It's so crazy what a difference the weather makes in our lives. I find it hard to believe that only certain people have seasonal depression; how can people not be affected by the lack of sun and that cold wind cutting on your skin?
I couldn't believe it yesterday night when I drove home from my Mom's at about 12:30. It was seriously worse than alot of the weather that I drove in this winter! The wind was pushing the cars really hard and the roads were super icy so that made it about ten times worse.
Sometimes I feel like one of the only people I know who actually enjoys living in Michigan. Mind you, I was pissed about the weather last night too, but I kinda like the whole if you seek another season, just turn around thing. I've been thinking so much about growing up and starting a family lately, and the fact that I might not be in Michigan forever makes me a little sad. I think Michigan is a gorgeous state, and I think I'd miss it. Especially it's summers and autumns. I dunno. I just felt like this was worth writing about.
There are alot of things "wrong" with Detroit, with Michigan's economy because of the big three; I think our state gets a bad rap sometimes that it doesn't deserve. MSU sucked it up tonight, [that's what happens when you cheer for Sparty instead of the Wolverines I guess, :)] but all joking aside, the mitten has alot going for it. I personally love Detroit, but I guess I try to see the good in it: the home of Motown music, the culture, the art, the festivals and music and fun. Spending evenings at Comerica Park or screaming your brains out at Joe Louis Arena. The DIA is beautiful and the Detroit Festival of the Arts, jazz fest, the summer concerts by the water and all of the free activities our city puts out are, in my opinion, some of the best in the world.
I think Michigan suits me because I am so attracted to water. It draws me in. Another place I could see myself living would definitely be Chicago, and when we were there I was so happy by the amounts of water that were surrounding me. I can't imagine a summer without trips to the lake - jet skiing and laying on rafts in the sun. I love Mackinaw, road trips to Cedar Point (okay, that's Ohio but really, it's a Michigan thing) and "up north". [wherever "up north" is for you, you know you love it!]
When I watched the movie "Bowling for Columbine" Michael Moore visited cities in Michigan that made everyone in the state look like militia gun toting hillbilly freaks. People think of Detroit and they think of people li
ke Eminem and Kid Rock [neither of them actually CAME from Detroit] and everyone talks about how scary it is. I guess Kwame didn't really help us out too much there. When I started going to EMU, when people asked where you were from and you said Downriver, many reacted with, "oh, wow." I never knew people thought downriver to be so trashy or scary or whatever. Personally, I think they should realize that Trenton, Riverview, Grosse Ile...we have NO crime, nothing going on...it's rather boring actually. The recession has rocked this state like no other, and the world sees us as a state full of corporations begging the government for help.
But this is how I see Michigan:
I see this lovely mitten as a state full of beautiful autumn kissed trees. The smell of sweet apples at the orchard and the feel of the spray from the lake will stay with me always. I am proud to be from the state the birthed the Motown Sound, provided the world with the most overqualified teachers ever, will kick your ass at hockey and is where Richard Collier and Elise McKenna fell in love. <3
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