Inauguration day: Ode to Cali

Yes folks, I am moving to DC, the land of "taxation without representation," but never fear! I will show those East-Coasters how it's done in the Wild Wild West. The town of Northern hospitality with Southern efficiency will never know what hit her! You can follow my adventures on this here blog, which I officially dedicate to my favorite May Moon Chi cousin.

And so, for our opening ceremony into bloggie land, I was going to bring you the king of the West himself, live from the afterlife....Mr. 2Pac Shakur in his famous rendition of California Love. But you can read about the "sunshine State with a bombass hemp beat" yourself here.

Then I discovered THIS! Did you know that we have a State song? OK, so it's a little cheesey and needs a creative touch (I mean, how many times can you say I love you in one song without sounding like a total sap??), but this will come in handy when we succeed from the Union...

I love You California

I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all I love you in the winter, summer, spring, and in the fall.I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore,I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.
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I love your redwood forests - love your fields of yellow grain, I love your summer breezes, and I love your winter rain, I love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine, I love you, California; you have won this heart of mine.
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I love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards streteching far, I love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar, I love your purple sunsets, love your skies of azure blue,I love you, California; I just can't help loving you.
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I love you, Catalina - you are very dear to me,I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite, I love you, Land of Sunshine, half your beauties are untold, I loved you in my childhood, and I'll love you when I'm old.
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When the snow crowned Golden SierrasKeep their watch o'er the valleys bloom. It is there I would be in our land by the sea,Ev'ry breeze bearing rich perfume, It is here nature gives of her rarest, It is Home Sweet Home to me.And I know when I die I shall breathe my last sigh

For my sunny California.