Los Angeles, or California rather, is known for its consistent warm weather. And anytime it’s not hot and sunny, the locals throw a bitchfit and complain how depressing it is. When it’s hot, it’s scorching hot, unbearable outside. When it drizzles, a “storm” is approaching. Angelenos don’t know how to drive in the rain. Some don’t know how to drive at all. I find it SOOOO annoying how there are so many people texting & driving now. Seriously, WTF is so important?!? Pull over. Don’t jeopardize other people & their vehicle & the expensive note they pay every month on it. Only to pay the car off & then go get a new, higher payment. I have no sympathy for those people, the texter&drivers. The people who do it all the time, on top of not being a good driver, deserve to get in an accident. Blame your neighbour for the local rates! Just like the idiots constantly running red lights & not looking out for pedestrians deserve to crash. Sometimes, I’ll purposely swerve into them so they can pay more attention to the road. Or, I’ll yell, “pay attention to the road!” or “get off your phone!” In that area, no fucks given. ”It’s an emergency” a jackass will say. OK, well, for not paying attention, another emergency is going to happen. Or better yet, do that thing that’s called “call them!” You know, what people had to do back in the day, but via Bluetooth or hands free, of course. From my observation, traffic is caused by some idiot on their mobile or a douche in a Tesla, coasting it trying to look cool. Newsflash: those cars are not God’s gift to the world & sorry to burst your bubble, but Elon Musk is NOT God. It’s true. I read it on the internet. & no, not ToxicTwitter.

The words “winter in LA” have always made me giggle a little. It’s a near oxymoron. But this past winter season, like calendar-wise, when winter usually occurs in other parts of the globe, it was actual winter in Los Angeles. I’m global, yes, but I’m a native of Los Angeles, the Valley; San Fernando Valley. The only valley they call “The Valley.” NOT sorry, Clarita and Gabriel. While here, actually, physically, I’ve never seen it snow. I’ve heard about it from yesterdecades, & from a few years ago, but I was in Chicago at the time. I believe it was Christmas morning. People would say, that’ll never happen! Well, it did. Go buy a lottery ticket. Buy two! It reminded me of the scene from Age of Adeline where ‘Adeline’ got caught up in the ‘freak’ accident, crashed, and paused her aging. SPOILER ALERT. But that was in Sonoma County. This is Los Angeles, baby. If it snows in Los Angeles, anything can happen. It’s passible because nothings impossible. 😉 Makes me think, is the apocalypse beginning?!? If you haven’t seen Age of Adeline, check it out! I’m a big Blake Lively fan. I have it on DVD. Yes, DVD. It has one of my favuorite sayings in it, Anni, amori e bicchieri di vino, nun se contano mai, which translates to, Years, lovers, and glasses of wine; these things that must not be counted. I’m also very much more of a “Serena” than a “Blair,” but there’s some “Blair” there. & then, there’s A Simple Favor.

This season, when the news reported a storm coming, they were on point! Like, an actual storm. The news actually reported facts! & for some, good news! For those who like weather. Unlike all the other shit they report. Is it me or is anyone else SICK of all the reports on racism, hate crimes, and killings. There’s even stupid commercials! My gawd! A lot of the time it’s 1 race trying to call out the other & retaliation. Who gets the last word? Everyone’s a victim. Everyone’s at fault. & you can’t say nothing without being deemed a racist. Back to the news. They were actually right, storms did hit California. It was BAD in the Bay Area for New Year’s & bad in SoCal just a few weeks ago. It’s still kind of lingering. Punxsutawney Phil was right, 6-more weeks of winter!

Aside from those who live hillside, the other that got the short end of the stick: Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, LADWP. DWP parades itself as the largest utility provider in the nation. Maybe it’s too large for its own good. Many, MANY people were left without power. OK, the stick became shorter. & of course, these babies, the Angelenos, can’t handle the cold, so they resorted to ToxicTwitter to lash out. They lashed out. I’m curious what DWP is going to do when all “light vehicles” must be electric come 2035. & in a place where driving is everything?!? Is it sometime away? Yes. But time flies & California is [already] on a weak grid. They basically need to restructure a lot, A LOT. The power grids over here need a facelift. Pun intended to that Beverly Hills plastic surgery. What excuses will they give then? They struggled a few days of stormy weather. All future homes are going to be natural gasless, all electric. Cooking, hot water, the internet. They don’t even want people blasting their AC during the hot summer! Don’t use certain appliances during certain hours… But they sure wanna charge an arm & a leg for the utility bill! I’m seriously going to laugh the day Gavin Newsome becomes president of the United States.

I was one of those without power. I was a victim. I made the most out of my situation though. I lit candles & read a ghost-story book. Literally. On haunted places in California. I was in it! My only concern were my perishables. I had JUST went to the grocery store, too. I have yet to throw out some chorizo. LMFAO. Take it as you want. In between locations in the book & before I had to charge my phone in my truck, I resorted to ToxicTwitter for amusement, and then it turned into heartache. If I were having a heart attack, the ambulance probably couldn’t even get me! That’s the shit people go through. Some complained out their electric garage gate not opening. Apparently, I was glamping-esque. All the DWP did was keep pushing everything back, the timeframes of service. Looks like you’re not so big & bad now!?! No sympathy. Plan ahead, people! Praise to all those who went in for that overtime, & then those who were mandated; lucky were those on holiday out of SoCal, but need you be reminded: know what you signed up for & expect the unexpected.

When I was in Chicago & would hear how the weather had changed in Los Angeles & that it switched up, I was shocked. I’ve always loved the four seasons. Yes, the hotel chain, too! I was like, all it took was for me to move to make changes happen?! Curse & bless you, Mother Earth. & of course, because out of the 8-billion people, it revolves around me! Wow, 8-billion people. At the beginning of the millennium, there were only a little over 3. There are tooo many stupid people in the world today. The humanity of the human race, the good people, are dying down. Move over, bitch. More rapid than they’re appearing. The wrong kind of people are reproducing. Anyhow, when I moved back to California, & experienced the change in weather I was shocked & pleased. I was fascinated how it would rain, a lot. & that it was cold, for Los Angeles standards.

I predicted it was going to be a cold season. I felt it. No, I don’t have boobs. And, like most of the time, I was right. I’m going to miss this winter season. It was more-so wet than cold, I guess? It was a beautiful one. It was a true gift to Angelenos, SoCalians, California with the drought. What drought?!? & rewarding for those rainboot, trench coat, & umbrella makers. Everything & everyone’s a market! The whole country supported you! Every time it rains, I’ll either sit there in silence & admire it, listen to Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams, because when the rain washes you clean you’ll know, or Hilary Duff’s Come Clean, in honour of the music video. Sometimes, I’ll go to the beach & watch the water hit the water. Speaking of the beach. It’s always nice taking a drive along the coast right after it rains. It’s so picturesque & clear. Of course, the sand is wet, but I did say take a drive not get off. Or maybe not take the drive with gas at $5/ gallon, at minimum. But should we be deprived? No, we’re Angelenos. We’re entitled to this all. We’re today’s generation, we’re entitled to everything. After the storm cleared, it was nice seeing the snowcapped mountains so close rather than from afar. Or needing to drive a minimum of 3-hours away. There’s actually water flowing in the Los Angeles River aqueduct! Spring is no more over yonder, Spring has arrived! Happy Equinox. Although, it may be a little wet. [Insert devil emoji here]. Spring is the season of rebirth, & we can all use a little change in our life.