I moved in to my corner room on Loose 2nd Saturday, August 19 but I’m still at that point in my college life where I check my email seven times daily and cry when I read a letter from home. The thought of being here for four years is enough to make someone want to honor their eight complimentary visits to the town shrink— but I’m slowly learning that Grinnell has what I need and I’m not at all sorry I’m here.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

I imagine Iowa and Utah have a lot in common

I went to the Adult Superstore last night with Will, Carter, and Ryan. Should I die in Iowa, I'd die peacefully and with no regrets.

The Adult Superstore's name is actually "The Lion's Den." It's this awesome hybrid of the Adult Shop on Railroad and Love Zone on Meridian and it has the best parts of either store. It had the most extensive collection of videos I've ever seen. As we walked back to the car, I couldn't help but feel like I was in Utah; there's nothing around the Den but a highway for miles and miles. A large white cross is stuck in the ground at the beginning of the Den's driveway. Next time, we're going in the day time so we can take a really campy picture next to it.

I sort of told Kathleen that the four of us went out for ice cream. If you're reading this, Kathleen, surprise! We were going to make a 3 AM Perkin's run too (apparently, Perkin's is like Denny's for the family that farms?) but Carter, who has the car, fell asleep. He'll kill us all before the year's over, I'm sure of it. Left turn yield on green is not clicking yet. Soon, perhaps?

I stole a cookie from the Grille last night and passed it to Ryan over the back counter. I also dropped my Saturday graveyard shift. Things are going to change around here, that's for sure. For example, Erin, Meredith, Jess, and Christena invited me to watch the third season of "The L Word" with them tonight. A friend of Erin's who studied in China managed to secure a pirated copy with Chinese subtitles.

Tomorrow I start bowling in the league. I hope they add another neon beer clock before then because I don't think an establishment should be without at least eight.

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