Monday, March 28, 2011
Being a West Virginian
If you were born and raised in West Virginia or even spent some time here, or love a West Virginian, read this phenomenal post by Michael Powelson. This is going on my "About Me" page permanently.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Miner's Lady; Stranger to Blue Water
It's a good day to be a Mountaineer, for two reasons. First, Huggy Bear (WVU Basketball Coach Bob Huggins) led our gritty, scrappy men's basketball team to their first post season win this year, hopefully on 5 more! How would National Champs be after a Final Four run last year?! Unfathomable for myself and all my fellow fans, it would certainly become a state holiday!
Secondly, it's good to be a Mountaineer because of this little film project called Angel's Perch. Yes, I know people that are related to this guy, no I don't know him, and no, I am not related, and yes, we have all our teeth. Do you sense the restlessness of the tired jokes? If not, you don't understand what it's like to be West Virginian. We are either relentlessly teased or assumed we are a region of Virginia, written off and nonexistent.
Of the two, I think I get more angry about the latter, if someone is making fun of me, at least they know I grew up in an actual state. The standard reply on the West Coast/Pacific Islands (which I have lived for 2 + years now) is "Oh yea! I have friends in Richmond." I don't respond when it gets to that point as the ignorance is overbearing. Heck, Richmond isn't even near the region of Western Virginia, so if we were going for that argument even that would fail.
Alas, let me step off my soap box, and true supporters of West Virginia and our culture of proud, hard working, kind people step up and make a contribution to the Angel's Perch film program on Kick Starter. It's about time we have a positive spin on the people of good ol'West Virginia.
Yes, Jones, we are excited too!
Secondly, it's good to be a Mountaineer because of this little film project called Angel's Perch. Yes, I know people that are related to this guy, no I don't know him, and no, I am not related, and yes, we have all our teeth. Do you sense the restlessness of the tired jokes? If not, you don't understand what it's like to be West Virginian. We are either relentlessly teased or assumed we are a region of Virginia, written off and nonexistent.
Of the two, I think I get more angry about the latter, if someone is making fun of me, at least they know I grew up in an actual state. The standard reply on the West Coast/Pacific Islands (which I have lived for 2 + years now) is "Oh yea! I have friends in Richmond." I don't respond when it gets to that point as the ignorance is overbearing. Heck, Richmond isn't even near the region of Western Virginia, so if we were going for that argument even that would fail.
Alas, let me step off my soap box, and true supporters of West Virginia and our culture of proud, hard working, kind people step up and make a contribution to the Angel's Perch film program on Kick Starter. It's about time we have a positive spin on the people of good ol'West Virginia.
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