Your co-worker tells you he has eight body piercings -
none are visible. When someone says "TENDERLOIN", you don't think steak;
you think danger. You make well over $100,000 and you still can't find a
nice place to live. You think anyone who drives a car to work is
decadent. You keep a list of companies to boycott. You would never dream of crossing a picket line. You take the bus and are shocked at two people carrying
on a conversation in English. You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city
than the California State flag. The guy who cuts your hair is straight, and your plumber
is gay. The woman who delivers your mail is straight, and your
Mary Kay Lady is gay. Old friends you haven't talked to in years suddenly call.
"Do you have a spare bedroom for a weekend?" You think anyone wearing a George Clooney haircut is
visiting from the Midwest. You can't remember...Is pot still illegal? You go to your office manager's baby shower. The parents
are named Judy and Becky. You give a "thumbs up" gesture to a car with a FREE TIBET
bumper sticker and you mean it. You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans
are grown, and are willing to fight about it. A really great parking spot can move you to tears. You know that anyone wearing shorts in June is just
visiting from Ohio. A man walks on MUNI in full leather regalia and
crotchless chaps. You don't notice. You curse those damn tourists - but always stop to help a
cute person who is looking puzzled at a city map. When you drive under an underpass, for one moment you
think "earthquake". Your boss runs in "The Bay to Breakers" ...it's the first
time you have seen him nude. Your child's 3rd grade teacher has a nose ring and is
named "Breeze". You haven't been to Fisherman's Wharf since the first
month you moved to the Bay Area. You are thinking of taking an adult education class, but
you can't decide between a Yoga, Channeling or Building Your
Web Site class. Your new neighbors go to temple, but you are still not
sure if they are Jewish or Buddhist. You realize the only Republicans you know are your Aunt
and Uncle in Georgia.