Mid-West My Ass!

                                        I have lived alot of places throughout my life and about a year ago, moved to Cincinnati Ohio! And from day one I have heard to the locals here refer to themselves as Mid-Westerner's....or refer to Ohio as the Mid-West! At first I apparently wasn't really paying attention to what people were saying to me....which is a different topic all together! And one day it dawned on me that...still these people are saying Mid-West this...and Mid-West that...and I started to think .... what in the fuck are they talking about. And it's not a joke of some sort...for some reason the people of Ohio truly believe that they live in the Mid-West! What do Ohioans think they're in the middle of? I thought maybe they're referring to the Mid-West part  of Ohio...but oh no! They truly believe that's Ohio is in the Mid-Western part of the United States! I've even heard someone say to me were in the middle of everything! I simply asked in the middle of what exactly...are you referring to The United States??? And the gentleman replied...Yes!
                          I wasn't trying to be rude or anything of the sorts....but I had to ask him if he realized that Ohio is merely 1 state away from the Atlantic Ocean which is on the east side of the country called United States...and he replied...Yeah- I know that! Well OK.....how can anyone argue with that?
                         Being the open-minded person that I am..... I've spent a moment or two really trying to understand this Mid-Western Ohioan thing. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture .... missing a point or three. I thought ....well maybe when this whole Mid-Western started it was a really long time ago...and man-kind had only reached Illinois......
but that was a really long time ago and you'd think that someone around here would be smart enough to realize that there alot more states now...and if you actually looked at a map you could see that we now go all the way West...to the Pacific Ocean! Do Ohioans ever look at a map?
                        I know this who thing seems trivial in a world full of so many problems that are far more serious than this.....but like I said from day one....my blogs are nothing more than a way to rid myself of random thoughts that swirl around endlessly in my brain. And this Mid-West thing actually bothers me ...on many levels! And I just want to say that ...."I refuse....to refer to Ohio as the Mid-West....and will DIE (yes..I said DIE)before I ever call myself a Mid-Westerner living in Ohio!!!
Muaah!
L.