Comments | aliandrik: I Want To Believe.

aliandrik

I Want To Believe.

Jun 13, 2006 22:41

We're in Texas! It's also bakingly hot.

The journey down here was fine; we stopped in en route in Roswell, scene of the famous Roswell UFO crash. The whole town (much bigger than we thought) is pretty much alien-bonkers; even the streetlights have the slanted almond "grey" eyes painted onto them ( Read more... )

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nicnac June 14 2006, 05:50:56 UTC

It was 40C when we got there

Meep!

aliandrik June 14 2006, 21:02:31 UTC

Yeah, it's pretty toasty. Oddly, the population of Texas didn't really boom until the aircon era, apparently. I can't imagine why.

suzyjane June 14 2006, 11:48:41 UTC

Very cool. I've always wanted to go to Lubbock.

aliandrik June 14 2006, 21:03:19 UTC

It was....ok. Nothing very remarkable, but I suspect we were slightly out of town-proper. We went to a proper diner for breakfast, and they had a gun behind the counter with a sign above it saying "We don't call 911".

franklymydear June 14 2006, 16:28:38 UTC

heh. I've never seen a sign like that before! Probably only in Texas, I assume...

aliandrik June 14 2006, 21:05:00 UTC

Plus I managed to avoid any reference to the 'knob' and 'ring' parts of it, which I'm particularly proud of.

kateelizabee June 14 2006, 17:42:57 UTC

Surely even the biggest nicotine addict can manage to go without for as long as it takes to wash themselves?

Er, no. According to my mom, my dad can smoke in the shower. Before they remodeled the bathroom, the ceiling above the shower had nicotine-condensation stains.

aliandrik June 14 2006, 21:04:28 UTC

Really? Wow. I'd just thought just the pure logistics of keep a tab dry in the shower would negate any pleasure gained, but there you go. Guess that's why I don't have the willpower to be a smoker.

kateelizabee June 15 2006, 06:45:25 UTC

Yeah, most people are shocked when I tell them, and I couldn't believe it myself, but I have seen the stains.