Glad to hear your worries about work were unfounded, Missy7! Hope group went well.
Funny video, LillianGish. The fascination with freeway names and numbers is definitely a California stereotype with some truth to it.
I think the rest of the US tends to think of Californians as not having an accent (aside from the surfer-ish ones spoofed in that sketch, though I think that's more a manner of speech than an accent) because we're so used to hearing that Californian "non accent" in TV and film. But it's still an accent all its own, just one that is most easily described as not being an accent at all. Kind of complicated that sentence up a little much, I think.
Veep was very funny. Hope Silicon Valley is too. I'm sure it will be. It's my favorite HBO show right now. I only watch Game of Thrones first so dummies won't spoil it for me online before I get to see it.