@friskywhiskers hello new friend how's it going
@ebeth it's great im watching my boyfriend play stardew and it's winter so it's the best soundtrack how's your evening
@friskywhiskers the stardew soundtrack is so soothing!
i spent most of the day feeling not great but then i remembered that painkillers exist and now i'm infinitely better. was watching dumb british panel shows, which is my usual go-to when i'm not feeling well, but now i'm reading this super in-depth twine essay about jon bois
@ebeth stardew is like a perfect game. i love twines! also British anything shows. where's you? im in Oakland CA
@friskywhiskers columbus ohio! i have a friend who lives in oakland but he's not on mastodon, otherwise i'd make you two be friends
@ebeth Ohio is a great place and you can drive on whatever side of the road you feel is appropriate and that's great IMO
@friskywhiskers lol too real
also turn signals always optional in ohio
luckily i don't have to drive much, it's a straight shot to work and back and i just refuse to hang out irl with anyone who doesn't live near me (honestly sometimes i refuse to hang out irl even with people that live near me)
@ebeth is it still super snowy and cold there
@ebeth went to school up at tech! Wish i could move back right now! Lived a while outside Grand rapids... North California is a lot like an LP fall or spring... It's ok
@friskywhiskers !!! i visited tech a couple times, never really had much intention of going there (i was solidly in the humanities) but had friends/family that were looking. the UP is honestly the best place on earth and i will fight anyone that says otherwise
i grew up in grand rapids and it was ok. i definitely miss the art and the music but i was a weird kid and also i have celiac disease so i can't drink beer so all the breweries are out lol
@ebeth im going to try to drag my boyfriend up to the UP this summer because I don't think you can actually explain what it is. Also there's a bridge involved. And a song. https://youtu.be/lMfxMZQpAJk
@friskywhiskers i'm hopefully dragging my SO camping up there this summer! the first/only time he'd ever been up there was with me during the winter which seemed right to me somehow but i figure i should be more lenient this time
it's defs in planning stages still but if you guys end up anywhere near pictured rocks in mid-july (i'm brave trying to get a campsite then, i know) hmu and we can show the trolls around
@friskywhiskers i should probably head to bed now since it's past 2am here but it was awesome meeting you and thanks for indulging my weird pride in geography
@ebeth likewise friend stay cozy
@ebeth Grand rapids, Kalamazoo, Grand Haven, South Haven, Holland, East Lansing, Ypsilanti, Ann arbor, Montague, Grand Marais, Marquette, Houghton, Hancock, Copper Harbor, etc
@ebeth also like Detroit but you know it's like everything is Detroit
@friskywhiskers detroit has grown on me a lot, my SO is from toledo and i've been going there a lot more than i ever did when i lived in michigan (even though my dad is from that area)
i was born in marquette and will always love it although i don't know if i'd ever want to live in the UP again. i try to visit as much as possible though, hoping to get some time off this summer to go to pictured rocks since it's been a bit (last time i was up there was 3 years ago, NYE in marquette)
i'd also love to get back to beaver island at some point, my family did vacations there for a while but it's been a looong time
@ebeth oh oh oh pictured rocks oh Marquette we used to go there for fun and chain restaurants ah Michigan kills
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wow yeah i would not want to live somewhere where 55 is the winter :-/ i love the cold, i would skip summer entirely if i could
michigan is so good!! sorry this is just a conversation about michigan now. i'm a yooper but spent more of my time in Grand Rapids. NYE for me was the extremely futile lions/packers game in detroit and then a very chill party with a handful of friends in ann arbor
are you from MI or do you just love it?