The O.C.

A good friend of mine from California sent me this email. I thought it was "post worthy". :-) Not all is exactly true... but most is! People, this is where I came from...

You know you're from Orange County when...

You just paid 4.50 for a gallon of unleaded gasoline.
You most likely voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger- most likely just because you like RoboCop or whatever else.
You watch a police pursuit weekly on the news.
You have been to the mountains, desert, and the beach in the same day.
You have perfected driving with sandals on despite it being illegal (but what cop would enforce it?!?).
You make $60,000 and you’re still considered as the Lower-Middle Class.
You work a second (third?) job just to pay for car insurance.
You have been to the DMV and have wondered what country you are actually in.
You know what In-N-Out is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.
Everyone you know has 3+ phone numbers. Home, Office, mobile, pager, two-way, voicemail.....
You know that if you drive one mile in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.
You have had a class field trip to 'Old Towne' Knott's Berry Farm as a youngster.
You classify new people you meet by their Area Code.
909- Are you kidding me?
310- Too Ghetto...
You've bought oranges, flowers, cherries or peanuts on a freeway off-ramp.
You've partied in Tijuana at least once.
You've inadvertently learned Spanish.
You have thought that 20 years of construction on 22 freeway is enough.It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH"
You have watched the show "the OC" and have cried till you've laughed.
You have bypassed a mattress, a folding chair, and a dryer on the freeway while on your way to work.
You shop at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and/or Henry's.
You eat a different ethnic food at every meal.
You think $1200 a month rent is way to good to be true.
You still go to the beach in December.
You own a hybrid vehicle and a Hummer.
Going to Disneyland can be a weekly routine.
You know what "sigalert", "PCH", "CHOC", "OCTFCU" and "the five" mean.
You know where parts of Tom Hanks's That Thing You Do, the Coen Brothers' The Man Who Wasn't There, and Martin Lawrences movie Big Momma's House were filmed.
You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach.
You'll reluctantly miss yoga class to wait for the hot tub repairman.
The "Orange Crush" means more than the soda- i.e. a pain in the rear!
You see the original Batmobile and Kobe Bryant in the same intersection.
All highways into the county say: "no fruits."
All highways out of the county say: "Thanks for Not staying!."
You know five different ways to get anywhere, and which one you choose is based on weather, time of day, and day of the week.
You didn't realize there was a California out of SoCal...