Call and Answer

detailbear asked me...

"Which is the properest day to sing?"

Oh, any day is fine by me... (no, I don't quite have the reference but I'll run with it anyway...)

Actually, what's the biggest difference culturally about the area/people that you've noticed since you moved to Seattle?

I think that West Coast laid-back attitude, so often stereotypically applied to Californians, does extend this far north and then some. This has two big benefits. One, the incredible mess that is Seattle traffic has so far not led to the road rage (both internal and external) I'm so familiar with back east, for which I'm eternally grateful. Two, I'm finding it easier to make friends here, even though I'm not spending every free moment socializing (and as a result I don't feel like I'm overscheduling myself so badly, the way I used to feel like I was doing back in Rochester).

As the winter clears up and I get to know more people better I think I'll discover more differences but for now that's the big one.