Boy, he'll miss the girls

He remembers the first day of school in Starkweather, after choosing his classes at the principle's office and a brief tour of the school, he was left to fend for his own in a sea of weird white people. He was just numb to the new surroundings, trying not to make eye contact, and acting as normal as he possibly can. Nevertheless, call it xenophobia if you want to, but all these blond, white people made him uneasy, at least until he laid eyes on























Kori Werner

He still remembers, it was in desktop publishing, and it was at that moment that he decided, hey, this is totally going to be worth it. Just makes you hate him doesn't it?

In fact since we're on the topic, lets introduce Kori, Carrie, and Suzanne



This is the very reason he is so grateful for his experience in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Furthering his theory that cute girls are never too far away from him, even when he's halfway around the world, in a small town, in the middle of nowhere. Say what you want about California, New York or Texas, he'll take North Dakota any day.

Well he still remembers the first time, and last Sunday would probably have been the last time he saw her in the flesh. The whole Werner family were going on a trip to Brazil on Monday, and so they invited Albert and Gigih just to hang out with them and say their goodbyes for the last time.

Of course, a country girl's idea of hanging out would differ slightly from the cityboy's idea of hanging out, because theres always some extreme sport that's involved when country people "hang out".



4-wheeling, as the people here call it. And yes, he did go back for his cap.

They got to ride this ATV first as passengers, then both Gigih and Albert had their chance at driving these things, which can go up to 70 mph( which is approx. 140 kmh). First the little sister, Carly, took them for a spin, and they stopped at the nearby missile station

To think that there was a nuclear missile under that station ready to be launched not too long ago injects some reality into the Cold War, but for the most part it doesn't detract from the awesomeness of BEING THERE. The cameras are still working on the site and the No Trespassing signs are still there, but even with the whole facility locked up, they are told that there is a way to get in. Of course, that possibility went unexplored, it was the more responsible thing to do anyway, considering that the USA can be a bit touchy when it comes to Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Surprisingly, the well manicured&pedicured Kori too had a wild streak to her, and Albert vividly remembers fearing for his life when she was going 40 mph(80kmh) on that thing, exhibiting the kind of driving which did not inspire confidence in her passengers, much less after Albert fell off once, which luckily for him occurred on a slow crawl up a slope, which is how he maintained a very macho fall.

On the way home, his suspicions about Kori's driving was somewhat confirmed



Upon arriving home, there was the usual parting words, and the parting picture,


and as usual, he recited the old line of saying that he hoped to come back soon. But damn it, he sure meant it this time.