California

Today, I heard an interesting conversation. I walked up to my first class of the day and started waiting for it to start (side note: I'd like you all to think about the phrase "started waiting for it to start. . ."). As I was standing in the hallway outside the classroom I noticed a guy talking about how he had apparently just got kicked out of his apartment and his mom was going to come to Utah in early April to pick him up and take him back to California. Actually he didn't say a word about California until about halfway through his rant, but I surmised that California was where he was from early on. "But how did you know he was from California?" you ask, wondering if I have psychic powers. Don't worry, your plans for world domination are safe from me, for I have no psychic powers, only my awesome powers of deductive reasoning. See, this guy said, "man, I hate Utah so much." To which his friend replied, "So, your going to move from one place you absolutely hate to another place you absolutely hate?" Mover responded, "Oh, I'm not gonna live with my mom, I've already been paying rent on a place for the last couple of months." You see, this is how I learned he was from California.

As I've learned in life, There are some Californians have about as much pride in their state as Texans, but those Californians also have a massive disdain for any state that isn't California. Apparently this guy, though readily telling his friend about how much he hated living at home, was quick to point out that it would still be better than living on his own in Utah. Maybe this is just a think against Utah though, maybe he was all angry that there are so many Mormons in Utah. I don't know. Anyway, that's been my experience with some Californians. I guess people can be like that no matter where they're from. So a word of advice to you, No matter where you're from, have respect for the place you are in. It's amazing the kinds of things you'll enjoy when you stop whining about how much better your hometown is.

Oh, and happy birthday to Alex, Dan, and Sean. Yeah, I remember all of those and Facebook didn't have to tell me.