Wednesday, October 12, 5:00PM: All essential items packed in to back pack. Two t-shirts, two pairs of underwear, toothbrush. Collection of burned CDs, in accordance with the rules of PirateAudio. Pepperidge Farm Milanos, aka "Official Happiness Cookies" and a pair of shoes with sequins added at last minute.
Wednesday, October 12, 5:30PM: Retrieved from apartment, aka "Stewing Post," and whisked away to purchase obligatory cups of coffee. Car has been cleaned and belts have been adjusted. Things are good and getting better.
Wednesday, October 12, 6PM to Thursday, October 13, 2AM: I-70 to I-29 to I-35N to I-35WN (Minneapolis) to E. Hennepin to 15th Ave. Pit stops at "Modern Rest Area," favorite Wendy's in Des Moines, some blip on the Minnesota border. No mishaps, barring a brief ordeal involving menstrual blood and a long sleeve western shirt. Upon arrival, adorable boys apologize for lack of clean cups and two give up beds for exhausted girls to sleep in.
What? What's that? You just want to know about the best bits? Alright, that's understandable. That tactic may have turned a bit tedious. The best bits are these:
1. FOOD: Seward Cafe (cute dirty hippypunks serving delicious breakfast), Campus Pizza (even if it is in Stadium Village), Al's Breakfast (in line for 45 minutes while Ari literally almost passed out for possibly the best hashbrowns and definitely the best toast of my entire life), Devanni's (the chicken was good, the tuna was better), and Duffy's (the six of us got the last six slices they could sell before they ran out of dough. Seriously.)
2. THE BOOT: parked in lot adjacent to actual Campus Pizza parking lot long enough to eat pizza and purchase 2 cases of Grain Belt (tasty!) from the sauce shop and suffered the consequences. $120 immediately due for small man in zippy car to remove boot from front tire. In the end, bizarrely worth it.
3. THE DANCE PARTY: mixed tape made lovingly, painstakingly by boys who know music. Quarters played at 6PM in preparation. Collection jar with note explaining The Boot displayed prominantly throughout party. 1/6 cost of boot made from sweet, generous Minnesotans. Lots of dancing, until 2 noise complaints. I ♥ Dance Parties. Who would have guessed.
4. LYNLAKE: Bill's Imported Foods=dried pear halves. Vera's=good coffee/friendly barista/lotsa gays. Heavenly Soles=tiny ninjas and an employee's pug dog running around in a Yoda costume. No shit. It was awesome.
5. THOSE BOYS: adorable, adorable, adorable.
All in all, a great success. I think I may have been cured of my surliness. Thank you, Star of the North!
(Note: to those friends living in Minneapolis/St.Paul that I did not visit, please love me anyway.)
"Remember When" Mix includes Wraith Pinned to the Mist (and other games) (Of Montreal) and Chicago (Sufjan Stevens). This was psychically agreed upon, so no need to question it.
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