The fact that I don't really fit in Minnesota, nor will I ever, was made abundantly clear to me last night at a concert by Norah Jones. Ms Jones cranked it up with a slightly honky-tonk rendition of an old Johnny Cash tune, Cry, Cry, Cry. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP4G2QVX_wQ) It's a song just made for the audience to shout along in the chorus. (Cry! Cry! Cry!)
Well...that was never gonna happen in the comfy confines of The O'Shaughnessy theatre.
What's more, my hands were begging to clap along with the song, but my brain wouldn't allow them the pleasure, knowing that they would be alone in the crowd of politely-listening Scandehoovians.
I leaned close to Beloved and whispered, "Minnesotans just don't clap."
She replied, "That's because they don't know how."
And I immediately knew she was right (an occurrence with which I am intimately familiar). If they had attempted to clap, they'd be doing it on 1 and 3 instead of 2 and 4.
...And it occurs to me even now that many of you need me to explain what that last sentence even means.
Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.
Well...that was never gonna happen in the comfy confines of The O'Shaughnessy theatre.
What's more, my hands were begging to clap along with the song, but my brain wouldn't allow them the pleasure, knowing that they would be alone in the crowd of politely-listening Scandehoovians.
I leaned close to Beloved and whispered, "Minnesotans just don't clap."
She replied, "That's because they don't know how."
And I immediately knew she was right (an occurrence with which I am intimately familiar). If they had attempted to clap, they'd be doing it on 1 and 3 instead of 2 and 4.
...And it occurs to me even now that many of you need me to explain what that last sentence even means.
Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.
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This post belongs on a blog titled The Absolute Truth
I remember just after my family moved to MN, my mom went to a meeting. During the introduction, one lady, in all seriousness, gave her name and said that she was new to the area having only lived in MN for 30 years.
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