saturday morning wisconsin love

[baehj2915]

most of you know how much i love Wisconsin, but here's some more WI-centric love to solidify that idea in your mind.

Comments

[kleenexcow]

I CALL IT COKE REGARDLESS OF FLAVOR, TOO! THAT IS ITS CORRECT NAME!!

[kris_anne_]

i have to just intrude here and say that NO IT IS NOT IT'S FUCKING CORRECT NAME!!!!

sorry, big pet peeve. =D

[baehj2915]

silly southerners. Coke is a brand name and since, thank god, Coke does not yet own everything, it cannot serve as a catchall word for all types of soda.

But you're from the south, so i'll let it slide. As long as you don't call ginger ale or root beer "Coke", I'm good. :D

Soda.

JLB

[kleenexcow]

What do you mean, as long as I don't call ginger ale or root beer "Coke"? If it's carbonated, it's a coke, silly. Coke/Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, Ginger Ale, Sprite, I've maybe even used it for carbonated water.

[cataterpillar]

I know several people who have hit several deer. I love Wisconsin, but damn. I'm so sick of the snow, I might just move to Illinois or something. You know . . . south.

[kris_anne_]

well, i'm thinking of moving out west. you know...minneapolis.

[carma_baby]

Ok. I couldn't resist commenting the moment I read the Coke one. I will probably comment again, but I needed to say that while I sometimes do call every carbonated beverage Coke, it is very rare. I actually call them soda. Of course, I don't drink soda, but that is a non-issue... Now, back to reading...

[carma_baby]

I love my city. It's the biggest little city in the U.S. We have three sections, divided by a river and a lake. I can pronounce Tchoupitoulas. Every holiday deserves at least one parade, sometimes more. The entire city shuts down for Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. The entire city. There are 'high school bars.'

I love NOLA. However, I do think I would not mind visiting WI. In the middle of summer. Hopefully without snow. Today was a gorgeous, mid-seventies day with a lovely breeze. I was able to wear capris and a tank top. ^_~

[baehj2915]

WI in the summer is ungodly in my opinion. its so warm and ridiculously humid. you need to visit in the fall, right around late september. that's when WI is pretty much the most beautiful place on earth. Fall is why people decide to stay here. (Though our official seasons are Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction. I thought it was Construction last week, but it turns out its Still Winter

[carma_baby]

I have not heard from you in ages and ages and just wanted to say, hey, what up home slice?

The actual pronunciation is chop-a-two-las, but you were close. Most people don't even bother figuring it out.

I recently returned to the hell that is the ABQ, and let me tell you... Without the humidity, seventy is freezing to me. I miss being nice and toasty and comfortable at seventy five degrees, eighty if the humidity isn't horrific. Here, anything less than eighty-three is just too cold. I have a feeling your summer would be comfortable for me.

For you, I would recommend a nice visit in January when it is still cold and awful. Sometimes I might even say you should come for Mardi Gras, but the cold rarely lasts the entire time.

Last thing: I love your seasons. I'm guessing Construction is your version of summer.

Hope all is well with you! Until next time!

[baehj2915]

i feel kind of bad for not updating in forever, but i've just some depressing months. i'm doing better now though. and i don't feel like busting back onto the whole lj scene without updating the sylinder series thing. but i've been trying to make myself write my original fiction.

thanks so much for checking up on me, though!!! i really appreciate it. send me a line over facebook if you ever want to exchange giggles or tell me what's going on in the world of slash that you think will get me commenting again.

see you later, m'dear! :D

~love from WI
JLB

[freerangedorito]

Yeah, dude, "upnort" and "Trivers" are waaaay more time-conserving than the drudgery of sighing, "Up....
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Gee whiz der, dat took ferever donchaknow.

XD You totally slayed me, dude. Just the other day, there was this douche tearin' around on the road like a bat outta hell. So I shook my head and remarked that, "That douche must be from the city. Well, ya aren't gonna get places any faster drivin' like that around here."

Sure enough, he had Illinois plates. Our ability to detect nearby outsiders--but outsiders nonetheless--is uncanny.

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And what's with this Coke thing in the South? Ah, well, I bet they think our "bubbler" stuff is goofy.

[carma_baby]

By bubbler, do you mean water fountain? Cause if so, then I think that is just a northerner thing. I know New Englanders call water fountains bubblers.