yesterday i was sitting on the couch at home and i turned to my mom and said

"you want to know something funny? coming home to vegas makes me like reno more."

she knew exactly what i meant.

i mean, only in vegas is it a long-distance relationship if your significant other lives on the "other side of town."

and not to mention stucco, somehow thinking that new color schemes will add something unique and exciting.

oh and those vegas kids. you know what i mean by "those vegas kids."

and the "happening" bar we went to the other night. the one where when you go outside for some air, you're standing in a greasy parking lot along the suicide track that is maryland parkway.



but in "america's adventure place," we leave the bar to get fresh air along one of the cleanest rivers in america, fed by one of the cleanest lakes in the world.

and maybe "those reno kids" have a certain air about them, but they are usually too busy at a house party to really get in anyones way.

i would also admit that although reno doesn't have the world's most incredible and innovative new housing developments, i surely would not use the words "cardboard box" to describe any.

and it's still only fifteen minutes from top to bottom.



so besides the fact that i have to work for the county for a few years after i graduate, i might find myself sticking around for longer than i would have liked to say when i was 18.