My new platform

Recently, I have decided to lobby the state government of The Land of 10,000 Lakes to see if they could possibly be more welcoming to Iowans.  Let me put this into perspective here:
*Crossing the bridge from LaCrosse, Wisconsin into Minnesota: "Welcome to Minnesota!" is cheerfully displayed on a large road sign.
*Crossing the bridge into Lake City: "Welcome to Minnesota!"
*It is rumored that crossing from the Fargo, ND area to Minnesota, there is also a very large and beautiful "Welcome to Minnesota!" sign.
*HOWEVER; entering the state via Highway 43--nothing.  Nothing but a tiny blue sign that says "You are now entering Fillmore County."
This is a travesty.  Also, the former route we took into Minnesota, Highway 63, indeed did not have any welcoming signs.  Very few people actually realize they are in Minnesota until they stop in their first Minnesotan town.  This has led me to conclude one of three things:
1. Minnesota is cheap and doesn't want to spend tax dollars on being welcoming toward Iowans, who really have no business being there because their own state is spectacular.
2. The "Welcome to Minnesota" signs used to be at the Iowa border, but they were vandalized so often (because Iowa is superior) that they were eventually removed for fiscal purposes.
3. Minnesota hates Iowa.  This would be called prejudice or discrimination, since the hatred is unfounded on anything concrete.

I must write to Governor...Governor...*looks up the Governor of Minnesota* Pawlenty and tell him of the travesty.  As a potential future constituent, he must be aware of the Iowan immigrants and their needs as well.
(need I point out that Iowa has welcome signs on the border?)

It is 12:30 and I have done one slide on my Spanish presentation all day.  Time to retire.
<3 Lorelle
Song of the day: "Desperate" by Fireflight (Look it up.  NOW!)
Free iPhone App of the day: Spanish Tutor
Merchandise item of the day: HyVee guacamole

Lights, camera...ACTION!

WELCOME to my blog!
First post ever!
Okay, an intro...
I have a crapton of homework...I have to peer-review three papers, as well as study for a Stats test tomorrow.  Boo for hypothesis testing, although I was ecstatic the other day when I read the results of a poll and actually understood what a 95% confidence interval was.  I also have to read two chapters in Song of Solomon by Friday and finish my Honors paper.  I plan on staying up late ;)  OH!  And we're going to New Moon at midnight tomorrow (or is it technically Friday?)....and I get to drive to Rochester and back at about 2:30 AM.  Oh joy.
Topic for first blog: the fascinating Minnesota dialect.
I'm noticing that most people here are from the Cities, so their accent isn't so bad.  My roommate, for example, doesn't really say anything of interest, except when she says her sister's name it's not just Ali, it's like Ay-a-li.  However, whenever I go into town and hear a Winonan say "about" like a Canadian, it cracks me the heck up.  So anyway, it's nothing like Drop Dead Gorgeous...most of the time.

Okay, time to close.
Song of the day: "Again" by Flyleaf, look it up!  NOW!
Quote of the day: Sopranos and Tenors get high without drugs.
<3 Lorelle