Today was Intern Day, where all the interns gathered in the newsroom to introduce ourselves and meet way too many of our co-workers to be able to actually remember anyone's name. Then after work we (the interns) went to a Japanese restaurant in Uptown to make more awkward conversation. Ah the joys of having a new job. Or, I guess, any kind of job.
One of the things we talked about for a while was how people classify the Midwest. I had never thought about it before, since most of the people I know are either from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, the West, or random other places; but apparently "Midwest" is a kind of ambiguous term that means "the middle of the country" but applies to different states depending on where you grew up. Personally, "Midwest" means Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas - but mostly Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. I always thought of these north parts as a kind of separate section - just the North. But I'm finding out that many people from Minnesota and Wisconsin also consider themselves Midwesterners. I'm not sure how I feel about that. "Midwest" to me means corn, tractors, hot weather, farms - country livin' or something like that. And I just don't connect those things with these northern states.
SOOOO that's what I learned today. I was going to draw a bunch of maps and stuff, but I'm getting old or something and am going to bed at 10:30. I guess that's what happens when you have a real person job...?
Meh. Goodnight.
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