home state meme
Jun. 19th, 2004 06:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockGo to google. Type in 'You know you're from [your state] when...' and then pick the best list that results. Bold the ones that apply, and leave comments as appropriate. Strike the ones that are absolutely false stereotypes.
San Jose, though we're the most populous city in the Bay Area, just isn't hip enough for 'You know you're from San Jose when...' to garner even one list. So I used![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evemac's combination of California and San Francisco. And I added two.
Your co-worker tells you they have eight body piercings - and none are visible.
-sometimes they tell you and they are very visible. sometimes they aren't, but you take them at their word completely.
When someone says TENDERLOIN - you don't think steak. You think danger.
-I don't know about danger, but I don't think about stake either, or happy thoughts.
You make well over $100,000 and you still can't find a nice place to live.
-Not me personally. It's rough on teachers though. And I know that my family's lifestyle and property does not reflect what our income says our economic status should be anywhere else in the country.
You think anyone who drives a car to work is decadent.
-I'm crossing this one out because it's only true within San Francisco limits. Everywhere else in California people will tell you that they drive everywhere.
You keep a list of companies to boycott.
-It's a mental list, but it's there.
You would never dream of crossing a picket line.
-Wouldn't dream at all.
You take the bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than California State Flags.
The guy who cuts your hair is straight, and your plumber is gay, the woman who delivers your mail is straight and your Mary Kay Lady is gay.
Old friends you haven't talked to in years suddenly call and ask do you have a spare bedroom for a weekend?
You think anyone wearing a George Clooney haircut is visiting from the Midwest.
You know that any woman with a George Clooney haircut is not a tourist.
-this is true.
You can't remember...Is pot still illegal?
-depends if you're asking the state or the feds.
You go to your office manager's baby shower - the parents are named Judy and Becky.
You give a "thumbs up" gesture to a car with a FREE TIBET bumper sticker-and you mean it.
-I don't thumbs up, but I do nod affirmatively.
You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans are grown, and are willing to fight about it.
-I hate coffee. My parents hate french roast flavor, so I've been told, and they're picky about it.
A really great parking spot can move you to tears.
-Damn close. I've applauded, honked in thanks, waved like a happy madwoman, and shouted my gratefulness. I've also had pedestrians in the mall parking garage guide me all the way to their car, and others stop to direct me in a traffic-directing manner if I'm trying to turn into a tight spot.
You prefer the Spanish Soaps on TV - the guys are much hotter!
I don't watch soaps in any language.
You know that anyone wearing shorts in June is just visiting from Ohio.
You never bother looking at the MUNI line schedule because you know the drivers have never seen it.
A man walks on MUNI in full leather regalia and crotch-less chaps. You don't notice.
A woman walks on MUNI with live poultry. You don't notice.
You still can't believe a company doesn't offer domestic partner benefits.
Yeah, what's up with that? Live and let live, people.
You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.
- don't eat arugula. but I am horrendously picky about quality Mexican food. I know the good stuff.
Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
-HELL YES.
It’s barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station "STORM WATCH 2004."
-evemac: HEY. That's not true...okay, yes it is.
You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
-I would say middle school.
It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
Well, I'm too lazy to leave early, but I am very aware. See below.
evemac: We get lots of rain in the winter, but practically NONE from late spring to fall...so when the first rain comes, it always washes all the oil and gas from the streets and makes things very slippery. Which causes accidents.
You curse those damn tourists -but always stop to help a cute guy or gal who is looking puzzled at a city map.
-I hate the ones that come in, like, March, and complain because it's gray outside and it's not sunny like California is supposed to be. DUDES! Fucking hell... this is Northern California, Northern meaning like a few hundred miles above Southern California. We do have some whether change here, small as it may be. And besides, you don't get to bitch at a bit of grey skies if it's only 65 or 70 outside.
When you drive under an underpass - for one moment you think "earthquake".
-ALL THE FRELLING TIME. I think about it under chandaliers in hotel lobbies, under underpasses, over bridges. Thinking "it would really really suck if there was an earthquake right now when I'm stuck standing here" is something that happens at least once a week. It's INGRAINED in us who were raised here.
Your boss runs in "The Bay to Breakers" ... it's the first time you have seen him nude.
-definitely a SF thing.
Your child's 3rd grade teacher has two pierced ears, a nose ring and is named "Breeze." And, after telling that to a friend, they still need to ask if the teacher is male or female.
Haven't seen that personally, but it would not register to me as anything to get riled up about if they were.
Your church elects a new Bishop who abandoned his family and two young daughters to fulfill his sexual urges with another man.
You haven't been to Fisherman's Wharf since the first month you moved to SF and you couldn't figure out how to drive to Coit Tower if your life depended on it.
-I've been lots of times! But then I live in San Jose.
You are thinking of taking a class but you can't decide between yoga, aromatherapy, conversational mandarin or a building your own web site class.
-I would have said conversational Japanese....
Your new neighbor goes to temple-but you are still not sure if they are Jewish or Buddhist.
::laugh:: Or Muslim or Morman. There's lots to pick from in the Bay Area.
You think California should be split into two states and your half deserves to keep the name.
-About time.
You honestly don't understand why anyone born in California would leave California, and take it personally when the topic comes up.
You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt and Uncle in Georgia.
-This is so true. Practically everyone I know is Democrat or Independant. Republicans are for everyone outside the BA, especially those idiots that elected Schwartz.
San Jose, though we're the most populous city in the Bay Area, just isn't hip enough for 'You know you're from San Jose when...' to garner even one list. So I used
evemac's combination of California and San Francisco. And I added two.Your co-worker tells you they have eight body piercings - and none are visible.
-sometimes they tell you and they are very visible. sometimes they aren't, but you take them at their word completely.
When someone says TENDERLOIN - you don't think steak. You think danger.
-I don't know about danger, but I don't think about stake either, or happy thoughts.
You make well over $100,000 and you still can't find a nice place to live.
-Not me personally. It's rough on teachers though. And I know that my family's lifestyle and property does not reflect what our income says our economic status should be anywhere else in the country.
-I'm crossing this one out because it's only true within San Francisco limits. Everywhere else in California people will tell you that they drive everywhere.
You keep a list of companies to boycott.
-It's a mental list, but it's there.
You would never dream of crossing a picket line.
-Wouldn't dream at all.
You take the bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than California State Flags.
The guy who cuts your hair is straight, and your plumber is gay, the woman who delivers your mail is straight and your Mary Kay Lady is gay.
Old friends you haven't talked to in years suddenly call and ask do you have a spare bedroom for a weekend?
You think anyone wearing a George Clooney haircut is visiting from the Midwest.
You know that any woman with a George Clooney haircut is not a tourist.
-this is true.
You can't remember...Is pot still illegal?
-depends if you're asking the state or the feds.
You go to your office manager's baby shower - the parents are named Judy and Becky.
You give a "thumbs up" gesture to a car with a FREE TIBET bumper sticker-and you mean it.
-I don't thumbs up, but I do nod affirmatively.
You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans are grown, and are willing to fight about it.
-I hate coffee. My parents hate french roast flavor, so I've been told, and they're picky about it.
A really great parking spot can move you to tears.
-Damn close. I've applauded, honked in thanks, waved like a happy madwoman, and shouted my gratefulness. I've also had pedestrians in the mall parking garage guide me all the way to their car, and others stop to direct me in a traffic-directing manner if I'm trying to turn into a tight spot.
You prefer the Spanish Soaps on TV - the guys are much hotter!
I don't watch soaps in any language.
You know that anyone wearing shorts in June is just visiting from Ohio.
You never bother looking at the MUNI line schedule because you know the drivers have never seen it.
A man walks on MUNI in full leather regalia and crotch-less chaps. You don't notice.
A woman walks on MUNI with live poultry. You don't notice.
You still can't believe a company doesn't offer domestic partner benefits.
Yeah, what's up with that? Live and let live, people.
You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.
- don't eat arugula. but I am horrendously picky about quality Mexican food. I know the good stuff.
Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
-HELL YES.
It’s barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station "STORM WATCH 2004."
-
evemac: HEY. That's not true...okay, yes it is. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
-I would say middle school.
It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
Well, I'm too lazy to leave early, but I am very aware. See below.
evemac: We get lots of rain in the winter, but practically NONE from late spring to fall...so when the first rain comes, it always washes all the oil and gas from the streets and makes things very slippery. Which causes accidents.You curse those damn tourists -but always stop to help a cute guy or gal who is looking puzzled at a city map.
-I hate the ones that come in, like, March, and complain because it's gray outside and it's not sunny like California is supposed to be. DUDES! Fucking hell... this is Northern California, Northern meaning like a few hundred miles above Southern California. We do have some whether change here, small as it may be. And besides, you don't get to bitch at a bit of grey skies if it's only 65 or 70 outside.
When you drive under an underpass - for one moment you think "earthquake".
-ALL THE FRELLING TIME. I think about it under chandaliers in hotel lobbies, under underpasses, over bridges. Thinking "it would really really suck if there was an earthquake right now when I'm stuck standing here" is something that happens at least once a week. It's INGRAINED in us who were raised here.
Your boss runs in "The Bay to Breakers" ... it's the first time you have seen him nude.
-definitely a SF thing.
Your child's 3rd grade teacher has two pierced ears, a nose ring and is named "Breeze." And, after telling that to a friend, they still need to ask if the teacher is male or female.
Haven't seen that personally, but it would not register to me as anything to get riled up about if they were.
Your church elects a new Bishop who abandoned his family and two young daughters to fulfill his sexual urges with another man.
You haven't been to Fisherman's Wharf since the first month you moved to SF and you couldn't figure out how to drive to Coit Tower if your life depended on it.
-I've been lots of times! But then I live in San Jose.
You are thinking of taking a class but you can't decide between yoga, aromatherapy, conversational mandarin or a building your own web site class.
-I would have said conversational Japanese....
Your new neighbor goes to temple-but you are still not sure if they are Jewish or Buddhist.
::laugh:: Or Muslim or Morman. There's lots to pick from in the Bay Area.
You think California should be split into two states and your half deserves to keep the name.
-About time.
You honestly don't understand why anyone born in California would leave California, and take it personally when the topic comes up.
You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt and Uncle in Georgia.
-This is so true. Practically everyone I know is Democrat or Independant. Republicans are for everyone outside the BA, especially those idiots that elected Schwartz.
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Date: 2004-06-19 07:44 pm (UTC)Yeah, that one was iffy for me. Because in Marin? The only thing you CAN do is drive because the public transportation is absolutely *terrible*.
You think California should be split into two states and your half deserves to keep the name.
I almost added something exactly like this. Heee. It's the truth. ;)
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Date: 2004-06-19 08:17 pm (UTC)I also almost wrote something about how you know you're from California if you really do believe your state is a better place to be than all the rest except Hawaii... but then I thought "Well, maybe it's just me. I can't assume that the superiority complex is statewide."
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Date: 2004-07-01 08:51 pm (UTC)And plus, I bet those who live in SoCal feel the same about their half.
But our superiority complex? I definitely don't think you're speaking for yourself. ;)
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Date: 2004-07-06 07:10 pm (UTC)It's in the air. The clearer air. ;)
oops
Date: 2004-07-06 07:12 pm (UTC)Re: oops
Date: 2004-07-28 02:22 pm (UTC)Re: oops
Date: 2004-07-28 04:26 pm (UTC)Yeah. We are. And sadly, for the next two years I'm going to be subjected to Southern California in order to continue my higher education. I guess I'd better get used to smog.