second day LA, I decided that I would become a true Los Angelino and adopt a foul attitude with stunner shades and hot lip gloss. To kick off my new day with my new LA attitude, I pulled out my lipgloss and hair pins and decided that I would do any non-self-respecting Hollywood chick would do while driving--put on her make-up. And, to my surprise, it does shave off about ten minutes from your "getting ready" time. It also increases the chance of death from not paying attention to the road, but just like any LA resident, I was going to value vanity over my own life.
Day 3
My one new thing a day in LA is getting increasingly easier. 30 Day LA for me is not about going to a new trendy restaurant or bar a day, but being able to survive in a city where people actually think that they can escape the police by initiating a car chase. It's like they think they can get away. You can never get away! Since this city is all about speed, the one new thing that I tried to do today was try to actually relax. I live in Hollywood, where normal people and prostitutes commingle together like yellow and brown M&M's in a bag. The good part about Hollywood is that the views of the city are amazing. So, I went up to the rooftop pool and had a smoke amongst the smog. I overlooked downtown LA, the Hollywood Hills, and I realized that only in this crazy kamikaze place can I have a view of both The Hills where druglords dwell in their 50 million dollar homes and also catch a glimpse of the blinking Hollywood lights and Downtown LA. Of course, I also got a good view of the moon which burned red in the middle of the night like the depths of hell. But when the red moon sunk low enough into smog where I couldn't see it anymore, I felt lucky to be there. Single, young, and getting to start my career where so many other people have come to "make it." And then I felt sad, because I wouldn't be able to enjoy it since the smog was gonna kill me, well that or I really am in the depths of hell--the moon burns red! That can't be good.