What is the big deal with Iowa? Coming from a state known for its narcissism I am applaud at all the attention that Iowa has been getting lately. (You have the Iowa caucus and all the campaigning being done by presidential hopefuls there). There is this buzz about Iowa and I'm just not too sure why. How can you turn your back on California? We have the gays, minorities, and money. What is so great about Iowa? Reading the NYT this morning I have learned that in America's attempt at unsuccessfully creating the "Manhattan Project" and becoming an energy independent country we have been producing much of our natural, cleaner oil in you'll never guess...Iowa! Well, that's just corny (ahaha...that was funny, yes I laugh at my own jokes). This according to geography and Friedman means a big pay off to all those agri-people there. That's it! From now on Iowans (if that wasn't a terrible name already) will be called "agri-people." All those farmers there must be pissed. Suddenly their non-descript state is all over the media.
Funny thing is I wrote this at 6 a.m. and at 10 p.m. my friend Kara who is from the Netherlands turns to me and says, "You guys are obsessed with corn. Americans love corn." Oh yeah, I was handing her a Corn Nut.
So, come back to Cali. We have girls, guys, and glitter. Oh and of course, marijuana, beaches, burritos, hipsters, yippsters and in between...
The politics of living.
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