We all know California is better than any other state. Period. So what the fuck are we doing going to school anywhere else? This group is for all of us who have found ourselves:

- Saying, “Wow! It’s not that cold outside today. It’s actually 33 degrees!”

- Pining for some good Mexican food.

- Wishing we could go to the beach.

- Telling everyone we meet we’re from California and expecting them to just know automatically that we’re better.

- Fighting with someone from another state about whose state is better. (Um, hello? CALIFORNIA!!!)

- Wincing whenever we say we’re from California and are answered with, “Oh, you’re from Cali?” (It’s NOT Cali!!! No one at home says it! STOP IT!!!)

- Getting looked at funny for saying say “like” and “for sure” and “right on” and “dude” and “totally” and “peace out” and “chill” and “tight” and “bro” and “hell of” and “hella”(Nor Cal only) and “faded” and “stoked” and “fo sho.”

- Getting weird looks from locals when it snows and we’re excited about it.

- Getting weird looks from locals when it snows and we actually want to go outside and play in it.

- Getting yelled at by friends for wearing sandals when it’s 20 degrees outside.

- Wincing whenever someone says they’re “going down the shore.” (It’s the BEACH goddamnit!!!)

- Getting laughed at for having the Terminator as our governor.

- Wondering why no one is leaving early if it’s raining.

- Wondering why others aren’t freaked out that it’s raining.

- Buying our first umbrellas.

- Being asked, “Oh, don’t you guys have good weed, or something?” (Of course!!!)

- Being called a hippie for telling all these up-tight people to “chill.”

- Suddenly it seems that all of your friends are using the word “chill.” (Cause our slang is better and they know it!)

- Being shocked that people actually use public transportation and that some people don’t even have their licenses. (How DO people live without cars?)

- Pining for some good In-N-Out.

- Missing Jack-in-the-Box.

- Buying our first winter coats.

- Wondering what scarf and glove etiquette is. (When are you supposed to put them on and when do you take them off? How exactly are you supposed to wear a scarf? I still can’t figure this shit out!)

- Wishing every movie and song wasn’t about California cause it’s only making us more homesick.

- Finding that suddenly our favorite song is “California Love.” (California knows how to party…)

- Watching the OC and having friends ask you if that is what its really like in California, and saying YES.