Weekend Update

SWEET: Today while driving to work (late, I might add, because of a mysterious incident involving my alarm not going off. It's possible I snoozed multiple times in my sleep ... and that is very concerning.), I passed one of those terrifying looking Smart Cars. You know, the ones that look like they were once a normal car, but then got the back half chopped off? They scare me. Really. Becky has said before that she doesn't know how they pass any sort of safety requirement. I agree. Anyway, this Smart Car had a license plate that said, "SIZMATTRS." LOL! Funny. Not funny enough to change the fact that it's still a Smart Car, but it made me smile on a Monday morning and that is good enough for me.

SWEET: Saturday night was spent at the bowling alley in Danville. When I think of bowling alleys (in southern towns), I think of large amounts of rednecks, pitchers of beer and smoke. Lots of smoke. Country music. If not country music, then pop music from five years ago. Well ... it seemed like my redneck fantasy was going to come true at first, because upon parking, we were immediately in the presence of a straight-up redneck fight. A large man was yelling at someone inside a car, and from what we could deduce, the driver's son had somehow disrespected the other guy's son, and they were gonna settle that shit right then and there or not at all. I really wanted to get closer so I could find out more (you know how I love a good fight), but I thought better. Plus it was time to go inside.

Inside, things seemed pretty normal. Lots of teenagers. Some ass-grabbing. Some poor babies who were clearly there against their will. Some gross rental shoes that made me want to immediately Google "swine flu" and find out if it could be transmitted via footwear. But as the night went on, things started to change ... and it was soon clear that we were the oldest, and whitest, people in the room. It was an interesting experience to say the least. It was a cultural experience that I don't get too often in Lincolnton.

Also: I broke 100 in each of the three games we played. I never won, but I was dubbed "Most Consistent," which is a super compliment considering that is not at all what my boss considers me to be at work.