Why does the USA brainwash us into thinking we're the only country that has "freedom?" We know that time is a construct, but still, why does it feel like there's something about turning 30 that seems...so refreshing? And lastly, after all these years around the world, I feel like my friends from the good ol' friendly Midwest would be the *first* to speak up if they felt they were being treated unfairly (which is not the perception people have about that part of the world!?). In other words, they are not afraid to put a rude a$$ mofo in their place. This and more with some of my closest friends from my childhood in Indiana!