it all makes so much sense
so, my boss, marne ("e" is silent) lent me lake wobegon days, by garrison keillor. apparently, his therapist had him get it. "it explains why upper-midwesterners are so fucked-up." marne is from chicago. his therapist from minnesota. i am on page 23. it is both painful and hillarious. my girlfriend from southern califonia doesn't get it. a different breed, them.
"so most of lake wobegon's children leave, as i did, to realize themselves as finer persons then they we allowed to be at home."
i've developed such mixed feelings about minnesota. growing up there. deciding if i ever want to go back... etc. i owe some of my most valuable characteristics from the north star state. and some of my most frustrating. it's amazing how magnified things get from a distance.