“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Harris, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” – The Freeway Sign in L.A. Story

I love this movie, don’t you? It’ from 1991, it has Steve Martin as a weatherman who doesn’t use doppler radar, it tells the story of Los Angeles so beautifully. I have seen this movie proabably fifty times, I have been watching it since I was a teenager,  and I am always seeing new things.

I am an LA native.  I really love this town.  I feel a part of it.  I sometimes feel that the city moves things for me, to help me.  The city is alive, do you ever feel that? Like it wants to cause dreams to be fulfilled. It pulls all these dreamers here, doesn’t it?  Some are dashed, some are lived, some are changed entirely.  But all that creative force is here, always.

I keep thinking that you’ve got to want it. You gotta really just love this town and everything that is possible here. It is this nexus of creativity and media, anything can happen. It is so vast and open and full of life.  But you must love this city, for she is a fickle goddess. Speak out against the traffic, or heat, or people and she will smack you down with a desert fury.  Instead, love the wildfires, earthquakes and crazies. This is our city, and she loves us.

Man, I wanna go for a drive.

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