the middle

it's only a little over 48 hours until i jump on a plane to madison, wisconsin wednesday morning. i am going to visit the one and only speakmemory and i am extremely excited. mainly excited to see her and dan but also to visit a section of the country i've never seen. i was thinking about all of the places in the US that i've been and sadly i've never been to the "middle". there was oregon, washington state, new york, maryland, the carolinas, pennsylvania, etc. but never really middle america. and for some reason i don't count arizona, utah, and nevada. so this will be a real adventure! i will report back to all of my LA posse what kind of things are going down in madison. oddly enough, i suspect it's pretty much the same as here. lots of coffee, alcohol, food, and talking about people, movies, and television. or at least i hope they're talking about movies and television because that's all i'm well-versed in. but perhaps i can reach back into my deeply enriching college education and remember some literary theory or the history of communism. is that a hot topic among the academic elite?

**update: someone just mentioned cheese curds on speakmemory's blog and i am thoroughly afraid.