Saved...sort of (The don't wear pink in Northeastern Nevada epilogue)

My cousin Amanda and best friend Kyle (they're doing it) rescued me from my purgatory of boredom yesterday.

In honor of me turning 23, which officially happens Tuesday, Amanda picked me up in Wells and took me back with her to Elko for a celebration. Bless her, because I was starting to get batty and my mom's eyeliner was starting to look like a fun way to spend 25 minutes.

Anyway, Elko's not exactly the most happening place in the world, but there are enough bars to make things work (plus, the company was good).

The only problem was that I forgot my surroundings. You see, Elko County might be the reddest county in all of America (lets just say the gun-to-computer ratio still errs on the side of violent). This isn't a bad thing necessarily, because there are a lot of really good, caring people where I grew up, but they aren't always the most open-minded.

So wearing my favorite color, which happens to be pink, wasn't the best idea I've ever had.

We had just watched a football game at a bar when the waitress changed the telivision to figure skating. In all my years of watching sports at bars (two, to be exact), I had never seen the dreaded football to figuring skating switch.

Doing my best to be a smart ass, I said "Triple axle, triple axle" (with about as much enthusiasm as James Gandolfini at a fitness convention) as some Oksana Baiul lookalike glided down the ice. Kyle laughed. Amanda laughed.

The rest of the bar, which consisted of a few cowboys sitting next to us, heard my comment (apparently my voice carries), saw my pink shirt, went dead silent, and proceeded to stare at me for about ten seconds, at which point I realized my mistake.

After a few minutes of good-natured badgering, we spent the rest of the night joking around with them (turns out one of them is an expert of the pirhouette). The highlight came at the end of the night when, after exchanging good-byes with out newfound friends, one of the guys (with a hot spouse) came up and said "Hey, I'm just trying to get my wife drunk so I don't have to have sex with her tonight."

And that's why I'm against marriage.

Currently Reading: "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Beggining Flash Game Programming for Dummies"

Line: "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

From the iPod: "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles

Latest Movie: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (Do I even need to say anything)