(initial submissions by Miriam)

• 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.
• If 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.