Thanks Sean. Actually, although I've been to L.A. a number of times before and enjoyed it a lot, I'm thinking that actually living here will be a whole 'nother ball game. I've only been here a few days but it seems that in order to get anywhere you need to strive to be someone you're not and kiss lots of butts (or, literally, suck lots of dick), which of course I am not willing to do. I'm not the kind of guy to climb the social/work ladder by going to the 'right' clubs and hanging with the 'right' people, I'm also not into clubbing or drug-taking, and it seems that these are the main ways in which people here meet and network, so I guess I am pretty much screwed but we'll see. Hopefully I'll find my niche and hang out with good people and avoid the bad ones.