today i was driving to school and i ended up following a big trash collector truck when i took my short-cut from wilshire to campus. i go through these residential streets, and right now all the trees are completely covered with these little purple flowers (dunno the name). anyways, the truck was so tall that it kept on hitting the tree branches hanging over the street, so in following the truck, i was driving in a shower of purple flowers...such a nice little present. thank you, garbage truck!