The NY Times says Orange County is hip

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Yeah, thanks. At least it's written by an alleged native. Mind you, I did appreciate the observation at the end of the selection:

Brandon Matteson, 19, who grew up in Irvine, just inland from "The O.C." terrain, complained that at a snowboarding camp he attended at Mount Hood, in Oregon, "my nickname instantly became `O.C.' for the entire 15 days I was there."

He rolled his eyes. No one seemed to recall hearing anybody in Orange County calling it "the O.C." before the Fox show.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO HEAR ANY MORE BACKTALK ON THAT LAST POINT.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Zebrahead have a song called "O.C. Life" on the Orange County soundtrack. Or is it just the use of the word "the" that bothers you?

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the 'the' -- I have no problem at all with 'OC'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

People are stupid. 'Oooh, a trendy new name for something we didn't care for last week! Let's all use it!' Twats.

― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

ned OTM, it makes no fucking sense.

― todd swiss (eliti), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Dumbasses have been caring about Orange County for years!

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

It's always been a hotbed of trendy crap!

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Alameda was once the Coney Island of the West.

― Ratchet (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

It's always been a hotbed of trendy crap!

This point is extremely true.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

but ned, i thought that orange county became hip after sublime hit it big!

(there's also an orange county in new york. it's not very hip, as far as i know.)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There's one in Florida as well. We franchise.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, and there's one in Beijing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a Gilchrist County in Florida, or so I am led to believe. "Welcome to the GC, bitch!" would have pleased me much more.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Without Orange County, where would have all the crappy Ska-Punk bands from 1997 come from?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Notice that the L.A. Times didn't tell us that OC was cool. It only is cool from a distance. A 3,000 mile distance....

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a Gilchrist County in Florida,

Cookie Gilchrist was a running back for the Buffalo Bills. He was often in sport magazines. Now we can call you Cookie.

― Jack Kemp, Monday, 11 October 2004 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Notice that the L.A. Times didn't tell us that OC was cool. It only is cool from a distance. A 3,000 mile distance....

haha ... you could say that about all of california, maybe?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Probably.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:00 (twenty-one years ago)

OC, NY is kinda teh suck.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe they were really calling the guy O.C.D.

― papa november (papa november), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

O.C. Original Conservative

― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I grew up there but moved away in '75, and my parents are all like "you don't want to go back there, it's all Vietnamese people now," and I'm all like, "fuck yeah, maybe I could finally get something decent to eat there!"

― William Crump (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

As we all know, now that the New York Times has identified this as a trend, it's officially over.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr. Crump speaks to my heart (and yeah, there are some brilliant Vietnamese places around, thank god).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

it would be so cool if the o.c. were actually a vietnamese soap opera.

― Germany's Fun-Loving Beer (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

A Vietnamese soup opera!

Battle pho!

I'd pay money.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

what's wrong with "the" oc? isn't it the orange county?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Like, THE Ohio State University.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah! the county which is orange!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

(ned's gonna get mad at me now)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

NO DOUBT

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

that last post was ... SUBLIME! HAWHAWHAWHAWHAWHAHAWHAW I R SO FRIGGIN FUNNY

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Notice that the L.A. Times didn't tell us that OC was cool. It only is cool from a distance. A 3,000 mile distance....
haha ... you could say that about all of california, maybe?

Perhaps you could say that about everywhere? I'll think about that.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/791234~195d5cd4dd2e6d70a9a66181288c35f6/911tape_1.zip

2minute 30second 911-Emergency call from Orange County

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 31 March 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

Gygax, I have to beat you and Eisbar for those last comments up there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Ned, dont be so RANCID!

*runs and hides*

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

Alas, that joke would only work if said band were from OC and not the Bay Area. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

that 911 call is priceless. kill America now please k thx bye

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 1 April 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

"Ma'am, we're not going to go down there and enforce your western bacon cheesebuger" is the QUOTE OF THE CENTURY

― scout (scout), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

Ned, don't be so THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERTONES.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sginfo.no/typo3/typo3temp/423aae5846.jpg

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

Does BK even have a Western Burger?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

Beware busriding OC hipsters, The Man doesn't want you listening to your iPods.

Some of us over here at the OC Metroblog are returning from a Vegas trip a little light in our wallets but at least we still have our laptops (wait, I think we lost them along with our shorts at the Craps tables). When I checked my e-mail this afternoon Sean Bonner (the "father" of the Metroblogs) forwarded us an e-mail from Wil Wheaton regarding a blog post from Posh of the Suicide Girls being cited on an OCTA bus.

Apparently Posh was cited for wearing both sets of headphones in her ears along with a fellow passenger by an Undercover and a uniformed deputy. I didn't even know that was illegal? I know that a person cannot wear headphones/earplugs (California Code Section 27400) in both ears while operating a motor vehicle and I know that a person can be searched on public transit (United States v. Drayton). As for a search, Florida v. Bostick states that a reasonable person should feel like they can decline a search by a peace officer on a bus if they are asked under their fourth amendment rights.

From the sound of the situation on the bus, the Deputies were looking to make examples of people to show other offenders that there is an undercover presence on the OCTA buses. The actions of citing people who were wearing headphones sounds like they took the "Zero- Tolerance" approach way too far. Posh was able to get an explanation on why the Undercovers acted the way that they did, apparently they cited her to possibly show others that undercover deputies ride the bus. I thought the whole point of being undercover was so that people don't know that your there, this just doesn't make any sense from the Sheriff's department (although, this is Orange County, sometimes political thinking doesn't make sense as well.)

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Friday, 3 March 2006 01:50 (nineteen years ago)

Haven't been caught yet!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

You have been warned by Wesly Crusher who was warned by a Suicide Girl!!!! Beware! Take Care!

― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 3 March 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

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