I have hiked up a big hill or small mountain for a keg party by the bonfire.

I thought everyone couldn't buy beer after 8 pm

I actually thought that Hartford was big

I attended UCONN

I still think that the Whalers are cool.

There is a farm within miles of my house

I don't have an accent when I talk

UConn basketball rules and no one can tell me different

I have deer in my backyard.

The town diner is the only place open after midnight

I have at least 4 friends who drive Jeep Grand Cherokees

I root for all the New York sports teams

I've never looked at a public bus schedule

I have said... " I'm in a good location... Between both Boston and New York."

I have to explain Cow Tipping to people from out of state

I get pissed at anyone who doesn't know how to drive in the snow

I still can't find your way in Hartford (except for that bar area near Union Station.)

I hold the door open for someone and they don't say "Thank You."

I don't think I’m a yuppie, but the rest of the country does

There is absolutely nothing to do in the winter

The state is so small I know where all the speed traps are

I can't understand why people don't understand what I’m talking about when I refer to a "package" store

I have at least one friend whose house was built in the 1800's

My house would cost half as much in any other state

But...my wardrobe doesn’t contain at least three pairs of cords and five wool sweaters

And my mom never worked at Travelers and Dad never worked at Pratt and Whitney

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.