Alright, I was glancing at the picture of Dave when it sparked a hilarious memory. We were cruising the backroads of Provo and Orem in Preston's black 280Z, and decided to check out the dark alley behind the Carillon Tower, which, of course, is across the street from the Orem Mall. As we drove through the alley, we noticed a huge garbage bin right behind the picture studio (Olan Mills or the like). We stopped, jumped out, and took a gander into the bin. We found hundreds of reject photos of individuals and families, are grabbed a pile of them.
We made our way back to our dump of an apartment at Raintree, rifling through the pictures and laughing at many of them. People are so funny looking. When we got home, we decided to build a sort of shrine to the unknowns -- and began taping random pictures of people all over our living room walls.
Our roommates had learned long ago not to ask questions about some of our odd behavior, and Kirk Hedman and Tyler Nebeker came out, watched what we were doing, and just admired the work. One picture in particular caught our fancy. It was an 11" x 17" portrait of a mullett family -- mom, dad, and two boys. White trash city. We made this photo a centerpiece to our collection, and oft admired that picture above all others.
People who visited our apartment were often confused, asking if these people were our relatives. Preston claimed all non-white photos as being his relatives, and we told everyone that yes, they were our relatives. But what makes this story complete is that one day we were out and about in Orem somewhere, and we saw the mullett family -- all of them -- and recognized them instantly. We laughed, followed them for a while, and may have even attempted to get their picture from afar without them knowing.
We created a fun game of sorts -- find the geeks from our wall. They were all from the Provo/Orem area, so our chances of seeing others was not impossible. We came across one other person at some point -- a teenage girl. Once again, we recognized her instantly.
While most of the pictures came down over the next couple weeks, the mullett family remained until we moved from that dump to another dump (thank you BYU Approved Housing)
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