I Love L.A.

Going to school & working take up a lot of my time. I don't often get to step back and enjoy the day. But sometimes, an unexpected opportunity comes up and my day gets just a bit brighter.

Being inside for the majority of my days does not allow for much natural light to illuminate my life. However, today my roommates and I got to take a little trip up to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. We got there just in time, before the rain hit. As we walked through the exhibits, we came to a hallway with a long window overlooking the 405 freeway and Los Angeles. We stopped and stared out at the city, with its layer of visible atmosphere hovering over it, about to be broken through by rain at any moment. The light hung over the landscape as if you could really see every atom and particle that made it up. The sun and clouds were fighting each other, but the sun was still winning, if only by a slight margin. The clouds were not nice enough to let the sun color the earth its usual sunny yellow. Instead, only a layer of grey was cast over the city.

I usually hate rainy weather, but from this point, atop a hill, overlooking the city I have lived in all my life and love with all my heart, I began to appreciate what gloomy weather does for the beauty of the earth. Not only does it replenish and revive it, but it also allows us to view the world in a different light--literally; a light that is often under-appreciated, but when given the proper attention, can be beautiful in its own unique way.

Pictures like this (http://twitpic.com/ymgqe) are the reason I love Los Angeles... minus the smog :) (Sorry, I had to upload it somewhere else. For some reason it wouldn't let me upload a photo straight to the blog :(.)