Well...you're the only person I knew in LA.

Hola!

My name is Jenn...I'm from Massachusetts...I'm a Film and TV Major...and my favorite movie is...Galaxy Quest?

It only seems right to start this blog post with an icebreaker, so I used the one from the BU-in-LA residence meeting last night. Because, yes, I am in Los Angeles, as part of Boston University's internship program. And it's awesome. Four days in might be too early to call, but...the weather is beautiful, the apartment is gorgeous, and the company is wonderful.

Sunrise over the Atlantic! What a way to leave the East Coast.

Getting here was easy enough--my direct flight from Logan to LAX was very smooth, and because of the surprise-lack-of-headwinds, only four and half hours. Though, it felt more like four and a half months, because I stepped onto the plane in the middle of January and came out in June. Goodbye, wind chill. Hello, sunshine!

Yes, those are tank tops and t-shirts! Weather win!

Our first few days have been filled with orientation and errands, so we didn't get a chance to take an adventure until this afternoon's walk around the La Brea Tar Pits. Which Lauren informs me is the most redundant title ever, meaning "The The Tar Tar Pits." It's a bilingual chiasmus.

The underground spring...pushing forth the bubbling asphalt...

Just in case you were planning to go, don't be disappointed.

There may not be dinosaurs, but there ARE direwolves!

And around the grounds, we fell in love with the giant ground sloths.

Lauren took one of the sloths out dancing.

And I took the other out for a spin.

Once in the museum, we found that if we got into a fight with tar, we would lose.

Meet Zed, the Columbian mammoth, pride of Rancho La Brea.

Animatronics! Please notice the camel in the background.

The Fishbowl!

Look at this--the museum won a Telly! Reminds me of a certain show back home...

That's all for now!

Hope all is well, and look for Erin's first entry soon!
-Jenn