Why I hated LA.
Posted by candyposes on 02 Feb 2007 at 12:34 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I recently came back from a trip to LA that left me less than impressed with the city. I found it depressing, sprawling, and congested. I worked with a couple of great photographers, and where I was staying in Santa Monica was beautiful, but this was the first city out of all the ones I’ve visited for modeling that left a bad taste in my mouth.
I’ve been trying to find out why that was, and I think I’ve figured it out- I didn’t have any support network outside of photographers there.
In all the other cities, I could overlook flaws because I had people there I knew on a friendship level, even if it was only from online. In some cases, these people even let me stay with them (by the way, everyone should hire the Boston-based Isobel Wren- she’s adorably awesome). I always had the phone number of someone who I knew was somewhere in the city and wouldn’t have a problem coming to my rescue.
Now, it’s worth noting that I didn’t get nearly as lonely, or lost, or broke in Seattle, New York, or Boston as I did in LA. But, if I had, there were people I could have turned to who didn’t have cameras in their hands. I didn’t have any such person in LA.
Knowing this soured the trip more than a bit- but I’ve learned how important people are in my life. No matter how independent a woman I claim to be, I have to remember and be thankful for them.
Um, I’m not sure you should hate a city simply because you have no friends there.
Besides, you could have called me!
I understand why the lack of friendly buffer made the smoggy sprawl less enjoyable. And, not sure I could handle LA without independent transportation. Welcome home!
just linked you.
fine blog work.
and don`t read the title of my blog ….
also: LA is a shitbox and people go there to die. so it makes sense that it gave off a bad vibe. i have tried many different modes of living happily there, and none of them worked.
Wow. I didn’t come to LA to die. Mostly I like it here.
You are so right, everyone should hire Isobel after they hire you (heck, they should hire you two together.)
What’s really cool about Isobel is that I was the first person to produce commerical bondage photos of her for public consumption. Then, when she went to FetishCon that summer, her career took off.
I sure hope you’re planning a trip to Tampa this August to be at FetishCon too! I’m sure you could be to the 2007 convention what Isobel was to the 2005 convention.
M
I find you to be strikingly beautiful. I especially like that you’re not obsessively trimmed…it gives your photos a real earthiness. Thanks