Crossing all Bridges.

I've lived in California all my life, specifically long beach. I grew up downtown, and moved further up town as my family out grew our tiny one room back-house. Since acquiring my license in september of last year, i've been spending alot of time exploring the city I've always called home. Recently some events have befallen me, which generated the desire to, well, to get out of the house. Now something i've noticed is that "going green" is becoming more and more popular, especially in hip places like down town long beach. 

You can see people going green in various ways, some more extreme then others. For instance, were begining to see more bicycles on the roads.  Now I'm basing these statistics on my own personal life, but 8 out of 10 people i know use bicycles as their main mode of transportation. I on the other hand perfer to drive. I have a 97 toyota tacoma, and it's probably the best car in the world, but mostly only because i get alot of funny remarks regarding my height, and the fact that i drive a pick-up. My favorite remark to date was when i pulled up to a friends house and a girl i had never met before said "We'll thats a pretty big truck for such a tiny little girl"

tangent... sorry...

Anyways, i went for a drive. 

My advice to you,  always cross the bridge, and, if once you've crossed that bridge, and ahead of you is another, bigger bridge you should just drive right over that one as well. 

Cause that's what life's all about, crossing bridges.

Roll your windows down, wear something with a hood, and play Bjork really loud. Try not to get overly distracted by the reflections on the water surrounding you. Listen to your friends when they tell you to slow down, but don't forget your in control and if you want to go 80 across the bridge, weaving through the semi-trucks, then you go 80 across that bridge....but possibly, in that specific case, you should probably just listen to your friends and slow down a little.

I got my two good friends george bucio and dylan wood at accompany me. This was nice because they have polar opposite personalities. I won't give examples, for fear of accidently offending, but driving for an hour with black and white is a really good experience.

Take this as you will, but always remember, that at the end of the bridge, there's gonna be one of two things,

Another bridge, or something worth it all.

[the results of the september 24th drive was something worth it]

starting where we start.

As this is my first blog, i figured it appropriate to start with what makes California, California. On September 9th, 1850, California officially entered the union making it the 31st state. With thanks due to gold strikes California slowly began to grow in population. Skipping forward 158 years, California is the most highly populated state with an every growing total of over 36,000,000 people (est. 2007)
The golden state is known mainly for its warm beaches and the likely hood of a "star encounter" 

Recently i took a trip to seattle where i stayed in a hostel. My conversations went something like this,

"So where are you from"

"California, LA area"

"Really! Do you like, know famous people?"

I had to break the news to handfull of people that, no, living in California does not mean your friends with that one guy from that one movie...

Honestly, living in California doesn't mean much. I've lived here all my life, I'm not tan and I'm not famous, the only thing i've really gained from living in California is a extreme intolerance to the weather anytime it drops below 70.

Let me fill you in on California.

California is home to one of the worlds greatest entertainment capitals, Hollywood.

Hollywood, originally Hollywoodland, was initially built as a project meant to last no more then a year and half. 83 years later, it is considered the film capital of the world, producing more then 500 films a year. Hollywood is also credible to turning out many house hold names such as Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. Hollywood has Given tabloids things to write about, bloggers things to blog about, and people things to talk about, we may not know them personally but for many the lives of Hollywood celebs are more interesting then the movies that made them famous in the first place.

But California is more then a glitzy top layer. California has deserts, mountains, beaches, lakes and more, and each one considerably close to the other. You won't hae to travel far to get from one extreme to the other. Not much more then an hour and you can travel from point A to point B, rolling beaches to waterless deserts, peaks of mountains to depths of the valleys.

thats the point of this blog. California is a huge and wonderful state, as diverse as it is big, and it's definatly going to take me more then one blog to cover it all. 

Till next time, enjoy your state, and i'll keep enjoying mine.

kandyce-lynn

The W's of Kalifornia

Who: Kandyce....
What: A blog strictly about the People and Places of the Golden State
Where: California
When: Starting now, ending later
Why: English Class Assignment

Every week there will be a feature place and person. I'll try my best to write about interesting people and beautiful places, maybe include a picture, defiantly include some links..

Enjoy.