Chargers Beat Broncos! You know you are from San Diego if...

(Coming down from my trip to Costa Rica by watching my hometown team cap an unlikely playoff qualifying season with a victory over the first place Broncos. The Chargers are the first 4-8 team to end up winning the rest of their games and make it into the playoffs! To all the rejoicing Charger fans, a list from my friend Monique Bedard Manning that lets ...)



You know you are from San Diego if...

-Your high school had a surf team~
-You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla, Rancho Penasquitos, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Jamacha, Jamul, Cuyamaca, and El Cajon~
-There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer, and Oh Hey Look Its Summer Again~
-Chula-juana is a real town.~
- Your house is worth more than some small countries~
- You know what MB, OB , and PB stand for~
-Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and you're surprised when other areas don't have this~
- You can determine the accuracy of someone's "I'm ghetto" claim by knowing their high school. For example, El Camino High School or Crawford High School~
-You see weather forecasts for four different climate zones in the same county, and aren't remotely surprised. The Micro Climate Weather~
-You've gone to Mt. Helix in July and known you still need a jacket~
- You've tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium, and for bonus points, also tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium~
- You have a favorite- the WAP or the Zoo~
- You've been on a field trip to see an Imax movie at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center ~
- You still call it the Del Mar Fair~
- You say "I'm going to the track" and people know what you mean~
-You understand what May-Gray and June-Gloom is~
-A famous skateboarder/surfer lives in your town~
-There's a North County , a South County , and an East County but no Central County ~
-"Mossy Nissan! Mossy Nissan! Mossy Nissan Moves You!"~
-You know what it means when two guys are walking in Hillcrest~
-You know what it means when a girl in a short skirt is walking on El Cajon Blvd
-You've gotten stuck in the Horton Plaza parking structure traffic after a Padres game~
-You know what "The Merge" is, and will plan your entire day around not being on it during rush hour~
-You've been to Belmont Park
-You've taken the Coaster and laughed at people sitting in traffic on the 5~
-You know the difference between Clairemont Mesa, Kearny Mesa, and Mira Mesa and maybe you remember Serra Mesa too!
-You've gone to Sea World on a warm day and sat in the first few rows at the Shamu Show to get cooled off~
-You've been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5 and the 15~
-There are more bands than people~
-Your house doesn't have air conditioning~
-You know its San Diegan, not San Diegoan, or San Diegoite~
-Everyone has their favorite beach~
-No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking around in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops~
-You live on, near or are surrounded by hills~
-You hate tourists and their bad driving. GET OFF THE ROAD NORTH DAKOTA, NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE. SERIOUSLY. GO HOME~
-You have family and or friends that have moved to Arizona ~
-You used to, and sometimes still do ride the carousel at Seaport Village ~
-You know someone who doesn't own pants, and have a neighbor who doesn't seem to own a shirt~
-You know what Santa Ana's are, and that they have literally nothing to do with the city of Santa Ana~
-If the menu doesn't have California burritos on it, forget it, its not real Mexican food~
-If you're NOT from San Diego.... That sucks