#SoCal trip

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I'll always be a Toys R Us kid... - January 9, 2022

[agentjazzy]

oh wow, it looks like Disney's Primos is coming out - I thought they shelved it!

I showed my parents the trailer, and they immediately said that the main character looks just like I did when I was little lmao, because it's true

Because, like, 1)I'm Chicane, and we have the exact same coloring, 2)I had short hair and braces from ages 9-11, 3)I had many many pairs of jean shorts, 4)glasses, lol, and 5)my mom shaved my unibrow every month when I was little

And then, of course, the premise - when I was 8 I had to live with my cousins for Summer (+ one month of school) before we moved in with my grandparents bc *~*technically we were homeless for several years*~*

How many cousins? Well, first with only 3, but then there were problems, so then we moved in with a different tía, who, at the time, had 7 kids.

(if anyone's curious, I have 20 cousins total, with 1 more on the way)

Being in single 3 bedroom house (with 2 makeship rooms in the garage) with 7 cousins, 4 adults, and my little brother was. Um. An experience.

But anyway, after I showed my parents the trailer, I told them this show was supposed to premiere a year ago but had controversies after the theme song dropped, then I showed them the original theme song to see if anything caught their attention.

And sure enough, absolutely nothing. My mom questioned the nickname Nachos, bc it can sound kinda iffy, but nothing else caught their attention.

(and oh, for context, they both grew up in LA, both growing up translating for their parents)

I showed them some clips of why people hated it, and yeah, they were confused bc they would say "oye primos," not "oigan primos." I guess my grandparents weren't concerned with teaching exact grammar at home, more concerned with making sure that my parents were learning english at school

everyone being mad at "terremoto heights" was um. weird. because we're constantly making earthquake jokes, because we're waiting for The Big One, which we know will inevitably screw us over and possible strand us without water and home if/when it comes. but we still joke about it, you know? my whole class made earthquake jokes, and my parents made earthquake jokes when they were in school and they lived through the LA quakes

it makes me wonder if Animaniacs released their "A Quake" song today, would people have been up in arms as much as they have for Primos?

but I guess changing it is fair, if Disney wants to have an international release. even if making earthquake jokes is part of SoCal culture.

they were really surprised about the nickname controversies, because here in SoCal, those nicknames are like. pretty common. yes, even the one that they ended up changing. it's almost as if words have different connotations in different places..........

ANYWAY the biggest thing is that they agreed that the voice actress was out of line (although they think it's obvious that the "shithole" comment was poking fun at trump and that that was being taken out of context in bad faith) but - and this is an inside joke I'm not gonna elaborate on - makes sense considering her name

(IF YOU'RE A MUTUAL OR A TRUSTED FOLLOWER, if you're curious about the joke, I WILL dm you to explain if you ask)

but yeah. it's obvious that this is Disney's answer to The Loud House and The Casagrandes - that being said, all the vitriol towards this shows seems very unfounded. this show just seems very Chicano, moreso than other things I've seen.

and like, as I've explained here, this show is very, heavily relatable to me specifically. none of my white friends understood the pains of living with a bunch of your wild cousins - but multiple of my Chicana friends did. at different schools districts even.

it's just... a lot of the things people are shouting is "bad representation" is literally just... my life. And, apparently, the creator's life, considering it's based on her childhood.

I think it's nice that she made a show about Chicano culture. It does suck that apparently no one knows or even seem to want to know what Chicano culture is.

I just can't help but to wonder if I ever make something about my life, my lived experience... will people call me bad representation? idk.

anyway, I'll probably check the first few episodes out. I'm not sure I'll watch the whole series, since, lately, Disney's shows have been kinda a miss for me. but maybe I'll be surprised. I'm willing to give it a shot

[vintagesurfandprint]

“Take me where summer never ends” 🌞

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[cheekyblunders]

Cabrillo National Park

these are some of the SEXIEST rocks I've ever seen. I'm salivating

[fitgothgirl]

😍🖤😍🖤😍🖤

[alyoshka-karamazov]

This is legitimately the dumbest thing in the world to bitch about, but my really random nitpick about TSH is how little Donna Tartt knows about California geography 😭 like Richard is from Plano (called Sandborn now) which is in SoCal, and Miss Donna writes that he’s apparently just driving up to San Francisco (a cool ~5 hours away in Central California) for a day trip and has a friend that goes up there EVERY WEEKEND because it’s the “closest city”?? Donna I love you madly, but no queen <3 If Richard was going to go to a city for a casual day trip, it would be LA or San Diego, 2 and 3 hours away respectively. I know no one cares about this but me, but I’m a Californian and this has always bothered me

[strawberrystainedd]

being the most socal person in the world and gonna admit. i have travelled to almost every state in the USA and many countries in europe and the uk and been to canada. but i have never been further north in california than los angeles

[nightmareinfloral]

there’s a voice in your head telling you to move to new york city. that’s the devil talking, don’t listen to it.

[foragings]

i miss my beautiful california

[almostheav4n]

Hi Elise,

I hope all is well! I was wondering if you have an idea of when ch 5 of tomorrow never came will be up? Loving the story!

hi angel, all is well! I basically finished a first kinda part and then work was intense but im on like a girls get away so i should be by the pool writing so hopefully my brain produces chapter 5 by sunday! we shall hope! so so happy you enjoy it <3

[digitalhologramman]

Road-trip anyone?

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[vintagesurfandprint]

“And so we keep going (dreaming!)”

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palm tree / road trip

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[petegans]

Sequoia National Forest, June 2023

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[seilon]

the happiest ive been in any singular moment in probably over a year was a moment last week where my friends and i were driving to a campsite having accidentally taken a tiny insanely long and winding mountain road to get there, somehow i wasn’t carsick, the windows were rolled down, we were surrounded by nothing but woods for miles, and livin la vida loca was playing on the car stereo