US of A!!!!!

Shahen and I drove to the booming metropolis of Shippensburg yesterday. We set out Friday night but we were held at the border becasue I have been racially profiled as "dangerous" and the GWB administration wants to know when I set foot on their precious land and the exact time I leave their soil so I have to be fingerprinted and photographed at the border, as does my sister the lethal physicist!

So we waited for 2 hours and 15 minutes in a crowded stinky room and by the time we got out it was 10:30 pm. We both had severe headaches, I was crusty as all hell, and we had to resort to McDonalds and checked into a lodge which was rather nice and crashed the night. Man I must really love my sis to go through this crap!

But that isnt what I want to write about.

We went to Appelby's last night in the neighboring town coz Shippensburg has a population of 18 (when the cat has kittens), so there really isnt much to do here at all. And our experience was "somethig".

A SUPER perky and smily young blong waitress came to our table with a grin exhibiting gleaming white, and perfectly shaped teeth. In a rather high pitched voice she said "Hi I'm Ashley and I will be serving you tonight. Do you know what you would like to drink?" I was reminded of the Nicole Kidman film where all wives are perfect dressed in 50s clothes smiling and serving their husbands all the time. It was a weeeeeee bit eerie. The portions were HUGE (to go along with the huge clientel) and there was American football on the TV. (Are you jealous Brent?)

The food was fair but the atmosphere was surreal. I still have to get used to people speaking English everywhere. My sis complained that she was lonely, and I said I was too in Turnovo and at least you dont have to act like a chicken laying eggs to make the shopkeeper understand what it is you want. Though at least it does make for good stories at the end of the day.

This morning Shahen said (In a high pitched voice) "Hi folks, My name is Ashley (not that anyone gives a shit) I'll be serving you tonight, Would anyone like another huge plate of food?" And I laughed SO hard that I had to include this here.