And for the first time, it feels so good. Everything feels so good! Amazing trip back home, amazing expanse of glittering lights to welcome me west. Life is oozing with possibilities.

to be a journal (at least, a “hipper,” more “with it” version of my clunky mid-2000s xanga):

A quick rundown of all things life.

1. I had a Halloween party! And it was glorious. I’d originally intended to be Jo Calderone this year, but the wig looked janky beyond belief - and without the wig, you got nothin’. Wig or it didn’t happen. I was also of the [correct] opinion that I would get little to no male attention if I went full drag king. So I slapped together a Mia Wallace ensemble instead, and with a syringe taped to my abundant black-bra’d chest, I think it turned out really well.
Lots of awesome people came; a little more than I expected but not enough to turn my modest little apartment into a disruptive rager. We had a keg, sangria with little plastic fingers in it, cobwebs like none oth! And there was lots of friendly mingling. RV people, Sagehens, Circle people, randoms. Overall good vibes. One big yay.

2. It is now November. This means the wind is picking up, whistling around the crumbly architecture of my LA hood, and California winter is upon us. An awesome season. Perfect for scarves and artful poses where I shove my hands in my pockets and brood. I also desperately need to overhaul my wardrobe, because I feel like I have little-to-no appropriate chilly-weather work clothes.

3. The job. It’s going well. Except for taking the bus, which will change when I purhcase a sparkly used car. My days are long, but fulfilling, interesting. I read astronomical amounts of scripts. Getting used to the format, which I never really liked before – I crave narration and long useless passages of flowery description, but now I’m beginning to appreciate the subtlety of dialogue. Visualizing the whole film rising up around a page of conversation. But only when I read the good stuff, which is few and far between.
Anyway. I really like the other assistants, it’s a fun office, and the independence of having my boss on the East coast appeals particularly to me; I hunker down in my corner and bang out task after task in my own little world. I’m also a sucker for little industry perks like premieres, screeners, chances to inch way too close to an obscure celebrity. So I’m learning to see the good in this business, this kind of job, this town. Wherever life takes me, it’s undeniable that there’s something electric, special, about buzzing like a tiny bee inside the beating heart of film and television. I still romanticize New York, but it will always be there - LA is my home, at least for now, and I gots to embrace it.

I guess that’s it. Have to work on Nick’s birthday prezzie after work. And re-watch Glee, which I was too tired (physically and in a larger fan sense) to process last night.

that’s ending on a high note.
Saturday was full of warm and familiar fun (and a good buzz)
and Sunday was sunny, slow, and productive in its own small way.

I also wanted to use this gif of Robert Downey Jr.