Aiee, take me to California! :P I would absolutely love to go there; one of these days I might even consider moving there. I'm in good 'ol New York right now.. sigh. Welcome to the forum though Solra, I love your username! n~n
Fifth Gen. Gaming will be a nice little place for you to explore! I love Black 2 but the fact that it's a DS game has been putting me off for some reason lately. Maybe it's because the DS has very limited Wi-Fi settings and options.. :( But luckily the sixth generation will be on the 3DS so that's looking to be very awesome! But hey, tell us about yourself, yeah? I'm itching to know about you as a person and it'd be great if we could all know a little more.. would certainly help with making friends, after all. You can tell us when you got into Pokemon, what your favorite game is, any reasons you might have joined PC, and other interests you might have (like music or writing). That way we can pinpoint what boards you might enjoy since there really is a whole lot to do here.
But if you're looking for friends, I have some popular suggestions! There's the wonderful
Chit Chat & Polls that you can look at if you're wanting to have random chatter with our members about mostly anything, including an awesome chit-chat thread at the very top where you can converse with the memberbase. :D Clubs are also popular ways to meet new members; there's
Pokemon Clubs for all Pokemon clubs/groups and
Fan Clubs & Groups for anything unrelated to Pokemon. Be sure to read over their rules though, as they outline what is and isn't allowed when posting over in said boards. You're more than welcome to create a club if it doesn't exist nor has been reserved yet so that's another awesome thing you can try! Being a club owner is very fun.
Other than that, I hope you have a great time exploring around the forum! We are a very lovely place and want every new member to have the best possible time. If you need any assistance you can always contact me or another
moderator as we're more than happy to help.
Have fun and keep on posting!