(via sunshinemakesmehigh)
Greetings, my LA friends. Please show Lauren your nice city! She doesn’t bite, I promise.
I don’t bite, either. I just moved to the LA area as well. People are super friendly. LA gets knocked down a lot for being a bunch of arrogant asshats, but there are some great people here!
I really explored the different facets of southern California and became familiar with my surroundings and am finally branching out and meeting people. It’s not easy, and for someone like me who is experiencing sudden and crippling Adult Onset Shyness, it sucks. I hate putting myself out there. People are happy to help, but I’ve experienced both ends of the spectrum: I have people that are awesome and want to help me meet cool people AND THEN there are those people (I cringe writing this) who make you sound like a social pariah and say, “Hey! Let me introduce to ________. I’ll just tell them that you’re new in town and don’t have any friends AT ALL and we’ll see if they want to hang out with you!”
Um, no thanks. Did I mention I hate meeting new people? I do.
I’ve heard a lot of people out here have had success at meetup.com (legit site for people who just want to meet and make friends that share common interests, like knitting or Satanism), you can meet people at church, or you can be like me and live the life of a hobbit. Lots of choices.
First things first, though: get to the beach!
Enjoy LA!
