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08.11.05 (11:41 am)

I'm at a loss for what to blog about today. Do I tell you about my insanely boring exam? Or the fact that I went for drinks afterwards with a girl that I've been talking to (from class) for almost 3 months but who'se name I still don't know? Yikes. So instead, I found this cool thing on blogthings. You Know You're From British Columbia When... You know the provincial flower You consider that if it has no snow, it is not a real mountain. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Blendz, and Tim Horton's. You know how to pronounce Squamish, Osoyoos & Nanaimo. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Thai food. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark - while only working eight-hour days. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation. You know that Dawson Creek is a town, not a TV show. You can point to at least two ski mountains, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover. You notice "the mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 5, but still wear your hiking boots and parka. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 10, but keep the socks on. You recognize the background shots in your favourite movies & TV shows. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time. You use a down comforter in the summer. The local hero is a pot-smoking snowboarder The local wine doesn't taste like malt vinegar Your $400,000 Vancouver home is 5 hours from downtown You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations You've been to a deforestation protest If a cop pulls you over, just offer them some of your hash It's November, it's raining, but you're still wearing birkenstocks You go broke just paying rent. You don't own a heavy winter coat You can't figure out why Manitoba is considered part of Western Canada. You wouldn't be caught dead on Vancouver Island or Vancouver without your umbrella and plastic shoes. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from British Columbia. The sad thing is that I actually relate with 98% of the list.

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posted by: AmyHCAlum
post date: 08.16.05 (6:19 am)

Wow...except for the pot smoking & exorbitant rent, I'd move there in a SECOND! It sounds AWESOME! (is it hard to drive around in the winter months?)

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posted by: themarina
post date: 08.16.05 (7:24 am)

Reply to: AmyHCAlum
It's not too bad in the winter. They keep the roads pretty clean (for the most part). The pot smoking isn't sooo bad, the pot growing is worse. As for the rent, it's hard to find decent prices but it's not as bad as it's made out to be.