So, I had another first "real" L.A. experience today. When I first moved here, one of my friends (and a former co-worker) told me that I needed to watch out for myself and who I associated with. She warned me that people might want to latch on to me because they want to know what I can do for them rather than actually wanting to be friends with me. So far, I've been lucky -- I've met a lot of really great people who I know are friends with me because they like me for who I am. But this morning, someone who I briefly knew and met only once and who I haven't spoken to in probably around six months... well, she hit me up for tickets to a sold-out concert to see what I could do for her. No real attempt to converse, no real personal overtures -- just "I wanted those tickets and thought of you," basically. I think I was more blown away by her brashness, though I should've been more insulted by the fact that she just blatantly hit me up especially after all this time.