A few days ago I was walking through Venice Beach with a couple of good friends and I managed to take some pics of the Sunset in Venice (California, not Italy).

It’s a nice walk, the whole stretch from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey and it was nice to have my friends around and enjoy both the nice day and how my friends were reacting to the weird Venice scenario.

Find a bigger version of this here.

Things tend to look normal once you’ve seen them a hundred times. I guess that also goes with quality of life.

When I first moved to West LA I simply loved it… “Oh Wow!” Everything was cool and I simply adored being so close to the ocean.

This is some sort of building where you’re not allowed to go in. I don’t know if its something of the coast guard, of the military, or simply of the Baywatch…

It does look interesting with the sun behind it…

So, going back to the whole…”getting used to stuff.” It took me more or less three months to go from, “oh wow” to “nice…”

I wonder how much time will it take to get me to “meh.”

This getting used to the wonders around me… I think it’s something I really need to correct… even if I do think its quite part of human nature.

(Find a wallpaper version of this pic here.)

My friends who visit (and hence are less used to what I see every day) do help me notice that I live in an awesome place (thanks guys) and every now and then I manage to pull out of my busy days and just go for a walk and really appreciate what’s around. On the other hand, I think I do the same for them, when I visit them in Italy, Japan or whatnot… :)

Do you ever realize that you are overlooking something awesome that next to you just cause you got used to it?