Mike and I were out to eat the other night, and the table next to us was filled with loud New Yorkers. Mike keeps telling me that I am a New Yorker now too, but I am not sure if I agree.
1. I do not feel like a New Yorker.
2. I still feel like a Michigander.
3. The vast majority of my life was spent in Michigan.
I feel like I am a person from Michigan who lives in NY (if that makes sense). I do suppose after 20 years here I may feel otherwise, but it has only been 5. How long do you have to live somewhere to identify yourself in that region??
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I don't know... I haven't lived in MI for > 10 years now. I wouldn't say that I am an Oregonian, Minnesotan, or Michigander... That said, if I drive my car over a cliff, the press will stamp me as an Oregonian :) So, based upon that theory, Mike is right. There's where I play, and then there's where the people live who I can relate to best!
I sense yet another Jim Croce song in Janet's future...
-P
Are you afraid to be labeled in the newspaper article as "Hippie trash" :)
Ahh, Jim Croce. I remember you said he wrote 3 types of songs.
1. Messing with a Badass
2. I love you, but I can not tell you.
3. I am breaking up with you.
"Things were spinnin' round me,
and all my thoughts were cloudy.
Lived there 'bout a year and never once felt at home...
... New Yorks not my home"
:)
Don't know if you know that song, but you should learn it to play on your lefty guit! then you can sit on a park bench, feed pigeons and strum away.
-P
I am not a Coloradan, New Yorker, Bostonian, or a Michigander though I lived in all of these places.
I am Wisconsin Cheesy through and through!
BZ
I am not a Coloradan, New Yorker, Bostonian, or a Michigander though I lived in all of these places.
I am Wisconsin Cheesy through and through!
BZ
We all know that you are not only a cheesehead, but a Badger!
It's not a matter of time... When you find yourself waiting on line, then you are a New Yorker!
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