the things we do for those we love

so today, a very popular question has been, "did you go to 3L bar night?" well no, no i did not. and i'll tell you why.

jared happens to be a bit of a NASCAR fan. ok, jared is a lot of a NASCAR fan. he has that same ability that all boys have to remember every freakish little detail of whatever sport it is that he loves, but he doesn't use it for basketball or football or baseball or any of those sports that would allow him to interact with anyone else i know. (it's really irrelevant to me, b/c i don't get it with any sport.) instead, he knows nearly every detail of every race since like 1978.

and he is the hugest dale earnhardt fan ever. like 3 has been his lucky number since he was born and he sometimes gets choked up when he talks about his death and he remembers every race dale was ever in and...well, he's a fan.

which is why we drove the 2 hours each way to danville last night to watch dale: the movie, which was playing there.

both the 7:00 and 9:30 showings.

only that's not the best part. see, about 3 weeks ago he had ordered tickets to a theater about an hour away that was showing it. only last week he got news that the theater had closed, so we would have to go all the way to danville to see it. and he was CONVINCED that the movie would be sold out. so after calling on friday, to ensure that their were still ticket's for this wednesday's showing available, we drove the 2 hours down, and the two hours back, on saturday to buy tickets. to both the 7:00 and 9:30 showings.

but that's still not the best part. the best part is that after we drove the 2 hours to danville to get our seats early enough to have good seats, b/c we were sure the theater was going to be packed, there were approximately 30 people at the 7:00 showing. and exactly 9 at the 9:30 showing.

(as a side note--jared would like to express his extreme disapproval to all NASCAR fans in the greater danville area. and i'd like to say that we could even extend that to all NASCAR fans within at least a two hour radius of danville. i mean, i'm asking what "pole position means" and i managed to make it out! poor showing, "fans!")

but it was a good movie and it meant a lot to jared and gave me some more appreciation for NASCAR and dale earnhardt was a pretty cool guy. so for as hard a time as i've been giving him (and as hard a time as my friends have been giving me), it was worth it. let us know if you want to see it when it plays in richmond in a couple of months!

oh, and other things about the trip that i can get behind include the fact that i got my first-ever trip to bojangles. and my second. and third. in addition, i learned that there is a restaurant called "biscuitville." how could you go wrong? i may insist on driving to danville every other night and i may weigh 300 pounds very shortly. that is some good stuff.

finally, a certain someone was so good as to remember which historic marker i wanted to stop at on our first drive down, and even remembered to stop at it yesterday, so i could learn about the wreck of the old '97. the historic marker didn't tell me much (actually, i thought, "9 people died and they're calling this a 'train wreck?'"), but the wikipedia entry informs me that there was a copyright lawsuit involving the resulting ballad! a copyright suit! i love me some copyright law!

so all in all, i'm saying it was a good trip. i mean, what could i have done at bar night? get drunk with 3Ls? well, there's always tonight.