{"id":376,"date":"2006-11-16T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=376"},"modified":"2006-11-16T23:29:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T05:29:00","slug":"slagging-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Slagging Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chaoskid.com\/nano2006\/uploaded_images\/Photo 45-769021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaoskid.com\/nano2006\/uploaded_images\/Photo 45-769021.jpg\" width=320 height=240 border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Word count: 36707<br \/>Words to go: 13293<br \/>Percent complete: 73%<\/p>\n<p>Charlie had a revelation while taking a bath, so I figured I&#8217;d take one too. Turned out to be a decent idea. Was able to work out a timeline of events of the story. Should probably write it down somewhere&#8230;&#8230;Okay, that&#8217;s better.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention &#038; Visitors Bureau will tell you that the Bloomington-Normal area has endless amounts of attractions including historical and artistic sites, sporting and cultural events and boundless opportunities for small and large business alike. This is bullshit and should not be believed. Bloomington-Normal is a shithole and like all metropolitan shitholes, it is attempting to pull the wool over your eyes with pretty talk of being the fastest growing area in Illinois and a wonderful place to live. They all say the same things \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pick Parumph, Nevada; Aberdeen, Maryland; or Derby, Kansas. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter much which one you choose, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll all tell you that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a wonderful place to be, a fast growing community, a safe haven away from the hustle and bustle of the big, mean cities. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all crap. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all marketing and deception. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe their hype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word count: 36707Words to go: 13293Percent complete: 73% Charlie had a revelation while taking a bath, so I figured I&#8217;d take one too. Turned out to be a decent idea. Was able to work out a timeline of events of the story. Should probably write it down somewhere&#8230;&#8230;Okay, that&#8217;s better. The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention &#038; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}