I had a really odd moment. I usually watch TV before I go to bed. The other night I got watching one of those house buying shows where a young couple looks at houses then chooses one to buy. The shows are definitely geared toward women, but I like them. Anyway, we can discuss my masculinity at another time, this is not the topic right now. So I pick up the show more than half way through and I can't get over how strange this couple is talking. They were talking in what seemed like a really slow manner. I was paying more attention to see if I could determine where they were from, I have really been noticing the Michigan accent. I noticed that they made their "o" sound elongated all the time. I also couldn't figure out why the narrator of the TV show had to keep converting the house prices to US dollars. Then it dawned one me, these people are from Canada. I have been away so long, Canadians sound like they have an accent to me, I was shocked. I also had to admit why Americans accuse Canadians of talking really slow, the couple on the show talked so damn slow.
Here's some pictures.
I am currently obsessed with the Otto E. Eckert Power plant in downtown Lansing, it looks awesome. Right out of a Charles Dickens novel.
Notice the person fishing in the foreground, people in Lansing love to fish beside this thing.
The day's catch, they said this walleye was going to be on the fry pan that very night.
Some more US government property. You can see they have moved away from the Greek and Roman revival favoured in DC
