She's certainly right about the California-as-weirdo-magnet part. (No offense, Elizabeth! In a state with 45 million people I imagine at least some of them have to be normal!) I guess the lesson to be learned with the whole "California Dream" scenario is that life is not supposed to be fun and games: we can only get back into the Garden through the Church.
:smoke-pot:
There are no shortcuts (or stairways) to Heaven.