Calfornia Boy

For her birthday Abby received a few Barbie dolls. Specifically the California Girl edition Barbie dolls. Thanks to Granny Abby was the proud owner of Barbie's friend California Girl Christie who's a Scorpio from Woodbridge, New Jersey. She loves fruit smoothies, rock climbing, shopping, skiing and keeps tropical fish. Accompanying Christie was California Girl and Barbie confidante Summer's brother Blaine. Yep you guessed it, the California Boy. Blaine's a taurus born in Sydney, Australia. He loves Mexican food, extreme sports, surfing and "has no time for pets dude". Abby also became the proprieter of an upscale surf shop selling all manner of boards both surf and boogie. As well as roller blades, snorkeling equipment and some very trendy one sided cardboard t-shirt cut outs.

Now Abby has been fascinated with Blaine since his arrival. And I mean why wouldn't she be. He's a hottie. Check it.



Now California Boy Blaine is a conformist in the truest sense of the word. He emerged from his box in typical California Boy garb; khaki cargo shorts, graphic t under a bowling-esque shirt, shell necklace and artfully streaked and just out of bed messy hair. He also came with a boogie board and surfer shorts. He was cliched but he and Abby were very happy together. After Blaine had been living here a week or so Abby realized he needed to be back in his natural habitat, the ocean. And for lack of an ocean our pool would have to do. So Blaine made the switch from his cargos to his surfer shorts and headed out to shoot the curl.

This is Abby's happy face.



Some where along the line Blaine lost more than his clothes. He lost his name. I can't say I blame Abby. I mean California Boy Blaine? That was the best the geniuses at Mattel could come up with?Even Abby could come up with a better name than that. Yes my little 4 year old genius named her Barbie Doll a true symbol of mainstream corporate America after her anti-mainstream, granola crunching, organic buying, punk rock loving, short film making, documentary watching, body art sporting, great Canadian author in the making, wannabe vegetarian Uncle Dave. California Boy Uncle Dave is in the house.



I will tell you one thing though California Boy Uncle Dave is living the dream, hanging out on a raft with naked chicks all day.