Small town, here I come

Well, I called him.

It was for a good reason though, I swear. I am going to Idaho next week and our dogs are coming with me and he has their large wire cage that I need at his house. He was supposed to go on a bachelor party camping trip this weekend but turns out his friends are going Thursday- Monday and he can’t get the time off. So he awkwardly asked if he could come with me to do what I am doing Saturday, which includes, but certainly is not limited to:
1.) going to my small hometown where people watching is a special treat
2.) running into people I grew up with that are now married to other people I went to highschool with and have 6+ kids. All gems.
3.) An awesome fireworks show
4.) Drinking booze (hi, my favorite) and bbq’ing
5.) Frequenting local bars and feeling like I am at the highschool reunion I never wanted to attend.
6.) Casino visiting which usually results in me dancing furiously to whichever cover band is playing for the night. Usually top 40 or R&B. Doesn’t even matter who they are. In my beer goggled eyes they are Jodeci and having the most epic performance of their lives.
7.) A trip to blackout island
8.) Tenting in my aunt and uncles backyard that is right at the bottom of a mountain.

Now, I must say that I am shocked he even wants to partake in the debauchery because here is a list of things that have occurred the past 2 years he has attended with me.
1.) Trips to blackout island both times.
2.) My cousins girlfriend getting arrested after they had a “domestic dispute” which was really just a small town excuse to arrest a lesbian.
3.) Me on a drunken rampage running through said small towns cemetery and trying to sleep in a ditch.
4.) A drunken game of truth, dare, double dare, promise or repeat.
5.) My mom having to pick me up on a very visible street corner in said small town because I am too drunk to function.
6.) A highschool buddy of mine serving me shot after shot of godknowswhat at the local bar he works at.
7.) Me drunkenly telling guys from highschool that I once upon a time had a crush on them and now they are total losers. And laughing at them.
8.) Me drunkenly telling a guy that fingerbanged me in the attic of his room that he shared with his sister (my good friend) , that jesus sucked and Christianity was stupid (because he was preaching the bible and wearing a giant cross necklace).
9.) My cousin standing on a rock in the middle of a busy intersection (or as busy as a small town intersection can be) singing “Bawitdaba-da-bang-da-dang-diggy-diggy-diggy-said-the boogie-said-up-jump-the-boogie” …the lyrics to one of the shittiest songs ever by kid rock. Don’t get me wrong, all kid rock songs are shitty, but that one is the worst of the worst.

So, needless to say, it should be interesting. And I still love him. And I am excited he invited himself. And I am excited to follow up banging out in a tent last weekend with more banging out in a tent this weekend.

Pump up songs of the moment:
M83- Run into flowers (midnight fuck remix by Jackson)
Hot chip- Wrestlers (sticky dirty pop remix)
Phoenix- Girlfriend
Passion Pit- I’ve got your number

No sad sack songs of the moment, sorry.