so finally louisville is on the map.  we have a hard rock cafe now.  i was there earlier tonight for dinner with my bff's.  that's best friends forever for all those people who didn't get your year books signed in middle school.  alright being back in the midwest has it's perks [fam and friends] and jerks [random strangers attracted by the hijab].  i think my head cover is a super christian babe magnet.  i swear the trouble it gets me in!  anyway it was loud in there but some good music was playing...mr marley et al and video killed the radio star was blaring too so that was cool.  very actually.  ok the server starts up a conversation while we're waiting for our order.  we figure ok that's fine.  over friendly server chatting us up for a nicer tip easily lost my interest but for the amusement of my friends i was still nice to him.  i continue sipping on my coke [no ice].  and ofcourse he can't resist so he asks where we're from.  my friends and i answer correctly.  and then [i think he had this prepared before coming up to wait on us] he starts to tell us how we're free to wear whatever we want and we're free to practice our religion the way we want [to ourselves we're thinking...kinda like right now how you're letting us practice how we want without finding reasons to bother us as in a conversation about telling us what we're free to do].  but being the good kids we are we behave well as he ends the conversation with "enjoy your stay in this country ladies"  at that i cracked up.  my friends were embarassed at that point at how i didn't wait for him to leave until we all started laughing.  sigh.  God bless this country...and every other