<p>self-consciousness? no.
self-conscious? still no. lol.</p>
<p>i feel so out of place in this thread... i grew up in norcal, go to school here, but now i live in oregon (hella hella norcal?)</p>
<p>i'm becoming more of a socal person, though. i think bad weather is just plain miserable (and i used to enjoy rain). here when it rains everything just goes to hell. i swear all of LA has no proper drainage and no one knows how to drive if it so much as sprinkles. and my own driving skills are admittedly getting more LA-ish... </p>
<p>now that my family lives outside of CA i miss it more and more... i used to take for granted how close big cities and beaches and decent shopping and some semblance of a nightlife were... i'm gonna miss that environment when i graduate.</p>
<p>UCLA is really nice. I have been living two blocks away from westwood since I was 7. The traffic gets annoying, but it is quite an experience. You can find anything in LA. Even though I am only a senior in hs, I have a bunch of friends that go to UCLA and they say the university is segregated from mainstream LA. There are so many activities available that you do not have to even go into Westwood. What I don't like is the "superficialness" of people here. Material things tend to be very important.</p>