Random Scrap:
The truth was that now with all the pressures behind me the desert began to be a bit boring. Of course, I did enjoy the sunny winter with over 20 centigrades outside and cool mornings but I also felt it was time to move. Money was not such a big problem anymore but to be prudent I decided to take only twelve units per semester which meant I would take me at least a year more before I could transfer to an university. That was not a problem for me. The issue was whether staying another year in the desert made any sense at all. And the answer was no. I fell in love with Santa Monica even before coming to California. It must have been the impact of the Beverly Hills 90210 which I would watch religiously on my small colour Elemis TV back in Poland. Who wouldn't want to drive to school in a convertible or live in one of those houses by the beach? Now of course I knew that it was a slightly (to say the least) exaggerated image of Los Angeles but that did not prevent me from visiting it as often as I could.