You know you are from California if...

the blog has been a bit slow lately...here's some decent filler :)

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.
5. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?
6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian (or Tanzanian Peaberry).
8. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
9. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
10. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.
12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
13. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."
14. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
15. The Terminator is your governor.
16. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.