lost in the city of angels.

"i've disappointed myself the most in my life. to not be like, 'wake the f*** up, look what you have, it's what you wanted'" 
"fame is an illusion"
"...place of dreams and broken dreams"
"music was the only thing that made sense"
"things can be given to you so easily but they can be ripped away so quickly as well"
"dreams, they're what sets us apart from being merely a brain and a body"
"who knows what's going to happen after this. i don't know. so if this is the only life why am i not just doing everything that i want to do?"

thirty seconds to mars just released a completely captivating music video that features a lot of famous faces. the song is about the city of los angeles. i've been there, i wasn't a fan but i can see how olivia wilde saw it as "the promised land." it's a city of dreamers and everyone gunning for celebrity. some make it, some end up in porn.
i tell people i didn't like L.A. because it was really dirty and didn't make sense (as a city) to me and was all smoke shops and strip clubs but this video, without meaning to, further explained why i'm not in love with the city of angels...it is sad. there is glitz and glamour but there is an underlying current of "you are no one if you don't 'make it'."
and as much as i think i would be an awesome famous person (i already own multiple pairs of giant sunglasses) i am a firm believer that everyone matters and everyone has a story to tell.

if you have a spare 11 minutes, take a peek at the video:
thirty seconds to mars: city of angels

xo