Explosively Surreal

So, I just watched "Napoleon Dynamite". And my mom had told me it was filmed in Preston, ID, which is just south of where I grew up. It was frickin' sweet seeing Idaho staples like a Ricks College shirt. And the Deseret Industries (where he bought the suit). And it looks just like where I grew up. So much so it's scary. Moon boots. Farm fields. I could probably identify the crops that were growing in the movie from personal experience. Heck, I've been on those sand dunes. Grandma went flying, and the first thing that went through my mind is "Oh, she's okay - sand's pretty soft" - then I thought about how packed that stuff is. Every outside shot was home sweet home. Green irrigated grass - brown hills with shrub. Lots of steak. Shooting the cow. Paper ninja stars. Girls with side-ponytails. Even the indoor shots were totally Idaho. I swear I never LIVED in a house that looked like that (my mother knows secret ninja decorating secrets from the government), but I certainly have BEEN in houses that looked like those. I've even taken my three-wheeled ATV off some sweet jumps, and caught like, three feet of air.

And that strange obsession with Tots...