Escape from L.A.
Q. When do you know it’s a good time to pack it up and take it home? I hate my job, my relationship will never be anything serious, and the place I am living is hell and I don’t have it in me to sign on to another year in this place. I am considering doing a sublet for the rest of the summer, but then again can I last another LA summer?
A. You’ll know that it’s time to move on when you feel that you’ve exhausted every LA storyline there is, and the next season of your life can be relocated to a place with a cheaper overhead and tax incentives.
It sounds like you really may be at that point, but I’d suggest spending the rest of the summer as a last-ditch effort to try and address these issues, before throwing in the towel. At the very least, you can spend that time getting a really nice tan. (The subsequent sunspots and non-malignant moles will serve as a permanent reminder of your days in California. Yay memories!)
Let’s start with one of the easier problems to remedy — your housing situation. In addition to looking for a sublet, there’s also the option of finding a place that operates on a month-to-month basis. Should you stick around beyond Labor Day, you won’t have to worry about moving again, which is an inherent annoyance with sublets.
If the thrill is gone in your current relationship, stop wasting your time. No need to be weighed down by that anchor when you can spend your time looking for a more satisfactory seasonal fling.
As for that job thing, if you’re serious about breaking up with LA, quit your job and find something menial that can finance your “summratime” of fun. If you’re going to stay in town, then there are a myriad of job boards to visit, connections to work, alumni to guilt, and potential bosses to sleep with that can put you on a better career path.
So to summarize - Take action, cut the dead weight, and print some resumes. Or, to paraphrase one Ms. Ashley Simpson, “Hollywood may suck you in, but it won’t spit you out.” (This coming from a girl who got plastic surgery a year after this song was released, but it’s still a nice sentiment).
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