#ESPECIALLY in LA. the beaches are trashed and packed and impossible to reach

[essektheylyss]

I will be writing a whole post on near-future global crisis books and how the genre is just rough and everyone should stop trying to write it and promote some nonfiction instead (once I actually finish this damn book) but I will say, shout out to the one chapter with the kayaker in SGV. LA does suck and we should rip it out and try all over again, so true.

#i don't understand why the fuck they describe sierra madre as 'between Pasadena and Azusa ' tho #like. no one fucking knows where those are in relation to the mountains anyway #ALSO i do take offense to calling the San Gabriel mountains ugly! they are NOT #I'm a bit biased cuz they were the literal only snow i saw as a child BUT I'm still right #the thing with having grown up around socal is like yes LA as a whole is brown and butt ugly #BUT the mountains are pretty and don't insult them they're all we have #ESPECIALLY in LA. the beaches are trashed and packed and impossible to reach #but the mountains can be seen from anywhere and they are my guiding stars #ALSO there is a big telescope up there! and i love it. #i should go to bed now but ugh #megs is reading