Random Scrap:
Although not living with Akira was a big push to go out and make my own friends I still enjoyed his friendship. It was probably even better and it removed arising from two pretty self-centered and motivated individuals living together. While now Los Angeles was going to be my territory to discover I could not forget out first trips to Hollywood and later venturing out as far as Grand Canyon (where for the first time I got pulled over by a real American police officer for speeding - I got away with a warning). It was natural then that it would be him taking me to the airport so I could fly back to Poland before moving coming back this time to Los Angeles. We ate a meal at the same Japanese place at Tom Bradley's terminal and while I was happy to be going back to Poland I was also sad leaving a part of my life behind. There is no doubt that without meeting him my life in the desert would not be the same. Sure, we were going to keep in touch but I felt that a big chapter in my life was coming to an end.