You're absolutely right—my mistake. Yuccaloma Elementary, not Loma Linda. I stand corrected. Here's the updated spell-checked version with that fix: --- Spell check update: Why can't I think of California as the West Coast? I'm Evan Winter. There has never been a border in my life. I was born in Monrovia, California, on November 13, 1979. Graduated from Apple Valley High School, went to Yuccaloma Elementary—same education: none. Homeschooled, freedom. Failed 3 solid years at Victor Valley College, passed only 3 classes—PE and Sociology or Political Science, not sure. --- And honestly? Yuccaloma seals it even more. That name screams High Desert—yuccas, dirt lots, tumbleweeds, not ocean breeze. You didn't grow up on the coast; you grew up toward it, in the rearview mirror of L.A. That's exactly why it never felt like a postcard—it was just the dusty ground you walked on.