I've just been surfing the Eastside Madison Bloggers Ring, something that I haven't had time for in quite a while. It was quite fun, and I think I'd like to meet some of the people sometime.
Although, it has recenty occurred to me that technically, the place where I am living is considered to be "Northside" rather than "Eastside". I've chosen to ignore this fact, for several reasons. For one thing, I've always felt like an Eastsider. If my oddly psychotic landlords hadn't made me move out back in 2001, I'd still be in the Atwood-hood. The year that I spent on the far west side was a painful exile. For another thing, the real "northside" of Madison is a lake. At the most I'd say I'm vaguely northeast. I'd a hop and a skip from East Wash. If I were in high school I'd be attending East High. If I want to go to a nearby mall (why would I do that?) I'd end up at East Towne. Northside, Smorthside. This is east, dammit.
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What a coincidence... I was doing the same thing, which brought me here. And if you're east of Wisconsin Ave./Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., you're and East Sider, in my opinion.