Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I got to thinking the other day that I've lived in a lot of places in my short but highly insignificant life. And then I wondered to myself, "I wonder where I 'live' if I averaged all those places..." Maybe you too have wondered this. Well, wonder no more! For I have toiled relentlessly and tabulated the results to find out that my average hometown is... (drumroll please) ...Parkersburg, IL
Actually, it comes out to some cornfield about 2 miles northwest of Parkersburg, but who's counting? Interesting note, though, is that Parkersburg is not far from Highland, IL, the hometown of our favorite red-headed falto. The longer I stay in California, the closer my average hometown will move closer to Highland and St. Louis.
This result actually matches up nicely with another highly scientific web-based quiz I took today that tells me what accent I have. What accent is that, you ask? BAM! Just look below.
Midland ("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.  |
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It appears that despite my love of my Southern heritage, all the evidence points to me being a damn Yank. Well, I'm here to say that you can call me that dirty name, but you'll have to pry my sweet tea, mint julep, and/or bourbon from my cold, dead hands.
i was instructed to leave a comment. so here it is. in all of its majesty. that's right, majesty.
yeah, i read the posts. i may have been underwhelmed though. one would think that since it was like over 2 months since you last posted, it would have been more special...
i cannot believe that you didn't provide us with all the locations you have lived and your length of stay at each one...and the variables, like, did you live their by choice or was it a decision made by self. i need more explanation fo how you came by parkersburg, il. for the love of the sweet baby jesus...
Oh wow, hey look, a majestic comment. I shall reply to it, oh anonymous poster.
I'll admit, they aren't the most exciting posts yet, but give it time. it takes time to rebuild former glory. If my employer didn't block image/video hosting sites, life would be a lot easier.
As for my methodology of finding the average, I didn't want to bore my readers (are they plural). I guess I really didn't consider my audience. Whoops. I'll explain in another post. Happy?
Parkersburg seems to be in the scary part of the state, having just looked it up.
Also, I can't decide how I feel about the fact that you figured this out. I either think you're a huge dork or I'm a little jealous because you probably did this at work and were getting paid while doing it.
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