Proof that I'm still a city grl

Well, well, well...

What happens next?

Quad Day was a smashing success, classes look interesting (but pretty demanding!), the GRE is royally kicking my butt, and the end of the stint at La Casa was as good as any intern could hope for. They even threw a send-off party for the other intern and me! Complete with balloons and cards and a teal cake for me and a white one for him. Feminist Majority starts up tomorrow, which is both exciting and nerve-wracking.

But this weekend I signed on to help staff an RCS booth at a festival and later help with a workshop. I have a ride to said festival, but I am not too sure of where it even is or much about what it celebrates. Anyone know where Arcola is? Better yet, why is it that I haven't heard of it before like now? I assume it's a smaller town in East Central Illinois--but where is it even? I looked up its website, and all it talked about was how Arcola Is Amazing (something I find out when I go there, I guess) and how it was the broom corn capital of the world. And that is what the festival celebrates. Broom corn! I mean, I am familiar with corn as anyone from my state would be. My school has a cornfield on campus. But what's different about broom corn? Can you sweep with it? Can you eat it? Can you (hmmm) do BOTH? Do animals eat it? And why does it merit a festival? Maybe it's the kind of corn with the fringe on top, but I always thought they called that sorghum. Guess I'll ask my advocates who are going to it, so I know what to expect. But if you do know what either is, please let this urban grl know...