because they got to start a thread about the people from texas, and i felt left out...
i was born in santa monica, and now live in "the valley"
...carry on
I've been to San Fransisco. :yabbse-undecided:
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanI've been to San Fransisco. :yabbse-undecided:
Ive been there more than you
I was raised in Redding, Ca and moved to Los Angeles when i graduated high school. I live in the valley now. Glendale to be exact.
Whittier, CA. Which is located in the other Valley - San Gabriel, that is.
Quote from: jtmI was raised in Redding, Ca and moved to Los Angeles when i graduated high school. I live in the valley now. Glendale to be exact.
what high school did you go to???
818 in the hizzouse (Sherman Oaks).
I've lived in the SF Bay Area my whole life, but I'm moving to Washington in a few months. I'm a traitor.
Quote from: xerxesQuote from: jtmI was raised in Redding, Ca and moved to Los Angeles when i graduated high school. I live in the valley now. Glendale to be exact.
what high school did you go to???
I went to Enterprise high school, home of the hornets. Are you from Redding?
Quote from: BonBon85I've lived in the SF Bay Area my whole life, but I'm moving to Washington in a few months. I'm a traitor.
why?
i'm moving there in september after i graduate. can i scwat @ someone's house?
Quote from: jtm
I went to Enterprise high school, home of the hornets. Are you from Redding?
read the post wrong... thought you went to high school around glendale somewhere, was just wondering... where is redding anyway???
when ppl. ask me where im from here i dont know what to say. born in santa monica, lived there for two years and then moved to phoenix for a year, thought that was wack and then moved to south carolina. grew up there. now im in england. go to school in georgia. mom and dads family is from new york. want to go back to california.
Quote from: BonBon85but I'm moving to Washington in a few months.
State or D.C.?
I lived in CA for 4 years, summer of 96 to summer of 2000, just south of San Jose (little town of Morgan Hill, close to Gilroy / garlic). Great state, tons of stuff to do in The City by The Bay, lots of beautiful parks and nature and all. The company we were out there for was tanking, moving everything overseas, so I jumped ship and moved back to New York. Great state, but housing is a bitch. In Santa Clara county the average new home was 300K and up, while back in Upstate New York its much less than 100K. I miss the authentic Mexican taquerias, the weather, and my Bohemium friends.... :cry:
Washington state, but I'll probably just be there for the summer.
Quote from: neatahwantaI miss ... my Bohemium friends.... :cry:
You can have them back. They've been crashing at my house for a while, but they gotta go. Been stinking up the place. I recommend you hose them off before you let them back in.
By the way, they prefer to be called the politically correct "bums."
No no..they all had jobs...and showered mosts days.....and grew herbs in a garden....
the texas thread kicked our ass... what's up with that???
Quote from: xerxesthe texas thread kicked our ass... what's up with that???
Everything is bigger in texas.
Quote from: xerxesthe texas thread kicked our ass... what's up with that???
Okay, try this.
A couple of you have mentioned Santa Monica.
My dear sister was born in Texas, and we moved to California when she was a baby. She moved to Santa Monica as soon as she turned sixteen.
She was a cute California blond, playing volleyball on the beach and scuba diving in the ocean. She worked hard, saving all year, so every year she could take a vacation to someplace special, like Tahiti. And she loved the 4th of July.
She got very sick and passed away last year. Her dying wish was to be cremated, then have her ashes put in a sky-rocket and shot into the bay. At first we were stunned. But then realized that this was "just so like Suzie" that it just seemed right.
Well, for me, I took it as a personal challenge and set about planning things like: who would be the lookout for the cops while I snuck down to the beach in the middle of the night to light a fuse and run like crazy. Fortunately, this was not necessary, since it can be done quite legally and professionally..!!
A company we found does this regularly. They put a little bit of the cremains in a bunch of rockets. Then they get permits and a boat and go a safe distance offshore, and we get to watch from the Venice Pier. We had all of her family and beach friends there, and even some hospital people that had gotten close to her.
We played her favorite song during the fireworks. This was like a celebration of her life, and really special. The sky-rockets were HUGE..!! Like the best ones you see, with brilliant colors and all kinds of different shapes.
But as the show went on, with oohs and aahs, I new what was coming. The one rocket that I had requested.......
Near the end of the show, it finally came. The Giant Golden Weeping Willow. When it exploded, the sky was completely filled with streamers that flowed ever so slowly and gently down into the bay.
Good-bye Suzie, Big-bro misses you.
Best post ever. :-D
wow.
That is sad
:cry:
that was a great story... :(
I live in San Francisco and my day job is on Alactraz Island, though I just applied for a senior writer position on TechTV's Extended Play
Quote from: michael alessandroI live in San Francisco and my day job is on Alactraz Island, though I just applied for a senior writer position on TechTV's Extended Play
What do you do there? I couldnt stand to work their, its freezing cold and hanging out there all day would be like staying locked in the haunted mansion for a night by yourself. Got any good stories?
umm...
I once saw a picture of California, does that help your thread?