Hello from California!

I haven't posted on my blog in ages. I haven't written Sweet Valley reviews. I haven't even baked a cake in months. But I have a good excuse, as you may or may not be aware:

Grad School.

I'm here getting my MFA in screenwriting, which is impossible to tell anyone without a sheepish grin. Doing this meant moving to Orange County. Moving across the country has been stressful and expensive, but OH MY GOD THE SUN. It woke me up this morning, hot and bright on my forehead. I don't close the blinds at night because this is my favorite way to wake up. I'm not sure if it's because I am a native desert person or because of the decades of sun deprivation in Chicago, but I don't care. The sun is my favorite.

I should probably be writing stories about the stories I've been writing, or post links to some of the weird videos I've made. I could write reviews of the movies I saw this week, or talk about the intense pleasure of standing outside a multiplex at one in the morning and debating the details of every aspect of a movie (it was Cloud Atlas) with about 10 of my film school peers. But, instead, I'll just share some photos I've taken since I've been here. I think you'll find them sunny (sorry to rub it in, rest-of-the-country-ites).

a wall of sodas at watson drugs

...just to rile up my St. Louis family :)

an intersection next to campus in orange

The Marty's in Orange isn't quite as swanky as the one in Chicago.

Dad came to visit in September. We went to the beach.

 

pelicans are freaking huge

Newport Beach from the Pier

This pelican looked at me.

seriously the best thing about california

I accidentally ended up in San Juan Capistrano for about 5 minutes.

Orange does a huge antique business. I didn't buy this.

A view of my apartment from the other part of my apartment.

I got a tour of Laguna Beach from my friend Skye. This pretty much sums it up.

My notes from a screenwriting class. Nice work, Flaxbart.

I found Eisenhower Park behind my house. It's my new favorite place.

I found this to be a particularly dope bird. (That's how I talk now.)

another part of Eisenhower Park

this is still sort of accurate

that one corner in orange where it kinda seems like a city for a second

chillin by a fountain at the center of main campus

I was just thinking about how it's November.

More later. Promise.

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