'The Hills' of Monterey

After seeing a movie this evening, Rich and I went to a restaurant at the mall next to the movie theater. A table with about four 20-something women was across the aisle. Apparently, the clinically-retarded-California-chick cliché has made its way this far north. 

Pregnant, straight-haired woman: "Yeah, I was thinking of converting to, like, Buddhism. But that's not even a real religion."

(Later)

Pregnant woman again: "She almost passed out yesterday! She's on this new diet..."

Mind you, she looked like she was 7 months pregnant, but still wearing tiny little jeans and a fitted sweater and perfectly straightened hair and makeup. Everyone at the table did that thing where every sentence sounded like a question too. It would have been funny if it hadn't been so annoying. And to think, pretty soon there's going to be another little copy of that one running around! I definitely need to have kids to balance things out.