March 28, 2006
Perhaps I was being a bit hasty...
I admit that it is all a big blur on the other side of the Sierra Nevada. Red State, Blue State, Old State, New State. Whatever. If it pleases you to think that there is a significant difference between your state and Nevada, well, be my guest, but once you are done with that silliness, and you want to humbly submit to the grandeur and superiority of California, then you will understand what it is to see the Good, the True and the Beautiful.
Of course we have our share of fruits, nuts and flakes, but this is where Californian generosity comes in: we would gladly share them with you. You want Tom Ammiano? Perhaps to repatriate him? Be my guest. I will throw in Barbara Boxer as a bonus. And Barbara Streisand. A special on Barbara's? Sure. Take Lee and we'll call it a deal.
Of course I identify the greatest threat to Truth and Goodness to be Canada. I am all in favor of immediate invasion of Canada, provided we always keep them as a subservient state (c'mon, they are already used to that anyway). And the influence of Canada is so pernicious, that I have to be suspicious of people from states that border Canada.
However, in the comments to the post about the good Dominicans (a thinly veiled rant against the Maple Playground, if you ask me), someone from Maine expresses his own regions mistrust of the Canadians.
Wow. I thought that Mainers were a bunch of liberal wusses, like over in Connecticut. It turns out that there might be more to the state than lobster.
Posted by erik at March 28, 2006 1:58 PMWow ... delirious, poetic and verbose. A deadly combo that leaves me speechless (and my husband will tell you that is an extreme rarity).
Posted by: Julie D. at March 29, 2006 10:38 AMI sure am delirious...
Delirious over the splendor of Big Sur, the mightiness of El Capitan, the flavors of Chez Panisse and the wines of Napa, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Monterrey, Amador...
Delirious over the poetry of Robinson Jeffers, Gary Snyder (when he isn't being a nattering eco-twit), William Everson, over the clarity of Joan Didion or the imagination of John Houston...
Delirious about living accross the bay from the largest pyramid on Earth, the most spectacular bridge, the best ballpark in America, the best symphony in the wolrd...
Delirious about our chocolate, our coffee, our tomatoes, our peaches, our pears, our almonds, our rice, our pistachios, kiwis, berries, lettuce, artichokes (ever eaten one in your state?), the giagantic redwoods, the tule elk, the Sierra Nevada, the Mediterranean climate, the Spanish Catholic history...
Speaking of history...you all know that I am Anglophobe in general and an Anglicanophobe in particular, but even in matters heretical we have you all beat: the first Book of Common Prayer services in North America?
California (Drake's Bay, Marin County, 1579).
So, yes I am delirious over California. Who wouldn't be?
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at March 28, 2006 4:21 PMYou know, when I saw you admitting you might have been hasty, I wondered ... and now that I see this:
humbly submit to the grandeur and superiority of California,
I know for sure. You're delirious. Better call the doctor and lie down with a cold compress on your head.
Posted by: Julie D. at March 28, 2006 2:51 PM