Love:
- the hum of the highway
- the abundance of soda pop
- HBO Original Series'
- Shan Foster
- The Tampa Bay Rays
- The Ramones
- sagebrush
- D-Day
- when steam comes out of manhole covers
- southern style biscuits
- ray bans
- "They say it can't be done? Well by golly we'll figure out a way."
- motel signs
- immigrants with their own businesses
- 24 hour diners
- the way 7-11 smells
- Obama
- McSorley's Old Ale House
- comic books
- Converse All-Stars
- Wrigley Field
- league night
- the fact that you can get like, any kind of food here
- the Great American Novel
Hate:
- My Super Sweet 16
- Calvin Pissing decals
- No respect for the land. No respect at all.
- Outrageous Comedies
- Famous Non-Celebrities
- Local news broadcasts
- the lack of any native apes
- doctors
what about you?
Love:
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- Bacon
- Credit Cards
- Big fake breasts
- Football
- Flapjacks
- Gas guzzling muscle cars
- Jazz
Hate:
- President Bush
- VH1 Reality shows
- The fact that I don't have one
- Credit Card Debt
- Courtney Love
- Valtrex commercials (1 in 5? Really?)
I agree whole-heartedly with your list. Especially the love of the 7-11 smell. Nothing says "America" to me like the mixed smell of coffee, doughnuts, and B.O.
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fast food sushi
Seattle
the abundance of mountains
huckleberries
ChapStick
grits
John Cusack
Quaking Aspen trees
Hate:
monster trucks
Croc shoes
blockbuster weekends
"tribal" tattoos
people who scream "wooo!"
suvs
Fuckin’ LOVE McSorley’s!
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*Prairies
*Wu-tang Clan
*Best Mexican food in the world (including Mexico)
*Power-flush toilets
*Honky tonkin'
*Barbara Stanwyck flicks. Any film noir, actually.
*Mob flicks
*The dearth of infectious diseases
*Teen angst
*Amy Sedaris
*The English language
*Cirrus clouds…oh, wait, do they have those everywhere?
Hate:
*Camping
*Rootlessness
*People who lived in New York City for two years, moved home and continue to talk about how great everything was in New York
*Cutthroat competition starting in preschool
*Ruby Tuesday's
*SUVs
*Political disillusionment…oh, wait, do they have that everywhere?