well helllo to yous alls from a much more southerly position in the world.
I made it here safe and sound, and now I'm having a rocking good time, but I'm thoroughly unimpressed with the weather as it is raining and carrying on like we're on the northern west coast, which we decidedly are NOT. We are in "soCal" as I have been informed, which, translated into normal speech for non-Californians means "southern California." Where it is supposed to be hot. Or at the very least not raining.
But apparently I brought rain. And nobody here understands how to drive in rain. In fact, the rain was the top story on the local evening news. A reporter was standing on a main street and he actually pointed at the road and said, "so you can see the pavement is still wet from the rain..." O MY GODDNESSS GRACIOUS. Wet pavement? Shit man, we're doomed. But even the most inconsequential rain here is a danger since they don't have drainage. A dumb thing all round. That is why rain leads to flooding ALOT.
....could you imagine what chaos would erupt if it snowed here? Well, I'd not wanna be in town.
and Californians like to abrev. things.
And dear God, are there ever a tone of Starbuckses here.
So far, I've gone to the Zoo and seen wallabies and muircats and monkey-type creatures with really really large red bottoms. And mackaws. I've experienced "In-N-Out" which o my god, no we don't have in Canada! Peoples' jaws have quite literally dropped when I've told them this. I've been introduced to baseball, and no not the great American ball game, but the beer game, where you bounce quarters (or in our case, some quarters and one peso) into a beer cup and then drink it. I am ver ver bad at it, but still managed to get ver ver drunk.
I have seen that everyone here drinks lite beer, which is a huge OOOOER. They are all very concerneed about the number of calories in regular beer, so they get the crappy stuff. This, I have determined, is a flawed system, since lite beer requires you to drink extra shit loads of it to get the buzz you want. Ergo, you end up with the same number of calories you would've had woith regular beer AND a crap taste in your mouth.
Also, I saw a Mormon Temple....and I thought in all honesty it was a Disney World attraction. It is the most epic building ever. It is now my mission to get into it, since you can't actually get in if you're not mormon. And I'm definitely not. No thanks.
Hmmm....what else have I done? Meh, can't think of anything right now.
Anyhoo....I think I might go to bed, I got work in the morning Not Really, but follow the link if you want a laugh and a half.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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hi
ReplyDeletewell hello to you too.
ReplyDeleteThey DO realize that this... what is it called?... ah yes, rain that you speak of is helpful in preventing their entire state from burning down, no? I suppose not. They likely think water comes only in bottles.
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm not AT ALL jealous of people who can afford to and do live in Southern California...