Surfin' USA

In approx. 34 minutes I will depart to Sunny California for one week's vacation, or as I like to call it: Operation World Takeover (colon) The Golden State Episode; Surfing, Bridges and Seth Cohen.

In preparation, I have taken all the necessary precautions. Behold, the California Survival Kit, containing:

- Seasons 2-4 of the OC, fitted snuggly in my iPod.
- Various California-inspired reading material (the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Microserfs, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, etc)
- Dozens of songs about California, to be arranged on the plane, to create the perfect sunshiny road mix
- Camera and new batteries, to document any important events (Golden Gate Bridge, Venice, meeting Zach Braff (if only))
- The magic pink sunglasses
- Sunscreen (SPF 55), to be reapplied continually
- Numerous "hip" guidebooks (including two issues of Spin) to charter me through the cities
- A teddy bear (to protect me in South Central)

Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything.