too much in 'n out.

LA, i'm learning, is not exactly an eating culture. maybe i should have already realized this, but it goes beyond a few bulimarexic chicks and weirdos. like, the normals aren't really big eaters either.

i have started going for hours and hours without food, and i won't notice until i'm starving. the problem is that i'm a scatter brain, and without the non-verbal cues from other people, i can barely keep my car on the right side of the road. basically, i never see other people eating to remind myself to chomp down. and i live alone so i starve. two nights ago, i actually ate half a can of corn from the dollar tree for dinner. then i ate the other half for breakfast today. seriously. this could help my fledgling career, though, so i don't think this is a complaint. more of an observation. hollywood loves anorexic chicks and meat heads. just watch... any show on TV.

today i had a couple of rehearsals and then hiked up to the griffith observatory in los feliz. it is beautiful up there! my jiujitsu teacher (i could only blog about him, i promise) said that he tends to feel cut off from nature here in LA, but i wanted to ask him if he's spent any time in new york? yowza. here i actually see trees and animals and can drive for 5 minutes and get to griffith park or runyon canyon. it's perfect. i'm also learning that not only is LA a non-eating culture, but it's an exercise obsessed culture. there were hordes of people hiking today and running (!) up the hills. the image of runners and USC kids filming the landscape while talking loudly on his iPhone to the producers juxtaposed against the HOLLYWOOD sign gave me a strange sense of joy. i think the other actress i was with almost gave that kid her headshot and rez... almost. 

after that hike and rehearsals, i was starving so i did what any LA-er would do: i got in my car and drove through the in 'n out drive thru. hey, if i'm not eating regularly i might as well stuff my face, animal style.