Oeditpus Rex
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Mon Jun-30-08 03:25 PM
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How do you perceive Kollyforniya? |
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"Surfin' USA" was just on the XM '60s channel and it reminded me of the time cousins from Michigan came to visit, and the first thing one of 'em said to me was, "Where's your surfboard?"
That was a long time ago, but I still get the feeling a lot of those misconceptions exist — like we're just one big beach, populated entirely by sun-bronzed teenagers who talk, y'know, like all gnarly 'n' stuff, and everybody has six cars and we're all gay dope smokers with fake boobs.
:shrug:
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Mon Jun-30-08 03:44 PM
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1. "Kollyforniya" ?? Oh, Oed, don't do that. |
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That and "the OC" have embarrassed me, a transplant to the east coast. When I tell people where I'm from they either imitate the gov or say, "oh, that's in the OC, isn't it?"
:banghead:
PS I enjoyed your "the Dodgers win it!" thread the other day
PPS I heard the Beach Boys too and promptly changed the channel. Yuck.
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Oeditpus Rex
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Mon Jun-30-08 04:52 PM
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7. I've been doin' 'that' for years |
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Mon Jun-30-08 03:48 PM
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2. This from a Dodgers fan. |
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Mon Jun-30-08 04:53 PM
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I don't live Down There.
Hell, I wouldn't live Down There. x(
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Mon Jun-30-08 03:51 PM
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3. It's the place where you end up.... |
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...if you didn't have anything going on from whence you came.
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Mon Jun-30-08 03:58 PM
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4. I love my state/home: California! |
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Mon Jun-30-08 04:46 PM
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A few years ago a company I was working for was bought out by a California based company. While they cracked the whip and made us work double hard with less people for the same pay here on the east coast, one of my coworkers went out to the HQ for a week of training and told us how "different" it was..That no one ran around like crazy like we did and didn't seem so time pressured/worried.
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Mon Jun-30-08 04:50 PM
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6. all gay dope smokers with fake boobs |
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what else? Oceans, I guess. And good organics.
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Mon Jun-30-08 04:53 PM
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8. Happy to be outta there. |
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No plans to return. EVER.
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:00 PM
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10. I always sort of considered it Florida with mountains... |
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Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 05:25 PM by PeterU
...less rain and colder oceans.
Maybe a little more left leaning, but full of strange characters with a bit of superficiality.
Of course, living in Florida and being a Florida lover, I like all the strangeness that is Florida, so that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:08 PM
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:13 PM
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12. I think of the wine country. I would love to visit the Napa and Sonoma |
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Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 05:34 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
Valleys. I think of my aunt and uncle who live in Sacramento. I think of the whole west coast and how I would love to travel from Washington on down to the Baja. Then, I start thinking, why couldn't I have been born rich?
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:26 PM
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:17 PM
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13. I perceive it by looking out the window |
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and saying to myself "like, ohmigod! I am so stoked, this is like, such a, like, totally tubular place to live. I should like, so totally go surfing right now!"
:)
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:21 PM
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14. It's just the new Florida, |
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since 1970. Plus smog, earthquakes and Jack LaLanne. :surgh:
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:38 PM
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17. I've seen EVERY SINGLE episode of 90210 and California looks SO KEWL!!111!! |
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:40 PM
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18. It depends on the region. |
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Coming from a large state as I do, I understand that California is not monolithic.
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:44 PM
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19. Like Oregon but not as smart. |
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Mon Jun-30-08 05:58 PM
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21. Well, I usually don't leave my 45 square miles of foggy liberalism... |
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...and when I have to, I experience complete culture shock. This state is made up of too many different regions and groups to stereotype it.
In a nutshell: This is the state that sends Darryl Issa and Barbara Lee to the House of Representatives!
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Tue Jul-01-08 12:18 AM
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23. Before my first trip to the west coast, i thought all of California was |
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Rich people and eccentrics... I had no idea that there were poor people, or whole economically depressed areas. Then, i turned 18, and took a Greyhound bus from NC to LA to see a friend who had moved there, and had my eyes opened to the realities of the world.
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