I love Wisconsin
Nov/080
Wisconsin is truly like no other place in the world. I’ve always loved it here and I never knew why. I’ve lived in Seattle, Alabama and Hawaii. I’ve been to Chicago, Vancouver, LA, Philly and New Orleans. They all have their individual qualities (except Alabama, which has none) and they all have some cool people (except Philly where everyone is mean for no reason). Of every place I’ve ever been Wisconsin is by far my favorite. There is nowhere like here and I will never leave this place. Is it because I love drinking beer so much? I don’t know, but there is certainly something to it as this JS report touches on. (I love the part where the guy says ”It’s kind of imprinted in us … It was almost like when I was 21 I had to join the culture.” That kills me. Who waited til they were 21? Nerd.)
“My dad drank beer, my uncle drank beer. It just kind of gets passed down, I guess,” he said as he tended his breakfast. He estimated that over the course of a long day before, during and after the baseball game, he would down the equivalent of 10 to 12 regular-size beers.
Did he know that the CDC officially considers five drinks per occasion to be a binge?
“That’s probably true in 49 other states,” Polansky said, “but here we have a little bit higher tolerance.”
That’s true. In fact, everywhere I’ve ever been a night of drinking or going out to bars was like an event to people. People went out to “get drunk”, I just went out. Drinking comes naturally to me, is that a good or a bad thing? I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all. Sure, it might have cost me in a couple of relationships but were those relationships I wanted to have? A part of who I am is going out and having some drinks with my friends and having a good time. If there is someone that doesn’t understand that or doesn’t like that, I don’t see a reason for us to be together. Saying you don’t like me going out drinking with my friends is like saying you don’t like me having friends. Some of the best times, best memories and hardest laughs I’ve ever had have come out drinking with friends and that’s not something I would be interested in giving up. Which is exactly why I am going to live in Wisconsin for the rest of my life, if there is ever anyone who will understand that and appreciate that and maybe even feel the same way this is where I’ll find them. I love it here.
