I'm starting to think that being familiar with the work of Ke$ha is not the cultural touchstone that I thought it was

I'm in Berkeley for the summer, and I have to say that it's a bit like an alternate world out here. You know, everything is mostly the same as in Baltimore: people walk on two legs and wear pants and say 'Hello' and eat at vegan bakeries and go to Farmer's Markets and drive bikes to work (on a sidenote: it's unbelievable how many Bay Area people think t…