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Melissa Moler Beery


Last Updated: 11/21/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: In a Relationship
Age: 85
Sign: Capricorn

City: Alaska
State: Nebraska
Country: US

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June 9, 2006 - Friday 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Life

I recently moved to Arizona, so I just wanted to check and see how "Nebraska" I really am...only because I am homesick, and because I went to a yard sale the other day here in Scottsdale, and I didn't even realize those are probably a Nebraska thing too because I was obsessing about their yard sale "setup"...it was a mess...even more so, I have NEVER in my life been to a Macy's.  I think I should have gotten points for that.

I left some of my own comments in parenthesis...

[X] You were born in Nebraska
[] You are proud that you are not from one of those square states
[] You know all the words to There is No Place Like Nebraska
[X] You remember your first trip to Memorial Stadium
[] You have met Tom Osborne and it was a moving experience
Total: 2

[X] You know THE game refers to that weeks college football game
[] You claim to be a husker fan since birth
[X] You can pronounce Norfolk (Nor-fork), Beatrice (BE-at-triss), and Kearney (Car-knee) (I graduated high school from Norfolk...and yeah, that's how they know if you are actually from Norfolk or not, by the way you pronounce it.  FYI...I got my first two college degrees from UNK..)
[X] You know the story of why Norfolk is misspelled. (Of course I do)
[X] You voted/rooted for Tom Osborne for Govenor (And...I am NOT a husker fan).
Total: 4 (I should have subtracted one for NOT being a husker fan...that is sort of a given in Nebraska).

[X] You take pride in knowing that on Saturdays, Memorial stadium is the third largest city in the state.
[X] You know that the statue on the dome of the state capital is actually sowing seed - not bowling (They teach us this on our field trips...I also had a field trip to an actual farm, and I was also a proud member of Future Farmers of America...literally people would come in with cow poo ALL OVER their boots...only then did I eliminate "farmer" as a potential job.)
[] You can drive through towns like Wahoo with a straight face (I will never be able to do this).
[XXX] You know what "knee high by the Fourth of July" refers to. (I was a detassler, and that is how I bought my school clothes and supplies every year)
[] You list your religious preference as "Cornhusker."
Total: 3

[X] You consider using your life savings to go to the Colorado-Nebraska football game. (I'm not a fan AT ALL, but I have considered this once).
[] There's a tornado warning and you go outside to watch for it (In Nebraska you either go outside and stare from the porch, or you RUN LIKE HELL because the alarms are so outdated, when you actually hear the the sirens, you are ALREADY IN DEEP SHIT).
[] You think Abraham Lincoln was named after the capital of Nebraska.
[X] "Little Smokies" are something you serve on special occasions.
[] You think the "Red Sea" refers to the football stadium on Saturdays.
Total: 2

[X] Using the elevator involves a corn truck.
[X] You know cow pies aren't made of beef.
[] You actually buy manure.
[X] You can tell the smell of a skunk and the smell of a feed lot apart (absolutely!!)
[] You consider any building a mall, if it's bigger than the local Wal-Mart.
Total: 3

[X] Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. (This has happened to me way too much).
[XXXX] You know several people who have hit a deer. (The number one reason in Nebraska people get full coverage insurance).
[X] Your school classes were canceled because of the cold.
[X] Your school classes were canceled because of the heat.
[X] You switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day (have done this this year, prior to the move).
Total: 5

[X] You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition... Example: "Where's my coat at?"
[X] You can actually locate Nebraska on the United States map.
[XXXX] Detassling was your first job.
[X] You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
[] You can't understand why Johnny Carson ever left.
Total: 4 (I was thinking of adding an extra point here because I attended the high school where Johnny Carson donated money to give us a tiny little theater for our acting club)

[X] You laugh at people who drive under 50 on gravel roads
[X] You learned the finger wave at an early age
[] You think vegetarians shouldnt be allowed in Nebraska
[] You eat at Runza at least once a week
[X] Your mail comes addressed with your name and your town and you still get it
Total: 3

[] Its called pop.
[X] You bring your groceries home in sacks
[X] You don't have an accent and are proud of that (I have heard we do).
[X] Out West refers to western Nebraska
[X] You can draw the state outline without looking at a map
Total: 4

[X] You're proud of things invented in Nebraska....Kool-Aid
[X] You think nothing of Hooker County (FOR REAL...there is also a county called CUMING county, and it appears as if the town blew any city funds they might have had for a huge sign stating the name of the county...).
[] You wear Husker Apparel to Church (NEVER, but I have seen this more so than anything else)
[] You refuse to get married in the Fall in fear of missing a football game (PEOPLE SCHEDULE THEIR WEDDINGS AROUND THE GAME)
[] You believe Nebraska really is the good life and could never leave (I already left).
Total: 2

(Bonus Points for ME:  Add 2 for taking Auto Mechanics in high school)

Grand Total: 32

Now Multiply by 2  = "I'm 66 percent Nebraskan"