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sillygoosegirl) wrote2007-03-17 12:17 am
sillygoosegirl) wrote2007-03-17 12:17 am
Allergies... and In Chicago the Bridges Smell Like Chocolate
I think I'm allergic to something. It seems to affect my eyes for like a week or two in the early spring. I experienced it my junior and senior years at Mudd, last spring, and I'm experiencing it now. I do not remember whether I experienced it while we lived in Evanston. I know I should be careful what I wish for, but I wish it was regular allergies instead. I think I'd deal with that better than I deal with the pain I get in my eyes.
Mostly unrelatedly, except I happen to be remembering it right now, the bridges in Chicago smell like chocolate. There was a thing on the radio a few weeks ago about how the bridges in Chicago smell like chocolate, and Josh and I were, like, "Yeah, right." Then they went on the explain that it is because of this little chocolate factory along the river, and how someone complained and they got in trouble for excessive particulate emissions, so it's getting fixed and now the bridges in Chicago aren't going to smell like chocolate anymore. We thought it was silly and a bit unbelievable... and what with it getting fixed, we wouldn't even be able to experience it ourselves. But then when we were on our way home from Midway, walking from the loop to Oglvie (sp?), past the Lyric Opera House and over the river, I made a comment about how the bridge didn't smell like chocolate, and how I thought it seemed like a pretty tall tale. No sooner were the words out of my mouth when a little puff of wind blew by... and sure enough it smelled strongly of chocolate! It was just one of those perfect surreal moments. So yes, I can personally verify that at least one bridge in Chicago at least used to smell like chocolate, and I was there and I experienced it.
And that's just awesome.
I live where the bridges smell like chocolate.
Maybe next I'll live where the houses taste of ginger bread.
Um... and because I know how to google, you can listen to the radio segment if you want... it's This American Life, and you'll want Act III. http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/06/307.html
Mostly unrelatedly, except I happen to be remembering it right now, the bridges in Chicago smell like chocolate. There was a thing on the radio a few weeks ago about how the bridges in Chicago smell like chocolate, and Josh and I were, like, "Yeah, right." Then they went on the explain that it is because of this little chocolate factory along the river, and how someone complained and they got in trouble for excessive particulate emissions, so it's getting fixed and now the bridges in Chicago aren't going to smell like chocolate anymore. We thought it was silly and a bit unbelievable... and what with it getting fixed, we wouldn't even be able to experience it ourselves. But then when we were on our way home from Midway, walking from the loop to Oglvie (sp?), past the Lyric Opera House and over the river, I made a comment about how the bridge didn't smell like chocolate, and how I thought it seemed like a pretty tall tale. No sooner were the words out of my mouth when a little puff of wind blew by... and sure enough it smelled strongly of chocolate! It was just one of those perfect surreal moments. So yes, I can personally verify that at least one bridge in Chicago at least used to smell like chocolate, and I was there and I experienced it.
And that's just awesome.
I live where the bridges smell like chocolate.
Maybe next I'll live where the houses taste of ginger bread.
Um... and because I know how to google, you can listen to the radio segment if you want... it's This American Life, and you'll want Act III. http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/06/307.html
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