apparently l.a. and santa monica have a higher standard of living. i'm used to hearing homeless ask, "can you spare some change?" or maybe ask for $1. these are definitely some high-class hobos. i have also seen one listening to a creative zen mp3 player, and another wearing a gap sweatshirt. true story. maybe i should start asking them for change. i took the above pic on 3rd street promenade (my fav place)--a very ritzy area where the girls are gorgeous, shops are expensive, street performance is top-notch, and the homeless are rich.
in the gym i recently saw 2 people in front of me. one had a princeton ecomonics shirt on, the other a 'berkeley alumni' shirt. i then realized that this didn't surprise me. i thought about work and realized that not a single fellow employee came from a school less prestigious than mit, harvard, berk, ucla, usc, cal tech, carnegie mellon, or waterloo, or another ivy-league. in fact, i can only list 1 person who came from a school OTHER than those. it's not impressive anymore, it's just my new environment. it's funny to think that just 6 yrs ago i would scribble on my homework or textbooks about 'mit' or other imagery of supposed eliteness. well, i finally made it.
in the gym i recently saw 2 people in front of me. one had a princeton ecomonics shirt on, the other a 'berkeley alumni' shirt. i then realized that this didn't surprise me. i thought about work and realized that not a single fellow employee came from a school less prestigious than mit, harvard, berk, ucla, usc, cal tech, carnegie mellon, or waterloo, or another ivy-league. in fact, i can only list 1 person who came from a school OTHER than those. it's not impressive anymore, it's just my new environment. it's funny to think that just 6 yrs ago i would scribble on my homework or textbooks about 'mit' or other imagery of supposed eliteness. well, i finally made it.
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