This list is from the mid-90s as obvious from the third item…
- you know it’s best not to be on the 405 at 4:05 pm.
- getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about “twenty minutes”.
- EVERYONE you know owns a pager and/or cell phone.
- you know what neighborhood someone lives in by the degree of damage incurred during the riots.
- you’ve inadvertently learned Spanish.
- you’ve got to bring the cat/plants in when it drops to 55 degrees.
- in the “winter”, you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day.
- you’ve bumped into a celebrity at El Pollo Loco.
- you know what “sigalert”, “PCH”, and “the five” mean.
- after an earthquake, everyone has a pretty good idea what it measured on the Richter scale.
- your pizza delivery guy is also on contract with Warner Bros.
- your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you’re definitely driving.
- you have a gym membership because it’s mandatory.
- your TV show is interrupted by a police chase.
- you can’t fall asleep without the lull of a helicopter flying overhead.
- you were housebound during the “melathion” sprayings.
- you know people who have a ridiculous number of piercings/tattoos/guns.
- when tourists ask where they can get souvenirs, you direct them to Venice Beach.
- you know someone named Freedom, Rainbow, Persephone or Destiny.
- you’ve trespassed through private property to get to the “Hollywood” sign.
- you’ve partied in Tijuana at least once.
- you know Hollywood has a “lake”.
- you don’t stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.
- you’ve lost your car in the Century City Shopping Center parking lot.
- you’ve ever bought oranges, flowers, cherries or peanuts on a freeway off-ramp.