Behold. A sculpture in downtown Ames, Iowa. I don't quite know what to think of these things, and they're everywhere. Seriously, not just downtown. Either way, day one of the festival. Woo! Somehow between food procurement and workshops I managed to get to the downtown area with Phil and Graham, and we checked out the sights, got some coffee, and figured out that, yeah, this isn't like every other college town. Their main street is dying. Incredibly sad. On the way back to the college campus for an award ceremony, we got really lost out in the country. We turned around to head back into town when the train crossing came to life and did its whole "WATCHOUTTHERE'SATRAINCOMING!!!!!" routine. We sat in the car laughing about how typical this is of the Midwest and how we shouldn't be surprised. We anxiously waited for the last car and just as it slid past our intersection, BOOM!!! Another train came on the other tracks, having been out of our viewpoint until exactly that moment. We erupted with laughter and ultimately waited at that train crossing for about 20 minutes.
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yes, downtown is not doing so hot, but campustown is doing great. Most important things you can do:
1) get a gyro from the gyro carts at night on Welch Ave.
2) check out The Maintenance Shop theater in the student union. Great musical shows, plus these guys...
3) Find any of the members of my comedy alma mater, Grandma Mojos. They were sketch back then, but now they're improv. Tell them I still do it for Grandma :)
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