I'm like 20 minutes away. Once they get through with that whole pot legalization thing in your city, I'll hitch-hike there myself! (once they let me out of the state hospital) Maybe I'll catch a ride with the liberal church hippie van youth group. They have plans to pick up some "conservative books" from one of the publishers in your neck of the wood.
But I am trying to imagine it. I think our lives would be the most interesting if maybe we shared an apartment somewhere in the middle. Shelbyville?
"Co-murder room-mates. Two Christians kill each other at the same time in fight over free will, parties, and living room organization differences. Suspected gay since one was dressed like Dr Frank N Furter. Other leaves note in Bible, 'Not Gay!!!' News at Eleven."
I'm actually quite conservative until I open my mouth.
I'm up for meeting anyone. Well, so long as I'm not going to be a human sacrifice. And I always become vegetarian at the last minute too when invited to the meetups. Actually, I once went to a girl's family's thanksgiving from hell where they were ready to kill each other. In fear, I didn't want to eat, so I just lied and said I was vegetarian. Oh, the response! I never put food on my plate so fast in my life.
But there was a time where we had a little problem with animal sacrifices in the countryside here. The real problem is when a friend gets curious and spies on them and they catch him and chase him down through the city. Yep, police were called about the goat entrails on grandparents car the next day. (for real)
Ever been invited to a Klan get together? Me neither. I didn't fit in the south. So left out of everything . . . who knows, I might have met a nice girl at the Meet-At-The-Burning-Cross mixer too?
There are those on the other side of the lake I'd like to meet. I'm thinking a canoe will make it across Lake Michigan before my car makes it around it. (if you are confused by your map and think it is a pond, crossing Lake Michigan would be just under the probability of surfing across the Atlantic.)