the 3rd footnote is why i moved from the midwest to california, and i have to say, after 9 years here, it still feels that way - the promise of California as the doorway to the Other - when i stand on top of the berkeley hills and look out through the golden gate, and hopefully someday soon i'm launching my ship from the SF Bay to those foreign lands, but i know that i'll always come back here. perhaps, one day, i'll be sitting on some bay in india, dreaming of returning to california.