california marches to the beat of its own multi-colored-tree-hugging-naked-y-tattooed-sporting-pimped-out-souped-up-hydrolysized drum.

i was blissfully unaware of this until i moved from los angeles to nyc a few years ago and got knocked upside the head with all things new york.

but this blog is about CA not NY.

((insert disclaimer here: the people i talk about below have hearts as big as the ocean: i am just making an observation about how californians roll))

take for example, california based religion:

californians lo-ooove making up their own rules and religions. there is a reason both kabbalah and the church of scientology have their headquarters in my hometown of los angeles. i have a friend training to be a high priestess who is currently knee-deep in writing her own bible doctrine, and my los angeles neighborhood yoga teacher/chiropractor/spiritual healer just made up a religion of his own too. dr. yogachirosprirhealer's working title is Practical Spirituality, and the circular logic is more or less thinking is doing is believing is achieving is thinking.

or what about a certain self proclaimed "conservative christian" near and dear to my heart who has a pot-farm in her back yard for "medical purposes". erm last time i checked----you ain't sick boo.

or politics. i loved my manhattan co-worker's dumbfounded look when i told her that action star arnold schwarzenegger ran against childhood and reality tv whore gary coleman and porn star mary carey. aaaaand won. or that los angeles politicos fail to see the irony in wanting to hire illegal immigrants to build a wall around the California-Mexico border…to keep illegal immigrants out.

or schooling. UC San Diego is connected to the beach. a nude beach. my college paraglide instructor gave me one suggestion and one suggestion only when flying, "if you look down, brace yourself for 800 pounds of ugly."

i could go on, but i am dangerously close to rambling as it is. my point, if i even have one is this: marching to the beat of your own drum, being different and all that jazz is all gravy baby, but just be aware, my golden-california-children-of-the-sunshine, that we are dangerously close to becoming THAT STATE. you know. the one that spawed paris hilton.

ok, self righteous rant over.


email me! you know you wanna: heydreamergirl@yahoo.com

This morning the guy next to me in line to get an egg sandwich at Gray’s Papaya said calmly, “I am the Lord.” And the worker behind the counter did not blink an eye or raise his voice, he just responded completely unfazed, “Does the Lord want cheese on his egg sandwich?”


I love this city.


email me! you know you wanna: heydreamergirl@yahoo.com

WHY COLLEGE STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER GRADUATE: A WARNING ((*or go to grad school--just dooon't grow up!)):::::



the first part of this IM was closed off but it had something to do w/ co-worker SB wondering if she is going through a quarter life crisis...and me telling her I went through one which is how I ended up in NYC—this was brought on by her being busy…haaaaard at work…watching the pilot episode of My So Called Life)
SB [5:15 PM]:
but im just like whoa, this should NOT resonate with me
EE [5:15 PM]:
b/c you are not a teenager?
SB [5:16 PM]:
its like high-school (EARLY high school) drama
EE [5:16 PM]:
My-so-called- life cuts deep
SB [5:16 PM]:
haha yeah
SB [5:16 PM]:
but its just the pilot episode
SB [5:16 PM]:
where she is just trying to figure out who she is
SB [5:16 PM]:
and its like... i know who i am, I’ve been through all that mess
EE [5:16 PM]:
but do we ever know who we truly are?
SB [5:16 PM]:
maybe its just the general angst-y-ness of it
SB [5:16 PM]:
hahaha
EE [5:16 PM]:
we are constantly changing and growing
EE [5:16 PM]:
(hopefully)
SB [5:16 PM]:
ok ms. philosophy
SB [5:17 PM]:
yeah thats true
SB [5:17 PM]:
if you would have told me in college that i would ever considerate myself an introvert i would have thought you were crazy
SB [5:17 PM]:
and now here i am preferring to spend the night with my cat and my computer than going out
EE [5:17 PM]:
if you would have told me in college i would have an office job i would have laughed in your face and then kicked you
EE [5:17 PM]:
maybe not in that order
SB [5:18 PM]:
hahahahahahah
SB [5:18 PM]:
oh i can just imagine
SB [5:18 PM]:
lets run off to spain together
EE [5:18 PM]:
or paris
SB [5:18 PM]:
ooh
SB [5:18 PM]:
or greece
EE [5:18 PM]:
eric can watch the cat
SB [5:18 PM]:
you could show me around
SB [5:18 PM]:
sounds good to me




email me! you know you wanna: heydreamergirl@yahoo.com

improv 201 class performance:
the UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street

(between 8th and 9th Avenue)

When: Saturday, December 8th @ 04:00 PM
cost:
$5.00

we are also going to take over this bar after the show:

McManus
152 7th Ave. (@ 19th St)

hope to see you there!

xxoo,

elidia



email me! you know you wanna: heydreamergirl@yahoo.com