If you find me sporting a few days stubble and inked up with some meaningless tattoo's and wearing a ridiculous rat pack style hat with a snarky attitude as I head towards Seattle. You have my notarized permission to smoother me with a pillow. Unless of course you yourself are a hipster. Then all bets are off.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Italian Suits
I just walked into my deluxe closet sized apartment damp from sweat. The walk from Union Station to 8th and Main was nice. I choose the less polished more gritty Los Angeles street, over the hipster filled Spring, for the adventure of it and to see all the Italian suit makers open for business. I love walking by the suit makers, every shop on the block has a guy standing near the entrance who looks like he is old school downtown LA. Not DTLA as the young, and annoyingly hip, call it. No these guys were here when downtown was rugged, almost brutal. Makes me want to buy a suit, except I hope to never need one for the rest of my life.
It's a beautiful day. This morning, as the sun was rising, I tested out the bus and Gold Line to Pasadena to see if I can seriously entertain taking a job out there. I would have loved to spend most of the day walking around scouting photo spots, but duty calls. Every single stinking call I get about a job asks the same question: "Have any MVC and Entity Framework experience?" My deep desire is to snap back with an angry "No, because both of them are stupid and I hate stupid" But I know that stands me very little chance to get hired so I have the lame, "No, but I'm working on it." Which I am and why I'm back in my apartment, learning stupid.
I know this blog is supposed to be about my journey to find the art in life, but for now it's been temporarily sidetracked by my rash decision to sign a 12 month lease in this downtown apartment. It was originally pitched as a 6 month lease, which would have been a wonderful adventure, but at the last second I couldn't handle the curve ball. Real apartments with a bathroom that do not require me to dress for company all required a 12 month commitment. So here I am in what feels like a prison sentence. The rough sketch plan is to enjoy LA, find a job, save some money, then head off on more adventures, specifically the photo journey to Cuba that I MUST take.
Meanwhile, LA is an amazing place for urban photography. I could easily spend three months shooting Broadway alone. Every turn is an interesting street and building. Yesterday I went to the top of the City Hall building and got some great 360 photos of LA. Views like this...
It's a beautiful day. This morning, as the sun was rising, I tested out the bus and Gold Line to Pasadena to see if I can seriously entertain taking a job out there. I would have loved to spend most of the day walking around scouting photo spots, but duty calls. Every single stinking call I get about a job asks the same question: "Have any MVC and Entity Framework experience?" My deep desire is to snap back with an angry "No, because both of them are stupid and I hate stupid" But I know that stands me very little chance to get hired so I have the lame, "No, but I'm working on it." Which I am and why I'm back in my apartment, learning stupid.
I know this blog is supposed to be about my journey to find the art in life, but for now it's been temporarily sidetracked by my rash decision to sign a 12 month lease in this downtown apartment. It was originally pitched as a 6 month lease, which would have been a wonderful adventure, but at the last second I couldn't handle the curve ball. Real apartments with a bathroom that do not require me to dress for company all required a 12 month commitment. So here I am in what feels like a prison sentence. The rough sketch plan is to enjoy LA, find a job, save some money, then head off on more adventures, specifically the photo journey to Cuba that I MUST take.
Meanwhile, LA is an amazing place for urban photography. I could easily spend three months shooting Broadway alone. Every turn is an interesting street and building. Yesterday I went to the top of the City Hall building and got some great 360 photos of LA. Views like this...
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