Los Angeles

So after years of always saying I would NEVER move to Los Angeles I did... Yup. I am now an official resident of the most populated city in California. Roughly 3,792,621... plus me. (By the way, while looking that last number up I found out my hometown of Anaheim is number 10. Which means that all the cities I've lived in are in the top 10! Booya!) My home base is now a sparsely furnished apartment in Silver Lake, right off of Sunset and near a bunch of interesting cafes, bars, restaurants, and boutiques. Despite it's reputation of being a hipster hangout the entire area got a little less cool since I took up an address here. I am pretty happy I can walk to not one but both The Silverlake Lounge, AND The Satellite. Not to mention I got the hook up at The Music Box and maybe if I ask nicely, Ocean Way Recording Studios.

So how did I get here? Well about 6 months ago I started working in Hollywood at a place called Bandago. It's a company that rents tour ready vehicles to touring artists. You may be wondering "Kyle, which artists... Come on tell me which ones?!?!" Well, I'll tell you. They've rented to some of my favorite bands... Rx Bandits, Saves The Day, Beirut, and bands I don't love so much like Sum 41, Peter, Bjorn, and John, and a slew of other bands I know nothing about but are probably very decent. This job allowed me to drive all over this fine country of ours in vans that are equipped with outlets to charge laptops, cell phones, provide wireless internet access, play CDs, iPods and iPhones, and still store all your band gear. Because of this awesome job I was able to visit places like New York city, Chicago, Salt Lake city, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, and even North Platte Nebraska.

So wait... why did I move here? Well, cause when you work in LA but live elsewhere you have two somewhat crappy options... Drive (I'd rather cut off my right foot) or take the train (at least I can sleep at the same time.) I did the whole train thing for a while... 4 months or so. After some time it became clear that if I was going to be making a living in LA and living in Anaheim I wouldn't really feel like I was actually living at all. It just took too much time out of the day. Not like I have a wife and kids to consider. So I packed up my bag and moved into Garrett Sadlers living room where every night I hand pumped an air mattress up till it was about to pop and dreamt of my own apartment. At the same time I was doing that and saving money up, my future roommate Scotty Cantino was feverishly looking for a new home. I lucked out because his watchful Craigslist eye found a very decent, exceptionally located 2 bedroom in Silver Lake. After a non-confrontational price negotiation with our landlord we landed this sweet pad for less than asking, and an installation of blinds for the windows. Yep, we're just that good. So we've been here for a month now... since August 15th and the place looks like two guys are still moving in. It's on its way though to becoming the coolest apartment that has ever occupied this address.

Since then I have actually been offered a new job working for a PR firm in Hollywood called Wagstaff Worldwide. I took this opportunity despite still enjoying my current position at Bandago. You may wonder "Why Kyle? WHY?!" Well, for many reasons but I won't bore you with them here. I'll just say that I think it will be a growing experience personally and professionally and in the long run a very positive decision.

So after many years of working my damn ass off in Anaheim I have moved up only to work my damn ass off in Los Angeles, but I'm glad to do it. So many thanks to my friends and my family for helping me even if you didn't always agree with what I was doing. Too many people to list but I've got you written down in my heart and I love all of you.

More updates to come, probably about music and not so much my boring life updates. But if you're having trouble falling asleep feel free to read this over again.