Ankit and I returned yesterday from a trip to Iowa. Why? He wanted to buy other peoples back taxes so they could pay him back what they owed plus 24% APR. In certain states they have tax lien auctions in which private investors or banks buy peoples unpaid taxes, and if they don't get paid back the full amount plus interest, they can foreclose on the property and keep it as their own. Too bad Kansas doesn't do anything like that, all we have are deed auctions where you can buy the property outright for less than half its appraised value.

So thats what the point of the trip was, let's move on to the trip itself. We left Saturday afternoon for Atchinson, which is just north of KC. Apparently with all the horrendous weather the exit to Atchinson was blocked off, so we had to make a detour through Platte City and Leavenworth. For those that don't know in Leavenworth there is an Air Force base and a Federal Maximum Security Prison. (I cap'd that so you'd appreciate how fucking serious that is.)

As we pass the Air Force base, there really wasn't that much to see. Barb wire fence and on the outskirts a few army wife houses. But the front of the prison and sides were as clear as day, and I about fucking lost it when I saw that. It was almost the most singular scary thing I have ever fucking seen. I kept thinking to myself, "If you're this fucking scared just driving by it, imagine what it would be like to know you're going in there for years on end or even the rest of your life."

We also stopped in Independence, MO to see the Truman Presidential Library. It was pretty cool.

Ok I'm going to have to make the rest of this post quick because I'm at the library and somebody CAN'T KEEP THEIR FUCKING PERSONAL GAS TO THEMSELVES!!!

We get to Iowa, meet John and his family, which are all very cool people. Do the deed and come home, that is all. And Ankit almost hooked up with two good looking girls.

OMG I think I'm gonna vomit.