Day Three: New friends?

"Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and full of love." -a proverb

So as Paul ("California Man") pointed out in his blog the other day, there are lot of differences between the "western" part of the country and Wisconsin. I used the word, "bubbler" yestedrday afternoon, and received weird looks. People here seem to think it's strange that I prefer to bike over driving the Buick, or that I don't have a four-wheeler. I've also discovered that I have been taking my "liberalness" for granted, and the people here are way more conservative than in WI. It's quite the culture shock. The queer community isn't strong... Hell, as far as I can tell it's non-existent. Most people that I've met that are roughly my age are married and have kids. And, it seems that a lot of people don't have a four year college degree. While they have gone to college, it seems that most people here have dropped out after a year or two.

I wound up discovering a bit of the night scene in Miles City last night, and I wound up bumping into someone I had met at Albertson's Market while out and about, and wound up hanging out with her. It was quite the night.

Flash forward to this morning. I got up and showered and jumped out on my bike, again hoping to find new things. I discovered a cute little cafe, Kafe Utza, (Peggy, the woman I met at Albertsons had suggested it) which is reminicent of what used to be Beaners in Appleton. It was delightful. They have cute red chairs and have a natural foods store next door. There were some people who I had met in a gas station while discussing beer with the clerk. No one here seems to know about Honeywiess. At any rate, the people Ive meet today were roughly my age, and seemed pretty cool. Maybe, we'll be friends with a little luck. They also spoke of something called, "The Earth Ship" which is apparently a sustainable house built with recycled tires and is fueled with solar power and wind energy. Maybe Miles City isn't so bad, now that I'm meeting people who appear to be my own age and learning more about things that are of interest to me.

My laptop decided not to work, but hopefully will soon. I shall update my facebook with pictures as soon as it works out.