The internet teaches me things.

[schmerica]

Being totally honest here: if I gave a list of the cities Boston, Chicago and Portland OR, would you -- without consulting a map -- be able to a) tell me which of them is closer to the North Pole than the Equator and b) tell me which one was southernmost?

I admit it, I wouldn't have been able to an hour ago. Geography is not especially intuitive sometimes.

Also, you guys, I don't know if I mention this often enough, but I am incredibly fucking lucky when it comes to my mother. I wish everybody could have someone as sweet, caring, funny and awesome as she is. <3<3<3

Apparently I am starting new medication soon. That's ... exciting. Hm.

I cannot stop listening to the 5 Mountain Goats songs I have on my iTunes. Or the song "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale or "Natural's Not in It" by Gang of Four. Damn you, catchy soundtracks!

Also, every time I hear Regina Spektor's "Fidelity", which I love, part of me can't get past what an awesome example of glottal stops she gives.

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[iamsab.livejournal.com]

DL Regina's "Scarecrow and Fungus" for some entertaining glottal stops too. Mmm, Fidelity.

[speshope.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I know Portland is closer to the North Pole than the equator because I always get a kick driving past the sign for the 45th parallel while going up there. And then I feel ridiculously geeky.

My geography East of The Rockies is serious crap. My first instinct was that Boston was Southest (I defy you and your grammarically correct 'southernmost'!), but the more I think about it, the less sure I am. Damn. Must find map with latitude and longitude lines.

Oh! This reminds me! For my Ancient Science class, we have to determine the circumference of the Earth using the sun and some Trigonometry. The word Trigonometry gives me the wiggens, let alone the actual maths behind it. *shudder*

[ladysorka]

...I *think*, though I'm not positive, that Portland is actually furthest north and Chicago is furthest south, even though you wouldn't think that was true.

[sloganeer.livejournal.com]

boston?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It totally is, dude! At school I am two hours south of Portland, and I am still quite a bit norther than Boston. It is very odd.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

The 45th parallel is in mid-northern Oregon on the west coast. On the east coast, it's up in Ontario and Quebec and the very ends bits of Maine. Boston is way souther.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I have not heard that one. *goes to look*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*wrinkles nose* That does not sound fun at all!

Yeah, Chicago is the furthest south, but it and Boston are both a couple degrees down from Portland. And Eugene, for that matter.

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

To be perfectly honest, upon reflection I'm not sure if I know where Oregon is.

[speshope.livejournal.com]

It'd be a neat, like, class field trip sort of thing where the teacher walks us through it and we all go "Well isn't that something!"

Oh geography, it's sad how surprising I find you.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I think Portland for (a) and Chicago for (b), but you know I'm going to go look it up now. (I mean, I'm basing my conclusion that Chicago is south of Boston on the interstate highways.)


Ah, here we go. (Hidden for people who want to guess for themselves. Highlight to see the sekrit text.)

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's up in our top left-hand corner. One layer down from British Columbia -- counting down from the very tip-top, you have the Yukon, BC, Washington, and then Oregon. And then California for, like, ever, and then a little sliver of Baja California. And then Pacific Ocean all the way down to Antarcitca, because the question like this that tripped me up once was about the relative horizontal position of South America; it turns out that Chile is east of Florida. Which I never expected.

[etben.livejournal.com]

hmmmm - well, I'm sure Portland is furthest north, but furthest south? let's say Chicago! because I am in Chicago.

also, YAY GLOTTAL STOPS! *twirls in linguistics glee*

[speshope.livejournal.com]

it turns out that Chile is east of Florida. Which I never expected.

Really?! Dammmn.

[shoemaster.livejournal.com]

Reno is further west than Los Angeles! I know that. I don't know about the rest, other than Portland being super north. Maybe Chicago is most south. I feel like it is.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Okay, that fact about Chile just totally blew my mind. It's all so counterintuitive!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

You are totally right! I am just still weirded out that I am farther north than Fox in Boston, you know?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It is! You are correct!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Okay, apparently everyone is way smarter than me about knowing the relative northness of Oregon and Massachusetts!

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

I know they're all further north than me. And that Chicago isn't the northest. I think.

[kirbybits.livejournal.com]

I cannot stop listening to the 5 Mountain Goats songs I have on my iTunes

That would be because they are awesommmmmesauce. !!! YAY GOATS.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOT!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee, absolutely correct!