The real reason...

[artyartie]

..I'll be heading to Minnesota next year can be found here.

Prairie Home Companion, hockey, a Scandanavian baking store which is going to *kill* whatever stipend they give me and cheapcutefurnituresoldinastorewheretheysellswedishmeatballs!!!

*squeees once, falls over and collapses, dreaming of $1.99 vases*

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[mayara13.livejournal.com]

Earlier this year, M discovered Ikea, and can't wait to move so we can actually buy furniture we don't plan on selling at a garage sale in a couple years.

We both love the thought of you going to Minnesota, as it will a) make it easier to visit, b) give us an excuse to spend time in Minneapolis (dontcha know Minnesota's part of the Promised Land?), and c) make it possible for you to spend Thanksgiving with us in WI (also part of the PL) maybe?

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Yes, Minnesota is much closer to Indiana, and I'm really looking forward to being there - even sans IKEA. The Newcomer's Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul keeps calling to me from bookshelves, and I love reading little snippets about what will be my new home, at least for a few years. I hope you two can come visit *alot*, and if you're in Wisconsin next year, we should definetly do Thanksgiving together.

[mayara13.livejournal.com]

M showed me this a few days ago, and with the mention of Minnesota, I thought I'd share. Minnesotan's too nice for own health?

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Hah! Oh, that's so true! I was reading a site with "you may be from *insert state here* if.." quips on it (which thinks all Coloradans are right-wing nut jobs, not just Tancredo) and one of the "you might be from Minnesota" quips was "you help random people in stores - even if you don't work there."

Oh dear God, I do that *all the time.* Somehow, I, California-born, managed to end up with a serious case of "Minnesota nice" before I even moved there! Once I am there it'll be completely hopeless...

[mayara13.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing one of those "How to tell where a driver is from" lists which said (I found a copy of it so I could remember):

Both hands on steering wheel in a relaxed posture, eyes constantly checking the rear-view mirror to watch for visible emissions from their own or another's car: Colorado (so very much me even now).

To find copies of this particular list, google colorado resident spotting car with texas plate.

And on a list of "you might be from Colorado if...", the following so fits me: You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue (says the one who just last week commented on how wonderful the weather was because the sky was blue). Most of the others were, well, they talked about different subgroups within the group of Coloradans, most of which were not me - though, I must say, north does mean "mountains to the left" and south "mountains to the right" (but east is Kansas and west is Mormons, and I feel sick after 3 days of clouds, not depressed after 1 of fog).

But yes, you do strike me as one who would fit in quite well with a bunch of Scandahoovian Lutherans.