August 13, 2004

• Oh, I'd seen this before, but forgotten about it, and I just visited Arlington recently, and I actually got to see all this stuff!
• Yeah, I'd seen it a while ago, too. I can't believe no one's posted it yet, here or in The Blue! I just had to post it to make sure everyone knows how much Arlington sucks.
• I'm a concord boy myself. We have the goddamned papa ginos that doesn't promise your food delivered in 15 mins because we too don't allow fast food. What the fuck. Yeah Arlington sucks but other towns suck more. Arlington has a ton of really good restaurants, I mean, in Concord we couldn't even get Indian food, in Arlington they have a street with 3 indian restaurants. Two really good yuppie barbeque places...etc. It's a sucky town but not *that* sucky. It's not like fucking Lynn or Worcester or something.
• Hey, I'm from Acton, the town right next to Concord. We also have a Papa Ginos. When I was in high school, we used to hang out at the Old North Bridge to smoke cigarettes and drink root beer schnapps. Good times, good times.
• Oh yeah, and Worcester does suck worse. Way worse.
• The site is funny - but... two movie theaters, a sushi restaurant, and a comic store? Sixteen-year-old me would kill to live there. Still, the aura of teen angst is totally awesome.
• Hah! When I lived in Cambridge, I used to house-sit for a friend who was a touring musician. It used to piss me off that you can't buy beer, or any other alcoholic bevs, there. It was quiet, though, you can say that for it. I called it 'Squirrelington'.
• Ummm...I used to house-sit in Arlington... BTW, Providence is no great shakes, either.
• You think Worcester sucks? Try Fitchburg. Sweet Jesus, that city is a cesspool.
• I can't believe no one's posted it yet, here or in The Blue! No one's posted it here yet. But it has been posted on the blue, back in May. No matter, it's still amusing. Though I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Arlington, MA is nice. Having travelled far far from the metro Boston area, I have to say that those who live there can't complain. And I've said this before too: I wish my town had a safety iguana.
• /hitches up trousers, spits You Massachussens don't know the meaning of "armpit" Cesspool? Bah! Visit any one of these exotic locales, then we'll talk: Gary, Indiana Enid, Oklahoma Flint, Michigan Huron, South Dakota Minot, North Dakota Kearney, Nebraska Janesville, Wisconsin Bemidji, Minnesota Topeka, Kansas Dubuque, Iowa New Rome, Ohio
• I grew up in Des Moines, IA. When I was a kid I used to see these stencils around town that said "Dead Moines." Anyway, it's the kind of place that a lot of people say sucks, but I think, like most places, it's what you make of it. In high school we "made our own fun." Destination Driving comes to mind. You get a few cars, and a phone book, and randomly pick some places out of the yellow pages that no one's heard of, and race there. The catch is, you may never look at a map, and must get there by asking directions. We attracted unwelcome attention by the cops one night when one of our destinations, unbeknownst to us, turned out to be a gun shop. My family comes from Manilla, IA. Very, very small. What they have in Manilla is a bowling alley. A small one. Maybe six lanes. The thing is, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN MANILLA IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD BOWLER. I've been to the alley a few times during family reunions, etc. It's amazing to watch eight-year-olds bowling 200 games.
• I'm sorry for taking you for granted, Seattle.