Is it normal i’m getting patriotic about my home state?
For whatever reason I’ve become very enthusiastic about my home state of Michigan these past few days. I wouldn’t go as far to say I’m “proud” to be from here (George Carlin has a good bit on national pride that sums up how I feel about that) but lately I’ve just been wanting to learn more about it and get shirts and things about it.
I guess I like the fact that it’s probably the most distinguishable state on the map (except maybe Hawaii) and things like the Great Lakes, but I like looking up things like our state flag and state bird. I also have been wanting to reread a series of books from when I was younger called Michigan Chillers (which were basically alliterative titles of monster stories in different cities, the author later went on to write American Chillers about each state in the country).
I have to admit though I haven’t always liked living here, and the crazy amount of snow we’ve been getting and the cold that comes with it is reminding me why. Plus Detroit doesn’t have the greatest reputation, but every time I’ve been there it seemed fine. But having lived here all my life I’m pretty used to it all, and from where I’ve been to the state seems like a nice, quiet place where catastrophes don’t happen too often. I don’t get out much, but I think it’d be cool to go to more places around here!