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Bitsy

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About Me

You Might Be From Chicago If: 1. The "living room" is called the "front room." 2. You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do. 3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 1/2 hour away. 4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing " Des Plaines." 5. You go to visit friends or family down south and laugh when they complain about the traffic. 6. You understand that no person from Chicago can be a Cub fan AND a White Sox fan. 7. It's "Kitty corner" not "Katty corner." 8. You know the difference between The Loop and Downtown 9. You eat your pizza in squares, not triangle s, and you never refer to it as "pie" 10. You own celery salt 11. You understand that the primary is the official local election. 12. You have drunk green beer on St. Paddy's Day 13. Stores don't have sacks, they have bags. 14. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "Can I go with?" 15. Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, "everything" is on it and a slice of dill pickle is on the side. 16. You carry jumper cables in your car. 17. You drink "pop." 18. You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads. 19. You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy,Eisenhower,Dan Ryan, and the Edens 20. But you call the interstates "expressways." 21. You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern or Central Illinois." 22. You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake ." 23. You refer to Chicago as "The City" 24. "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific! ! game i n January 1986. 25. You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers. 26. You buy "The Trib" and not the Tribune. 27. You know that despite being on the lake, there is no such place as the Waterfront. 28. You think 45 degrees is great weather to wash your car. 29. You picnic or ride your bike in the "forest preserve" 30. You cried when Bozo was canceled on WGN. 31.You know what goes on a Chicago style hot dog. 32. You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is. 33. You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City ." 34. You understand what "lake-effect" means 35. You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. 37. You have ridden the "L." 38. You think your next-door neighbor is a cousin to Tony Soprano. 39. You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, & 815. 40. You have at some time in your life, used your furniture or a friend's body to guard your parking spot in winter 41. You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a "side." Example: " West Side," "South Side" or "North Side." 42. You know the phone number to Empire Carpet! 43. You know what a garache-key is!

My Interests

TRAVELING.SNOWBOARDING!!! Sewing, Being Crafty, The 1950's, Classic cars, Boats, Going to shows, School, Language, Drawing/sketching, Skateboarding, Soccer.
Isenseven 2007 January | Snowboard.com

Music:

listening to: Rockabilly, punk, oi, rock n roll, elvis, louis armstrong, the Remnants, Flatfoot 56, Headnoise, the stray cats...

Movies:

BATMAN BEGINS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!! Heartbreak Hotel, Some Kinda Wonderful, Rocketman, School of Rock, the Outsiders, Dueces Wild, the Notebook, Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries, Shawshank Redemption, the Last Castle, Band of Brothers, Momento...

Television:

"Dun, dan, den-de-na, na, na, nanananana...nananana"

Books:

the Bible, This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti. Tourtured for christ by richard wurmbrant, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian. Boy Meets Girl : Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris.

Heroes:

My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

My Blog

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I've tried not to let the tears roll,tried not to let them be seen. Tried to hide them behind my eyes,for both you and me. Now is not the time to say i'm sorry,to let my tears depart. Yet now is the t...
Posted by Bitsy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST