Bryan W. Alaspa 1Hello and Welcome
June 11th 2009 16:51
Hello, my name is Bryan W. Alaspa and this is my first official posting on my new blog. I have spent my entire life living in the city of Chicago. OK, if the truth be known, I lived for a few years in St. Louis but considering how that ended, we won't spend a lot of time talking about that. St. Louis is a fine town, if you like humidity and giant monuments that look like croquet wickets.
Chicagoans are unique people. We spend hours and hours and hours complaining about our city. Then, when our city ends up on a Worst Places to Live list, we get livid and get upset. That's because in Chicago you are allowed to complain about Chicago if you live here, but if you don't you'd better just shut up. Chicagoans are allowed to complain to each other because we always end the conversation by laughing and shrugging and saying, "Yeah, well, that's life in Chicago for ya."
If you are from New York or, especially, from Los Angeles, you are not allowed to complain about our city. In general our opinion of New York and Los Angeles is that they suck. We don't fool around with it, we just come right out and say it. If you aren't from here, then we don't care.
We are a city that spends a good portion of the year freezing. Then we get a few months where it gets so hot some people literally roast to death in their homes. Again, this is something we are allowed to complain about, but now you.
One myth to dispell right away is that Chicago is frozen all the time. We have actual beaches here and a lake. It is a huge inland sea. It's a real lake. It is also really poluted a lot of the time and you can't swim in it, but we still have beaches and beach volleyball, so shut up.
I hope to add to the discourse about Chicago by providing my own unique look and take on things. It is an amazing city with some amazing people, but there is also no end to the potentially funny things that go on around here. I look forward to entertaining you with stories from Chi-town.
Oh, and we never call it Chi-town either. Shut up.
Chicagoans are unique people. We spend hours and hours and hours complaining about our city. Then, when our city ends up on a Worst Places to Live list, we get livid and get upset. That's because in Chicago you are allowed to complain about Chicago if you live here, but if you don't you'd better just shut up. Chicagoans are allowed to complain to each other because we always end the conversation by laughing and shrugging and saying, "Yeah, well, that's life in Chicago for ya."
If you are from New York or, especially, from Los Angeles, you are not allowed to complain about our city. In general our opinion of New York and Los Angeles is that they suck. We don't fool around with it, we just come right out and say it. If you aren't from here, then we don't care.
We are a city that spends a good portion of the year freezing. Then we get a few months where it gets so hot some people literally roast to death in their homes. Again, this is something we are allowed to complain about, but now you.
One myth to dispell right away is that Chicago is frozen all the time. We have actual beaches here and a lake. It is a huge inland sea. It's a real lake. It is also really poluted a lot of the time and you can't swim in it, but we still have beaches and beach volleyball, so shut up.
I hope to add to the discourse about Chicago by providing my own unique look and take on things. It is an amazing city with some amazing people, but there is also no end to the potentially funny things that go on around here. I look forward to entertaining you with stories from Chi-town.
Oh, and we never call it Chi-town either. Shut up.
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