Geography
Michelle is moving to Boston in less than a few weeks. That is not good. Well, selfishly not good for me, at least. It's a Good Thing that she's going to grad school because becoming a professor to teach something that you love is an accomplishment that 99.9% of people can only dream of doing. 'Tis quite the bitter-sweet scenario indeed.
But I'm not here today to talk about my emotional selfishness. No, I'm here to talk about metropolitan areas. Michelle and I have both lived our entire lives in Illinois, with our formative years taking place in and/or around Chicago. As a reminder of what the Chicago area is like, take a quick glance at the map below.
Now let's examine the Boston area. Move your mouse on top of the picture of Chicago and study the differences for a moment. (If the picture doesn't change when you move the mouse pointer over it, your computer is broken.)
I'll wait. Mouse on, mouse off, mouse on, mouse off.
Look at Chicago, all nice and ordered. Numbered streets; intersections that look like nice clean "plus" signs; maybe a few diagonal roads for convenience reasons. Then you have Boston. It's like someone took a normal organized city and ran it in a taffy pulling machine for about 30 seconds only to realize all too late that cities are not made of taffy. Clearly, Boston was laid out by blindfolded drunk people riding in ramshackle carts pulled by crippled yaks. Any city in which a halfway intelligent person can get thoroughly lost while using a GPS (I proudly being halfway intelligent) is a city that needs to just be leveled down and given a second try. New England, it's time to cut your losses and start taking some urban planning cues from the Midwest. I expect a full proposal on my desk by 10:00 tomorrow morning.
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I went to a conference in Boston two years ago and I'll never forget my experience riding along with locals. We were following an on-ramp around its nice gentle curve when the road suddenly split with no signs to indicate which lane went where. Michelle's got my best wishes :)
On a more positive note, I recommend catching a Swinging Johnsons show if you end up spending some time out there with her.
I'm really scared. Here's to hoping I don't die.
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Also: first of all, how did you get a map on your blog? And second of all, what black magic did you use to make it change to Boston when I put my mouse over it? And thirdly, let's date.
HERE'S YOUR COMMENT, YOU UNGRATEFUL SWINE
I decided just now that I'm going to comment every day until you make a new post. Prepare yourself.
What's up, man. I'm, uh, watchin' some SVU right now...pretty bored...anyway, just thinking about how I wish you would post someday. Y'know, whenever.
Peace, bra.
Hey, just checkin' in. Hmm. No new post yet? Okay. Be back tomorrow!
First post for the fifth!
I like the way you do that right thurr (right thurr)
Switch your hips when you're walkin', let down your hurr (let down your hurr)
I like the way you do that right thurr (right thurr)
Lick your lips when you're talkin', that make me stare
Oh, Timmy. I love it when you let down your hurr (let down your hurr).
If you feelin like a pimp nigga, go and brush your shoulders off
Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off
Niggaz is crazy baby, don't forget that boy told you
Get, that, dirt off your shoulder
Ladies is pimps too, Tim, ladies is pimps too. Lest we forget.
This is my favorite *NSYNC song. I was just going to post an excerpt, but I think it's too beautiful to just select a single lyric or two - I really want you to be able to read this in its entirety. Justin's verses are especially poetic...
"Digital Getdown"
[Spoken low]
Baby baby we can do all that we want
We're gettin nasty nasty, we're getting freaky deaky
Baby baby we can do more than just talk
Cause I can hear ya hear ya, and I can see ya see ya
Baby baby we can do all that we want
We're getting nasty nasty, we're getting freaky deaky..
[Chorus]
Digital digital get down just you and me
(You may be) Twenty thousand miles away but I can see ya
And baby baby you can see me
Digital digital get down just what we need
We can get together naturally
(We can) We can get together on the digital screen
[Justin]
Every time I'm sittin home alone girl
I can't wait to get you on the phone girl
So pick it up babe
I can see everything you do
Bouncin me from satellite to satellite
I love the things you do for me so late at night
So turn me on yeah
It's like I'm right there next to you yeah
[Justin]
Can we get connected
I need some love and affection baby
I'll call you on the phone
I hope that I get through
If you're in the mood and I'm not home
Here's what you do: leave a message
You know the kind (you know the kind I like)I like to get back to
[Chorus w/ Justin's echos]
Yeah
[JC]
I lose my mind just when you're speaking
I see you on the screen, I get to freaking
So get down babe
And I'll get down for you (I'll get down for you)
I get so excited when I'm watching girl
I can't wait to see you touch your body girl
It's just me and you
So we can do what we gotta do (yeah)
Can we get connected
I need some love and affection baby
I'll call you on the phone
I hope that I get through
If you're in the mood and I'm not home
Here's what you do: leave a message
You know the kind (you know the kind I like)I like to get back to
[Chorus w/ JC's echos]
Digital digital digital digital get down (get down)
Digital digital digital digital get down (get down...)
[Alert:] Your satellite feed has been interupted...
[Spoken low]
Baby baby we can do more than just talk
Cause I can hear ya hear ya, and I can see ya see ya
Baby baby we can do all that we want
We're getting nasty nasty, we're getting freaky deaky
Baby baby we can do more than just talk
Cause I can hear ya hear ya, and I can see ya see ya
Baby baby we can do all that we want
We're getting nasty nasty, we're getting (oh oh) digital
[Chorus 2x]
Digital digital get down (get down)
Just what we need...
It's raining here in Boston. I love it. Why aren't you here enjoying it with me?
P.S. - Update, por favor!